PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leopold Raskalnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Pitbull - Hey Baby as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Raskalnikov
vs
Silva

190 cm
27
168 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

191 cm
27
156 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leopold Raskalnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raskalnikov lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Raskalnikov scores with a leg kick.

Raskalnikov gets the takedown into side control.
Raskalnikov tries to move to mount but Silva blocks the move with his legs.

Raskalnikov tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Raskalnikov has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Raskalnikov looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Raskalnikov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva prevents Raskalnikov from moving into mount.
Silva pushes Raskalnikov away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Raskalnikov gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Raskalnikov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silva throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raskalnikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch but Raskalnikov is avoiding it.
Raskalnikov lands a nice looking body kick.

Raskalnikov closes the distance and clinches.
Raskalnikov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Raskalnikov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Miguel Silva has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Raskalnikov.
Raskalnikov missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Raskalnikov avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Raskalnikov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raskalnikov lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Raskalnikov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raskalnikov stalling against the cage.
Silva is trying to push Raskalnikov away but Raskalnikov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raskalnikov lands an elbow inside.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Raskalnikov has the dominant position.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Raskalnikov.
Raskalnikov with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Raskalnikov drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raskalnikov looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Raskalnikov is proving hard to escape from.
Raskalnikov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva tries to stand but Raskalnikov is controlling from the bottom.
Raskalnikov looking for a sweep. Not yet Raskalnikov, not yet.
Silva wants to stand but Raskalnikov is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva tests Raskalnikov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raskalnikov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Raskalnikov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raskalnikov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Raskalnikov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Raskalnikov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Raskalnikov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Raskalnikov shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Raskalnikov is out of range.
Raskalnikov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Raskalnikov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva tries to clinch but Raskalnikov is having none of it.
Silva sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Raskalnikov slips under a jab from Silva.

Raskalnikov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to stand up but Raskalnikov is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raskalnikov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Silva has his feet on Raskalnikov's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Raskalnikov lands a nice looking body kick.
Raskalnikov takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Raskalnikov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Raskalnikov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice body kick there by Raskalnikov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raskalnikov throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Raskalnikov.
Raskalnikov connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Raskalnikov!
Raskalnikov throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Raskalnikov.
Silva pushes Raskalnikov away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Raskalnikov gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva trying to remain calm as Raskalnikov controls from the top position.
Silva tries to escape but Raskalnikov is in control.
Silva is not content to let Raskalnikov control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Raskalnikov is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Silva is pushing Raskalnikov's head away, looking to escape. Raskalnikov manages to hold on to the position though.

Raskalnikov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
Raskalnikov prevents Silva from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Raskalnikov content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Silva tries to escape but Raskalnikov is in control.

Raskalnikov tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Raskalnikov wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva pushes Raskalnikov away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Raskalnikov gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Raskalnikov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leopold Raskalnikov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Raskalnikov lands a head kick!
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a right hand that Raskalnikov ducks under and follows up with a left that Raskalnikov also avoids with ease.
Raskalnikov moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raskalnikov moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raskalnikov scores with a leg kick.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raskalnikov. Raskalnikov obviously looking to wear him down.
Raskalnikov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Raskalnikov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Raskalnikov connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva throws a right and a left that Raskalnikov avoids nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Raskalnikov.
Raskalnikov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raskalnikov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raskalnikov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?

Silva tries to sprawl but Raskalnikov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Raskalnikov controlling the action here.
Silva is not content to let Raskalnikov control the position.
Miguel Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva kicks Raskalnikov off and gets back to his feet.
Miguel Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Raskalnikov thumps Silva with a low kick.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Raskalnikov.
Raskalnikov shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Raskalnikov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raskalnikov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Silva throws a right and a left that Raskalnikov avoids nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up but Raskalnikov circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raskalnikov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raskalnikov throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Raskalnikov.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Raskalnikov thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva moves to clinch but Raskalnikov breaks away
and Raskalnikov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Raskalnikov throws a body kick that misses.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Raskalnikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leopold Raskalnikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Leopold Raskalnikov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raskalnikov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook. Raskalnikov ducked under it nicely.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Raskalnikov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Raskalnikov throws a head kick that half lands.
Good leg kick by Raskalnikov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Raskalnikov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Raskalnikov lands a front kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leopold Raskalnikov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Raskalnikov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leopold Raskalnikov!