TAG: UFC Fight Night 88

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, good fight between Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

Both undefeated, the Brazilian Thomas Almeida entered this fight with a perfect record of 20-0-0 (95% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Cody Garbrandt, has a mma record of 8-0-0 (88% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. Almeida fought three times last year winning over Yves Jabouin (=Almeida vs Jabouin), Brad Pickett (=Pickett vs Almeida) and Anthony Birchak (=Almeida vs Birchak) while Garbrandt has already fought once in 2016 defeating Augusto Mendes (=Garbrandt vs Mendes). Almeida vs Garbrandt is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, nice exchanges between Jeremy Stephens and Renan Barao: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Bw champion Renan Barao Pegado entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-3-0 (70% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Dominick Cruz) but he lost two out of his last three bouts, both against TJ Dillashaw (=Barao vs Dillashaw I and Dillashaw vs Barao II), between these two fights he beat Mitch Gagnon (=Barao vs Gagnon).
His opponent, Jeremy Stephens (black belt in Bjj as well), has an official record of 24-12-0 (79% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 featherweight. He fought twice last year beating Dennis Bermudez (=Bermudez vs Stephens) but then he lost to Max Holloway (=Holloway vs Stephens). Barao vs Stephens is on the undercard of Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt – UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, fight not so exciting between Tarec Saffiedine and Rick Story: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj, karate and former Strikeforce Ww champion Tarec Saffiedine entered this fight with a pro mma record of 16-4-0 (37% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.22 welterweight in the world. He lost to Rory MacDonald in 2014 (=MacDonald vs Saffiedine) but he came back to win in 2016 beating Jake Ellenberger.
His opponent, Rick Story, has a record of 18-8-0 (44% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 4, 2014 when he defeated Gunnar Nelson (=Nelson vs Story). Saffiedine vs Story is on the undercard of Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt – UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, some good exchanges between Chris Camozzi and Vitor Miranda but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Chris Camozzi entered this fight with a mma record of 23-10-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.25 middleweight in the world. He lost to Ronaldo Jacare Souza in 2015 (=Jacare vs Camozzi 2) but then he has beat Tom Watson and Joe Riggs.
His opponent, Vitor Miranda, has an official record of 12-4-0 (92% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Antonio Carlos Jr in 2014 (=Miranda vs Carlos Jr), since then he has won three consecutive fights winning over Marcelo Guimaraes in his last one. Camozzi vs Miranda is on the undercard of Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt – UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, some good single shots between Jorge Masvidal and Lorenz Larkin but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Jorge Masvidal entered this fight with a professional record of 29-10-0 (45% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Lorenz Larkin, has a mma record of 16-5-0 (63% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via sumbission) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. Both fighters have lost their last bout via split decision: Masvidal was defeated by Benson Henderson (=Henderson vs Masvidal) while Larkin lost to Albert Tumenov (=Larkin vs Tumenov). Masvidal vs Larkin is on the undercard of Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt – UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-29, fight not particularly exciting between Josh Burkman and Paul Felder: it gets two stars.

Joshua Burkman entered this fight with a pro record of 28-12-0 (61% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.35 lightweight in the world while his opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and karate Paul Felder, has an official record of 11-2-0 (64% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class. Both fighters lost twice in 2015 but they came back to win in 2016: Burkman has beat KJ Noons while Felder has won over Daron Cruickshank. Burkman vs Felder is on the undercard of Thomas Almeida vs Cody Garbrandt – UFC Fight Night 88. Watch the video and rate this fight!

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