The UFC 253 prelims just finished up with a three-round war between lightweights Brad Riddell and Alex da Silva. It was da Silva who had a strong opening round, leaning on his grappling to grind on his adversary. The following two acts saw Riddell come alive with his boxing, and almost scored a finish in the third. He hurt da Silva with a punch to the eye, but the referee stepped in and called a timeout, thinking it was an eye poke. That gave da Silva a chance to recover, but Riddell did enough anyways to take the scorecards.
UFC 253 prelims results & video: Klein KO’s Young with crazy combo, Espino quickly subs Hughes
