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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, pretty good fight between
Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night and UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2014 and 2015, against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and current #1 Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway), but then he has won four bouts beating Artem Lobov in 2017 (=Swanson vs Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Diego Brandao (=Ortega vs Brandao), Clay Guida (=Ortega vs Guida) and Renato Moicano Carneiro (=Carneiro vs Ortega). Ortega vs Swanson is the mian event of UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, fight not so exciting between
Gabriel Benitez and Jason Knight: it gets two stars.
Jason Knight entered this fight with a mma record of 20-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2017 beating Alex Caceres (=Knight vs Caceres) and Chas Skelly (=Skelly vs Knight) but then he has lost to Ricardo Lamas (=Lamas vs Knight).
His opponent, Gabriel Benitez, has an official record of 19-6-0 (84% finishing rate) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Andre Fili and Enrique Barzola, between these two bouts he beat Sam Sicilia. Benitez vs Knight is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, spectacular finish between
Marlon Moraes and Aljamain Sterling: it is close to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Aljamain Sterling entered this fight with a professional record of 14-2-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw). He lost two consecutive fights between 2016 and 2017, against Bryan Caraway and Raphael Assuncao (=Sterling vs Assuncao) but then he has defeated Augusto Mendes and Renan Barao (=Sterling vs Barao).
His opponent, the former Wsof Bw champion Marlon Moraes, has a mma record of 19-5-1 (68% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 losing to Raphael Assuncao (=Moraes vs Assuncao) and beating John Dodson (=Dodson vs Moraes). Moraes vs Sterling is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, some good exchanges between
Eryk Anders and Markus Perez Echeimberg but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Both undefeated, the American Eryk Anders entered this fight with a perfect record of 9-0-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.36 middleweight in the world while his opponent, Markus Perez Echeimberg, has an official mma record of 9-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.71 in the same weight class. Anders has already fought three times in 2017 beating Jon Kirk, Brendan Allen and Rafael Natal while Perez has fought twice defeating Ildemar Alcantara and Ian Heinisch. Anders vs Perez is on the undercard of Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega – UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
