PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian Smith (ranked 1518 p4p, 216 weight class) and Ludko Struja (ranked 2697 p4p, 379 weight class). Smith's entrance music is Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC. A fine choice. Struja has chosen HIJACK - THE BADMAN IS ROBBIN as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Struja

186 cm
39
220 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

182 cm
38
211 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Ian Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Ludko Struja!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struja misses with a hook.
Struja dives in for a single leg takedown but Smith sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Struja takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith misses with a hook. Struja ducked under it nicely.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Struja has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Struja scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Struja moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Struja misses.
Struja misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Struja.
Struja takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Struja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Struja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Struja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Struja.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Struja bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Struja moves out of range of the strikes.
Struja has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Struja's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores with a nice head shot.
Smith thuds a left hand into Struja's body.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Struja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Struja on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Struja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith swings for the body but Struja moves out of range.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Smith.
Smith is looking to slow Struja down with leg kicks.
Struja stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smith.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Struja takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith motions for Struja to come forward. Smith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ian Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Struja ducks down to avoid it.
Struja bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith throws a hook but Struja avoids it easily.
Smith with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right and a left that Struja avoids nicely.
A big left from Struja misses.
Smith moves out of range as Struja strikes.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Nice body punch from Struja.
Struja throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Struja looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Struja misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Struja stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Struja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Struja misses the shot to the body.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Struja changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Struja takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Struja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A left lands for Smith.
Struja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Struja off balance momentarily.
Struja misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith throws a leg kick but Struja checks it.
Smith lands a nice shot that snaps Struja's head back.
Struja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Struja manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a body punch but Struja moves out of range.
Struja lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Struja down.
Smith moves away from the strike by Struja.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Struja lands with a shot to the body.
Struja misses with a straight left.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith throws a leg kick but Struja moved away.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Struja counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struja stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smith.
Smith misses the jab.
Struja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Struja avoids the body shot from Smith.
Struja takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Struja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Struja. Struja circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smith throws a body punch but Struja moves out of range.
Struja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Struja lands with a good body shot.
Jab from Struja.

Struja shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Struja trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Struja keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Struja working some strikes from top position.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Struja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Struja will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
Smith throws a leg kick but Struja sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Struja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Struja checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Struja does a little dance to reset his feet.
Struja loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Struja avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith slips a straight right by Struja.
Struja throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Struja misses.
Smith feints a jab promting Struja to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Struja slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Struja moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Struja.
Smith throws a jab when Struja was well out of range.
Smith throws a body punch but Struja moves out of range.
Struja misses the jab.
Smith throwing a counter right hand but Struja manages to avoid it.
Smith scores with a jab. Struja acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Struja takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Struja misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Struja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Struja counters with a stiff right hand.
Struja moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Struja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Struja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Struja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Struja gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Struja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Struja comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Struja clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Struja moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Struja lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Ian Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Struja on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Struja cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Struja's calf.
Ian Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Struja lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
Smith throws a leg kick but Struja sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Struja's head but Struja sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Struja swings widly with a right hand
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips under a jab from Struja.
Smith throws a big counter combination but Struja scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Struja takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith slips under a jab from Struja.
Smith tests Struja's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Struja can do to turn this around?
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Struja.
Struja feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Struja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Struja.
Struja misses with a hook.
Struja misses with a looping right.
A cross from Struja lands.
Struja takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Struja shoots in but no luck this time.
Struja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Struja has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smith finds it's way round the side to connect with Struja's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Struja moves out of range as Smith strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a leg kick but Struja sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Struja throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith thumps Struja with a low kick.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Struja backpedaling.
Struja looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Struja on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith feints and then cracks Struja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Struja down.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Struja ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Struja lands with a right hand.
Struja blocks a leg kick.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Struja.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Struja counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Struja to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith defending well as Struja loads up on a big left hand.
Struja cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ian Smith will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith looks to throw the jab but Struja is out of range.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Struja sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Struja has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Struja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith misses with a jab to the body
and Struja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Struja fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Struja.
Struja thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Struja.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Struja. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Struja counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Struja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Struja on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Struja misses with a two punch combination.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Struja.
Struja misses with a hook.
Struja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Smith is looking to slow Struja down with leg kicks.
Struja slips a jab from Smith.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Struja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Struja on the side of the head.
Struja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Struja appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Struja misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Struja slips under a jab.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Struja.
Struja takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Struja misses with a double jab.
Struja misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith cracks Struja with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith cracks Struja with an open hand slap.
Struja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith looks to throw the jab but Struja is out of range.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Struja staying out of range there.
Smith slips a straight right by Struja.
Smith lands with a right hand.
Struja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Struja connects with a nice looking jab.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A clash of legs there as Struja blocks the low kick.
Ludko Struja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Struja connects with the punch.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith throws a body punch but Struja moves out of range.
Struja with the counter takedown but Smith avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struja looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Struja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Struja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Struja at a distance.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Struja takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Struja misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Struja throws out the jab.
Struja moves away from the strike by Smith.
Nice shot lands for Struja.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith throws a front kick aimed at Struja's knee but Struja avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves away from the strike by Struja.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Struja takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Struja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith defending well as Struja loads up on a big left hand.
Struja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Struja.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Struja.
Smith thumps Struja with a low kick.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Struja momentarily.
Struja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Struja tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Struja just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ian Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ian Smith!
Ian Smith bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.