Radley Da Silva almost stepped away before he even really got going.
The son of Andre da Silva, a well-known capoeira practitioner and pro MMA fighter, da Silva (7-1) has always had combat sports in his blood. But he never really viewed it as a viable career path.
So when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and fights became even more difficult to find, da Silva was on the verge of hanging up the gloves with a 2-1 record.