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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 John Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin has chosen Bring Da Ruckus as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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296 lbs
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302 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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ADCC Champion
Counter striker
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Santiago Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin fails to land the takedown.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Franklin looking to ground and pound but Da Silva is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Da Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franklin throws some wild stikes that Da Silva manages to avoid easily.
Franklin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Franklin looking to finish with strikes here!
Da Silva is trying to stand up.
Franklin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Franklin is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Da Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Franklin goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Da Silva turns into him and now he's in Franklin's guard.
Da Silva wants to get up but he can't break Franklin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Da Silva is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Franklin Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Da Silva's back instead.
Da Silva is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Franklin patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva holding both Franklin 's hands and preventing any damage.
Can Da Silva hold on?! Franklin is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
It looks like Santiago Da Silva has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franklin has his opponent's back but Da Silva is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Franklin.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Franklin is avoiding it.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franklin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Franklin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Da Silva. That one must have hurt.
Franklin looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Da Silva is looking to slow Franklin down with leg kicks.
Santiago Da Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Da Silva. No joy for Franklin on that attempt.
Franklin blocks a head kick by Da Silva.
Good leg kick by Da Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Franklin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Da Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Franklin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Franklin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Da Silva.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva throws a solid leg kick but Franklin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Da Silva.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Da Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Franklin 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.
Franklin prevents Da Silva from getting back to his feet.
Franklin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Franklin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Franklin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Franklin drops back looking for a leg! Da Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Da Silva manages to kick Franklin off! Franklin jumps back into Da Silva's guard.
Da Silva kicks Franklin off and gets to his feet.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Franklin moves out of range.
Franklin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santiago Da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Franklin.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Franklin checks a low kick from Da Silva.
Da Silva misses with a body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Da Silva. No joy for Franklin on that attempt.
Da Silva wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
A bone on bone clash there as Franklin blocks the leg kick.
Da Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Franklin. Franklin gets slowly back to his feet.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Da Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santiago Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santiago Da Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Da Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Franklin is avoiding it.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franklin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Da Silva.
Da Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Franklin has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Franklin is breathing heavily.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva stuffs the takedown.
Santiago Da Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Franklin.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
Da Silva tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Santiago Da Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
Franklin misses with a takedown attempt - Da Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Da Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santiago Da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Da Silva.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Da Silva - that will leave a mark!
Da Silva throws a nice head kick!
It looks like John Franklin has been cut.
Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franklin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Franklin. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
Franklin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Franklin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Da Silva.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Franklin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up John Franklin's cut even more.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franklin's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Franklin blocks with his arms.
Da Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Franklin's face.
The cut above John Franklin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Franklin has Da Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Da Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Franklin's ribcage.
Da Silva lands a knee to the body.
Santiago Da Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Da Silva crunches a lovely knee into Franklin's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Franklin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Franklin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Da Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Franklin is blocking nicely.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Franklin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Franklin wants a takedown.
Franklin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Da Silva smiles and moves away.
Franklin fails to land the takedown.
Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Franklin blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santiago Da Silva dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Franklin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Franklin wants to control from the top but Da Silva keeps moving.
Franklin drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Da Silva dives on top into guard.
Franklin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Da Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Franklin's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Da Silva preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin is working an open guard so Da Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Franklin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Franklin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Da Silva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Franklin has Da Silva in his guard.
Franklin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Da Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Franklin's guard.
Da Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Franklin can do to turn this around?
Franklin wants to sweep here but Da Silva controlling him for the moment.
Franklin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Franklin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva stands and steps away. Franklin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Da Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santiago Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
Da Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Franklin's calf.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Da Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Franklin's sensitive parts.
Da Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Da Silva tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Da Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Franklin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Da Silva wants to get back to his feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is working for an americana but Da Silva has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Franklin was thinking about the submission.
Da Silva wants to stand and escape but Franklin is having none of it.
Franklin trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Franklin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Franklin passes into half guard.
Da Silva is trying to stand.
Franklin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Franklin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.
Franklin is looking for a kimura here.
Franklin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Da Silva sees it coming and defends easily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Franklin.
Franklin passes to full mount!
Da Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
John Franklin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Franklin has hold of Da Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Da Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Da Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Franklin looking for a guillotine from mount but Da Silva is having none of it.
Da Silva is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Da Silva trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Franklin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Franklin goes for an armbar but Da Silva turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Da Silva.
Franklin 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.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Franklin has a closed guard, preventing Da Silva from standing up.
Da Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Santiago Da Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Horrible takedown by Franklin or perhaps it was just good defense by Da Silva which made him look bad.
Da Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Da Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Santiago Da Silva!
Santiago Da Silva wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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