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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jethro Rayner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar De la Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De la Hoya has chosen Rocky Theme Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Oscar De la Hoya will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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165 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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179 cm
26
160 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jethro Rayner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oscar De la Hoya!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De la Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rayner moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rayner. De la Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
De la Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rayner drops his hands momentarily and De la Hoya takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De la Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rayner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rayner misses with a wild body shot.
Rayner takes a swing at De la Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Rayner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De la Hoya.
De la Hoya throws a right and a left that Rayner avoids nicely.
De la Hoya throws a hook to the side of Rayner's head but Rayner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De la Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De la Hoya moves out of range as Rayner throws a body kick.
De la Hoya swinging wildly here.
Rayner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from De la Hoya.
De la Hoya throws a series of punches but Rayner moves out of range.
Rayner throws the kick towards the body but De la Hoya avoids it.
De la Hoya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rayner tries a low kick but De la Hoya avoids it.
De la Hoya throws a right and a left that Rayner avoids nicely.
Rayner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De la Hoya moves away.
Rayner slips a jab and a cross from De la Hoya.
Oscar De la Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De la Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rayner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De la Hoya scores with a three punch combo!
Rayner shoots for a takedown but De la Hoya saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
De la Hoya swings for the body but Rayner moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from De la Hoya.
De la Hoya misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from De la Hoya misses.
De la Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Rayner ducks down to avoid it.
De la Hoya fails to land with a series of punches.
De la Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rayner misses with a body shot.
De la Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rayner.
De la Hoya misses with a straight right.
A combination from De la Hoya does no damage.
De la Hoya throws a hook but Rayner blocks it.
Rayner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De la Hoya misses with a jab, cross combination.
De la Hoya misses with a body shot.
Rayner throws a low kick but it's checked well by De la Hoya.
Rayner scores with a hook to the body. De la Hoya takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from De la Hoya misses its intended target.
Rayner is looking to wear down De la Hoya with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayner moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rayner tries a head kick but it misses.
De la Hoya gets caught flat footed, as Rayner shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
De la Hoya working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rayner.
Rayner drops back, looking for a kneebar! De la Hoya looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. De la Hoya looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from De la Hoya!
Rayner tries to buck De la Hoya off but De la Hoya is having none of it.
De la Hoya wants to stand but Rayner is controlling his arm.
Rayner wants to control but De la Hoya postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rayner tries to bench press De la Hoya off him but De la Hoya keeps the position.
Rayner is working hard here to advance position.
Rayner manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
De la Hoya holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rayner trying to control the action but De la Hoya is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rayner connects with a nice short shot to De la Hoya's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar De la Hoya dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rayner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De la Hoya fails to land with a series of punches.
Oscar De la Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De la Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rayner staying out of range there.
Nice body punch from De la Hoya.
Nice sprawl there from De la Hoya as Rayner shoots in.
Oscar De la Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rayner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rayner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De la Hoya misses with a few strikes there.
De la Hoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De la Hoya swinging wildly here.
Rayner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De la Hoya moves away.
A big right from Rayner misses.
De la Hoya avoids the body shot from Rayner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rayner throws a sloppy body shot
and De la Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
De la Hoya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
De la Hoya lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De la Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De la Hoya misses with a double jab.
De la Hoya lands a lovely overhand right.
Rayner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rayner misses the shot to the body.
Rayner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De la Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De la Hoya checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from De la Hoya. Those never looked like landing.
Rayner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De la Hoya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rayner looks to land a body kick but De la Hoya moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De la Hoya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rayner gets a takedown into half guard.
Rayner is looking to advance position but De la Hoya won't allow it.
Rayner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De la Hoya's head.
Rayner is looking to advance position but De la Hoya won't allow it.
Rayner is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayner tries to control but De la Hoya wriggling away.
Rayner misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rayner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rayner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De la Hoya is looking to escape.
De la Hoya is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four 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.
Rayner lands a big shot there that rocks De la Hoya but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rayner dominating with strikes here.
De la Hoya suckers Rayner into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! De la Hoya is now in Rayner's guard!
Rayner controls De la Hoya momentarily but De la Hoya frees himself.
De la Hoya preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jethro Rayner 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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De la Hoya misses with a double jab.
A clash of legs there as De la Hoya blocks the low kick.
Rayner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rayner avoids a punch combination nicely.
De la Hoya looks to land a combination but Rayner avoids it well.
Rayner throws a solid leg kick but De la Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rayner.
De la Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rayner.
Rayner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rayner takes a swing at De la Hoya's ribcage but misses.
De la Hoya throws a right hand that Rayner ducks under and follows up with a left that Rayner also avoids with ease.
Rayner connects with a body shot.
De la Hoya misses with a wild combination.
Rayner misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rayner shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches De la Hoya napping and manages to drive through into side control!
De la Hoya parries the strikes from Rayner easily there. Rayner is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable De la Hoya to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rayner throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rayner tries to move into full mount but can't pass De la Hoya's legs.
Rayner trying to control the position but De la Hoya is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De la Hoya avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rayner.
Rayner wants to lay and pray for a moment but De la Hoya keeps working.
The strikes coming from Rayner are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Rayner looking to control but instead De la Hoya has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rayner tries to pass the half guard into mount. De la Hoya knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rayner is trying to control. De la Hoya wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rayner thows a huge punch but De la Hoya dodges it nicely.
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 is in trouble now - Rayner has advanced to mount!
Rayner is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But De la Hoya has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from De la Hoya!
Rayner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De la Hoya is aware though and is defending well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rayner looking for a sweep. Not yet Rayner, not yet.
Rayner is looking for a triangle here but De la Hoya uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jethro Rayner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rayner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jethro Rayner!
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RATING
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