PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 22572 p4p, 4245 weight class) and Dieselnoi Por Pramuk (ranked 261 p4p, 394 weight class). Por Pramuk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Muay Thai Music - Wai Khru Ram Muay kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dieselnoi Por Pramuk told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

La De Hoya
vs
Por Pramuk

169 cm
43
140
36 - 17 - 1

188 cm
44
146
24 - 24 - 0

World class MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dieselnoi Por Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good exchange - La De Hoya coming out on top.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the head.

La De Hoya gets a clinch.

Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Por Pramuk digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
Por Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Por Pramuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya throws out a powerful jab.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to throw the jab but Por Pramuk is out of range.
Por Pramuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Por Pramuk missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya swings away with a body shot that misses
and Por Pramuk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Por Pramuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Por Pramuk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya defending well as Por Pramuk loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Por Pramuk. That did some damage!
Por Pramuk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Por Pramuk keeps it at a distance.
Por Pramuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya scores with a crisp jab that stopped Por Pramuk in his tracks.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Por Pramuk's midsection.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Por Pramuk counters with a head kick.
Por Pramuk throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya tries to land a body kick
and Por Pramuk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Por Pramuk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Por Pramuk avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Por Pramuk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Por Pramuk throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Por Pramuk. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Por Pramuk misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Por Pramuk is looking to score with low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya tests Por Pramuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Por Pramuk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.

Por Pramuk tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.

Por Pramuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Por Pramuk can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that La De Hoya semi-blocks.

It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Por Pramuk. Por Pramuk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Por Pramuk throws a fast counter high kick but La De Hoya manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk scores with the left hand. La De Hoya knows he should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Por Pramuk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La De Hoya circles away quickly and effectively.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Por Pramuk's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Por Pramuk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that misses.

La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Por Pramuk back into the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Por Pramuk blocks it.

Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Por Pramuk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
La De Hoya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Por Pramuk down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Por Pramuk misses with a wild combination.
Por Pramuk throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Por Pramuk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya throws a body shot but no joy.

La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Por Pramuk is defending well for now.
Por Pramuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
La De Hoya prevents Por Pramuk from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marious La De Hoya's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Por Pramuk.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya is working Por Pramuk over against the ropes.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Por Pramuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Por Pramuk tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Por Pramuk won't want to take too many of those.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
Por Pramuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Por Pramuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya pushes Por Pramuk back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working Por Pramuk over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Por Pramuk controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya gets through Por Pramuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
A short right from La De Hoya.

Por Pramuk manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
Por Pramuk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La De Hoya has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Dieselnoi Por Pramuk had this to say: 'Well fought! I'll be back stronger next time!'.