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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Da Santiago (ranked 24319 p4p, 290 weight class) and Darrion Vaughn (ranked 6539 p4p, 258 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessio Da Santiago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darrion Vaughn!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Da Santiago or perhaps it was just good defense by Vaughn, which made it look bad.
Da Santiago takes one on the button.
Da Santiago looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Vaughn.
Vaughn misses with a series of wild punches.
Vaughn goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Da Santiago walks into a straight right hand from Vaughn.
Da Santiago scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Santiago takes a little break here. Vaughn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Da Santiago wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vaughn keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Santiago is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Vaughn is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Vaughn is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Da Santiago asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Vaughn is not content to let Da Santiago control the position.
Da Santiago fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vaughn is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Da Santiago asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Da Santiago working the ground and pound but Vaughn is defending the strikes.
Da Santiago throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Vaughn is not content to let Da Santiago control the position.
Da Santiago working the ground and pound but Vaughn is defending the strikes.
Da Santiago scores with punches from side control.
Vaughn is looking to get back to his feet here but Da Santiago is keeping cool and he's managed to take Vaughn's back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Santiago looking for the choke from the back.
Da Santiago working for a choke but Vaughn is defending well.
Da Santiago seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Vaughn's chin but Vaughn turns very nicely into Da Santiago's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Vaughn.
Da Santiago has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vaughn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn stands and steps away. Da Santiago gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Vaughn's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Vaughn duly obliges.
No joy there for Vaughn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Santiago avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vaughn misses with a combination
and Da Santiago moves into the clinch.
Da Santiago gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Da Santiago.
Vaughn's coach down at So Cal Fight Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vaughn's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Da Santiago keeps control of Vaughn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Da Santiago lands an elbow that stopped Vaughn in his tracks for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Da Santiago takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vaughn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrion Vaughn dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vaughn misses with a few strikes there.
Vaughn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck for Da Santiago with that takedown attempt.
Da Santiago pushes Vaughn up against the cage in a clinch.
Da Santiago drags the fight down to the ground.
Da Santiago has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Da Santiago is trying to control the position but Vaughn postures up.
Da Santiago wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Da Santiago is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vaughn is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Santiago is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vaughn is aware though and is defending well.
Da Santiago is working an open guard so Vaughn takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Vaughn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Da Santiago drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughn keeping moving, preventing Da Santiago from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Da Santiago accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vaughn pushes Da Santiago off and scrambles back to his feet.
No joy there for Vaughn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Santiago drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Da Santiago looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Some wild striking there from Vaughn.
Da Santiago goes for a double leg but Vaughn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Vaughn continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alessio Da Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Santiago shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vaughn as he avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vaughn connects with a right hand. Da Santiago shakes it off.
Da Santiago shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Vaughn feints the counter takedown.
Vaughn misses with a few strikes there.
Da Santiago is looking to counter the offense by Vaughn and move into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaughn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Da Santiagos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vaughn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vaughn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Da Santiago.
Da Santiago shoots in and bounces Vaughn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Vaughn wants to stand and escape but Da Santiago is having none of it.
Da Santiago controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Da Santiago gets to his feet. Vaughn looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Da Santiago. Da Santiago circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vaughn misses with a few strikes there.
Vaughn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alessio Da Santiago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughn lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Darrion Vaughn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Da Santiago looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vaughn is fending him off so far but Da Santiago persists. Nope, Vaughn circles away and we're back to standing.
Vaughn works over Da Santiago's head and body with a nice combination.
Vaughn misses with the combination.
Da Santiago is looking for a counter combo.
Vaughn tries to bum rush Da Santiago with a series of wild strikes but Da Santiago uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vaughn lands a lovely overhand right.
Vaughn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Santiago shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vaughn sprawls well. Vaughn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Da Santiago gets slowly back to his feet.
Vaughn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vaughn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Santiago is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Da Santiago rushes Vaughn and presses him up against the cage.
Da Santiago lands an elbow inside.
Da Santiago tries to pull guard but Vaughn holds him up against the cage and eventually Da Santiago drops back down to his feet.
Vaughn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Da Santiago.
Da Santiago lands an elbow inside that Vaughn shrugs off.
Da Santiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vaughn fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaughn tests Da Santiago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vaughn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Da Santiago counters with a nice double leg into side control. Vaughn won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darrion Vaughn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vaughn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Da Santiago.
Vaughn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Da Santiago is rocked!
Vaughn drops Da Santiago with a huge uppercut! Da Santiago drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Vaughn is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darrion Vaughn!
Darrion Vaughn is the new bantamweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Darrion Vaughn gave a big smile as he said 'He had no right fighting for a title, none!!! I proved that tonight. He's tight with the owner of the company and got handed a shot at the belt. Tonight I ended this mans career. Four straight losses son bye bye. It's my time!!!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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