Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-10, some good exchanges between
Ben Rothwell and Junior dos Santos but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The black belt in Bjj and former Ufc Hw champion Junior dos Santos entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-4-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Fabricio Werdum). JDS lost two out of his last three bouts: against Cain Velasquez in 2013 (=Velasquez vs dos Santos 3) and with Alistair Overeem in his last bout (=dos Santos vs Overeem); between these two bouts ‘Cigano’ beat Stipe Miocic (=dos Santos vs Miocic).
His opponent, Ben Rothwell, has an official record of 36-9-0 (92% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Gabriel Gonzaga in 2013 (=Gonzaga vs Rothwell ), since then he has won four consecutive fights beating Josh Barnett in his last one (=Barnett vs Rothwell).Dos Santos vs Rothwell is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 86. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-10, pretty good finish between
Derrick Lewis and Gabriel Gonzaga but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Derrick Lewis entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-4-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.21 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Shawn Jordan last year but then he won over Viktor Pesta and Damian Grabowski.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gabriel Gonzaga, has a record of 17-10-0 (94% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class. ‘Napao’ Gonzaga lost three consecutive bouts between 2014 and 2015, the last one against Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2) but he came back to win in december beating Konstantin Erokhin (=Gonzaga vs Erokhin). Lewis vs Gonzaga is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Ben Rothwell – UFC Fight Night 86. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-10, fight not particularly good between
Marcin Tybura and Timothy Johnson: it gets two stars.
The M-1 Global Hw champion Marcin Tybura entered this fight with a mma record of 13-1-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.20 heavyweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Stephan Puetz (doctor stoppage, Tybura vs Puetz) and winning over Ante Delija (=Tybura vs Delija).
His opponent, Timothy Johnson, has an official record of 9-2-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class. He also fought twice in 2015 beating Shamil Abdurakhimov but then he was defeated by Jared Rosholt (=Rosholt vs Johnson). Marcin Tybura vs Timothy Johnson is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Ben Rothwell – UFC Fight Night 86. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-10, nice and tough fight between
Jan Blachowicz and Igor Pokrajac: it gets three stars.
The former Ksw light-Hw champion Jan Blachowicz entered this fight with a professional record of 18-5-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.29 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Jimi Manuwa (=Blachowicz vs Manuwa) and Corey Anderson (=Blachowicz vs Anderson).
His opponent, Igor Pokrajac, has a mma record of 28-12-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.79 in the same weight class. He lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima in 2014 but then he has won three consecutive fights. Blachowicz vs Pokrajac is on the undercard of Junior dos Santos vs Ben Rothwell – UFC Fight Night 86. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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