PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 424 p4p, 15 weight class) and Kidney Stone (ranked 2281 p4p, 107 weight class). La De Hoya comes to the cage accompanied by Cocaine. Stone has chosen Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppord as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

La De Hoya
vs
Stone

169 cm
28
139 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

169 cm
29
139 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kidney Stone!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya tries to work over Stone's front leg with a kick but Stone checks it.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Stone moved away.
Stone looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stone throws a leg kick which misses La De Hoya's front leg but catches the back leg as La De Hoya tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya cracks Stone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Stone there.
Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya takes a swing at Stone's ribcage but misses.
Stone checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Stone is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Stone off balance momentarily.
Stone has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Stone misses with a looping left.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Stone slips the punch.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stone takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Stone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La De Hoya. That did some damage!
Nice body kick there by Stone.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Stone connects with an inside leg kick.
Stone walks into a stiff left hand from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
Stone throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Stone sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stone lands a right hook to the body.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Stone's knee but Stone avoids it well.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Stone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stone down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stone.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Stone.
Stone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone takes a head kick and keeps coming.
La De Hoya is looking to slow Stone down with leg kicks.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Stone moved away.
Stone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts La De Hoya as he jumps to the side.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
Stone throws a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stone is looking to land body kicks.
Stone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice body kick there by Stone.
Stone misses with a hook. La De Hoya ducked under it nicely.
Stone takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Stone avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Stone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La De Hoya at a distance.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Stone slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
La De Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Stone ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stone blocks the body kick.
Stone swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stone thumps La De Hoya with a low kick.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stone lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Stone checks a leg kick nicely.
Stone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Stone instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stone fails to land.
La De Hoya looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
La De Hoya working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s 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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stone throws a big shot that misses.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya half committed to a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Stone moves his leg out of the way.
Stone throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
A head kick from La De Hoya lands but Stone takes it in his stride.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stone.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot
and Stone counters with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Stone down.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone slips a jab from La De Hoya.
Stone throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Stone thumps La De Hoya with a low kick.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Stone avoids it.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a high kick!
Stone avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Stone is just out of range.
La De Hoya with a nice cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Stone!
La De Hoya throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
La De Hoya throws a front kick that sends Stone stumbling back into the cage.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Stone.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Stone misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body shot.
Stone with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La De Hoya to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Stone avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya wants to slow Stone down by chopping away at his legs.
Stone thumps La De Hoya with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stone swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Stone moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
La De Hoya defending well as Stone loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stone misses with a few strikes there.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Stone scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stone checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stone swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Stone swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Stone throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya clobbers Stone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Stone punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
La De Hoya throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Stone tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.
Stone throws a leg kick that is checked
and La De Hoya counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Stone is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Stone is rocked!
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Stone moves his leg out of the way.
Stone throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Stone lands a nice looking body shot.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
Stone throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

La De Hoya delivers a nice body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from La De Hoya finds it's way through Stone's defenses.
Stone staying out of range there.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Stone has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stone tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
Stone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La De Hoya stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stone.
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stone misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Stone throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stone misses with a looping left.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Stone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Stone sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stone fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La De Hoya looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stone connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La De Hoya momentarily.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Stone seems to have recovered his senses.
Stone throws a body shot but no joy.
Stone 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 listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone works the jab nicely.
Stone misses with a leg kick.
Stone takes a jab right on the kisser.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya connects with a looping right hand.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stone.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La De Hoya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kidney Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A countering left hand to the body from Stone misses.
La De Hoya wants to slow Stone down by chopping away at his legs.
Stone avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Stone.
Stone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya lands a jab to the head.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Stone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stone.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Stone misses.
Stone throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Stone tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and La De Hoya is able to avoid easily.
Stone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La De Hoya cracks Stone with a right hand to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by La De Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
Stone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stone lands with a thumping leg kick.
A low kick from Stone misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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 connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Stone is out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Stone moves out of range.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stone checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Stone is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Stone tries a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
Stone's jab looks to have found its range, popping La De Hoya under the eye.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Stone checks it.
Stone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for La De Hoya, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
A very excited looking Marious La De Hoya made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.