PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ludko Struja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Helm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Helm's choice of entrance music: Spazzin - Gary Podunk. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Struja
vs
Helm

182 cm
26
211 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Vikai Gear
Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ludko Struja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Helm!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Helm.

It looks like Ludko Struja has been cut.
Struja tries to clinch but Helm moves out of range.
Helm lands with an uppercut that bounces Struja off the cage and back into range.
Helm throws a right hand that misses

and Struja counters with a nice double leg into side control. Helm won't be happy with that.
Helm avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Struja.
Helm is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Struja asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Struja throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Struja misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Helm stops Struja from passing to mount.
The strikes coming from Struja are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Helm wants to get back to his feet but Struja drags him back down.
Struja tries to advance to mount but Helm denies him.
Helm wants to get back to his feet but Struja drags him back down.
Check out the look on Struja's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Helm is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Struja asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Struja scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Helm to see if he's OK.
Struja lands some shots froms side control.
Struja cracks Helm with a big elbow.
Helm is trying to buck Struja off.
Struja lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helm is trying to buck Struja off.
Helm parries the strikes from Struja easily there. Struja is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Helm to escape.

Struja working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
An elbow from Struja crashes against the mat.
Struja working the ground and pound but Helm is defending the strikes.
Helm managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Struja.
Struja working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helm parries the strikes from Struja easily there. Struja is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Helm to escape.
Struja in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Helm dodges the ground and pound from Struja.
Struja working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Struja's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
An elbow from Struja crashes against the mat.
Struja working the head with strikes.
Struja cracks Helm with a big elbow.

Helm is rocked!
Struja scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Helm is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Struja can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludko Struja!
James Helm was interviewed post fight and said 'It's time to get back the gym and grind harder for next time.'.