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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Catos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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139 lbs
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scotty Catos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La De Hoya scores with a spinning back kick!
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Catos's hands.
Catos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Catos tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Catos backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
Catos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Catos wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Catos has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Catos looks winded!
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
The referee calls for La De Hoya to work.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
A short right from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya effectively controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with La De Hoya for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Catos is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Catos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
Come on La De Hoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Catos is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
Catos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Catos is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Catos wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
La De Hoya avoiding damage.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
I was talking to La De Hoya's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A frustrated look appears on Catos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Catos backwards.
La De Hoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as La De Hoya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Catos's ribcage. Catos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
La De Hoya cracks Catos with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
Catos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from La De Hoya.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting La De Hoya here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
La De Hoya has Catos pressed against the cage, preventing Catos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
La De Hoya avoiding damage.
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
Catos can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya prevents Catos from breaking the clinch.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
Catos is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Catos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is stalling here.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Catos is rocked!
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Catos is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Catos's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a big right hand that drops Catos! The killer instinct kicks in and La De Hoya finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by La De Hoya!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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