Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, great fight between Anthony Pettis and Rafael dos Anjos: it gets stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in tae-kwon-do Anthony Pettis entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world; he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Clay Guida (=Guida vs Pettis), since then he has collected five consecutive victories winning the Ufc Lw belt in 2013 against Benson Henderson (=Henderson vs Pettis 2). ‘Showtime’ Pettis fought just once in 2014 beating Gilbert Melendez (=Pettis vs Melendez).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Rafael dos Anjos, has an official record of 23-7-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class; he fought four times last year losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov (=dos Anjos vs Nurmagomedov) but then he defeated Jason High (=dos Anjos vs High), Ben Henderson (=Henderson vs dos Anjos) and Nate Diaz (=dos Anjos vs Diaz). Pettis vs dos Anjos, main event of Ufc 185, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title (Pettis’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, pretty good fight between Carla Esparza and Joanna Jedrzejczyk: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Carla Esparza entered this fight with a pro mma record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.2 women’s strawweight in the world; she suffered her last defeat in 2011 when she faced #1 Jessica Aguilar, since then she has collected five consecutive victories winning the Invicta Fc belt in 2013, against Bec Rawlings, and the Ufc title last year, against Rose Namajunas (=Esparza vs Namajunas).
Her opponent, the undefeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk, has a perfect record of 8-0-0 (37% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.3 in the same weight class; she fought four times in 2014 beating Karla Benitez, Rosi Sexton, Juliana Lima and Claudia Gadelha. Esparza vs Jedrzejczyk is valid for the Ufc women’s strawweight title (Esparza’s first defense); undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, great fight between Johny Hendricks and Matt Brown: it gets three stars.
Johny Hendricks entered this fight with a mma record of 16-3-0 (56% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world; he fought twice in 2014, both times against Robbie Lawler, winning the vacant Ufc Ww title in the first bout (=Hendricks vs Lawler I) but then he was defeated in the rematch losing also the Ufc belt (=Hendricks vs Lawler II).
His opponent, Matt Brown, has a record of 19-12-0 (89% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class; he fought twice last year as well, beating Erick Silva in May (Users’ Mma Fight of the Year 2014 Brown vs Silva) but then he lost to #1 Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs Brown). Hendricks vs Brown is on the undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, some good exchanges between Alistair Overeem and Roy Nelson but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former Strikeforce and K-1 Hw champion Alistair Overeem entered this fight with a professional mma record of 38-14-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez) but he won just two out of his last five bouts: against Frank Mir (=Overeem vs Mir) and Stefan Struve (his last fight, Overeem vs Struve). Between these two fights he lost to Ben Rothwell (=Overeem vs Rothwell).
His opponent, the 38-year-old (4 years older than Overeem) and black belt in Bjj Roy Nelson, has a record of 20-10-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class but he lost three out of his last four fights. ‘Big Country’ Nelson fought twice in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson) but then he was defeated by Mark Hunt (=Hunt vs Nelson). Overeem vs Nelson is on the undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, good pace between Chris Cariaso and Henry Cejudo but the fight was not so exciting: it gets two stars.
Chris Cariaso entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-6-0 (29% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 flyweight in the world; he fought three times in 2014 beating Danny Martinez and Louis Smolka (=Cariaso vs Smolka) but then he lost to #1 Demetrious Johnson in a fight valid for the Ufc Flw title (=Johnson vs Cariaso).
His opponent, the undefeated 2008 Olympic gold medalist (freestyle wrestling -55 kg) Henry Cejudo, has a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.74 bantamweight; he fought twice last year beating Elias Garcia and Dustin Kimura (in his Ufc debut). Cariaso vs Cejudo is on the undercard of Anthony Pettis vs Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 185. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, good exchanges between Tim Means and Dhiego Lima: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Tim Means entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-6-1 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Dhiego Lima, has an official record of 10-2-0 (70% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.69 in the same weight class. Both fighters suffered their last defeat in 2014: Means lost to Neil Magny (=Means vs Magny) while Lima was beat by Eddie Gordon (=Gordon vs Lima). After losing the American has won two bouts, against Hernani Perpetuo and Marcio Alexandre, while the Brazilian defeated Jorge Antonio Cezario de Oliveira. Means vs Lima is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano– UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, great start and spectacular finish: Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano it’s the first mma fight of the year 2015 to get four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Both undefeated, the black belt in judo and former Strikeforce Bw champion Ronda Rousey entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 10-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s bantamweight in the world while her opponent, Cat Zingano, has an official record of 9-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. Rousey fought twice in 2014 beating Sara McMann (=Rousey vs McMann) and Alexis Davis (in just 16 seconds, Rousey vs Davis) while Zingano fought just once defeating Amanda Nunes (=Zingano vs Nunes). The only common opponent faced by Ronda and Cat was Miesha Tate: ‘Rowdy’ beat her in just one round in 2012 (mma Fight of the Year candidate Rousey vs Tate I) and in three rounds in 2013, both times thanks to her signature armbar submission (=Rousey vs Tate II), while ‘Alpha’ Zingano defeated Miesha by tko in three rounds (4-stars-fight, Tate vs Zingano). Rousey vs Zingano, main event of Ufc 184, is valid for the Ufc women’s bantamweight title (held by Rousey). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, good exchanges between Tony Ferguson and Gleison Tibau: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The TUF 13 winner (The Ultimate Fighter) Tony Ferguson entered this fight with a pro mma record of 17-3-0 (82% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 lightweight in the world; he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Michael Johnson, since then he has won four consecutive bouts, the last one against Abel Trujillo (=Ferguson vs Trujillo).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gleison Tibau, has a record of 33-10-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class; he lost his last fight against Michael Johnson as well but after losing he came back to win collecting three consecutive victories. He has already fought in 2015 beating Norman Parke fourty days ago (=Tibau vs Parke). Ferguson vs Tibau is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, some good exchanges between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington but it is not enough to get three stars.
The former Wbc, Wba, Wbf and Iba boxing champion Holly Holm entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (86% ko/tko victory rate – she has never won via submission) and she is ranked as the No.14 women’s bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ronda Rousey); she fought just once in 2014 beating Juliana Werner (=Holm vs Werner).
Her opponent, Raquel Pennington, has a record of 5-4-0 (60% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.13 in the same weight class; she fought twice last year losing to Jsssica Andrade and defeating Ashlee Evans-Smith. Holm vs Pennington is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, some good single shots between Alan Jouban and Richard Walsh but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Alan Jouban entered this fight with a mma record of 10-3-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.90 welterweight in the world while his opponent, Richard Walsh, has an official record of 8-2-0 (62% finishing rate). Both fighters lost their last fight: Jouban was defeated by Warlley Alves (=Alves vs Jouban) while Walsh lost to Kiichi Kunimoto (=Kunimoto vs Walsh). Jouban vs Walsh is on the undercard of Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano – UFC 184. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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