Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-14, good fight between Darren Elkins and Michael Johnson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Darren Elkins entered this fight with a pro record of 23-5-0 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Max Holloway). He lost to Hacran Dias in 2014 but then he has won over Robert Whiteford, Chas Skelly, Godofredo Pepey, Mirsad Bektic (=Elkins vs Bektic) and Dennis Bermudez (=Elkins vs Bermudez).
His opponent, Michael Johnson, has an official mma record of 17-12-0 (59% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 lightweight but he won just one out of his last five bouts, against Dustin Poirier in 2016 (=Poirier vs Johnson). After this bout he was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov (=Johnson vs Nurmagomedov) and Justin Gaethje (Mma Fight of the Year 2017, Johnson vs Gaethje). Elkins vs Johnson is on the undercard of Jeremy Stephens vs Doo Ho Choi – UFC Fight Night 124. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-30, pretty good fight between Cristiane Cyborg Justino and Holly Holm: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The Ufc women’s Fw and former Strikeforce and Invicta Fc champion Cristiane Cyborg Justino entered this fight with a pro mma record of 18-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s featherweight in the world. She suffered her only loss at her professional mma debut, against Erica Paes in 2005, since then she has won 18 consecutive bouts beating Leslie Smith (=Cyborg vs Smith), Lina Lansberg (=Justino vs Lansberg) and Tonya Evinger in his last three (=Cyborg vs Evinger).
Her opponent, the former Ufc and Wbc, Wba, Wbf, Iba boxing champion Holly Holm, has a record of 11-3-0 (73% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. She won the Ufc Bw belt in 2015, against Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Holm) but then she lost it at her first defense with Miesha Tate (=Holm vs Tate); after this bout she was also defeated by Valentina Shevchenko (=Holm vs Shevchenko) and Germaine de Randamie (=Holm vs Randamie). The Preacher’s Daughter Holm came back to win in 2017 defeating Bethe Correia (=Holm vs Correia). Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holm, main event of Ufc 219, is valid for the Ufc women’s featherweight title (Cyborg’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-30, good pace with some nice exchanges: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The undefeated black belt in judo and two time combat sambo world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 24-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Conor McGregor). After suffering different injuries between 2014 and 2015, he came back to fight in 2016 winning over Darrell Horcher (=Nurmagomedov vs Horcher) and Michael Johnson (=Johnson vs Nurmagomedov).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do Edson Barboza, has an official record of 19-4-0 (63% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost to Tony Ferguson in 2015 (=Ferguson vs Barboza) but then he has beat Anthony Pettis (=Pettis vs Barboza), Gilbert Melendez (=Barboza vs Melendez) and Beneil Dariush (4-stars fight, Barboza vs Dariush). Nurmagomedov vs Barboza is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-30, good finish between Dan Hooker and Marc Diakiese: it gets three stars.
Dan Hooker entered this fight with a professional record of 14-7-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.50 lightweight in the world. He lost to Jason Knight in 2016 but he came back to win in 2017 with Ross Pearson (=Pearson vs Hooker).
His opponent, the Bamma Lw champion Marc Diakiese, has a mma record of 12-1-0 (58% finishing rate) but he comes off his first loss, suffered against Drakkar Klose in July (via split decision, Diakiese vs Klose); before this bout, in March, he had beat Teemu Packalen. Diakiese vs Hooker is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-30, fight not particularly exciting between Carlos Condit and Neil Magny: it gets three stars.
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former interim Ufc Ww champion Carlos Condit entered this fight with a pro record of 30-10-0 (93% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since August 27, 2016 when he was defeated by Demian Maia (=Maia vs Condit); before this bout he had also lost to Robbie Lawler (via split decision, 4-stars fight Lawler vs Condit).
His opponent, Neil Magny, has an official mma record of 19-6-0 (47% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 welterweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Lorenz Larkin (=Magny vs Larkin) and with Rafael dos Anjos (=dos Anjos vs Magny); between these two bouts he beat Johny Hendricks (=Hendricks vs Magny). Magny vs Condit is on the undercard of Cris Cyborg Justino vs Holly Holm – UFC 219. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good fight between Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos: it gets three stars.
The former Ufc Ww champion Robbie Lawler entered this fight with a mma record of 28-11-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley last year (=Lawler vs Woodley) but he came back to win in 2017 with Donald Cerrone (=Lawler vs Cerrone).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Lw champion Rafael dos Anjos, has an official record of 27-9-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive fights in 2016, against Eddie Alvarez (=dos Anjos vs Alvarez) and Tony Ferguson (=dos Anjos vs Ferguson), but then he has beat Tarec Saffiedine (=dos Anjos vs Saffiedine) and Neil Magny (=dos Anjos vs Magny). Dos Anjos vs Lawler, main event of UFC on Fox 26, is the eliminator for the Ufc welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, nice exchanges between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Mike Perry: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Bjj Santiago Ponzinibbio entered this fight with a pro record of 25-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 welterweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2015, against Lorenz Larkin (=Larkin vs Ponzinibbio), but then he has won five bouts beating Nordine Taleb (=Ponzinibbio vs Taleb) and Gunnar Nelson in 2017 (=Nelson vs Ponzinibbio).
His opponent, Mike Perry, has an official mma record of 11-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered his first loss last year when he faced Alan Jouban (=Perry vs Jouban) but then he has defeated Jake Ellenberger (=Ellenberger vs Perry) and Alex Reyes (=Perry vs Reyes). Ponzinibbio vs Perry is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, good finish between Ricardo Lamas and Josh Emmett: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ricardo Lamas entered this fight with a professional record of 18-5-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world. He lost to current #1 Fw Ufc champion Max Holloway last year (=Holloway vs Lamas), but then he has won over Charles Oliveira (=Lamas vs Oliveira) and Jason Knight (=Lamas vs Knight).
His opponent, Josh Emmett, has a mma record of 12-1-0 (42% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 losing to Desmond Green and defeating Felipe Arantes. Emmett vs Lamas is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-16, pretty good fight between Glover Teixeira and Misha Cirkunov: it gets three stars.
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Glover Teixeira entered this fight with a record of 26-6-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Cormier) but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Anthony Johnson (in 2016 Johnson vs Teixeira) and Alexander Gustafsson (=Gustafsson vs Teixeira); between these two bouts he beat Jared Cannonier (=Teixeira vs Cannonier).
His opponent, Misha Cirkunov (black belt in Bjj as well), has a mma record of 13-3-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Volkan Oezdemir (=Cirkunov vs Oezdemir). Before this bout, in 2016, he had won over Alex Nicholson, Ion Cutelaba and Nikita Krylov. Teixeira vs Cirkunov is on the undercard of Robbie Lawler vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC on Fox 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, pretty good fight between Brian Ortega and Cub Swanson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night and UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Cub Swanson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 featherweight in the world. He lost two consecutive fights between 2014 and 2015, against Frankie Edgar (=Edgar vs Swanson) and current #1 Ufc Fw champion Max Holloway (=Swanson vs Holloway), but then he has won four bouts beating Artem Lobov in 2017 (=Swanson vs Lobov).
His opponent, the undefeated black belt in Bjj Brian Ortega, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has beat Diego Brandao (=Ortega vs Brandao), Clay Guida (=Ortega vs Guida) and Renato Moicano Carneiro (=Carneiro vs Ortega). Ortega vs Swanson is the mian event of UFC Fight Night 123. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-14, good fight between Darren Elkins and Michael Johnson: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
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