PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Oosthuizen (ranked 403 p4p, 2593 weight class) and Akhmed Dudayev (ranked 62 p4p, 321 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Oosthuizen
vs
Dudayev

177 cm
28
166
18 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
160
18 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francis Oosthuizen !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akhmed Dudayev!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudayev closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Oosthuizen counter with a right hand.
Dudayev tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oosthuizen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Dudayev rushes Oosthuizen and presses him up against the cage.
Oosthuizen works on Dudayev's body with a couple of short punches.
Oosthuizen misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Dudayev.
Oosthuizen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dudayev backwards.

Oosthuizen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Dudayev forces Oosthuizen back against the cage and clinches.
Dudayev lands a hook that snaps the head of Oosthuizen backwards.
Dudayev misses with some punches.
Dudayev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oosthuizen .
Dudayev misses with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oosthuizen gets through Dudayev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oosthuizen misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen lands with a short shot to the head.
Dudayev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oosthuizen .
Dudayev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dudayev is stalling here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Oosthuizen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Dudayev.
Oosthuizen blocks an uppercut.
Oosthuizen throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Dudayev.

Oosthuizen breaks from the clinch.
Dudayev tries to move into range but Oosthuizen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dudayev fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dudayev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oosthuizen , pushing him back against the cage.
Dudayev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oosthuizen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen tries to work over Dudayev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dudayev lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Francis Oosthuizen has been cut.
Dudayev prevents a body shot from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oosthuizen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dudayev throws a head punch that misses.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dudayev landing knees to the head.
Dudayev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oosthuizen 's elbow.
Dudayev misses with some punches.
Dudayev misses with a body punch.
Oosthuizen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oosthuizen scores with a shot to the side of Dudayev's head.
Oosthuizen lands a left hand.

Dudayev is rocked!
Oosthuizen digs a right hand underneath Dudayev's ribcage. Dudayev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dudayev is still on wobbly legs! Can Oosthuizen finish him?
A right hand to the body from Oosthuizen .
Oosthuizen unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Dudayev! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Oosthuizen is unloading with more strikes now! Dudayev drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Oosthuizen !
An out of breath Francis Oosthuizen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.