PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ludko Struja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Struja's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, HIJACK - THE BADMAN IS ROBBIN. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Struja
vs
Gracie

182 cm
27
211 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

177 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ludko Struja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodrigo Gracie !
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struja stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Struja wants it to stay on the feet.
Struja throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Struja sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Struja went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gracie swings for the body but Struja moves out of range.
Struja was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Struja has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struja misses with a double jab.
Struja moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Struja counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie misses with a right hand

and Struja counters with a crisp one two that drops Gracie ! Struja thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Gracie to his feet! Gracie is in big trouble!

Gracie is rocked!
Struja drops Gracie with a naaaaasty hook - Gracie is in real trouble here! Struja dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludko Struja!
An out of breath Ludko Struja thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.