TAG: UFC Fight Night 138

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, some good single shots between Gian Villante and Ed Herman but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Gian Villante entered this fight with a pro record of 16-10-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 light heavyweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2018 beating Francimar Barroso (Gian Villante vs Francimar Barroso) and losing to Sam Alvey.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ed Herman, has an official mma record of 23-13-0 (83% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 7, 2017 when he was defeated by CB Dollaway; before this bout he had also lost to Nikita Krylov in July 2016 (Nikita Krylov vs Ed Herman) and he had won over Tim Boetsch in January. Villante vs Herman is on the undercard of Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith – UFC Fight Night 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, good fight between Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith: it gets three stars.

Volkan Oezdemir entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-2-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Daniel Cormier (Daniel Cormier vs Volkan Oezdemir). Before this bout, in 2017, he had defeated Ovince Saint Preux (St Preux vs Oezdemir), Misha Cirkunov (Cirkunov vs Oezdemir) and Jimi Manuwa (Manuwa vs Oezdemir).
His opponent, Anthony Smith, has a record of 30-13-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He has already fought three times in 2018 losing to Thiago Santos (Thiago Santos vs Anthony Smith) but then he has beat Rashad Evans and Mauricio Shogun Rua (Mauricio Shogun Rua vs Anthony Smith). Oezdemir vs Smith is the main event of UFC Fight Night 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, fight not so exciting between Michael Johnson and Artem Lobov: it gets two stars.

Michael Johnson entered this fight with a mma record of 18-13-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 featherweight in the world but he won just two out of his last seven bouts; he has fought twice in 2018 losing to Darren Elkins (Darren Elkins vs Michael Johnson) and beating Andre Fili (Andre Fili vs Michael Johnson).
His opponent, Artem Lobov, has an official record of 13-14-1 (46% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.115 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Cub Swanson (Cub Swanson vs Artem Lobov) and Andre Fili. Johnson vs Lobov is on the undercard of Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith – UFC Fight Night 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-10-27, pretty good finish between Misha Cirkunov and Patrick Cummins but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Misha Cirkunov entered this fight with a professional record of 13-4-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive defeats, against Volkan Oezdemir (Cirkunov vs Oezdemir) and Glover Teixeira (Glover Teixeira vs Misha Cirkunov).
His opponent, Patrick Cummins, has a mma record of 10-5-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Corey Anderson (Corey Anderson vs Patrick Cummins); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Jan Blachowicz and Gian Villante (Gian Villante vs Patrick Cummins). Cirkunov vs Cummins is on the undercard of Volkan Oezdemir vs Anthony Smith – UFC Fight Night 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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