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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ara Vahaber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vahaber has chosen Dr.Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Still Dre as his entrance music. Ara Vahaber has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Santiago Da Silva's chin.
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288 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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270 lbs
22 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santiago Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ara Vahaber!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vahaber scoring well with a low kick there.
Da Silva misses with a looping left.
Vahaber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Vahaber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Silva gets tackled into the cage by Vahaber. Vahaber maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vahaber pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Da Silva prevents a body shot from Vahaber.
Vahaber tries a body shot but Da Silva blocks it.
Vahaber lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
Vahaber taking a breather.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Vahaber blocks with his arms.
Da Silva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Vahaber is trying to keep an underhook but Da Silva manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Vahaber is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Da Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Da Silva's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Da Silva as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Vahaber!
Da Silva can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Vahaber has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Vahaber scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
What can Da Silva do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vahaber working for the choke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva manages to reverse the position and now he's in Vahaber's guard. Nice work there by Da Silva.
Vahaber has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Da Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vahaber looking for a sweep. Not yet Vahaber, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vahaber working a defensive guard here.
Vahaber escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Da Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vahaber is on top in guard.
Vahaber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Da Silva has his hands on Vahaber's head, controlling the position.
Da Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vahaber stopping the sweep attempt from Da Silva.
Da Silva is trying to keep Vahaber in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahaber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vahaber trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vahaber throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva blocks nicely.
Da Silva controls Vahaber momentarily but Vahaber frees himself.
Vahaber throws an elbow that misses. Da Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vahaber's guard. Nice move by Da Silva!
Da Silva wants to pass the guard but Vahaber is keeping the position.
Vahaber has control of Da Silva's left arm, preventing Da Silva from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vahaber has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Da Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Da Silva won't allow Vahaber to sweep him here.
Vahaber is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Vahaber is trying to control the position but Da Silva postures up.
Da Silva is stalling in the full guard.
Da Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vahaber is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vahaber looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Da Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Vahaber is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Da Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Da Silva's back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vahaber softening up his opponent with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ara Vahaber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santiago Da Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vahaber walks into a straight right hand from Da Silva.
Vahaber throws a head kick but Da Silva moves out of range.
Vahaber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Da Silva. Da Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice sprawl there from Vahaber as Da Silva shoots in.
Vahaber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vahaber. Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vahaber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Da Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vahaber has time to react.
Da Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Vahaber counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vahaber looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Silva is just out of range.
Vahaber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vahaber fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahaber cracks Da Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Vahaber has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Da Silva to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vahaber bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vahaber misses the shot to the body.
Vahaber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vahaber dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vahaber scores with a jab to the body.
Vahaber lands a big right hand that sends Da Silva crashing to the mat! Vahaber stays standing though and waves Da Silva back to his feet!
Da Silva is rocked!
Vahaber throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vahaber misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Da Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Da Silva avoids the head kick by Vahaber.
Da Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vahaber is out of range.
Santiago Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Da Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vahaber blocks a head kick by Da Silva.
Vahaber misses with a two punch combination.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that Vahaber avoids nicely.
Vahaber swings for the body but Da Silva moves out of range.
Vahaber lands a big right hand that sends Da Silva crashing to the mat! Vahaber stays standing though and waves Da Silva back to his feet!
Santiago Da Silva's cut is getting worse.
Vahaber cracks Da Silva with a hook to the temple - Da Silva is on wobbly legs here! Vahaber swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Da Silva falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Vahaber wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ara Vahaber!
A very excited looking Ara Vahaber made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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