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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francois Oosthuizen (ranked 1385 p4p, 1561 weight class) and Toby Vertongen (ranked 181 p4p, 208 weight class). Francois Oosthuizen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Toby Vertongen's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francois Oosthuizen !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toby Vertongen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vertongen with the inside leg kick.
Oosthuizen throws a right hand that misses
and Vertongen counters with a straight right hand.
Vertongen cracks Oosthuizen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oosthuizen checks a leg kick.
Oosthuizen connects with a looping right hand.
Vertongen connects with an inside leg kick.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut
and Vertongen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oosthuizen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Francois Oosthuizen has been cut.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab.
Oosthuizen is looking to counter punch.
Nice shot by Vertongen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oosthuizen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Vertongen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vertongen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Oosthuizen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vertongen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oosthuizen backwards.
Vertongen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Vertongen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vertongen tries to score a body lock takedown but Oosthuizen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Francois Oosthuizen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Toby Vertongen.
Vertongen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vertongen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vertongen moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Vertongen.
Vertongen ducks under a wild hook from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen scores with a shot to the body.
Oosthuizen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vertongen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vertongen shoots and misses
and Oosthuizen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oosthuizen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vertongen scoring well with a low kick there.
Vertongen throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've been informed that Vertongen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Francois Oosthuizen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vertongen misses with a low kick.
Vertongen misses with a body kick.
Oosthuizen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vertongen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vertongen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vertongen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oosthuizen .
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oosthuizen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vertongen manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen takes a swing at Vertongen's ribcage but misses.
Oooooh!!! Oosthuizen has knocked Vertongen down with a huge combo! Oosthuizen steps away and waves a wobbly Vertongen back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Vertongen is rocked!
It looks like Toby Vertongen has been cut.
Oosthuizen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vertongen is still on wobbly legs! Can Oosthuizen finish him?
Oosthuizen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vertongen wants to land a leg kick but Oosthuizen is out of range.
Vertongen circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Oosthuizen . Vertongen falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Oosthuizen !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francois Oosthuizen !
Francois Oosthuizen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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