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Video: Watch Luis Santos’ rib-crushing, soccer-kicking KO of Rafael Silva

BAD MMA News — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:56:21 +0000

Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Videos This past weekend had no shortage of MMA offerings, and one of the biggest knockouts came from Saturday’s ONE Championship 39 event. Check out the video above as Luis Santos (62-9-1) needed just 77 seconds to stop fellow welterweight Rafael Silva (40-16). ONE Championship took place Saturday at Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia, and it streamed as online pay-per-view in North America

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ONE Championship 39′s Luis Santos struggling to understand Rafael Silva booking

BAD MMA News — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:00:53 +0000

Luis Santos Luis Santos said he isn’t entirely sure why he’s fighting Rafael Silva this weekend at ONE Championship 39. Santos (61-9-1) said Silva (40-15) hasn’t had any success under the ONE Championship banner. He said he’s predictable in his fights, and he said he vows to knock out his fellow Brazilian welterweight in Saturday’s headliner, which takes place at Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event streams via online pay-per-view in North America.

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Bellator 137′s Rafael Silva wants to be luta livre’s first major champion

BAD MMA News — Fri, 15 May 2015 12:34:48 +0000

Rafael Silva Luta livre is a martial arts discipline that has yet to see any true world-championship-level success. Rafael Silva would like to change that. The Bellator MMA bantamweight tournament winner has suffered only one loss in his past 15 fights, a short-notice unanimous-decision defeat to Joe Warren at Bellator 118. The Warren bout slated as an interim bantamweight title fight, but Silva (22-4 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) failed to make weight, eliminating his eligibility to win the belt. It was a competitive fight, but one in which Warren emerged the victor.

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Bellator 137′s Rafael Silva: ‘It’s just a matter of time until I get the belt’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 06 May 2015 21:08:59 +0000

Rafael Silva Rafael Silva feels that just two wins separate him from a shot at Bellator MMA’s bantamweight championship. He plans to put one of those victories under his belt at Bellator 137. Silva (22-4 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) already has one Bellator title fight under his belt

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CSAC hands out formal suspensions to four Bellator 127 fighters

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 17:13:11 +0000

After a quartet of fighters came up positive for banned substances at Bellator 127, the California State Athletic Commission has handed out suspensions. Robert Emerson , Nick Moghaddam , Keith Berry and Fernando Gonzalez all received formal punishments after they failed post-fight drug tests at the Spike TV-televised event, which took place Oct. 3 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. CSAC Executive Director Andy Foster told MMAjunkie that UFC vet Emerson (17-11 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), who lost a unanimous decision to Rafael Silva (22-4 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) in a 138-pound catchweight fight, is suspended 270 days and is fined $2,500. Moghaddam (6-8 MMA, 1-2 BMMA), who fell short on points to light heavyweight Ray Sloan (8-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), is suspended 300 days for an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone (T/E) ratio of 17:1 – well above the 4:1 ratio allowed by the CSAC – and fined $1,000. Berry (15-13 MMA, 2-3 BMMA), who outpointed middleweight Joe Pacheco (7-2 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) via split decision, is suspended 300 days for an elevated T/E ratio of 16:1 and fined $2,500, in addition to having his win overturned to a no-contest.

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Bellator 127′s Rafael Silva not necessarily sold on tournament-free format

BAD MMA News — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:06:14 +0000

Most fighters under contract with the Viacom-owned Bellator MMA look at the promotion’s new tournament-free structure as a positive, but Rafael Silva isn’t so sure. Although several regulars have argued the merits of single fights, pointing mainly to the benefits of preparing for one bout instead of three within a short span, Silva (21-4 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), a winner of Bellator’s “Summer Series” bantamweight tourney, said the new format makes his career less certain. “It was nice to be in the tournament system,” he told MMAjunkie. “We could fight every 40 days. We had a path to the belt. The new system is both good and bad.

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Bellator 118 video highlights with Warren’s title win, flying-knee KO, one-hitter quitter

BAD MMA News — Sat, 03 May 2014 17:59:08 +0000

Filed under: Bellator , Featured , Featured Videos , News , Videos Tagged: Andrey Koreshkov , Bellator 118 , Joe Warren , Justin Baesman , Liam McGeary , Marcos Galvao , Mike Mucitelli , Rafael Silva , Thomas Vasquez Did you miss Friday’s Bellator 118 event, or do you just want to relive the big moments? Check out the video highlights from the event. Bellator 118 took place at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J

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Bellator 118 live and official weigh-in results

BAD MMA News — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:59:39 +0000

Bellator 118 takes place Friday, and today the fighters on the card weigh in for the event. The festivities take place at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey. The same venue then hosts Friday’s fight card. You can get live text-only results here, as well as watch a live stream of the evnet.

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Rafael Silva says he will ‘shock Bellator’ against Joe Warren in interim title fight

BAD MMA News — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:46:29 +0000

Rafael Silva got a little surprise on Saturday when he found out he was fighting for a Bellator title. With bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas sidelined from his title fight against Joe Warren (10-3 MMA, 8-2 BMMA), Silva (21-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) was called up to fight for the interim belt at Bellator 118, which takes place at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey with a main card on Spike TV. “I was really surprised. I didn’t even imagine this would happen,” Silva told MMAjunkie. But the short notice didn’t mean anything to Silva. “We always train, whether for our own fights or to help a training partner,” Silva said.

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Head injury sidelines champ Dantas, Warren vs. Silva for interim belt at Bellator 118

BAD MMA News — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:52:27 +0000

A head injury suffered during a recent training session has sidelined Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas , and the organization has put together an interim title fight in its place. Instead of facing Dantas (16-3 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) at Bellator 118, Joe Warren (10-3 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) will fight fellow tournament winner Rafael Silva (21-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) for the vacant belt. Bellator 118 takes place May 2 at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. The night’s main card airs on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com. Today’s announcement: “We take head injuries very seriously, and when we were notified that Eduardo was dealing with a head injury, we immediately flew him from Brazil to California to be examined by some of the leading specialists in the field

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