PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hillary Trump (ranked 411 p4p, 14 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 947 p4p, 43 weight class). La De Hoya has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Trump
vs
La De Hoya

169 cm
26
149 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

169 cm
26
139 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hillary Trump!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Trump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trump looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

La De Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Trump has taken the fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Trump tries to pull guard but La De Hoya holds him up against the cage and eventually Trump drops back down to his feet.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables La De Hoya to keep the fight standing.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya tries to circle away but Trump has him pinned against the cage.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.

Trump rushes La De Hoya and presses him up against the cage.
Trump blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump prevents La De Hoya from breaking the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya misses the body punch
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
Trump fails in his attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
Trump cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Trump misses with a telegraphed body shot
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
Hillary Trump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Trump moves his leg out of the way.
Trump throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
Trump tries to clinch but La De Hoya moves away
and La De Hoya counters with a two punch combo.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
Trump tries to clinch there but La De Hoya circles away.
Trump throws a good cross that connects.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump throws a left and a right that both miss
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Trump misses the target.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Trump is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Trump tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Trump wants to clinch but La De Hoya slips to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
Trump misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
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 looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Trump clinches with his opponent.
Trump misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Trump throws out a powerful jab.
La De Hoya walks into a jab.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trump lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
La De Hoya replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Trump blocks it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Trump checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Trump was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trump.
Trump connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trump keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trump looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Trump saw it coming and moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Trump throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a good low kick that Trump was not able to check.
A slow jab from Trump misses its intended target.
Trump swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Trump with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trump misses with a right hand
and Trump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Trump.
Nice uppercut lands for La De Hoya. That snapped Trump's head back.
Trump with a nice cross.
La De Hoya scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Trump steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Trump 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.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trump throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
Trump misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick that stops Trump in his tracks momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
Trump throws a series of punches but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trump clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
Trump can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trump.
La De Hoya will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trump up against the cage.
Trump tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trump.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. La De Hoya just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trump scores with a nice hook to the head.
La De Hoya has Trump pushed against the cage.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Trump is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trump fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Trump sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Trump throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
And La De Hoya responds with a good body kick, but Trump manages to step out the way in time.
Trump closes the distance but La De Hoya moves to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Trump swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Trump's knee but Trump avoids it well.
Trump was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big right from Trump misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jab, jab by Trump - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trump.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
La De Hoya moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trump throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
Trump cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
Trump lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Trump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Trump connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La De Hoya momentarily.
Trump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trump is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Trump's front leg but catches the back leg as Trump tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Trump.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trump scores with a jab to the head.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
Trump 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 shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Trump was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La De Hoya.
Trump misses with an uppercut
and Trump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trump connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trump misses with a looping right.
Trump misses with a body shot.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
Trump thows a left - swing and a miss!

La De Hoya gets tackled into the cage by Trump. Trump maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Trump fails to land.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trump lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trump.
Hillary Trump has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Trump gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the cage.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trump lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trump tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Trump back against the cage.
Trump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Trump.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hillary Trump clearly takes that round.
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 lands a jab.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trump misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya thumps Trump with a low kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Trump misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Trump.
La De Hoya sizes up Trump with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Trump works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
A slow jab from Trump misses its intended target.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Trump fails with an attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Trump avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Trump misses.
Trump missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trump manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trump uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trump ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A cross from La De Hoya lands.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Trump strikes.
A little jabbing left from La De Hoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trump misses the jab.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
The crowd cheers as Trump lands an impressive looking overhand right. La De Hoya doesn't seem phased though.
Trump fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like La De Hoya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Trump.
La De Hoya replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Trump blocks it well.
Trump misses with a hook.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
La De Hoya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trump circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trump tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trump loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Trump had a free shot at his head there.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trump punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Nice body punch from Trump.
Trump takes one to the chin there.
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 Hillary Trump will probably get the nod.
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!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Trump!
Trump misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trump.
La De Hoya throws a counter combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Trump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trump checks a leg kick.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Trump wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
Trump waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trump wants to clinch but La De Hoya slips to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Trump swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trump misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trump's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trump thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
Trump tries to clinch there but La De Hoya circles away.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trump's calf.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Trump closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trump can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya is looking to control Trump's arms but Trump gets an underhook and turns him. Now La De Hoya has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya effectively controlling the action here.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.

Trump is rocked!
La De Hoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oh Trump is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trump's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
Trump seems to have got his legs back now.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trumps head.
A short left from Trump.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Trump avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Trump swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trump stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Trump falls off balance throwing a combination
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
Hillary Trump is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Trump.

Trump rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trump working aggressively here.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trump backwards.

La De Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marious La De Hoya.
I think Trump has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 48:47
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 48:48
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hillary Trump!
A very excited looking Hillary Trump 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.