PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thiago Pereira is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

De La Hoya
vs
Pereira

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oscar De La Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thiago Pereira!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya lands a with a good body shot.
De La Hoya misses with a two punch combination.

De La Hoya gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pereira flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

De La Hoya decides to stand and escape the position.
De La Hoya shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De La Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pereira moves away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by De La Hoya!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Hoya scores with a one two! Pereira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Pereira clinches.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pereira.
Pereira looks gassed!
Pereira misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira lands a nice knee to the body.
De La Hoya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pereira misses with the head strike.
Pereira throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pereira fails to land.
De La Hoya has had enough of the clinch but Pereira keeps him there for the moment.
Pereira misses with a short punch on the inside.
De La Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Pereira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Hoya blocks it with crossed arms.
Pereira keeps control of De La Hoya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pereira working aggressively here.

De La Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pereira moves in looking to clinch but De La Hoya pushes him off.
De La Hoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

De La Hoya scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pereira is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira bucks up and tries to throw De La Hoya off but instead De La Hoya has got his back!
Pereira is in bad spot here.
De La Hoya is riding his opponent, not letting Pereira buck him off.
Pereira looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Pereira tries to break free.
Pereira holding both De La Hoya 's hands and preventing any damage.
Pereira is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to escape but De La Hoya has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
De La Hoya is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De La Hoya has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pereira is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar De La Hoya dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

De La Hoya lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
De La Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
Pereira is looking to clinch.
De La Hoya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thiago Pereira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De La Hoya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Hoya throws a series of punches but Pereira moves out of range.

De La Hoya closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

De La Hoya has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Pereira wants to clinch.
De La Hoya fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Pereira moves in looking to clinch but De La Hoya pushes him off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pereira is looking to clinch.
De La Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pereira.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch up but De La Hoya swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pereira backs up against the cage.
De La Hoya tries to bum rush Pereira with a series of wild strikes but Pereira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De La Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Hoya misses with a series of wild punches.
De La Hoya goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De La Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Pereira moves away and avoids it.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De La Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pereira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pereira tries to clinch up but De La Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.
De La Hoya connects with a single shot there.
De La Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pereira.
Pereira wants to clinch up but De La Hoya keeps it at a distance.
De La Hoya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pereira tries to clinch there but De La Hoya circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pereira wants to clinch up but De La Hoya keeps it at a distance.
De La Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Pereira circles away.
De La Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt
and De La Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
De La Hoya shoots in for a double leg but Pereira sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pereira has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Oscar De La Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

De La Hoya looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pereira is trying to stand back up but De La Hoya is controlling him
Pereira is looking to improve his position.
Pereira looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pereira strikes from the bottom but De La Hoya uses the opportunity to move to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De La Hoya stands up.
De La Hoya lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De La Hoya tries to bum rush Pereira with a series of wild strikes but Pereira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De La Hoya fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oscar De La Hoya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Hoya takes a swing at Pereira's ribcage but misses.
De La Hoya tries for a takedown but Pereira sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De La Hoya throws a right and a left that both miss.

Pereira drives through and clinches with De La Hoya against the cage.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but De La Hoya blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya blocking some punches.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
Pereira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but De La Hoya is blocking nicely.
De La Hoya can't break the clinch.
De La Hoya tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.
De La Hoya is looking to break free of the clinch but Pereira has double underhooks.
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Hoya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pereira.
De La Hoya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pereira misses with a knee to the head.
Pereira comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pereira looking for a takedown.
Pereira misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar De La Hoya dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

De La Hoya looks to land a combination but Pereira avoids it well.
De La Hoya fails to land with a series of punches.
Pereira doesn't manage to clinch there - De La Hoya circles away.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Pereira tries to clinch but De La Hoya moves out of range.
Pereira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

De La Hoya takes the fight into the clinch.
Pereira swings wildly with an uppercut but De La Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pereira tries a body shot but De La Hoya blocks it.
Pereira prevents De La Hoya from breaking the clinch.
Pereira lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira lands a nice knee to the body.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by De La Hoya.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pereira misses with a punch on the inside.
De La Hoya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pereira swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pereira prevents De La Hoya from breaking the clinch.
Pereira looking for a takedown.
De La Hoya avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
De La Hoya is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
De La Hoya is looking to break free of the clinch but Pereira has double underhooks.

De La Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De La Hoya clinches but Pereira breaks the clinch

and Pereira moves into the clinch.
De La Hoya has had enough of the clinch but Pereira keeps him there for the moment.
Pereira keeps control of De La Hoya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pereira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya is trying to break free.
Pereira keeps control of De La Hoya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

De La Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A right-left combo lands from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya misses with a takedown attempt - Pereira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pereira wants to clinch

and De La Hoya decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pereira's guard.

De La Hoya stands up from Pereira's guard - De La Hoya perhaps looking for a knockout.
De La Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pereira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pereira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pereira tries to clinch but De La Hoya is having none of it.
Pereira tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pereira looks to clinch
and De La Hoya counters with a left and a right that stings Pereira.
De La Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pereira.
Pereira darts in trying to clinch
and De La Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.

De La Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De La Hoya tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.
Pereira wants a takedown but no success here.
Pereira throws a knee to the head but misses.

Pereira manages to break the clinch.
De La Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Hoya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pereira doesn't manage to clinch there - De La Hoya circles away.
Pereira doesn't manage to clinch there - De La Hoya circles away.
Pereira clinches but De La Hoya breaks the clinch

and De La Hoya counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya prevents a body shot from Pereira.
Pereira wants a takedown.
Oscar De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Pereira.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
Pereira tries to throw a body punch but De La Hoya avoids it by throwing Pereira back against the cage.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De La Hoya tries to break the clinch but Pereira is controlling the position.
Pereira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De La Hoya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Pereira is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Hoya has double underhooks.

De La Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De La Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pereira.
Pereira closes the distance looking to clinch

and De La Hoya counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pereira's guard now.
Pereira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De La Hoya is controlling him.

Pereira looking for submissions from the bottom but instead De La Hoya passes into side control.

De La Hoya stands up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar De La Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De La Hoya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar De La Hoya!