TAG: UFC Fight Night 68

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, fight not particularly good between Tim Boetsch and Dan Henderson: it gets two stars.

Tim Boetsch entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-8-0 (72% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 middleweight in the world while his opponent, the 44-year-old (ten years older than Boetsch) and former Ufc, Pride and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson, has an official record of 30-13-0 (53% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. Both fighters won just once in their last three bouts: Boetsch lost to Luke Rockhold (Rockhold vs Boetsch), then he beat Brad Tavares (=Boetsch vs Tavares) and he lost again, with Thales Leites (=Boetsch vs Leites); ‘Hendo’ won the rematch over Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua (=Rua vs Henderson 2) but then he suffered two consecutive defeats, against Daniel Cormier (=Henderson vs Cormier) and Gegard Mousasi (=Henderson vs Mousasi). Boetsch vs Henderson is the main event of UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, Ben Rothwell vs Matt Mitrione gets three stars thanks to a good finish.

Ben Rothwell entered this fight with a pro mma record of 34-9-0 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in karate Matt Mitrione, has a record of 9-3-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez). Both fighters suffered their last loss in 2013: Rothwell was defeated by Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Rothwell) and then he won over Brandon Vera (=Rothwell vs Vera) and Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Rothwell) while Mitrione lost to Brendan Schaub (=Schaub vs Mitrione) but then he has won three consecutive bouts, the last one with Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Mitrione). Rothwell vs Mitrione is on the undercard of Tim Boetsch vs Dan Henderson – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, pretty good fight between Dustin Poirier and Yancy Medeiros: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Dustin Poirier entered this fight with a mma record of 17-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world. He lost to Conor McGregor in 2014 (=Poirier vs McGregor) but he came back to win in 2015 beating Carlos Diego Ferreira (=Poirier vs Ferreira).
His opponent, Yancy Medeiros, has an official record of 11-2-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.80 in the same weight class. He lost in 2014 as well, but against Jim Miller (=Miller vs Medeiros), and then he has won over Damon Jackson (=Jackson vs Medeiros) and Joe Proctor (=Proctor vs Medeiros). Poirier vs Medeiros is on the undercard of Tim Boetsch vs Dan Henderson – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, very nice back and forth battle between Thiago Tavares and Brian Ortega: it is close to get four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Tavares entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-5-1 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 featherweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2013, against Khabib Nurmagomedov (=Tavares vs Nurmagomedov), but then he came back to win beating Justin Salas and Robbie Peralta (=Peralta vs Tavares).
His opponent, the undefeated Brian Ortega (black belt in Bjj as well), has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (50% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he fought twice last year: he won over Keoni Koch and Mike De La Torre but then the result was changed to no-contest since he tested positive for drostanolone. Tavares vs Ortega is on the undercard of Tim Boetsch vs Dan Henderson – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, Joe Soto vs Anthony Birchak gets three stars thanks to a good finish.

The former Bellator Fw champion Joe Soto entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-3-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Anthony Birchak, has an official record of 11-2-0 (82% finishing rate). Soto vs Birchak is on the undercard of Dan Henderson vs Tim Boetsch – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-06, pretty good finish between Francisco Rivera and Alex Caceres but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Francisco Rivera entered this fight with a mma record of 10-4-0 (70% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.39 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Alex Caceres, has an official record of 10-7-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.46 in the same weight class. Rivera vs Caceres is on the undercard of Dan Henderson vs Tim Boetsch – UFC Fight Night 68. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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