{"id":5654,"date":"2025-03-30T11:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T13:57:11","slug":"edgar-chaires-stuns-the-crowd-with-a-dominant-win-at-ufc-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/edgar-chaires-stuns-the-crowd-with-a-dominant-win-at-ufc-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Chaires Stuns the Crowd with a Dominant Win at UFC Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1927\">Edgar Chaires set the Mexican crowd on fire after securing an impressive victory over C.J. Vergara in the first round, reaffirming his place as one of the brightest rising stars in the bantamweight division (up to 61.2 kg). With this quick and spectacular win, he\u2019s back on the road to success and positioning himself for a spot in the top 15 of his category.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1929\" data-end=\"1976\"><strong data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"1976\">Well-Rounded Skills End the Fight Early<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1978\" data-end=\"2242\">Known for his jiu-jitsu skills, Chaires also showed off his striking abilities. After landing a powerful punch that dropped Vergara, he quickly capitalized on the opportunity to secure the back and apply a rear-naked choke, forcing the American to tap out quickly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_97297\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxpbden16pM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2244\" data-end=\"2292\"><strong data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2292\">A Promising Future or New Challenges?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2294\" data-end=\"2526\">On the other hand, Vergara, who suffered his third consecutive loss, faces growing pressure. Since joining through the Contender Series, he has only won three of eight bouts, raising questions about his future with the organization.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_34617\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lq1sZJ8uQ28?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2528\" data-end=\"2560\"><strong data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2560\">What\u2019s Next for Chaires?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2742\">After such a stellar performance, does Edgar Chaires deserve a shot against top fighters in his division? Can he keep climbing to the top? Share your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edgar Chaires set the Mexican crowd on fire after securing an impressive victory over C.J. Vergara in the first round, reaffirming his place as one of the brightest rising stars in the bantamweight division (up to 61.2 kg). With this quick and spectacular win, he\u2019s back on the road to success and positioning himself for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc-news","10":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5656,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions\/5656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}