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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, good fight between
Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Michelle Waterson: it gets three stars.
The former Wkn kickboxing and former Ufc strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk entered this fight with a professional mma record of 15-3-0 (33% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.4 women’s strawweight in the world but she won just one out of her last four bout, against Tecia Torres last year (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Tecia Torres); after this fight she has lost to Valentina Shevchenko (Valentina Shevchenko vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk).
Her opponent, the black belt in American freestyle karate and former Invicta Fc atomweight champion Michelle Waterson, has an official record of 17-6-0 (71% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. She lost two consecutive bouts in 2017, against Rose Namajunas (Rose Namajunas vs Michelle Waterson) and Tecia Torres, but then she has won three fight defeating Karolina Kowalkiewicz in her last one (Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Michelle Waterson). Joanna vs Waterson is the main event of UFC Fight Night 161 (UFC on ESPN+ 19). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, good exchanges between
Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas: it gets three stars.
The undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ADCC and no-gi BJJ world champion Mackenzie Dern entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (57% submission victory rate – she has never won via ko/tko) but she is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since May 12, 2018 when she defeated Amanda Bobby Cooper (Mackenzie Dern vs Amanda Bobby Cooper); before this bout, in March 2018, she had also beat Ashley Yoder.
Her opponent, Amanda Ribas, has an official record of 7-1-0 (86% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.29 women’s strawweight in the world. She suffered her only loss when she faced Polyana Viana in 2015, since then she has beat Jennifer Gonzalez Araneda and Emily Whitmire. Dern vs Ribas is on the undercard of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson – UFC Fight Night 161 (UFC on ESPN+ 19). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, great performance by both fighters:
Cub Swanson vs Kron Gracie gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-11-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.35 featherweight in the world but he comes off four consecutive losses, the last one against Shane Burgos (Cub Swanson vs Shane Burgos); his last victory was with Artem lobov in 2017 (Cub Swanson vs Artem Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Kron Gracie, has a perfect record of 5-0-0 (100% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over Hideo Tokoro (Gracie vs Tokoro), Tatsuya Kawajiri (Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie) and Alex Caceres (Kron Gracie vs Alex Caceres). Swanson vs Gracie is on the undercard of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson – UFC Fight Night 161 (UFC on ESPN+ 19). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-12, good finish between
Deiveson Figueiredo and Tim Elliott: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj Deiveson Figueiredo entered this fight with a professional record of 16-1-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Joseph Benavidez). He suffered his only loss when he faced Jussier Formiga da Silva in March (Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Deiveson Figueiredo), after this bout he has beat Alexandre Pantoja (Alexandre Pantoja vs Deiveson Figueiredo).
His opponent, Tim Elliott, has a mma record of 15-8-1 (60% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 30, 2017 when he defeated Mark De La Rosa; before this bout he had lost to Ben Nguyen (Tim Elliott vs Ben Nguyen). Figueiredo vs Elliott is on the undercard of Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Michelle Waterson – UFC Fight Night 161 (UFC on ESPN+ 19). Watch the video and rate this fight!
