PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1212 p4p, 145 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1646 p4p, 181 weight class). La De Hoya is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by SCARFACE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Van Rijn
vs
La De Hoya

180 cm
29
159 lbs
23 - 25 - 1

169 cm
33
139 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 23 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Rijn.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
La De Hoya drops his hands momentarily and Van Rijn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Van Rijn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Van Rijn does no damage.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Rijn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Van Rijn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Rijn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on La De Hoya's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a decent looking hook.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Van Rijn works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
Van Rijn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La De Hoya takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Rijn throws a shot to the body.
Van Rijn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a nice looking body shot.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La De Hoya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Rijn circles away quickly and effectively.
A little feinted left hand from Van Rijn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Rijn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Rijn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Van Rijn throws a good cross that connects.

La De Hoya rushes Van Rijn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya trying to stall but Van Rijn improves his position.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Van Rijn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rijn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya.

It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Van Rijn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Van Rijn avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Rijn.
La De Hoya wants to stall.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Van Rijn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Rijn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Rijn lands with a good body shot.

La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Van Rijn's head.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya pushes Van Rijn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
Van Rijn takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya is working Van Rijn over against the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
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!
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Rijn gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the ropes.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Van Rijn feints and then cracks La De Hoya's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La De Hoya down.
La De Hoya moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Van Rijn pushes him away.
Van Rijn blocks a jab.
Van Rijn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya displaying some good clinch control by pressing Van Rijn up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn takes a shot to the head.
Van Rijn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Van Rijn managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Rijn is keeping busy.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Rijn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Van Rijn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Van Rijn blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Van Rijn.
I think Van Rijn 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!