PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Lloyd Badweather Jr (ranked 21328 p4p, 22100 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 467 p4p, 459 weight class). Badweather Jr comes to the ring accompanied by Ay poyoo- GOAT. Marious La De Hoya told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Badweather Jr
vs
La De Hoya

173 cm
31
150
11 - 12 - 0

169 cm
44
140
40 - 18 - 2

World class boxer
Very quick

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Badweather Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badweather Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Badweather Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Badweather Jr pushes him away.
Decent striking displayed by La De Hoya there.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Badweather Jr throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
Badweather Jr moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Badweather Jr throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Badweather Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badweather Jr walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr misses the jab.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
La De Hoya takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badweather Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Badweather Jr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Badweather Jr misses with the combination.
Badweather Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.

La De Hoya clinches up with Badweather Jr and pushes him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Badweather Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Badweather Jr is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Badweather Jr is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La De Hoya tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Badweather Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Badweather Jr shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Badweather Jr's brow.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Badweather Jr blocks it.
La De Hoya gets through Badweather Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Badweather Jr's efforts to push away.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Badweather Jr avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
Badweather Jr blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps control of Badweather Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Badweather Jr.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badweather Jr is defending well for now.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
And that is 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.
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. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr working hard to break the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badweather Jr avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Badweather Jr wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Badweather Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
Lloyd Badweather Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya is working Badweather Jr over against the ropes.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Badweather Jr's ribcage.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
A very excited looking Marious La De Hoya rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.