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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, spectacular finish between Impa Kasanganay and Joaquin Buckley: this is one of the best mma fights of 2020 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night). Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 10 Mma Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
The undefeatead
Impa Kasanganay entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 8-0-0 (25% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.104 middleweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Kailan Hill, Anthony Adams and Maki Pitolo.
His opponent,
Joaquin Buckley, has an official record of 10-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.135 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2020 beating Jackie Gosh and losing to Kevin Holland. Buckley vs Kasanganay is on the undercard of
Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen – UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37 or UFC Fight Island 5). Watch the video and
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, pretty good fight between Marcin Tybura and Ben Rothwell: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj and former M-1 Global Hw champion
Marcin Tybura entered this fight with a mma record of 19-6-0 (68% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the
No.17 heavyweight in the world. He lost twice last year, against Shamil Abdurakhimov (
Marcin Tybura vs Shamil Abdurakhimov) and Augusto Sakai, but he came back to win in 2010 beating Sergey Spivak and Maxim Grishin (
Marcin Tybura vs Maxim Grishin).
His opponent,
Ben Rothwell, has an official record of 38-12-0 (
89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2016 and 2019, the last one against Andrei Arlovski (
Andrei Arlovski vs Ben Rothwell 2) but then he has defeated Stefan Struve and Ben Rothwell (
Ovince St Preux vs Ben Rothwell). Rothwell vs Tybura is on the undercard of
Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen – UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37 or UFC Fight Island 5). Watch the video and
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, fight not so exciting between Edson Barboza and Makwan Amirkhani: it gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do
Edson Barboza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 20-9-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the
No.18 featherweight in the world but he won just one out of his last six bouts, against Dan Hooker in 2018 (
Edson Barboza vs Dan Hooker); after this fight he has been defeated by Justin Gaethje (4-stars fight,
Edson Barboza vs Justin Gaethje), Paul Felder (
Paul Felder vs Edson Barboza 2) and Dan Ige (
Edson Barboza vs Dan Ige).
His opponent,
Makwan Amirkhani, has an record of 16-4-0 (
75% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Chris Fishgold (
Makwan Amirkhani vs Chris Fishgold) and Danny Henry, but between these two bouts he lost to Shane Burgos. Amirkhani vs Barboza is on the undercard of
Marlon Moraes vs Cory Sandhagen – UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37 or UFC Fight Island 5). Watch the video and
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-11, good fight between Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj and former Wsof Bw champ
Marlon Moraes entered this fight with a professional mma record of 23-6-1 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the
No.2 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is
Petr Yan). He fought three times last year beating Raphael Assuncao (
Raphael Assuncao vs Marlon Moraes 2) and Jose Aldo (
Marlon Moraes vs Jose Aldo) but between these two fights he lost to Henry Cejudo (
Henry Cejudo vs Marlon Moraes).
His opponent,
Cory Sandhagen, has an official record of 12-2-0 (58% finishing rate) and he entered as the
No.10 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Aljamain Sterling (
Aljamain Sterling vs Cory Sandhagen); before this bout, in 2019, he had beat Mario Bautista, John Lineker (
John Lineker vs Cory Sandhagen) and Raphael Assuncao (
Cory Sandhagen vs Raphael Assuncao). Sandhagen vs Moraes is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 179 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 37 or UFC Fight Island 5). Watch the video and
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