2014 MMA fight – Ben Askren vs Bakhtiyar Abbasov – full fight Video ONE FC 16

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-30, good fight between Ben Askren and Bakhtiyar Abbasov: it gets three stars. The undefeated Ben Askren entered this fight with a perfect record of 12-0-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 welterweight in the world, he fought twice in 2013 successfully defending the Bellator Ww title against Karl Amoussou in January (=Askren vs Amoussou) and Andrey Koreshkov in July (=Askren vs Koreshkov); then on November Bellator released Askren and on December he signed a 2 year (6 fights) contract with ONE Fighting Championship.
His opponent, the combat sambo world champion Bakhtiyar Abbasov, has an official record of 11-2-0 (91% finishing rate), he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Igor Sliusarchuk at ProFc 13, since then he has won nine consecutive fights. Askren vs Abbasov is the main event of “ONE FC 16: Honor and Glory”. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Alexander Shlemenko vs Tito Ortiz – full fight Video Bellator 120

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, the fight between Alexander Shlemenko and Tito Ortiz gets three stars thanks to a good finish. Alexander Shlemenko entered this fight with a mma record of 50-7-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 middleweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Hector Lombard for the Bellator Mw title (via unanimous decision), since then he has collected 13 consecutive wins and managed to win the Bellator belt defeating Maiquel Falcao in 2013 (=Shlemenko vs Falcao). In this bout (against Ortiz) the Russian moved up in weight class to the light heavyweight division.
His opponent, Tito Ortiz, has a record of 16-11-1 (69% finishing rate) and he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 7, 2012 when he was defeated by Forrest Griffin in their third bout (=Griffin vs Ortiz 3). Ortiz was the Ufc light heavyweight champion from April 2000 (when he defeated Wanderlei Silva) to September 2003 (beat by Randy Couture) but now he is 39 years old (10 years older than Shlemenko) and he lost seven out of his last nine fights. Shlemenko vs Ortiz is on the undercard of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs ‘King Mo’ Lawal – Bellator 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Yushin Okami vs Svetlozar Savov – full fight Video WSOF 9

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-03-29, pretty good fight between Yushin Okami and Svetlozar Savov: it gets three stars. Yushin Okami entered this fight with a mma record of 29-8-0 (49% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 middleweight in the world, last year he fought twice winning the first bout against Hector Lombard (=Lombard vs Okami) but then he lost to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and he was released from the Ufc (=Okami vs Jacare).
His opponent, Svetlozar Savov, has a record of 12-4-0 (92% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 21, 2012 when he defeated Bojan Velickovic. Okami vs Savov is on the undercard of Steve Carl vs Rousimar Palhares – WSOF 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Jessica Aguilar vs Alida Gray – full fight Video WSOF 8

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This fight has been rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-01-18, pretty good finish but it is not enough to get three stars: Jessica Aguilar vs Alida Gray gets two. The purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Jessica Aguilar entered this fight with a record of 16-4-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 women’s strawweight in the world, she suffered her last loss to Zoila Gurgel in 2010 (semifinal of the Bellator women’s 115 lbs tournament – 3 season). Alida Gray has a record of 4-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. Aguilar vs Gray is valid for the inaugural WSOF women’s strawweight title; undercard of Justin Gaethje vs Richard Patishnock – WSOF 8. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2013 MMA fight – William Patolino Macario vs Leonardo Santos – fight Video UFC Fuel

2_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-06-08, pretty good fight between Leonardo Santos and William Macario but it is not enough to get three stars. Leonardo Santos entered the fight with a record of 11-3-0 while William ‘Patolino’ Macario had a record of 6-0-0. Santos vs ‘Patolino’ Macario is the final of “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil”; undercard of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fabricio Werdum 2 – UFC on Fuel TV 10. Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs Chris Camozzi – full fight Video UFC on FX 8

3_stars_mma_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-05-18, good first round between ‘Jacare’ Souza and Chris Camozzi (UFC Submission of the Night): it gets three stars. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza (17-3-0, 82% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 middleweight in the world while Chris Camozzi (19-5-0, 58% finishing rate) entered as the No.30 (Camozzi replaces Costas Philippou, who has forced to withdraw from the bout suffering a cut above his eye). Jacare vs Camozzi is on the undercard of Vitor Belfort vs Luke Rockhold – UFC on FX 8; they also faced each other a second time on April 18, 2015 (=Jacare vs Camozzi 2). Watch the video!

2013 MMA fight – Renan ‘Barao’ Pegado vs Michael McDonald – fight Video UFC on Fuel

3_stars_boxing_ranking_allthebestfightsReview: 2013-02-16, Renan Pegado vs Michael McDonald gets three stars only thanks to the good finish (UFC Submission of the Night). Renan ‘Barao’ Pegado (29-1-0) entered as the No.1 bantamweight in the world while Michael McDonald (15-1-0) entered as the No.6. Renan Barao vs McDonald is valid for the interim UFC bantamweight title (Barao’s first defense); main event of UFC on Fuel TV 7. Watch the video!