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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 473 p4p, 55 weight class) and Josh Cook (ranked 1385 p4p, 149 weight class). La De Hoya comes to the cage accompanied by Cocaine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
17 - 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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Cook!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Cook moved away.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cook misses with a looping left.
A head kick from La De Hoya lands but Cook takes it in his stride.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Cook's midsection.
Cook thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Cook backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya misses with the body kick
and Cook counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
La De Hoya lands with a straight right. Cook didn't see that one coming.
La De Hoya lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cook missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cook has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cook connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
A lazy left from La De Hoya finds it's target.
La De Hoya has been working on his boxing with his coaches at mickeyharts the greatest in the buildup to the fight.
Cook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Cook 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.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cook has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cook has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cook avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a cross.
Cook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Cook sees it coming and moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cook lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and La De Hoya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from La De Hoya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cook throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya punishes Cook's body with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cook throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Cook misses with a wild body shot.
Cook just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLa De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cook stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cook 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
It appears La De Hoya was looking to counter with a kick there.
Cook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cook swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La De Hoya, as that shot connected.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Cook loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Cook is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
Cook misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
It looked like La De Hoya was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cook.
Cook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook moves out of range of the leg kick from La De Hoya.
Cook moves out of range of the body kick.
Cook misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cook misses with a double jab
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cook throws a good cross that connects.
Cook is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cook lands with an overhand left.
Cook misses with a hook. La De Hoya ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Cook.
Cook swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Cook's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Cook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Cook scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Cook moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook gets off balance looking for a body kick
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Cook's front leg.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cook thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cook gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cook misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya is looking to slow Cook down with leg kicks.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Cook's front leg but catches the back leg as Cook tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cook if he has to take too many more of those.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cook throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cook throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Cook moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
La De Hoya thumps Cook with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
That's time! La De Hoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
La De Hoya thumps Cook with a low kick.
Cook swings and misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting La De Hoya here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Cook throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body kick.
La De Hoya changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Cook throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
La De Hoya tried to counter with a leg kick but Cook avoided it.
Cook misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a good low kick that Cook was not able to check.
A clash of legs there as Cook blocks the low kick.
Cook takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Cook has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya cracks Cook with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cook has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Cook.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cook is out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cook takes one to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cook.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cook can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Cook moves out of range.
Cook let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cook momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Cook blocks the low kick.
Cook misses with a looping left.
Cook throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Cook misses.
Cook misses with a straight left.
Cook bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cook misses with a body shot.
Cook keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La De Hoya, as that shot connected.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cook, as that shot connected.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cook throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya tries a low kick but Cook avoids it.
Cook appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cook chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
A thudding body kick lands there by La De Hoya!
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cook was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
A jab from La De Hoya finds it's way through Cook's defenses.
La De Hoya stuns Cook with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cook checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La De Hoya lands a high kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
Cook jabs at La De Hoya's body.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Cook checks a leg kick nicely.
Cook throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
La De Hoya ducks right into an uppercut from Cook.
Cook lands a slapping body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cook might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, La De Hoya has got the better of the exchanges.
Cook takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
La De Hoya lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
You can see that Cook has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Cook on the wrong end of a nice hook.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cook.
Cook throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Cook missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cook needs to keep his hands up - La De Hoya had a free shot at his head there.
Cook on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear 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!
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick as Cook jumps back.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cook's calf.
Cook looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Cook missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cook checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya tests Cook's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La De Hoya scores with a hook.
La De Hoya gets cracked there but stands up to it.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cook's calf.
A jab from Cook finds it's way through La De Hoya's defenses.
Cook takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Cook paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Cook steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cook's calf.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cook's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
La De Hoya lands a nice shot that snaps Cook's head back.
A big left from Cook misses.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
Cook lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Decent striking displayed by Cook there.
Cook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
As Cook backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the body.
La De Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Cook saw that one coming.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cook.
Cook darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cook lands an overhand right.
Cook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Cook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Cook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cook takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cook misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Cook takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
La De Hoya lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cook at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya works the jab nicely.
Cook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cook's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La De Hoya connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cook scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cook misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Cook finds it's target.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Cook tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Josh Cook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Cook sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cook chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cook misses the shot to the body.
Cook scores with a hook.
Cook has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cook takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Cook shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
Cook moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
Cook throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cook looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cook throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
La De Hoya defending well as Cook loads up on a big left hand.
Cook misses with a few strikes there.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cook has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cook tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cook crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La De Hoya - the referee stops the clock and Cook gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La De Hoya. Cook manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cook feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits La De Hoyas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Cook looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cook listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cook throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a nice kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cook takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cook throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya delivers a nice body kick.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by La De Hoya - just one landing.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cook if he has to take too many more of those.
Cook throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cook just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya tries to move into range but Cook moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Cook's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cook down.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Cook.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
An out of breath Marious La De Hoya thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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