TAG: UFC Fight Night 136

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, pretty good fight between Mark Hunt and Alexey Oleynik: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The 44-year-old (3 years older than Oliynyk) former K-1 world champion Mark Hunt entered this fight with a professional mma record of 13-12-1 (77% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Alistair Overeem (Overeem vs Hunt 2) and Curtis Blaydes (Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes); between these two bouts he beat Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Mark Hunt).
His opponent, the black belt in jiu-jitsu and 2005 world combat sambo champion Alexey Oleynik, has an official record of 56-11-1 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. He lost to Curtis Blaydes last year (Alexey Oleynik vs Curtis Blaydes) but he came back to win in 2018 with Junior Albini. Hunt vs Oleynik is the main event of UFC Fight Night 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, pretty good finish between Jan Blachowicz and Nikita Krylov: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The black belt in Bjj and former Ksw light-Hw champion Jan Blachowicz entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-7-0 (59% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2016 and 2017, against Alexander Gustafsson (Gustafsson vs Blachowicz) and Patrick Cummins, but then he has beat Devin Clark (Jan Blachowicz vs Devin Clark), Jared Cannonier and Jimi Manuwa (Jimi Manuwa vs Jan Blachowicz 2).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and Fight Nights Global champ Nikita Krylov, has a record of 24-5-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Misha Cirkunov in 2016 but then he has beat Stjepan Bekavac (Nikita Krylov vs Stjepan Bekavac), Maro Perak, Emanuel Newton and Fabio Maldonado (Nikita Krylov vs Fabio Maldonado). Blachowicz vs Krylov is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Alexey Oleynik – UFC Fight Night 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, fight not so exciting between Andrei Arlovski and Shamil Abdurakhimov: it gets two stars.

The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a mma record of 27-16-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 heavyweight in the world but he won just two out of his last eight bouts: against Junior Albini (Andrei Arlovski vs Junior Albini) and Stefan Struve between 2017 and 2018 (Andrei Arlovski vs Stefan Struve); after this bout he has lost to Tai Tuivasa (Andrei Arlovski vs Tai Tuivasa).
His opponent, Shamil Abdurakhimov, has an official record of 18-4-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He lost to Derrick Lewis in 2016 (Derrick Lewis vs Shamil Abdurakhimov) but he came back to win in 2017 against Chase Sherman. Arlovski vs Abdurakhimov is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Alexey Oleynik – UFC Fight Night 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-15, disappointing fight between Alexey Kunchenko and Thiago Alves: it gets two stars.

The undefeated M-1 Global Ww champion Alexey Kunchenko entered this fight with a perfect record of 18-0-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.57 welterweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Maxim Grabovich, Sergey Romanov and Alexander Butenko.
His opponent, Thiago Alves, has a mma record of 22-12-0 (64% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.60 in the same weight class but ‘Pitbull’ Alves won just one out of his last four bouts, against Patrick Cote in 2017 (Patrick Cote vs Thiago Alves); after this fight he has been defeated by Curtis Millender in 2018 (Thiago Alves vs Curtis Millender). Kunchenko vs Alves is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Alexey Oleynik – UFC Fight Night 136. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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