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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Erran Morad (ranked 1008 p4p, 973 weight class) and Francis Oosthuizen (ranked 136 p4p, 132 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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World class boxer
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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 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francis Oosthuizen !
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morad misses with a hook
and Oosthuizen counters with a left and a right that stings Morad.
Morad throws a big shot that misses.
Oosthuizen swings for the body but Morad moves out of range.
Morad chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A combination from Oosthuizen does no damage.
Morad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick lands from Morad.
Morad attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oosthuizen looks to score with a jab to the body but Morad is just out of range.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook.
Oosthuizen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Erran Morad has been cut.
Morad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oosthuizen .
Morad goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oosthuizen just misses with a punch to the body.
Morad lands a leg kick that knocks Oosthuizen off balance momentarily.
Oosthuizen thuds a left hand into Morad's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morad misses with a looping right.
Morad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oosthuizen avoids the head kick by Morad.
A nice side step and Oosthuizen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Oosthuizen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morad slips a straight right by Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen misses with a straight left.
Oosthuizen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morad throws out the jab.
Oosthuizen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morad scores with a decent looking hook.
Morad throws a leg kick which misses Oosthuizen 's front leg but catches the back leg as Oosthuizen tries to avoid it.
Oosthuizen lands a body shot.
Morad lands a two punch combo.
Oosthuizen 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad misses with a low kick.
Oosthuizen tries to clinch there but Morad circles away.
Oosthuizen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morad rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morad digs a good hook to Oosthuizen 's body.
Oosthuizen throws a looping overhand right but Morad ducks down to avoid it.
Morad closes the distance and clinches.
Oosthuizen misses with a knee strike.
Morad stalls.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oosthuizen 's brow.
Morad looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Oosthuizen throws a punch but it's blocked by Morad.
Oosthuizen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oosthuizen pushes Morad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Oosthuizen lands with a right to the head.
Oosthuizen dodges an elbow strike from Morad.
Morad is trying to force a seperation but Oosthuizen has the dominant position.
Oosthuizen avoids a wild elbow strike from Morad.
Morad lands an elbow inside.
Oosthuizen misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad has Oosthuizen pressed against the cage.
Morad lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oosthuizen 's brow.
Morad pushes off an throws an elbow but Oosthuizen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Oosthuizen prevents Morad from breaking the clinch.
Oosthuizen breaks the clinch.
Morad throws a poor cross that misses
and Oosthuizen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morad tries a head kick but it misses.
Morad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morad thumps Oosthuizen with a low kick.
Morad throws a leg kick
and Oosthuizen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Oosthuizen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen tries to clinch but Morad is having none of it.
Morad misses with a hook. Oosthuizen ducked under it nicely.
Oosthuizen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morad scores with a sloppy right hand. Oosthuizen should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morad moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oosthuizen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Morad misses.
Oosthuizen jabs Morad to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morad misses with a hook to the body
and Oosthuizen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morad throws a hook to the side of Oosthuizen 's head but Oosthuizen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Morad misses.
Oosthuizen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Morad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morad swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Oosthuizen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Oosthuizen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morad was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Erran Morad will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Erran Morad's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morad fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Oosthuizen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild body shot.
Morad swings widly with a right hand
and Oosthuizen counters by moving into the clinch.
Oosthuizen lands a knee to the head.
Morad lands with a light punch inside.
Morad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morad misses with some punches.
Morad lands with a right to the head.
Morad lands a shot to the body.
Morad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Francis Oosthuizen has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oosthuizen misses with the head strike.
Oosthuizen working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen pushes Morad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morad managing to block the knees to the body from Oosthuizen .
Morad misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen takes an elbow to the temple.
Oosthuizen misses with a knee strike.
Morad tries to work over Oosthuizen 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oosthuizen dodges an elbow strike from Morad.
Oosthuizen avoids a wild elbow strike from Morad.
Morad taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Morad fails to land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Morad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morad has a couple of punches blocked by Oosthuizen .
Morad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut. Morad saw that one coming.
Morad wants to slow Oosthuizen down by chopping away at his legs.
Morad misses with a double jab
and Oosthuizen counters with a straight right hand.
Morad throws a leg kick that is checked
and Oosthuizen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oosthuizen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morad moves away.
Oosthuizen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oosthuizen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oosthuizen checks a low kick from Morad.
Morad with a nice calf kick.
Oosthuizen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oosthuizen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morad misses with a leg kick
and Oosthuizen counters with a crisp right hand that drops Morad! Oosthuizen lets Morad back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Morad is rocked!
Francis Oosthuizen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crack! Oosthuizen connects with the perfect overhand right and Morad falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Oosthuizen !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francis Oosthuizen !
Francis Oosthuizen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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