PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 (ranked 25145 p4p, 573 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1908 p4p, 217 weight class). La De Hoya comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SCARFACE kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marious La De Hoya's chin.

Blackmane 🐺
vs
La De Hoya

170 cm
36
154 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

169 cm
34
139 lbs
24 - 14 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Threads of HARDCORE
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 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blackmane 🐺 checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Blackmane 🐺 throwing a counter right hand but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Blackmane 🐺 is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La De Hoya with a jab.
La De Hoya jabs at Blackmane 🐺 's body.
La De Hoya misses with a right hand
and Blackmane 🐺 counters with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blackmane 🐺 fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya keeps Blackmane 🐺 at a distance using the push kick.

Blackmane 🐺 has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blackmane 🐺 in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 working aggressively here.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Blackmane 🐺 on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackmane 🐺 blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Blackmane 🐺 has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La De Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya presses Blackmane 🐺 against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya works on Blackmane 🐺 's body with a couple of short punches.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Blackmane 🐺 gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Blackmane 🐺 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Come on La De Hoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya stuns Blackmane 🐺 with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
Blackmane 🐺 slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Blackmane 🐺 as he checks the leg kick.
Blackmane 🐺 connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 checks it.

La De Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Blackmane 🐺 has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
La De Hoya working Blackmane 🐺 over with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Blackmane 🐺 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blackmane 🐺 's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackmane 🐺 .
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for La De Hoya. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya is working Blackmane 🐺 over against the ropes.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has Blackmane 🐺 pushed against the ropes.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blackmane 🐺 blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has been cut.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an elbow to the temple.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Blackmane 🐺 's head.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Blackmane 🐺 's head.

Blackmane 🐺 is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Blackmane 🐺 is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya works on Blackmane 🐺 's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya is controlling Blackmane 🐺 's neck. La De Hoya unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Blackmane 🐺 goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Marious La De Hoya!
After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.