What happens when a mischievous mauler collides with a raging bull? The fight ends in a knock out, more likely than not. On Saturday, February 7th Jorge “El Travieso” Arce and Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan square off to decide who is the best super flyweight on the planet. More than that, Arce and Darchinyan square off intent to end their long running feud with the finality that comes only by way of knock out.

Vic Darchinyan, the undisputed super flyweight champion of the world, lives to knock out opponents. In fact, Darchinyan gets downright nasty when he doesn’t end a fight suddenly. Following his 6th round technical decision over Glenn Donaire in 2006, Darchinyan complained, “I wanted a clean knockout. If I knew it was going to be like this I would have knocked him out earlier.” Darchinyan was robbed of the stoppage when referee Tony Weeks called the bout due to a phantom accidental head butt.

A vicious southpaw with one-punch power, Darchinyan recorded 105 knockouts in 176 amateur bouts. That is an astounding number when you factor in the headgear. In 33 professional fights Darchinyan stopped 25 of his opponents, a knockout ratio of 76%. What makes this feat all the more remarkable is that his knockout rate is improving as a world champion. Since capturing the IBF flyweight title from Irene Pacheco, Darchinyan has stopped 10 of 12 opponents. (I’m counting the aforementioned TD over Glenn Donaire.) Counted among the victims are former champions Victor Burgos, Dimitri Kirilov and Cristian Mijares.

Jorge Arce is a showman extraordinaire. In a January 2007 fight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA Arce made his way to the ring on a dancing horse. Arce went on to defeat Julio David Roque Ler that evening by unanimous decision but could have used the horse to chase down the retreating Argentinean. Jorge Arce is also an extraordinary puncher. In 56 professional fights Arce has 39 knockouts. With a knockout rate of 70%, Arce stops seven of every ten opponents he faces. The names on his knockout ledger are remarkable. Rosendo Alvarez: KO 6. Melchor Cob Castro: KO 5. Hessein Hussein: KO 10 and KO 2.

TSS faithful, join us here Saturday, February 7th for live, round by round coverage of the Vic Darchinyan v. Jorge Arce undisputed super flyweight championship of the world. We’ll be online beginning at 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm PT to bring you undercard updates as we head to the main event.