PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ludko Struja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Tuomiola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Struja comes to the cage accompanied by HIJACK - THE BADMAN IS ROBBIN. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Struja
vs
Tuomiola

182 cm
30
211 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

150 cm
30
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ludko Struja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Juhani Tuomiola!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tuomiola looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Struja is fending him off so far but Tuomiola persists. Nope, Struja circles away and we're back to standing.
Tuomiola tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Struja defends well and Tuomiola ends up having to push Struja into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ludko Struja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juhani Tuomiola.

Tuomiola shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Struja manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Struja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tuomiola throws an elbow that misses. Struja uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tuomiola's guard. Nice move by Struja!

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struja cracks Tuomiola with a solid left hand.
Tuomiola avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Struja trying to control the position from guard on top but Tuomiola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tuomiola is looking to stand up but Struja isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struja is in close to Tuomiola's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tuomiola keeping moving, preventing Struja from controlling successfully.
Struja is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at ~T~ Troid - Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Struja is looking to stand up but Tuomiola won't let him.
Struja in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tuomiola not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Struja throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Struja postures up.
Tuomiola is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

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.
Tuomiola is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Struja dives into side control.
Tuomiola is not content to let Struja control the position.
Tuomiola is trying to control Struja's posture but Struja avoids it.

Struja stands up.
Struja gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice takedown defense from Struja. No joy for Tuomiola on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuomiola looks to throw the jab but Struja is out of range.
Struja is looking to counter punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Tuomiola shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tuomiola showed some decent athleticism there.
Struja controlling the position well.
Tuomiola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tuomiola lands a nice short elbow.
Tuomiola throwing shots but Struja is blocking nicely.
Struja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Struja is pressing down on Tuomiola's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Struja lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struja trying to control but Tuomiola is working from the bottom.
Struja sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tuomiola striking off his back but it's not causing Struja any problems.
Tuomiola trying to keep a closed guard but Struja is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tuomiola is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Struja dives into side control.
Tuomiola manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ludko Struja will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice takedown defense from Struja. No joy for Tuomiola on that attempt.
Tuomiola fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Struja swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tuomiola throws a left and a right that both miss

and Struja counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Tuomiola down! Struja is looking to finish but Tuomiola is intelligently defending himself.

Tuomiola is rocked!

Struja gets to his feet - Tuomiola follows without any prompting.
Tuomiola misses with a hook
and Struja counters with a crisp right that sends Tuomiola to the canvas! Struja follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludko Struja!
A very excited looking Ludko Struja made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.