New York Daily News

MMA fighter bank rob rap

- Ross Keith

A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS fighter was cuffed Thursday for allegedly robbing a Queens bank, cops said.

Sergio (The Savage) Dasilva, 31, allegedly snatched approximat­ely $46,000 from a Citibank branch on Steinway St. by 28th Ave. in Astoria at 9 a.m. Aug. 24., according to police.

The brawler jumped onto the counter with a black bandanna wrapped around his face, told startled employees he had a gun and demanded cash, cops said.

Investigat­ors caught up to Dasilva, who lives just a block away, Thursday morning. He has one prior arrest and left his fingerprin­ts at the scene, according to police.

He is charged with robbery and was released without bail after his arraignmen­t in Queens Criminal Court.

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