PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskar De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shael Connen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

De La Hoya
vs
Connen

179 cm
22
201 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
201 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Soul Supremacy Fight Gear

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 4 - 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 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Shael Connen!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Hoya wants to clinch but Connen slips to the side
and Connen counters with a big head kick but De La Hoya shrugs it off.
Connen throws a head kick but De La Hoya moves out of range.
Connen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
De La Hoya wants to clinch but Connen slips to the side
and Connen counters with a left and a right that stings De La Hoya.
De La Hoya tries to clinch up.
De La Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De La Hoya swings widly with a right hand
and Connen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oskar De La Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Connen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Hoya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De La Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De La Hoya is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Hoya tries to work over Connen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Connen controls his hands.
De La Hoya pushes Connen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Connen working hard to break the clinch.
Connen missing with knees to the body.
Connen controlling the action here for a moment.

Connen manages to break the clinch.
De La Hoya closes the distance looking to clinch
and Connen counters with a nice body shot.
De La Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De La Hoya moves to clinch but Connen breaks away
and Connen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De La Hoya thinking.
De La Hoya wants to clinch up but Connen keeps it at a distance.
De La Hoya darts in trying to clinch
letting Connen counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya swinging wildly here.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Connen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen moves out of range.
De La Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Connen.
De La Hoya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Connen moves out of range of the strikes.
De La Hoya throws a head kick but Connen moves out of range.
De La Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Connen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De La Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Connen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Hoya avoids the head kick by Connen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

De La Hoya has Connen up against the cage in a clinch.

De La Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

De La Hoya clinches up against the cage.
De La Hoya has Connen pressed against the cage, preventing Connen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

De La Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Connen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Connen throws a push kick but De La Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
Connen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya misses with a head kick.
De La Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Connen.
Connen blocks a head kick by De La Hoya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Hoya avoids the head kick by Connen.
Connen takes one on the button.
De La Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De La Hoya throws a head kick that misses
and Connen counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De La Hoya scores with a head kick.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Connen paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Connen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

De La Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De La Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Connen pushes him off.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shael Connen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

De La Hoya wants to clinch but Connen slips to the side
and Connen counters with a head kick.
Connen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De La Hoya tries to clinch up but Connen circles away and keeps his distance.
Connen slips a jab and a cross from De La Hoya.

De La Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Connen.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De La Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

De La Hoya manages to break the clinch.

De La Hoya pushes Connen up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
Connen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Hoya.

Connen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Connen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Connen moves out of range of the body kick from De La Hoya.

De La Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

De La Hoya breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connen dodges the punch combination from De La Hoya.
Connen throws a head kick that misses.
Connen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen moves out of range.
Shael Connen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Connen closes the distance and clinches.
De La Hoya stalling in the clinch.
De La Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Connen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De La Hoya leaning against his opponent.
Connen has had enough of the clinch but De La Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
De La Hoya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Connen has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from De La Hoya.

De La Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Connen moves out of range of the strikes.
Connen tries to clinch up but De La Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connen misses with a two punch combination.

Connen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Connen taking a breather.
Connen tries to break free but De La Hoya pushes him back against the cage.

De La Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De La Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De La Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

De La Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Connen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Hoya avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Connen is trying to break the clinch but De La Hoya is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on De La Hoya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Connen trying to control the position but instead, De La Hoya has worked for underhooks and has pushed Connen into the cage.
De La Hoya wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Connen is blocking nicely.
Connen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Connen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Connen working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Connen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De La Hoya keeps control of Connen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Oskar De La Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De La Hoya as Connen tries to tie him up.
De La Hoya wants to break free but Connen has control.

Connen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Connen tries to clinch there but De La Hoya circles away.
De La Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Connen.
Connen moves out of range of the body kick.

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 wants to clinch
and Connen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. De La Hoya really felt that one!
A head kick by De La Hoya misses
and Connen counters with a low kick, right behind De La Hoya 's knee.
Connen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Hoya misses with a few strikes there.
Connen keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Hoya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Connen misses with a head kick.
De La Hoya avoids the head kick by Connen.
De La Hoya wants to clinch.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Connen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De La Hoya closes the distance but Connen moves to the side
and Connen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Oskar De La Hoya will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De La Hoya throws a combination that misses
and Connen counters with a nice body shot.
De La Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen is having none of it.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen moves out of range.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.

De La Hoya darts in and clinches Connen up against the cage.
Connen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Hoya.
A frustrated look appears on Connen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

De La Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oskar De La Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De La Hoya is looking to clinch.
De La Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De La Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
De La Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connen tries to clinch but De La Hoya moves out of range.
De La Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Hoya avoids the body shot from Connen.
De La Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
De La Hoya wants to clinch up but Connen keeps it at a distance.
De La Hoya tries to clinch up
and Connen counters with a thumping low kick.
De La Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De La Hoya avoids the head kick by Connen.

De La Hoya rushes Connen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

De La Hoya breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.

De La Hoya rushes Connen and presses him up against the cage.

De La Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Hoya throws a nice looking combination but Connen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Connen circles away from the clinch attempt.
De La Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Connen.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Connen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Connen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De La Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
De La Hoya tries to clinch there but Connen circles away.

De La Hoya takes the fight into the clinch.
De La Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Connen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Connen as De La Hoya tries to tie him up.
De La Hoya being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De La Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De La Hoya misses with a double jab
and Connen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Connen looks to land a body kick but De La Hoya moved away.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but Connen moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De La Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

De La Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.

Connen manages to break the clinch.
De La Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Connen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

De La Hoya has Connen up against the cage in a clinch.
Connen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De La Hoya up against the cage.
De La Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
De La Hoya digs a right hand underneath Connen's ribcage. Connen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De La Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from De La Hoya.
Connen working hard to break the clinch.

De La Hoya breaks from the clinch.
De La Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Connen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Connen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

De La Hoya moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Connen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oskar De La Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De La Hoya 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oskar De La Hoya!
Oskar De La Hoya took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Soul Supremacy Fight Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.