PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Starling Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Radoslaw Tomaszewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Tomaszewski

191 cm
25
192 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
204 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Starling Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Radoslaw Tomaszewski!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomaszewski lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Tomaszewski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tomaszewski connects with a high kick.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Tomaszewski misses with a hook.
Tomaszewski throws an off balance right hand
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tomaszewski looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva throws a counter high kick but Tomaszewski was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tomaszewski misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Silva appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Tomaszewski throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Tomaszewski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Tomaszewski.
Silva is looking to counter with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomaszewski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Tomaszewski throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tomaszewski connects with an inside leg kick.
Tomaszewski avoids a kick to the body.
Tomaszewski with a nice cross.
Tomaszewski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Tomaszewski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tomaszewski lands a head shot.
Tomaszewski looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Tomaszewski misses.
As Tomaszewski backs away, Silva returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Silva moves away from the strike by Tomaszewski.
Silva seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Tomaszewski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomaszewski misses with a head kick.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Tomaszewski's head back.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Tomaszewski is out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tomaszewski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Tomaszewski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tomaszewski moves away.
Tomaszewski throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Silva throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tomaszewski avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Tomaszewski feints a counter leg kick.
Tomaszewski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tomaszewski.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Tomaszewski is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Tomaszewski tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomaszewski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Silva counters with a quick kick to the body but Tomaszewski blocks it.
Tomaszewski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Silva swings for the body but Tomaszewski moves out of range.
Tomaszewski throws a big shot that misses.
Tomaszewski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tomaszewski. That's going to slow Silva down.
Tomaszewski throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Tomaszewski is just out of range.

Silva rushes Tomaszewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tomaszewski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva cracks Tomaszewski with a nice body shot.
Silva pushes Tomaszewski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Tomaszewski.
Tomaszewski tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Tomaszewski fails to land.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Tomaszewski controls the action.
Tomaszewski tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Tomaszewski misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomaszewski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Tomaszewski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva blocks a body shot from Tomaszewski.
Tomaszewski swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tomaszewski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A short right from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomaszewski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tomaszewski.
Tomaszewski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tomaszewski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands an elbow just above Tomaszewski 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Starling Silva will probably get the nod.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tomaszewski misses with a looping left.
Tomaszewski scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
A telegraphed right hand from Tomaszewski misses the target.
And Silva counters with a quick kick to the body but Tomaszewski blocks it.
Tomaszewski throws a lazy body kick
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Tomaszewski misses.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tomaszewski tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Tomaszewski misses with a hook.
Radoslaw Tomaszewski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tomaszewski, right into the meat.
Tomaszewski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tomaszewski throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomaszewski misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Tomaszewski looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Tomaszewski throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Tomaszewski shrugs it off.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tomaszewski manages to avoid it.
Radoslaw Tomaszewski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomaszewski throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a body kick that stops Tomaszewski in his tracks momentarily.
Tomaszewski is breathing heavily.
Silva slips under a jab.
Tomaszewski wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Tomaszewski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tomaszewski avoids the body shot from Silva.
Tomaszewski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Tomaszewski walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Tomaszewski looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
And Silva counters with a quick kick to the body but Tomaszewski blocks it.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tomaszewski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva thinks about countering with a body kick.
Silva slips under a jab from Tomaszewski.
Silva feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tomaszewski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tomaszewski wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tomaszewski throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Silva blocks the body kick.
And Silva counters with a quick kick to the body but Tomaszewski blocks it.
Tomaszewski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Tomaszewski in a clinch.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tomaszewski backwards.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Radoslaw Tomaszewski has been cut.
Tomaszewski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva is working Tomaszewski over against the cage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Tomaszewski scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tomaszewski prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tomaszewski.
Tomaszewski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tomaszewski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tomaszewski's defenses.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tomaszewski backwards.
Tomaszewski takes an elbow to the forehead.

Tomaszewski is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Silva lands a big elbow that drops Tomaszewski! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Tomaszewski is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Starling Silva!