TAG: UFC Fight Night 120

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, great fight between Anthony Pettis and Dustin Poirier: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

Dustin Poirier entered this fight with a mma record of 21-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 lightweight in the world. He was defeated by Michael Johnson in 2016 (=Poirier vs Johnson) but he came back to win in 2017 beating Jim Miller (=Miller vs Poirier); after this bout he has also faced Eddie Alvarez but the bout ended in a no-contest since Alvarez landed illegal knees (=Alvarez vs Poirier).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and former Ufc Lw champion Anthony Pettis, has an official record of 20-6-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class (currently the #1 lightweight is Conor McGregor). He lost to Max Holloway last year (=Holloway vs Pettis) but then he has won over Jim Miller (=Pettis vs Miller). Pettis vs Poirier is the main event of UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, spectacular finish between Matt Brown and Diego Sanchez: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Matt Brown entered this fight with a professional record of 20-16-0 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.46 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last six fights, against Tim Means in 2015 (=Brown vs Means); after this bout he has lost three times, the last one with Donald Cerrone (=Cerrone vs Brown).
His opponent, the black belt in gaidojutsu, Bjj and Tuf Mw tournament winner Diego Sanchez, has a mma record of 27-10-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 lightweight but he comes off the loss against Al Iaquinta (=Sanchez vs Iaquinta). Brown vs Sanchez is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, some good single shots between Andrei Arlovski and Junior Albini but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a pro record of 25-15-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 heavyweight in the world but he comes off five consecutive losses, two in 2017: against Francis Ngannou (=Arlovski vs Ngannou) and Marcin Tybura (=Arlovski vs Tybura).
His opponent, Junior Albini, has an official mma record of 14-2-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive losses between 2011 and 2012, against Nelson Jaca and Alberto Emiliano Pereira, but since then he has collected ten victories defeating Timothy Johnson in 2017. Arlovski vs Albini is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Cezar Ferreira vs Nate Marquardt gets two.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf Brazil tournament winner Cezar Ferreira entered this fight with a professional mma record of 11-6-0 (55% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 middleweight in the world but ‘Mutante’ comes off the loss against Elias Theodorou (=Ferreira vs Theodorou).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce Ww champion Nate Marquardt, has an official record of 35-18-2 (77% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class but he lost three out of his last four bouts, the last two with Sam Alvey and Vitor Belfort (=Belfort vs Marquardt). Ferreira vs Marquardt is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, pretty good finish between Raphael Assuncao and Matthew Lopez but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Raphael Assuncao entered this fight with a professional mma record of 25-5-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Ufc Bw champion TJ Dillashaw in 2016 (=Dillashaw vs Assuncao 2) but then he has defeated Aljamain Sterling (=Sterling vs Assuncao) and Marlon Moraes (=Moraes vs Assuncao).
His opponent, Matthew Lopez, has an official record of 10-1-0 (80% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He also lost once in 2016, against Rani Yahya, and then he has won twice: with Mitch Gagnon and Johnny Eduardo. Assuncao vs Lopez is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, fight not particularly good between Sage Northcutt and Michel Quinones: it gets two stars.

The 21-year-old black belt in karate and kajukenbo Sage Northcutt entered this fight with a professional record of 8-2-0, 87% finishing rate, while his opponent, Michel Quinones, has the same record of 8-2-0 but with 75% finishing rate. Northcutt fought three times last year losing to Bryan Barberena (=Northcutt vs Barberena) and Mickey Gall (=Northcutt vs Gall) but between these two bouts he had defeated Enrique Marin (=Northcutt vs Marin) while Quinones has already fought twice in 2017 beating Caio Rocha and losing to Jared Gordon. Northcutt vs Quinones is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, close fight but not so exciting between John Dodson and Marlon Moraes: it gets two stars.

The black belt in gaidojutsu and Tuf 14 Bw tournament winner John Dodson entered this fight with a mma record of 19-8-0 (58% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost to John Lineker last year (=Lineker vs Dodson) but he came back to win in 2017 against Eddie Wineland (=Dodson vs Wineland).
His opponent, the former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has an official record of 18-5-1 (72% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Raphael Assuncao (via split decision, Moraes vs Assuncao). Moraes vs Dodson is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-11, pretty good fight between Joe Lauzon and Clay Guida: it gets three stars.

Joe Lauzon entered this fight with a pro mma record of 27-13-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.29 lightweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights: against Jim Miller in 2016 (=Lauzon vs Miller 2) and with Steven Ray in 2017 (=Lauzon vs Ray); between these two bouts he had beat Marcin Held (=Held vs Lauzon).
His opponent, the former Strikeforce Lw champion Clay Guida, has a record of 33-17-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.58 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights between 2015 and 2016, against Thiago Tavares and Brian Ortega (=Ortega vs Guida) but then he has defeated Erik Koch. Guida vs Lauzon is on the undercard of Dustin Poirier vs Anthony Pettis – UFC Fight Night 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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