TAG: UFC Fight Night 102

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-09, fight not so exciting between Corey Anderson and Sean O’Connell: it gets two stars.

The Tuf 19 tournament winner Corey Anderson entered this fight with a mma record of 8-2-0 (37% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.17 light-heavyweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Tom Lawlor (=Anderson vs Lawlor) and losing to Mauricio Shogun Rua (=Shogun Rua vs Anderson).
His opponent, Sean O’Connell, has an official record of 17-8-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Ilir Latifi and Steve Bosse (4-stars fight, O’Connell vs Bosse). Anderson vs O’Connell is on the undercard of Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov – UFC Fight Night 102. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-09, some good exchanges between Derrick Lewis and Shamil Abdurakhimov but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Derrick Lewis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-4-0 (94% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Shawn Jordan last year but then he has won four bouts beating Gabriel Gonzaga (=Lewis vs Gonzaga) and Roy Nelson in his last two (=Nelson vs Lewis).
His opponent, Shamil Abdurakhimov, has a record of 17-3-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.42 in the same weight class. ‘Abrek’ also lost once in 2015, against Timothy Johnson, but he came back to win in 2016 against Anthony Hamilton and Walt Harris. Lewis vs Abdurakhimov is the main event of UFC Fight Night 102. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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