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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 19632 p4p, 2983 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 571 p4p, 317 weight class). Scorpion comes to the ring accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). La De Hoya has chosen SCARFACE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Silva Scorpion could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marious La De Hoya's chin.
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's front leg with a kick but Scorpion checks it.
Scorpion scores with a hook.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Scorpion.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Scorpion misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
La De Hoya clinches up against the ropes.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Scorpion blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scorpion's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
It looks like Silva Scorpion has been cut.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Scorpion gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scorpion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion avoids a wild elbow strike from La De Hoya.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of La De Hoya's head.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Scorpion in his tracks for a moment.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and La De Hoya duly obliges.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya stuns Scorpion with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Scorpion shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion slips a jab from La De Hoya.
Scorpion swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Scorpion pushes him off.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Scorpion momentarily.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
La De Hoya lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion misses with a looping right.
That kick from Scorpion tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Scorpion keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Scorpion misses with a two punch combination.
Scorpion takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Scorpion wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the liver by La De Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
Scorpion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Scorpion saw that one coming.
Scorpion connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
Scorpion blocks a low kick nicely.
Scorpion was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
Scorpion scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Scorpion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick from Scorpion misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Scorpion throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion connects with a crisp jab.
Scorpion with a nice cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Scorpion misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
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 tries to close the distance and clinch but Scorpion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Scorpion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya working aggressively here.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
Nice shot lands for La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scorpion feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Scorpion throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick. Scorpion tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Scorpion checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scorpion has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
The referee calls for Scorpion to work.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion looking to stall.
Scorpion manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Scorpion misses the target.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scorpion waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Scorpion is wise to it.
Scorpion with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Scorpion takes a kick to the side of the head.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
Scorpion bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La De Hoya's head backwards.
Scorpion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La De Hoya clinches with his opponent.
Scorpion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scorpion throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
Scorpion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La De Hoya throws out the jab.
Scorpion misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice kick to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scorpion was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Scorpion moves in looking to clinch but La De Hoya pushes him off.
Scorpion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Scorpion catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion tries to land a leg kick but La De Hoya saw it coming and moves away.
Good leg kick by Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scorpion.
Nice cross by La De Hoya.
A slow jab from Scorpion misses its intended target.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Scorpion moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Scorpion back into the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scorpion pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Scorpion.
La De Hoya takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Scorpion is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it.
La De Hoya now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Scorpion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Scorpion steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Scorpion throws a low kick but it's checked well by La De Hoya.
Scorpion avoids a kick to the body.
Scorpion lands a nice leg kick that just misses La De Hoya's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
A low kick from Scorpion is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Scorpion's shoulder, as Scorpion tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Scorpion on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Scorpion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scorpion was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Scorpion darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Scorpion tries a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a straight left.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
Scorpion throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Scorpion does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Scorpion moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scorpion is looking to counter punch.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
And Scorpion counters with a quick kick to the body but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Scorpion tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Scorpion fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Scorpion checks a leg kick.
Scorpion throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Scorpion strikes.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Scorpion catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
La De Hoya lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Scorpion lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Scorpion misses the target.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Scorpion keeps it at a distance.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Scorpion tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
A counter left hand to the body from Scorpion misses its target.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Scorpion.
Some bone on bone action there as Scorpion checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya looks to land a left hand but Scorpion moved out of range nicely.
Scorpion is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Scorpion has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya throws a chopping leg kick but Scorpion manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Scorpion is looking to counter punch.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with a series of wild punches.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Scorpion's front leg but catches the back leg as Scorpion tries to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Scorpion. Beautiful body shot.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that Scorpion avoids nicely.
Scorpion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion misses with a jab, cross combination.
La De Hoya connects with the punch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Scorpion moved away.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that Scorpion avoids nicely.
Scorpion with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
La De Hoya connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Scorpion is out of range.
Scorpion misses with an attempted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya gets a clinch.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Scorpion.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Scorpion breaks from the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Scorpion wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Scorpion throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya tries to counter with a clinch but Scorpion shakes him off and moves away.
La De Hoya lands a nice hook to Scorpion's body. Scorpion takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Marious La De Hoya just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Scorpion 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.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Scorpion checks it.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scorpion can pounce on him.
Scorpion checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Scorpion moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scorpion misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Scorpion avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Scorpion's ribcage. Scorpion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Scorpion is trying to stall.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
Scorpion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
Scorpion is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La De Hoya to score with a decent uppercut.
Scorpion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Scorpion scoring well with a low kick there.
Scorpion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
Scorpion shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scorpion.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Scorpion scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya cracks Scorpion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
La De Hoya lands with a shot to the body.
Scorpion with the inside leg kick.
Scorpion scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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 gets tackled into the ropes by Scorpion. Scorpion maintains the clinch.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike.
Scorpion manages to break the clinch.
Scorpion scores with a punch to the head.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Scorpion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Scorpion with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya drops his hands momentarily and Scorpion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Scorpion's body.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion scores with a sloppy right hand. La De Hoya should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Scorpion moves out of range of the strikes.
Scorpion connects with a right hand. La De Hoya shakes it off.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Scorpion moves into range and connects with a jab.
Scorpion slips under a jab.
Scorpion misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Scorpion.
Scorpion avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Scorpion throwing a counter right hand but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Scorpion needs to keep his hands up - La De Hoya had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
A nice combination there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Scorpion.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Scorpion's hands.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Scorpion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scorpion.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked
and Scorpion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya avoids a kick to the body.
Scorpion throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Scorpion.
Scorpion with a nice cross.
Scorpion takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Scorpion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Scorpion down.
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Scorpion was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La De Hoya.
Silva Scorpion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Scorpion.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Scorpion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scorpion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
A little jabbing left from La De Hoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Scorpion moved away.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Scorpion keeps it at a distance.
Scorpion cracks La De Hoya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the leg kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body kick.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scorpion goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scorpion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
Scorpion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Scorpion misses with a low kick.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Scorpion seems unphased.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Scorpion takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scorpion eats them both and turns towards La De Hoya to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Scorpion scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
Scorpion fails in his attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Scorpion looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Scorpion pushes him away.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Scorpion steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scorpion misses with a hook.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scorpion doesn't seem bothered though.
Scorpion throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
La De Hoya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Scorpion off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
Scorpion's corner calls for a 1-2. Scorpion obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Scorpion scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Scorpion's leg but Scorpion calmly moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Scorpion throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marious La De Hoya.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya is the new featherweight champion!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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