PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Marvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marvin has chosen Apache as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

De La Hoya
vs
Marvin

179 cm
21
201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

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 - 2 - 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Hank Marvin!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marvin looks for a takedown but De La Hoya sprawls well.

De La Hoya drives through with a takedown into guard.
De La Hoya is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
De La Hoya postures up in Marvin's guard and throws a big left but Marvin blocks it.
Marvin keeping moving, preventing De La Hoya from controlling successfully.
De La Hoya has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Marvin is looking to stand up but De La Hoya isn't so interested in that idea.
De La Hoya is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Oskar De La Hoya has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Marvin tries to sprawl but De La Hoya drives through with a takedown into half guard.
De La Hoya has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
De La Hoya sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marvin defending well though.

De La Hoya is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Hoya throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, De La Hoya seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De La Hoya tries to pass to full mount but Marvin defends it.
De La Hoya controlling the action here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
De La Hoya throwing shots but Marvin is blocking nicely.

We're going to have a standup here because Oskar De La Hoya wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

De La Hoya gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Marvin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Marvin working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Marvin wants to control from the top but De La Hoya keeps moving.
Marvin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De La Hoya haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marvin throws an elbow that misses. De La Hoya uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Marvin's guard. Nice move by De La Hoya!
De La Hoya seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
De La Hoya throwing strikes from guard but Marvin blocks nicely.
De La Hoya is standing up over Marvin. Marvin looks to escape but De La Hoya dives into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marvin tries to buck De La Hoya off but De La Hoya is having none of it.
Marvin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but De La Hoya has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Marvin avoids any damage from the ground and pound of De La Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
De La Hoya lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De La Hoya taking a breather here.
De La Hoya lands a few punches from side control.
De La Hoya just content to control the position.
Marvin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
De La Hoya works to advance to full mount. Marvin defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya moves to take his opponent's back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Hoya trying to control momentarily.
Marvin has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya lands punches and elbows.
De La Hoya punches the canvas rather than the man.

Marvin fending off the submission attempt from De La Hoya.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De La Hoya avoiding Marvin 's attempts to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar De La Hoya dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De La Hoya slaps away a takedown attempt from Marvin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De La Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

De La Hoya closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Marvin quickly recovers to half guard.
De La Hoya prevents Marvin from standing back up.
De La Hoya thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marvin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Marvin blocking the ground and pound attempt from De La Hoya.
Marvin blocking the ground and pound attempt from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya tries to pass the half guard into mount. Marvin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!

De La Hoya wants to work for an arm triangle but Marvin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marvin tries to kick De La Hoya off but De La Hoya keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with De La Hoya in particular looking to stall.
De La Hoya has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
De La Hoya frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The referee warns Marvin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
De La Hoya lands a heavy elbow.

De La Hoya goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Marvin is on top in guard.
De La Hoya looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Hoya can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Marvin controls the pace.
De La Hoya is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De La Hoya pulls Marvin in close to prevent any damage.
Marvin tries to stand but De La Hoya is controlling from the bottom.
Marvin stopping the sweep attempt from De La Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Marvin enables De La Hoya to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Marvin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Marvin keeping moving, preventing De La Hoya from controlling successfully.
De La Hoya wants to pass the guard but Marvin is keeping the position.
Marvin looking to hit a scissor sweep but De La Hoya is one step ahead there.
De La Hoya trying to control the position from guard on top but Marvin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De La Hoya postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De La Hoya trying to control but Marvin is working from the bottom.
Oskar De La Hoya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

De La Hoya gets to his feet - Marvin follows without any prompting.

Marvin gets caught napping as De La Hoya dives in and scores a takedown. Marvin manages to retain guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Hoya loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De La Hoya passes easily into side control. Nice work.
De La Hoya tries to advance to mount but Marvin denies him.
Marvin is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but De La Hoya has just dragged him back down to the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marvin defending against the ground and pound.
De La Hoya misses with the ground and pound.
Marvin dodges the ground and pound from De La Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar De La Hoya dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Marvin shoots in but no luck this time.
De La Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.

De La Hoya shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Marvin is trying to defend but De La Hoya finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
De La Hoya scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Marvin is rocked!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Marvin is still in real trouble! Can De La Hoya finish him?

De La Hoya is looking for a kimura here.
De La Hoya lands a big elbow - Marvin is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for De La Hoya!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oskar De La Hoya!
Oskar De La Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.