put up a fight

and put up a struggle

to make a struggle, a fight, etc. (Fixed order.) Did he put up a fight? No, he only put up a bit of a struggle.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lale	-	Turkish
Meurig	-	Welsh
Phaenna	-	Greek Mythology
Alaia	-	Basque
BartolomÉ	bahr-to-lo-ME	Spanish
Kyriakos	-	Greek, Ancient Greek