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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jose Rizal (ranked 5936 p4p, 485 weight class) and Gerrie Schutte (ranked 6126 p4p, 495 weight class). Rizal kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Noypi by Bamboo. The crowd seem to be enjoying Schutte's choice of entrance music: Groot Voël Paradys. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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158 lbs
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160 lbs
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Great elbows
Very quick
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jose Rizal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gerrie Schutte!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizal misses with a body shot.
Schutte raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Schutte throws a head kick that misses.
Schutte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rizal has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan Ardigma in the buildup to the fight.
Rizal closes the distance and pushes Schutte back into the ropes.
Rizal works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rizal managing to block the knees to the body from Schutte.
Rizal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Rizal.
It looks like Gerrie Schutte has been cut.
Rizal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Schutte is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Schutte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rizal.
Rizal blocks an elbow strike from Schutte.
Schutte tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizal avoids the damage to the body.
Schutte slowing the pace effectively.
Schutte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rizal is keeping busy.
Rizal lands a shot to the body.
Rizal lands a left hand.
Schutte tries to throw a body punch but Rizal avoids it by throwing Schutte back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schutte or not.
Rizal lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Rizal.
Schutte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rizal avoids it.
Schutte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Schutte's coach down at Temp Spar Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Schutte's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Rizal lands a nice elbow.
Rizal scores with a shot to the side of Schutte's head.
Rizal avoiding damage as Schutte throws knees to the body.
Rizal lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schutte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schutte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rizal is defending well for now.
Rizal cracks Schutte with a nice body shot.
Rizal has Schutte pressed against the ropes, preventing Schutte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rizal lands an elbow inside that Schutte shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rizal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Schutte is rocked!
Schutte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rizal's elbow.
Schutte is still on wobbly legs! Can Rizal finish him?
Schutte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rizal avoids it.
Schutte stalling in the clinch but Rizal improves position.
Rizal lands an elbow that stopped Schutte in his tracks for a moment.
Rizal lands a hook that snaps the head of Schutte backwards.
Rizal is working Schutte over against the ropes.
Schutte missing with knees to the body.
Schutte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rizal lands an elbow inside that Schutte shrugs off.
Rizal avoiding damage as Schutte throws knees to the body.
Rizal comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Rizal breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Schutte with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Schutte looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Schutte get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Jose Rizal!
Jose Rizal retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Jose Rizal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Gerrie Schutte stepped up to the mic, saying 'I refuse to bury my head in the sand!'.
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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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