PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Martinez (ranked 3786 p4p, 4224 weight class) and Ludko Struja Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Struja Jr has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. as his entrance music. Joshua Martinez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Martinez
vs
Struja Jr

189 cm
22
223
4 - 1 - 0

192 cm
20
212
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 Las Vegas, Joshua Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ludko Struja Jr!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Struja Jr darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.
Struja Jr slows down the pace here.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.

Struja Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Struja Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Struja Jr.
Struja Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Struja Jr scores with a decent looking hook.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. Struja Jr moves away and avoids it.
Struja Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a poor cross that misses
and Struja Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Struja Jr rushes Martinez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Struja Jr has Martinez pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Struja Jr pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Martinez tumbling to the mat - Struja Jr dives into Martinez's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Martinez working for a triangle but Struja Jr defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Struja Jr controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Struja Jr from controlling successfully.

Martinez is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Struja Jr has his hands clasped together but Martinez extends and breaks Struja Jr's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Martinez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joshua Martinez!
Joshua Martinez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.