PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akihiro Gomi (ranked 2037 p4p, 208 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1063 p4p, 123 weight class). La De Hoya has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gomi
vs
La De Hoya

175 cm
32
150 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

169 cm
30
139 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akihiro Gomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Gomi.
Gomi dips to his left and cracks La De Hoya with an uppercut!
Gomi misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akihiro Gomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya is looking to slow Gomi down with leg kicks.
Gomi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomi misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A big left from Gomi misses.
Gomi throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomi throws a nice head kick!
Gomi looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomi. That did some damage!
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Gomi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Gomi off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
Gomi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomi lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Gomi moved away.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gomi if he has to take too many more of those.
Gomi throws a lazy head kick
and La De Hoya counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomi lands with a hook. La De Hoya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
Gomi connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomi.
Gomi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Gomi clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomi working aggressively here.
Gomi misses with the head strike.

La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomi.
Gomi looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
La De Hoya misses the jab.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomi throws a leg kick
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
La De Hoya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomi rather than just go for the knockout.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.

Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya looking to stall.
Gomi scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Gomi blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
La De Hoya tries to circle away but Gomi has him pinned against the cage.

La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomi misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
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 Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gomi is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomi throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Gomi avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Gomi tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi lands with an overhand left.
Gomi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as La De Hoya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Gomi throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gomi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Gomi moved away.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gomi finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya tries to work over Gomi's front leg with a kick but Gomi checks it.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gomi lands with a nice combination. La De Hoya backs away looking to recover.
A low kick from Gomi is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gomi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gomi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomi lunges at La De Hoya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La De Hoya's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomi throws a good cross that connects.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gomi slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Gomi.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Gomi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Gomi steps away.
Gomi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body kick from La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a double jab
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Gomi down.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gomi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Gomi.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Gomi uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomi's sensitive parts.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Gomi blocks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
Gomi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gomi checks the leg kick.
Gomi checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Gomi's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomi tries to avoid it.
Gomi misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Gomi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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 Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gomi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Crunch! Gomi slams his shin into La De Hoya's torso.
Gomi avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Gomi scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Gomi's leg. Gomi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi scores with a jab to the body.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
La De Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gomi misses the target.
Gomi takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Gomi seems unphased.
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!
Gomi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomi moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomi throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya walks into a straight right hand from Gomi.
Gomi throws a series of strikes that have La De Hoya backpedaling.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Gomi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomi misses with a straight right.
Gomi throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gomi throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
A lazy left from Gomi finds it's target.
Gomi fails to land with a series of punches.
Good exchange - Gomi coming out on top.

La De Hoya is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomi finish him?
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya seems to have recovered his senses.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Gomi misses with a hook.
Gomi backing away here, and La De Hoya unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Gomi moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya sizes up Gomi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomi.

Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Gomi avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gomi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses.

Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomi prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya pushes Gomi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gomi. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Gomi throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La De Hoya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Gomi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La De Hoya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gomi tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomi throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gomi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Gomi moves out of range easily.
Gomi tries to bum rush La De Hoya with a series of wild strikes but La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Gomi moves his leg out of the way.
Gomi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Gomi scores with a three punch combo!
A low kick from La De Hoya misses
and Gomi counters with a good low kick that La De Hoya was not able to check.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi is looking to counter punch.
Gomi scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomi - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gomi blocks the body kick.
Gomi stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akihiro Gomi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Akihiro Gomi!
Akihiro Gomi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.