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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dana Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whyte has chosen Imagine - John Lennon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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296 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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210 cm
26
300 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 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
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dana Whyte!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whyte's calf.
Da Silva jabs Whyte to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Da Silva scores with a jab. Whyte acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Da Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Whyte is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whyte keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Da Silva is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Whyte is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago Da Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Whyte closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Da Silva did well to prevent Whyte getting side control.
Da Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Whyte is working away from the top position though.
Da Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Da Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Whyte scores with a couple of nice shots.
Whyte is keen to just control but Da Silva is a slippery customer.
Da Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Whyte tries to pass to full mount but Da Silva defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte winds up and cracks Da Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva trying to control but Whyte postures up.
Whyte looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Whyte moves into full mount! Da Silva won't be happy about that!
Da Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Whyte raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte avoids the attempt from Da Silva to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Whyte putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Da Silva holds of for dear life.
Da Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Whyte with good strikes from the mount here!
Da Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Whyte lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Da Silva hang on?
It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Da Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Whyte in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santiago Da Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Santiago Da Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dana Whyte!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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