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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olo Adofo (ranked 1892 p4p, 961 weight class) and Ludko Struja Jr (ranked 278 p4p, 151 weight class). Struja Jr has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. 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.
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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olo Adofo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ludko Struja Jr!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struja Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Adofo wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Adofo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Adofo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Struja Jr scores with a jab to the jaw.
Struja Jr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Struja Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Struja Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Adofo should have avoided that one.
Adofo clinches up with Struja Jr and pushes him back against the cage.
Adofo lands a shoulder strike.
Struja Jr breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Struja Jr. That snapped Adofo's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Struja Jr dives in and scores a takedown into Adofo's guard.
Struja Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Struja Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Struja Jr looking to pass the guard.
Adofo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Struja Jr is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adofo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Struja Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Struja Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Adofo's head.
Adofo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Struja Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Struja Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Struja Jr is working Adofo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adofo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Struja Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Adofo has wrist control.
Adofo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Struja Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Adofo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struja Jr wants to pass the guard but Adofo is keeping the position.
Struja Jr trying to control but Adofo is working from the bottom.
Struja Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Struja Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Struja Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adofo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Adofo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Struja Jr misses with an uppercut. Adofo saw that one coming.
Adofo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Struja Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Adofo.
Adofo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adofo scores a nice knee to the body.
Adofo lands a body punch.
Struja Jr breaks the clinch.
We've been told by Adofo's head coaches at The Devil’s Playground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Adofo tries to clinch there but Struja Jr circles away.
Struja Jr is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Adofo with a body shot.
Adofo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adofo wants to clinch up but Struja Jr keeps it at a distance.
Adofo catches Struja Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Struja Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adofo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adofo is looking for a counter combo.
Struja Jr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adofo as he avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Adofo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Adofo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Adofo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Adofo gets a clinch.
Adofo has a couple of punches blocked by Struja Jr.
A head punch on the inside from Adofo fails to land.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struja Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Struja Jr has Adofo 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 Adofo tumbling to the mat - Struja Jr dives into Adofo's guard.
Struja Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Struja Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Struja Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Struja Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Struja Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Struja Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Struja Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Struja Jr not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Struja Jr is working Adofo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Adofo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Struja Jr.
Adofo keeping moving, preventing Struja Jr from controlling successfully.
Struja Jr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Struja Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ludko Struja Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Adofo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Struja Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Adofo tries a low kick but Struja Jr avoids it.
Adofo clinches up with Struja Jr and pushes him back against the cage.
Adofo misses with a punch to the body.
Adofo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adofo throws a punch but it's blocked by Struja Jr.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
Struja Jr breaks the clinch.
Struja Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Struja Jr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Struja Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Struja Jr looks to land a left hand but Adofo moved out of range nicely.
Adofo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Adofo fails to land.
Adofo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo misses with the head strike.
Adofo misses with a knee strike.
Adofo connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ludko Struja Jr has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Struja Jr tries to work over Adofo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Struja Jr.
Adofo throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adofo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Struja Jr's face.
Adofo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adofo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Struja Jr.
Struja Jr is breathing heavily.
Struja Jr can't get the takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Adofo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Adofo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Struja Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adofo backwards.
Adofo struggles to land a body shot inside as Struja Jr controls his hands.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struja Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Struja Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Struja Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Struja Jr - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Adofo looking to throw knees to the head but Struja Jr is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Adofo.
Adofo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struja Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adofo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Adofo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Struja Jr manages to break the clinch.
Adofo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Struja Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Struja Jr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Adofo as he avoids it easily.
Adofo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Struja Jr throws a one two combo.
Adofo tries to clinch there but Struja Jr circles away.
Struja Jr doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Olo Adofo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Adofo throws a solid leg kick but Struja Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Adofo.
Struja Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Struja Jr throws out a loose jab but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Adofo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Adofo moves into the clinch.
Adofo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Struja Jr backwards.
Still in the clinch, Adofo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Struja Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Struja Jr tries to work over Adofo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adofo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adofo tries to work over Struja Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Struja Jr stalling the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Struja Jr.
Struja Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Adofo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adofo looking to throw knees to the head but Struja Jr is blocking nicely.
Adofo tries a knee to the head but Struja Jr blocks it.
Struja Jr lands a body shot in the clinch.
Adofo swings wildly with an uppercut but Struja Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Struja Jr leaning against his opponent.
Adofo misses with a knee to the head.
Adofo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Struja Jr pushes Adofo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Struja Jr scores with a shot to the side of Adofo's head.
Adofo lands a nice uppercut.
Adofo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Struja Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Struja Jr is looking to take this one to the mat.
Olo Adofo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ludko Struja Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Struja Jr.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struja Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Struja Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Struja Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Olo Adofo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Struja Jr tries to work over Adofo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adofo misses with a knee strike.
Adofo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Adofo throws a punch but it's blocked by Struja Jr.
A short body shot lands from Adofo as the two fighters clinch.
Adofo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Struja Jr.
Adofo tries to land a knee to the head but Struja Jr blocks with his arms.
Struja Jr goes for a takedown attempt but Adofo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Adofo is looking to chop away at Struja Jr's legs.
Adofo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Struja Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Adofo moves away.
Adofo misses with the combination.
Struja Jr shoots in and gets a takedown into Adofo's guard.
Adofo has his feet on Struja Jr's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olo Adofo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ludko Struja Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ludko Struja Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A good leg kick by Adofo.
Struja Jr shoots in but Adofo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adofo misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Struja Jr! But no joy.
Struja Jr's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Struja Jr duly obliges.
Struja Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adofo wants to clinch up but Struja Jr keeps it at a distance.
Adofo misses with a left hand
enabling Struja Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adofo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Struja Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Adofo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adofo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Struja Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adofo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adofo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Adofo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Struja Jr tries to score a body lock takedown but Adofo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Olo Adofo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ludko Struja Jr.
Struja Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Adofo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Struja Jr working aggressively here.
Struja Jr has hold of one of Adofo's legs. Adofo is fighting the takedown attempt but Struja Jr gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Adofo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Struja Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Adofo has wrist control.
Struja Jr throwing strikes from guard but Adofo blocks nicely.
Struja Jr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Struja Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adofo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Struja Jr won't allow Adofo to get back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Struja Jr working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Struja Jr works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ground and pound from Struja Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struja Jr wants to control but Adofo is keeping him busy.
Struja Jr with the ground and pound but Adofo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Struja Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Struja Jr is working Adofo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Struja Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Adofo has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Struja Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Struja Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Struja Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Struja Jr slips nicely into half guard.
Struja Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struja Jr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adofo keeps working.
Adofo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Struja Jr.
Struja Jr working over Adofo with some ground and pound. Adofo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Adofo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Struja Jr.
Struja Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Struja Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Struja Jr trying to pass the guard but Adofo defending well.
Struja Jr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Struja Jr wants to pass to mount but Adofo is defending the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Struja Jr slips a nice elbow through Adofo's hands, connecting with Adofo's forehead.
Struja Jr missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Struja Jr throwing shots but Adofo is blocking nicely.
Struja Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Adofo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Struja Jr working over Adofo with some ground and pound. Adofo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Struja Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Struja Jr working the head and body with strikes.
Struja Jr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Struja Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ludko Struja Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Struja Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ludko Struja Jr!
A very excited looking Ludko Struja Jr 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.
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