PBP Commentary

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

De La Hoya
vs
Trejo

179 cm
20
201 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Oskar De La Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Trejo!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De La Hoya throws a right hand that Trejo ducks under and follows up with a left that Trejo also avoids with ease.
Trejo dives in and grabs De La Hoya's left leg, looking for a takedown. De La Hoya pushes down on Trejo's head and hops out.

De La Hoya clinches with his opponent.

Trejo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. De La Hoya is trying to keep an underhook but Trejo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
De La Hoya is trying to stand.
Trejo trying to pass the guard but De La Hoya defending well.
Trejo prevents De La Hoya from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Oskar De La Hoya wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Trejo has a takedown stuffed.
De La Hoya fails to land with a series of punches.
Oskar De La Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trejo slips a jab from De La Hoya.
Trejo shoots in and drives through. De La Hoya sprawls well.
Oskar De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Trejo.
Trejo shoots in looking for a takedown but De La Hoya manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Trejo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

De La Hoya has Trejo up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Hoya working hard to break the clinch.
Trejo has De La Hoya pressed against the cage, preventing De La Hoya from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Trejo uses good head movement to avoid it.
De La Hoya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De La Hoya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De La Hoya wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De La Hoya misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on De La Hoya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De La Hoya is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De La Hoya is looking to break free of the clinch but Trejo has double underhooks.
Trejo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. De La Hoya just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trejo is trying to pull guard but De La Hoya has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya has had enough of the clinch but Trejo keeps him there for the moment.
Trejo keeps control of De La Hoya as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trejo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. De La Hoya fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trejo misses with a takedown attempt - De La Hoya sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
De La Hoya misses with a combination

and Trejo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De La Hoya wants to get back to his feet.
De La Hoya is staying active underneath Trejo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Trejo is controlling the pace.
De La Hoya could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Danny Trejo wasn't active enough on the ground.
De La Hoya throws a series of punches but Trejo avoids them all with ease.
Trejo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Trejo fails to land the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De La Hoya misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trejo shoots in for a takedown but De La Hoya shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oskar De La Hoya will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trejo misses with a takedown attempt - De La Hoya sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Trejo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trejo lands in his opponent's guard.
Trejo prevents De La Hoya from getting back to his feet.
De La Hoya will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
De La Hoya is looking to stand back up but Trejo counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by De La Hoya.
Trejo sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo prevents De La Hoya from standing back up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
De La Hoya trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Oskar De La Hoya.
De La Hoya slaps away a takedown attempt from Trejo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck for Trejo with that takedown attempt.
Oskar De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Trejo.

Trejo gets a double leg takedown into De La Hoya's guard.
Trejo prevents De La Hoya from getting back to his feet.
Trejo wants to pass the guard but De La Hoya is keeping the position.
Trejo wants to control from the top but De La Hoya keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Trejo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Trejo is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De La Hoya is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Trejo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De La Hoya swivels and escapes.
Sloppy strikes from De La Hoya. Those never looked like landing.

Trejo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Trejo showed some decent athleticism there.
De La Hoya scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Trejo manages to mount him!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De La Hoya wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Trejo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Trejo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De La Hoya but De La Hoya pushes him off and we're back to square one.
De La Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Hoya misses with a series of wild punches.
Trejo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De La Hoya pinned against the cage. De La Hoya gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Trejo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Oskar De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Trejo.
No joy there for De La Hoya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Trejo tries for a takedown but De La Hoya sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Trejo dodges the punch combination from De La Hoya.
Trejo blocks a jab.
Oskar De La Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Trejo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya swinging wildly here.
De La Hoya tries a low kick but Trejo avoids it.
De La Hoya throws a nice looking combination but Trejo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for De La Hoya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De La Hoya stuffs the takedown attempt from Trejo. Trejo gets slowly back to his feet.
Trejo shoots for a takedown but De La Hoya saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
De La Hoya lands a jab.
Trejo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Trejo closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
De La Hoya is not content to let Trejo control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya wants to get back to his feet but Trejo is dominant here and he's now got De La Hoya's back!

Trejo looking for the RNC.
De La Hoya controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure De La Hoya doesn't escape.

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.
Trejo trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Trejo is riding his opponent, not letting De La Hoya buck him off.
De La Hoya has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Trejo controlling from the back.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Danny Trejo.
I think Trejo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Danny Trejo!