PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kickin Rad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Rad

191 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

200 cm
19
264 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kickin Rad!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Rad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rad managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Rad throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rad avoids it.
Rad avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Rad won't want to take too many of those.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rad avoids it.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Rad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rad pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rad avoids the damage to the body.
Rad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rad is defending well for now.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Rad missing with knees to the body.
Rad looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rad avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Rad tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Rad lands a nice knee to the body.
Rad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rad lands a damaging elbow.
Rad creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Rad lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Rad missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rad.
Rad working Silva over with knees to the body.
Rad lands a knee to the head.
Rad lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Rad.

It looks like Junior Silva has been cut.

Rad successfully pulls guard.
Rad seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva won't allow Rad to sweep him here.
Rad trying to control the position here.
Rad manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rad breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rad controlling his opponent.
Rad raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rad takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rad working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rad controlling from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kickin Rad dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Rad is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rad avoids it.
Rad misses with a knee to the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rad managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Rad avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rad tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.

Rad ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rad no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rad lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Rad pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rad content just to control the position here.
Silva wants to control but Rad is having none of it.
Rad content just to control the position here.
Rad lands a heavy elbow.
Rad content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Rad has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Kickin Rad has got the better of the ground game so far.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kickin Rad was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a jab.
Rad shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rad is looking to clinch.
Junior Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rad lands with an overhand left.
Rad throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rad shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Junior Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kickin Rad.
Rad scores with a jab.
Junior Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rad gets a takedown into half guard.

Rad is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rad works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rad controlling from mount.
Rad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rad takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kickin Rad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Junior 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!

Rad instigates a clinch.
Rad lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rad.
Rad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rad scores with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Rad blocks it.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rad scores with a knee to the head.
Rad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Rad successfully pulls guard.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Rad gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rad engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kickin Rad wasn't active enough on the ground.
Rad doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.

Silva gets tackled into the cage by Rad. Rad maintains the clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rad is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rad lands a nice knee to the body.
Rad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rad.
Rad misses with a knee strike.
Rad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rad.
Knees to the body from Rad.
Rad lands an elbow inside.
Rad lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Junior Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Rad.
Rad lands a damaging elbow.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rad lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Rad.
Rad unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rad lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Rad unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rad is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rad lands a big knee to the head and Silva goes down! Rad pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kickin Rad!