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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1716 p4p, 184 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1302 p4p, 147 weight class). La De Hoya comes to the ring accompanied by SCARFACE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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139 lbs
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159 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Rijn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Rijn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Rijn manages to circle out of the way.
La De Hoya has been working on his boxing with his coaches at mickeyharts the greatest in the buildup to the fight.
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van Rijn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Rijn cracks a nice hook into La De Hoya's ribs.
La De Hoya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Rijn.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Rijn lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a head shot.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Van Rijn lands a nice hook to La De Hoya's body. La De Hoya takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Rijn slips a jab and a cross from La De Hoya.
Good shot there by Van Rijn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Van Rijn checks it.
Van Rijn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Van Rijn throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
A big left from La De Hoya misses.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Van Rijn scores with a decent looking hook.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Rijn moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Rijn just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya is looking to counter the offense by Van Rijn and move into the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a jab to La De Hoya's midsection.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Van Rijn keeps it at a distance.
Van Rijn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
Van Rijn throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La De Hoya had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Van Rijn tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Van Rijn does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that half lands.
Van Rijn throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Donk. Van Rijn catches La De Hoya right on the button with a cross.
Van Rijn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn jabs at La De Hoya's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Van Rijn avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Van Rijn backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Rijn pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces La De Hoya back to the ropes. Van Rijn follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya takes a kick to the side of the head.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Rijn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn connects with a body shot that sends La De Hoya's belly button to the back.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Rijn throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Rijn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Rijn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya works Van Rijn's body with a nice hook.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Van Rijn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Rijn, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Van Rijn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Van Rijn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Rijn.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya throws a big counter combination but Van Rijn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Van Rijn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Rijn down.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Rijn misses the target.
Van Rijn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
It seemed like Van Rijn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Rijn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Rijn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Van Rijn lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Van Rijn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
That's time! La De Hoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Rijn lands a head kick. La De Hoya smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Rijn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Rijn breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with the combination.
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Van Rijn is out of range.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
Van Rijn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Rijn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Rijn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Van Rijn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and La De Hoya tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Van Rijn does it's job there.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
La De Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mike Van Rijn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Rijn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Rijn throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Rijn is just out of range.
La De Hoya looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Van Rijn saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Van Rijn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Van Rijn right on the button with a cross.
That has opened up Mike Van Rijn's cut even more.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Rijn! But no joy.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Van Rijn finds it's target.
Nice jab there from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Van Rijn.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Rijn manages to circle out of the way.
Van Rijn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Rijn cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Rijn lands a jab to the nose.
Van Rijn lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Van Rijn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Rijn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!
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RATING
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