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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-03-07, pretty good fight between Rodolfo Vieira and Saparbek Safarov: it gets three stars.

The undefeated black belt and former ADCC, Brazilian jiu jitsu world champion (four times) Rodolfo Vieira entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 6-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.80 middleweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Jacob Holyman-Tague, Vitaliy Nemchinov and Oskar Piechota (Rodolfo Vieira vs Oskar Piechota).
His opponent, Saparbek Safarov, has an official record of 9-2-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.96 light heavyweight. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2016 and 2018, against Gian Villante and Tyson Pedro (Tyson Pedro vs Saparbek Safarov), but he came back to win with Nicolae Negumereanu in 2019. Vieira vs Safarov is on the undercard of Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero – UFC 248. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-01-25, pretty good finish between Jordan Espinosa and Alex Perez but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

Jordan Espinosa entered this fight with a mma record of 14-6-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 flyweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Eric Shelton and losing to Matt Schnell (Jordan Espinosa vs Matt Schnell).
His opponent, Alex Perez, has an official record of 22-5-0 (45% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 bantamweight. He lost to Joseph Benavidez in 2018 (Joseph Benavidez vs Alex Perez) but he came back to win against Mark De La Rosa in 2019. Espinosa vs Perez is on the undercard of Curtis Blaydes vs Junior dos Santos – UFC Fight Night 166. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-06, pretty good fight between Tai Tuivasa and Sergey Spivak: it gets three stars.

Tai Tuivasa entered this fight with a mma record of 8-2-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.29 heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Junior dos Santos (Junior dos Santos vs Tai Tuivasa) and Blagoy Ivanov (Tai Tuivasa vs Blagoy Ivanov); before these bouts he had beat Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa).
His opponent, Sergey Spivak, has an official record of 9-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.91 in the same weight class. He beat Ivo Cuk and Tony Lopez in 2018 but then he has lost to Walt Harris in 2019. Tuivasa vs Spivak is on the undercard of Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya – UFC 243. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-10, pretty good finish between Rodolfo Vieira and Oskar Piechota but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated black belt and former ADCC, Brazilian jiu jitsu world champion (four times) Rodolfo Vieira entered this fight with a mma record of 5-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.138 middleweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Alexander Neufang, Jacob Holyman-Tague and Vitaliy Nemchinov.
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Oskar Piechota, has an official record of 11-1-1 (91% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.79 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Tim Williams and losing to Gerald Meerschaert. Vieira vs Piechota is on the undercard of Valentina Shevchenko vs Liz Carmouche 2 – UFC Fight Night 156 (UFC on ESPN+ 14). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-18, pretty good finish between Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Rafael dos Anjos entered this fight with a professional record of 28-11-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against current #1 Ufc Ww champ Kamaru Usman (Rafael dos Anjos vs Kamaru Usman) and Colby Covington (Rafael dos Anjos vs Colby Covington); before these two bouts RDA had beat Robbie Lawler (Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos).
His opponent, Kevin Lee, has a mma record of 17-4-0 (59% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.9 lightweight but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Tony Ferguson (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee) and Al Iaquinta (Kevin Lee vs Al Iaquinta 2); between these two bouts he beat Edson Barboza (Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee). Dos Anjos vs Lee is the main event of UFC Fight Night 152 (UFC on ESPN+ 10). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-11, one sided fight between Jake Hager and TJ Jones: it gets two stars.

The professional WWE wrestler Jake Hager (also known as Jack Swagger) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 1-0-0 (1 submission) and he comes off the victory over JW Kiser (Jake Hager vs JW Kiser).
His opponent, TJ Jones, has a record of 0-1-0 and he comes off the loss against Derek Bohi. Hager vs Jones is on the undercard of Michael Chandler vs Patricio Freire – Bellator 221. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-31, pretty good finish between Eduard Folayang and Shinya Aoki 2: it gets three stars.

The black belt in wushu and ONE Fc Lw champion Eduard Folayang entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-6-0 (38% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.80 welterweight in the world. He was defeated by Martin Nguyen in 2017 but then he has won over Kharun Atlangeriev, Aziz Pahrudinov and Amir Khan.
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, judo and former One Fc Lw champion Shinya Aoki, has an official record of 42-8-0 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.71 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017, against Eduard Folayang (in their first bout, Aoki vs Folayang) and Ben Askren (Ben Askren vs Shinya Aoki), but then he won three bouts in 2018 defeating Ev Ting in his last one. Folayang vs Aoki 2, main event of ONE FC 93, is valid for the ONE lightweight title (Folayang’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-23, pretty good finish between Stefan Struve and Marcos Rogerio de Lima but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

Stefan Struve entered this fight with a pro mma record of 28-11-0 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, against Alexander Volkov (Alexander Volkov vs Stefan Struve), Andrei Arlovski (Andrei Arlovski vs Stefan Struve) and Marcin Tybura; his last victory was with Daniel Omielanczuk in 2016 (Stefan Struve vs Daniel Omielanczuk).
His opponent, Marcos Rogerio de Lima, has a record of 16-5-1 (87% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.50 in the same weight class. Marcos ‘Pezao’ was defeated by Ovince St Preux in 2017 (Ovince St Preux vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima) but he came back to win in 2018 against Adam Wieczorek. Struve vs Rogerio de Lima is on the undercard of Jan Blachowicz vs Thiago Santos – UFC Fight Night 145 (UFC on ESPN+ 3). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-26, fight not particularly good between Jack Swagger and JW Kiser: it gets two stars.

The professional WWE wrestler Jake Hager (also known as Jack Swagger) is at his professional mma debut while his opponent, JW Kiser, has an official record of 0-1-0 and he comes off the loss against Antonio Martinez suffered in 2018 via tko in less than 30 seconds. Hager vs Kiser is on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader – Bellator 214. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-19, nice exchanges between Glover Teixeira and Karl Roberson: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Kajukenbo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Glover Teixeira entered this fight with a record of 27-7-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Alexander Gustafsson in 2017 (Gustafsson vs Teixeira) and Corey Anderson in 2018 (Glover Teixeira vs Corey Anderson); between these two bouts he beat Misha Cirkunov (Glover Teixeira vs Misha Cirkunov).
His opponent, Karl Roberson, has a mma record of 7-1-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Cezar Ferreira and defeating Jack Marshman (Jack Marshman vs Karl Roberson). Teixeira vs Roberson is on the undercard of Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw – UFC Fight Night 143 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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