TAG: UFC Fight Night 128

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, good fight between Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee: it gets three stars.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-0 (63% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush) and losing with current #1 Ufc Lw champ Khabib Nurmagomedov (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza).
His opponent, Kevin Lee, has an official record of 16-3-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He fought three times in 2017 defeating Francisco Trinaldo (Trinaldo vs Lee) and Michael Chiesa (Chiesa vs Lee) but then he lost to Tony Ferguson (Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee). Barboza vs Lee is the main event of UFC Fight Night 128 (Lee weighed in at 157 pounds, one pound over the lightweight non-title fight upper limit). Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, pretty good fight between Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson 2: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Frankie Edgar entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-6-1 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Max Holloway) while his opponent, the black belt in Bjj and judo Cub Swanson, has a record of 25-8-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. Both fighters have lost their last bout with Brian Ortega (Frankie Edgar vs Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson vs Brian Ortega). Before losing Edgar had beat Yair Rodriguez (Frankie Edgar vs Yair Rodriguez) while Swanson won over Artem lobov (Cub Swanson vs Artem Lobov). In their first fight Edgar had beat Swanson by submission (November 22, 2014 – Frankie Edgar vs Cub Swanson I); this second fight is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, fight not so exciting between David Branch and Thiago Santos: it gets two stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Bjj, former Wsof light-Hw and Mw champion David Branch entered this fight with a mma record of 21-4-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 middleweight in the world. He fought twice last year defeating Krzysztof Jotko (Krzysztof Jotko vs David Branch) and losing to Luke Rockhold (Luke Rockhold vs David Branch).
His opponent, Thiago Santos, has an official record of 17-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. Thiago ‘Marreta’ lost twice in 2016, against Gegard Mousasi (Mousasi vs Santos ) and Eric Spicely, but then he has won four bouts defeating Anthony Smith in 2018 (Thiago Santos vs Anthony Smith). Branch vs Santos is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, some good exchanges between Brett Johns and Aljamain Sterling but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated black belt in judo Brett Johns entered this fight with a perfect record of 15-0-0 (47% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 bantamweight in the world. He fought twice last year winning over Albert Morales and Joe Soto (Joe Soto vs Brett Johns).
His opponent, Aljamain Sterling, has a mma record of 14-3-0 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class but he lost three out of his last five bouts, the last one with Marlon Moraes (Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes); before this fight he had beat Renan Barao (Sterling vs Barao). Johns vs Sterling is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, good finish between Jim Miller and Dan Hooker: it gets three stars.

The black belt in Bjj Jim Miller entered this fight with a pro record of 28-11-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.28 lightweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses: against Dustin Poirier (Miller vs Poirier), Anthony Pettis (Pettis vs Miller) and Francisco Trinaldo (Jim Miller vs Francisco Trinaldo).
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has an official mma record of 15-7-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He lost to Jason Knight in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 beating Ross Pearson (Pearson vs Hooker) and Marc Diakese (Dan Hooker vs Marc Diakiese). Miller vs Hooker is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, fight not particularly good between Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins: it gets two stars.

The Tuf 19 tournament winner Corey Anderson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-4-0 (44% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world but he lost three out of his last four bouts, twice in 2017, with Jimi Manuwa (Manuwa vs Anderson) and Ovince St Preux (Ovince St Preux vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, Patrick Cummins, has a record of 10-4-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He lost to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in 2016, but then he beat Jan Blachowicz and Gian Villante in 2017 (Gian Villante vs Patrick Cummins). Anderson vs Cummins is on the undercard of Edson Barboza vs Kevin Lee – UFC Fight Night 128. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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