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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fourie Du Preez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grammur Natzee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Du Preez comes to the cage accompanied by Niggas In Paris. Natzee has chosen Marillion - Garden Party as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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156 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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148 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fourie Du Preez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 20 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Grammur Natzee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natzee misses with a hook. Du Preez ducked under it nicely.
Du Preez misses with an uppercut
letting Natzee counter with a right hand.
Du Preez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Du Preez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Natzee lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Natzee 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.
Natzee jabs at Du Preez's body.
Natzee throws a jab but it's blocked by Du Preez.
Some wild striking there from Natzee.
Du Preez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Natzee swings wildly with an uppercut but Du Preez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Du Preez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Natzee darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Du Preez controlling the position for now.
Du Preez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee thows a huge punch but Du Preez dodges it nicely.
Du Preez is concentrating on defense, preventing Natzee from advancing position.
Natzee sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Du Preez pushes Natzee off looking to stand but Natzee dives back in and keeps control.
Du Preez wants to improve his position but Natzee is controlling well.
Natzee sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Du Preez is staying active underneath Natzee, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Natzee not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Du Preez is looking to escape.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Du Preez tries to clinch there but Natzee circles away.
Du Preez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Natzee.
Natzee let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Natzee throws a hook but Du Preez avoids it easily.
Natzee lands with an overhand left.
Du Preez walks into a left hand.
Du Preez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Natzee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Natzee tests Du Preez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Du Preez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Du Preez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Du Preez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Natzee lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Natzee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Du Preez is rocked!
Natzee lands with a big left! Du Preez is wobbled badly! Natzee comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Du Preez to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Grammur Natzee!
In his post fight interview, Grammur Natzee started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Fourie Du Preez stepped up to the mic, saying 'It was the ref's fault...'.
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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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