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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Al Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berna Radoncik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Drive by AMEN. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
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164 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Al Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berna Radoncik!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radoncik walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
It looks like Berna Radoncik has been cut.
Radoncik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Radoncik is having none of it.
Radoncik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Radoncik lands a high kick!
Radoncik misses with a head kick.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Radoncik circles away.
Radoncik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Radoncik tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Radoncik tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radoncik closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Radoncik looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva working aggressively here.
Radoncik lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva lands a left hand.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Radoncik looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Radoncik.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Radoncik misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
Radoncik is trying to stall.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva cracks Radoncik with a nice body shot.
Radoncik is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Radoncik has his back to the cage.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Radoncik.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
Radoncik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice elbow from Radoncik.
Silva working aggressively here.
Radoncik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
Radoncik is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Radoncik has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Radoncik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Radoncik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Radoncik lands a damaging elbow.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Radoncik pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Radoncik, against the cage.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Berna Radoncik's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Radoncik pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Radoncik settles back down.
Radoncik tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Radoncik throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Radoncik wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva wants to clinch but Radoncik slips to the side
and Radoncik counters with a leg kick.
Radoncik tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva rushes Radoncik and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radoncik throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radoncik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Radoncik throws an elbow that misses.
Radoncik lands an elbow inside.
Radoncik stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radoncik throws an elbow but misses.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Radoncik creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Radoncik pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Radoncik.
Radoncik pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radoncik throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva letting Radoncik take a breather here.
Radoncik throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Radoncik stalling.
Silva is leaning against Radoncik and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Radoncik looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Radoncik takes a shot to the head.
Radoncik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Radoncik tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Radoncik throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radoncik pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva pushes Radoncik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Radoncik lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Radoncik.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radoncik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radoncik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Radoncik lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Radoncik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radoncik.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Radoncik, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radoncik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Berna Radoncik's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
Radoncik looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Radoncik.
Radoncik misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva just leaning against Radoncik, taking a breather.
Radoncik looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva is leaning against Radoncik and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Radoncik is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Radoncik.
Silva just leaning against Radoncik, taking a breather.
Silva is working Radoncik over against the cage.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Radoncik.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Radoncik's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radoncik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Radoncik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Radoncik.
Radoncik holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radoncik.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Radoncik blocks an uppercut.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Radoncik blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Radoncik backwards.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Berna Radoncik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Radoncik trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radoncik throws an elbow but misses.
Al Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it misses.
Radoncik misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Radoncik comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Radoncik.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Radoncik just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Radoncik.
A short left from Silva.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva is looking to control Radoncik's arms but Radoncik gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Radoncik trying to land knees to the body.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Radoncik takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Radoncik.
With the fighters up against the cage, Radoncik throws an elbow but misses.
Radoncik throws an elbow but it misses.
Radoncik missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Al Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Silva!
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