PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 22149 p4p, 22142 weight class) and Alejandro Sepulveda (ranked 489 p4p, 491 weight class). Sepulveda has chosen Lady Gaga - Alejandro as his entrance music. Alejandro Sepulveda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

La De Hoya
vs
Sepulveda

169 cm
44
140
38 - 18 - 2

159 cm
49
141
40 - 41 - 2

World class MT
KO power

Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 38 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 41 - 2, fighting out of New York, Alejandro Sepulveda!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sepulveda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya thuds his right hand into Sepulveda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Sepulveda.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sepulveda. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Sepulveda steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya is looking to counter punch.
Sepulveda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Sepulveda takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sepulveda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sepulveda looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
Sepulveda misses with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Sepulveda's front leg but catches the back leg as Sepulveda tries to avoid it.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throwing a counter right hand but Sepulveda manages to avoid it.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch but Sepulveda is avoiding it.
Sepulveda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sepulveda stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sepulveda is looking to chop away at La De Hoya's legs.
Sepulveda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Sepulveda throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses its target.
Sepulveda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Sepulveda misses its intended target.
La De Hoya quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sepulveda throws a body kick that misses.
Sepulveda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.

La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
A frustrated look appears on Sepulveda's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sepulveda swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sepulveda has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.

Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Sepulveda tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sepulveda looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda misses with a hook.
Sepulveda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sepulveda throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
Good shot there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy right hand. Sepulveda should have avoided that one.
Sepulveda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sepulveda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sepulveda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sepulveda darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sepulveda misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Sepulveda circles away.
Sepulveda throws a fast counter high kick but La De Hoya manages to duck under it in time.
Sepulveda throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from La De Hoya. Sepulveda shrugs it off though.
Sepulveda is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Sepulveda.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
Sepulveda looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

La De Hoya has Sepulveda up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sepulveda's efforts to push away.
Sepulveda wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sepulveda backwards.
Sepulveda is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sepulveda avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Sepulveda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sepulveda avoids it.
Sepulveda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sepulveda tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sepulveda can do to turn this around?
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

La De Hoya thumps Sepulveda with a low kick.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sepulveda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Sepulveda throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sepulveda under the eye.
Sepulveda misses with a low kick.
Sepulveda does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sepulveda throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by La De Hoya!
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sepulveda misses with a body kick.
Jab from La De Hoya.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sepulveda.
Sepulveda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sepulveda swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.

Sepulveda gets tackled into the ropes by La De Hoya. La De Hoya maintains the clinch.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Sepulveda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sepulveda swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
Alejandro Sepulveda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sepulveda.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Sepulveda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sepulveda tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
La De Hoya has Sepulveda pressed against the ropes, preventing Sepulveda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sepulveda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sepulveda has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sepulveda takes a shot to the head.
Sepulveda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sepulveda working aggressively here.

Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Sepulveda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sepulveda momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sepulveda throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Sepulveda.
La De Hoya with a jab.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda misses with a wild body shot.
Sepulveda throws a chopping leg kick but La De Hoya manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sepulveda throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La De Hoya 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.