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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santo Vaccaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santo Vaccaro will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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290 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santo Vaccaro!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaccaro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aoki.
Aoki gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Vaccaro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Vaccaro.
Vaccaro trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Aoki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Vaccaro looking to sit in guard and control but Aoki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vaccaro trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaccaro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vaccaro wants to stand and escape but Aoki is having none of it.
Vaccaro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Vaccaro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aoki throws a strike but Vaccaro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vaccaro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vaccaro throws a strike but Aoki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vaccaro scores with a nice shot.
Aoki throws a big right hand that misses.
Aoki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vaccaro keeping moving, preventing Aoki from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaccaro is striking off his back. Aoki thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Aoki is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aoki is trying to work for a kimura but Vaccaro is defending well.
Vaccaro felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaccaro tries to roll over but Aoki keeps him under control.
Aoki is trying to control the action in half guard but Vaccaro is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vaccaro is trying to stand back up but Aoki is controlling him
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vaccaro is trying to maintain the position but Aoki is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Vaccaro closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Aoki quickly recovers to half guard.
Aoki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Vaccaro pulls his head out easily.
Vaccaro lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Vaccaro pulls his head out easily.
Aoki misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Vaccaro wants to pass to mount but Aoki is defending the position.
Aoki actively working from the bottom here.
Vaccaro not doing much here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vaccaro working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santo Vaccaro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aoki misses with a kick to the body.
Vaccaro wants to counter with a clinch but Aoki pushes him away.
Vaccaro gets a double leg takedown into Aoki's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aoki isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Vaccaro stacks Aoki on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Vaccaro!
Aoki could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Aoki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santo Vaccaro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Aoki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Vaccaro connects with a decent elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vaccaro in side control lands a decent elbow.
Vaccaro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Aoki wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaccaro is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Aoki will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Vaccaro thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Aoki gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vaccaro lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Well, if Vaccaro is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Vaccaro there.
Vaccaro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Vaccaro passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Aoki!
Vaccaro wants to get back to his feet but Aoki is holding on tight.
Vaccaro looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Vaccaro cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
It looks like Kenji Aoki has been cut.
Aoki flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Vaccaro looking to control but Aoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vaccaro lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vaccaro trying to control but Aoki is having none of it.
Vaccaro might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aoki haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is in a horrible position here. Vaccaro smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Vaccaro dominating with strikes here.
Vaccaro content just to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aoki is wriggling around trying to escape.
Vaccaro lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santo Vaccaro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenji Aoki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Aoki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kenji Aoki's cut is getting worse.
Vaccaro darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Vaccaro lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kenji Aoki's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Well, if Vaccaro is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Aoki has hold of Vaccaro's hands but Vaccaro slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jeez, Kenji Aoki's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kenji Aoki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Santo Vaccaro!
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FIGHT
RATING
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