Tim Kennedy vs Yoel Romero Palacio full fight Video UFC 178 – 2014

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-27, back and forth fight with an exciting finish: Tim Kennedy vs Yoel Romero gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The black belt in ju-jitsu Tim Kennedy entered this fight with a professional mma record of 18-4-0 (78% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Chris Weidman); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Luke Rockhold in a fight valid for the Strikeforce Mw title (=Rockhold vs Kennedy), since then he has fought and won four consecutive times beating Michael Bisping in his last bout (=Bisping vs Kennedy).
His opponent, the 2000 Olympic Mw silver medalist in freestyle wrestilng Yoel Romero Palacio, has a record of 8-1-0 (87% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he fought against Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante, since then he has won four consecutive fights, the last one against Brad Tavares (=Tavares vs Romero). Kennedy vs Romero is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso – UFC 178. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Cat Zingano vs Amanda Nunes full fight Video UFC 178 – 2014

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-27, aggressive start and some tough exchanges: Cat Zingano vs Amanda Nunes gets three stars. The undefeated Cat Zingano entered this fight with a perfect record of 8-0-0 (87% finishing rate) but she is not ranked as she hasn’t fought since April 13, 2013 when she defeated Miesha Tate in one of the best mma fights of the year (=Tate vs Zingano); after that bout she suffered a knee injury which required surgery and at the beginning of 2014 her husband, Mauricio Zingano, dead at just 37.
Her opponent, Amanda Nunes, has an official record of 9-3-0 (100% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.12 women’s bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ronda Rousey); she fought three times in 2013 losing the first bout, against Sarah D’Alelio but then she beat Sheila Gaff and Germaine de Randamie. Zingano vs Nunes is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso – UFC 178. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Dominick Cruz vs Takeya Mizugaki full fight Video UFC 178 – 2014

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-27, great start between Dominick Cruz and Takeya Mizugaki: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night). The former Ufc and Wec bantmaweight champion Dominick Cruz entered this fight with a record of 19-1-0 (37% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 1, 2011 when he defeated Demetrious Johnson and successfully defended the Ufc Bw title (=Cruz vs Johnson); Cruz suffered his only loss in 2007 when he faced Urijah Faber for the Wec Fw belt but he took revenge on him four years later at Ufc 132 (=Cruz vs Faber 2).
His opponent, Takeya Mizugaki, has a mma record of 20-7-2 (30% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is TJ Dillashaw); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Chris Cariaso, since then he won five consecutive bouts, the last one against Francisco Rivera (=Mizugaki vs Rivera). Cruz vs Mizugaki is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso – UFC 178. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Kiichi Kunimoto vs Richard Walsh – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, good start but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Kiichi Kunimoto vs Richard Walsh gets two stars. Kiichi Kunimoto entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-5-2 (65% finishing rate) while his opponent, Richard Walsh, has an official record of 8-1-0 (62% finishing rate); both fighters come off six consecutive wins. Kunimoto vs Walsh is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Amir Sadollah gets two. The black belt in judo Yoshihiro Akiyama entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-5-0 (92% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since February, 2012 when he was defeated by Jake Shields (=Shields vs Akiyama); before that bout he had already lost three consecutive times.
His opponent, Amir Sadollah, has a record of 6-4-0 (33% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 29, 2012 when he was defeated by Dan Hardy (=Hardy vs Sadollah). Akiyama vs Sadollah is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Miesha Tate vs Rin Nakai – fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, fight not particularly exciting between Miesha Tate and Rin Nakai: it gets two stars. The former Strikeforce women’s Bw champion Miesha Tate entered this fight with a mma record of 14-5-0 (64% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.5 women’s bantamweight in the world; she lost two out of two fights in 2013, against Cat Zingano (=Tate vs Zingano) and the rematch against #1 Ronda Rousey (=Rousey vs Tate 2), but she came back to win in 2014 beating Liz Carmouche (=Tate vs Carmouche).
Her opponent, the undefeated black belt in judo and former Pancrase women’s Bw champion Rin Nakai, has an official record of 16-0-1 (62% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, she has already fought once in 2014 beating Sarah D’Alelio. Tate vs Nakai is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Myles Jury vs Takanori Gomi – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, pretty good finish between Myles Jury and Takanori Gomi: it gets three stars. The undefeated black belt in Bjj Myles Jury entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 lightweight in the world, he has already fought once in 2014 beating Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Jury).
His opponent, the former Pride Lw champion Takanori Gomi, has an official record of 35-9-0 (54% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013 when he faced Diego Sanchez (=Sanchez vs Gomi) but he came back to win in 2014 defeating Isaac Vallie-Flagg. Jury vs Gomi is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson gets three stars only thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night). The 40-year-old Mark Hunt (two years older than Nelson) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 9-8-1 (67% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.7 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cain Velasquez); he fought three times last year defeating Stefan Struve (=Struve vs Hunt) but then he was beat by #2 Junior dos Santos (=Dos Santos vs Hunt) and he drew against Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in one of the most exciting fights of 2013 (4-stars-fight Bigfoot vs Hunt).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Roy Nelson, has an official record of 20-9-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he lost two consecutive bouts in 2013, against Stipe Miocic (=Nelson vs Miocic) and Daniel Cormier (=Cormier vs Nelson), but he came back to win in 2014 beating Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira (=Nogueira vs Nelson). ‘Big Country’ Nelson vs Hunt is the main event of UFC Fight Night 52. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Kyoji Horiguchi vs Jon delos Reyes – full fight Video UFC FN 52

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-20, good finish between Kyoji Horiguchi and Jon delos Reyes: it gets three stars. The black belt in karate Kyoji Horiguchi entered this fight with a mma record of 13-1-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Demetrious Johnson); he suffered his only defeat (via majority decision) in 2012 when he faced Masakatsu Ueda, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories.
His opponent, Jon delos Reyes, has an official record of 7-3-0 (100% finishing rate), he has already fought once in 2014 but he lost to Dustin Kimura: Horiguchi vs Reyes is on the undercard of Mark Hunt vs Roy Nelson – UFC FN 52 (UFC Fight Night Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 MMA fight – Gleison Tibau vs Piotr Hallmann – fight Video UFC FN 51

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-09-13, good first part of the fight between Gleison Tibau and Piotr Hallmann but the rest of the bout was not so exciting: it gets two stars (UFC Fight of the Night). The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gleison Tibau entered this fight with a pro mma record of 29-10-0 (52% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat at the end of 2013, against Michael Johnson, but he came back to win in 2014 beating Pat Healy.
His opponent, Piotr Hallmann, has an official record of 15-2-0 (93% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 in the same weight class, he lost once in 2013 as well, against Al Iaquinta, and he won his only fight of 2014 defeating Yves Edwards (=Edwards vs Hallmann). Tibau vs Hallmann is on the undercard of Antonio Silva vs Andrei Arlovski 2 – UFC FN 51. Watch the video and rate this fight!