PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 2055 p4p, 217 weight class) and Mike Van Rijn (ranked 1583 p4p, 177 weight class). La De Hoya comes into the arena with Cocaine blaring out of the sound system. Mike Van Rijn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

La De Hoya
vs
Van Rijn

169 cm
32
139 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

180 cm
28
159 lbs
22 - 22 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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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 19 - 11 - 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 22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Van Rijn!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya misses with a straight left.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Rijn has time to react.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Rijn. That did some damage!
Van Rijn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Rijn 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.

Van Rijn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La De Hoya, pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya pushes Van Rijn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Rijn lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.

La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as La De Hoya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La De Hoya swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Van Rijn scores with a crisp jab that stopped La De Hoya in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Rijn tries to counter with a clinch but La De Hoya shakes him off and moves away.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn misses with a looping left.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La De Hoya cracks Van Rijn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to close the distance and clinch but La De Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Van Rijn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short left from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Van Rijn slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Van Rijn moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Van Rijn holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn lands a body shot.
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 swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.

La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot that snaps Van Rijn's head back.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya sets himself, and Van Rijn steps forward looking for the clinch! La De Hoya avoids it this time.
A head kick misses from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn throws a poor cross that misses
letting La De Hoya counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.

Van Rijn rushes La De Hoya and presses him up against the ropes.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.

La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya blocks a leg kick.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Rijn lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn is looking to clinch.
Van Rijn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn lands a nice hook to La De Hoya's body. La De Hoya takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya is looking to counter punch.

Van Rijn rushes La De Hoya and presses him up against the ropes.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Rijn wants to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Rijn.
Nice shot by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Rijn.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.

Van Rijn pushes La De Hoya up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Rijn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Van Rijn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Van Rijn just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Rijn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Van Rijn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Van Rijn slips under a jab from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya with a nice cross.

Van Rijn gets tackled into the ropes by La De Hoya. La De Hoya maintains the clinch.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Rijn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rijn won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya thumps Van Rijn with a low kick.
Van Rijn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Rijn looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya catches Van Rijn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Rijn circles away.
Van Rijn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the head.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.

Van Rijn rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn is leaning against La De Hoya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Rijn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Van Rijn misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.

La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Rijn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
Van Rijn moves in looking to clinch but La De Hoya pushes him off.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Rijn throws a left and a right that both miss

and La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Van Rijn blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Rijn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Van Rijn lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Rijn.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
Van Rijn is breathing heavily.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.

La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya defending well as Van Rijn loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya motions for Van Rijn to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Van Rijn's knee but Van Rijn avoids it well.
Van Rijn misses with a low kick.
Van Rijn uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Van Rijn moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.

La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Van Rijn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
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!

Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
Van Rijn throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Van Rijn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Rijn. That did some damage!
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
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.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Van Rijn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Rijn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Van Rijn moves out of range.

Van Rijn drives through and clinches with La De Hoya against the ropes.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Rijn blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Rijn blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Van Rijn just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya tries a low kick but Van Rijn avoids it.

Van Rijn rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Rijn lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Rijn blocks it with crossed arms.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Rijn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Rijn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

La De Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Van Rijn clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.

La De Hoya manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Van Rijn moves out of range.

La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Van Rijn controls the action.
Van Rijn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya pushes Van Rijn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike.
Van Rijn lands with a light punch inside.

La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Rijn tries to clinch but fails miserably
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
La De Hoya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Rijn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn tries to clinch up
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Van Rijn is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Mike Van Rijn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rijn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Van Rijn wants to land a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range.
Van Rijn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Rijn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Rijn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice straight punches there by La De Hoya. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of La De Hoya.
Van Rijn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Van Rijn throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van Rijn in his tracks.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
La De Hoya fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Rijn on the side of the head.

Van Rijn is rocked!

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
I think La De Hoya 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Marious La De Hoya!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Marious La De Hoya!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Marious La De Hoya thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.