PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gniewomir Polaniecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think De La Hoya might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Game - My Life ft. Lil Wayne. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

De La Hoya
vs
Polaniecki

194 cm
20
285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
249 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger De La Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gniewomir Polaniecki!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Hoya moves out of range as Polaniecki strikes.
A shot to the liver by Polaniecki. Beautiful body shot.
Polaniecki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Polaniecki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Polaniecki blocks a low kick nicely.
Polaniecki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De La Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De La Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De La Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De La Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Polaniecki. That did some damage!
Nice defenses there by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya looks to clinch
and Polaniecki counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - De La Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Roger De La Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Polaniecki closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. De La Hoya quickly recovers to half guard.
Polaniecki looks gassed!
Polaniecki wants to take a breather but De La Hoya is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polaniecki tries to pass the half guard into mount. De La Hoya knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
De La Hoya regains full guard. Nicely done.
Polaniecki throwing strikes but missing.
Polaniecki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Polaniecki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De La Hoya swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Polaniecki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De La Hoya works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Polaniecki controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Polaniecki looking to pass the guard.
Polaniecki preventing the sweep.
De La Hoya keeping moving, preventing Polaniecki from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya has control of Polaniecki's left arm, preventing Polaniecki from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De La Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Polaniecki checks it.
Polaniecki misses with a leg kick
and Polaniecki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Gniewomir Polaniecki has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Polaniecki checks the leg kick nicely there.
De La Hoya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Polaniecki will feel that in the morning.
De La Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Polaniecki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Polaniecki fails with a takedown attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for De La Hoya.
De La Hoya connects with a leg kick. Polaniecki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polaniecki on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De La Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De La Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters circling a little - De La Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
De La Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
De La Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De La Hoya.
Nice body kick there by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Polaniecki off balance momentarily.
De La Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Polaniecki.
Good shot there by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Polaniecki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by De La Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for De La Hoya.
An inside leg kick lands from De La Hoya.
Polaniecki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De La Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Polaniecki tries to keep at a distance but De La Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
De La Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Polaniecki avoids the damage to the body.
De La Hoya lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That has opened up Gniewomir Polaniecki's cut even more.
Polaniecki prevents a body shot from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger De La Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gniewomir Polaniecki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

De La Hoya tries to clinch but Polaniecki moves out of range.
Polaniecki throws the left hand but De La Hoya avoids the punch easily.
Polaniecki keeps the fight on the outside.
De La Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Polaniecki's front leg but catches the back leg as Polaniecki tries to avoid it.
De La Hoya throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
De La Hoya lands a jab to Polaniecki's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Polaniecki wants to slow De La Hoya down by chopping away at his legs.
De La Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Polaniecki's sensitive parts.
De La Hoya is looking to clinch.
De La Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De La Hoya throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
De La Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Polaniecki is breathing heavily.
De La Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for De La Hoya.
A good leg kick by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya lands a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - De La Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Hoya lands with a kick to the temple. Polaniecki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De La Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
De La Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
De La Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from De La Hoya.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from De La Hoya. Polaniecki shrugs it off though.
Polaniecki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A nice leg kick lands there from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Polaniecki's front leg but catches the back leg as Polaniecki tries to avoid it.
De La Hoya scores with a kick to the body.
De La Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
De La Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
De La Hoya lands a front kick.
De La Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
De La Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
De La Hoya lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya thows a body shot but no joy.
De La Hoya works the jab nicely.

The cut above Gniewomir Polaniecki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
De La Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Polaniecki's front leg but catches the back leg as Polaniecki tries to avoid it.
De La Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Polaniecki's front leg but catches the back leg as Polaniecki tries to avoid it.

De La Hoya clinches up against the cage.
De La Hoya connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De La Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Polaniecki is blocking nicely.
De La Hoya connects with a knee to the head.

Gniewomir Polaniecki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
De La Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Polaniecki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Polaniecki is blocking nicely.
De La Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Polaniecki blocks with his arms.
De La Hoya prevents a takedown attempt there.
De La Hoya prevents the takedown attempt.
Polaniecki jumps guard but De La Hoya stands there with Polaniecki around his waist. Polaniecki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roger De La Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gniewomir Polaniecki.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Hoya gets through Polaniecki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De La Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger De La Hoya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gniewomir Polaniecki'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. This is the final round!

A jab from De La Hoya finds it's way through Polaniecki's defenses.
Polaniecki takes a swing at De La Hoya's ribcage but misses.
De La Hoya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
De La Hoya is looking to wear down Polaniecki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A good leg kick by De La Hoya.
Polaniecki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!

De La Hoya closes the distance and pushes Polaniecki back into the cage.
De La Hoya lands an elbow inside that Polaniecki shrugs off.
De La Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
De La Hoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Polaniecki's face.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gniewomir Polaniecki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Roger De La Hoya!
Our winner, Roger De La Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.