PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mordecai Sackett (ranked 3127 p4p, 290 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 2205 p4p, 218 weight class). La De Hoya has chosen SCARFACE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sackett
vs
La De Hoya

178 cm
39
155 lbs
42 - 16 - 0

169 cm
32
139 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

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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 42 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mordecai Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya keeps Sackett at a distance using the push kick.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya misses with a looping left.
Sackett looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that Sackett avoids nicely.
Sackett moves out of range of the leg kick from La De Hoya.
Sackett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
Sackett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sackett misses with a right hand

and La De Hoya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sackett prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett slows down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Sackett.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sackett is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sackett avoids it.
La De Hoya working Sackett over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sackett blocks it with crossed arms.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sackett scores with a shot to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sackett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sackett.
Sackett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Sackett blocks it.
La De Hoya connects with a knee to the head.
Sackett scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sackett blocks it with crossed arms.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Sackett is blocking nicely.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sackett misses with some punches.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Sackett blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sackett's elbow.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Sackett taking a breather.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La De Hoya tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sackett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sackett is breathing heavily.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

La De Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sackett's sensitive parts.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
La De Hoya throws a lazy body kick
and Sackett counters with a nice body shot.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Sackett's leg. Sackett is trying to keep his angry face on.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for La De Hoya. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La De Hoya throws a poor cross that misses
and Sackett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Sackett sets himself, and La De Hoya steps forward looking for the clinch! Sackett avoids it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sackett misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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 moves into the clinch.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Sackett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sackett lands a body punch.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett lands with a left to the head.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sackett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Sackett's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sackett's gas tank.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sackett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Sackett avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Sackett blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Sackett avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya connects with a knee to the head.
Sackett misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Sackett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya working Sackett over with knees to the body.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from La De Hoya.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sackett is defending well for now.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Sackett lands with a light punch inside.
Sackett struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Sackett misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sackett or not.
Sackett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sackett avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sackett.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Sackett is out of range.
Sackett is looking to counter the offense by La De Hoya and move into the clinch.
Sackett fails with an attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Sackett moves out of range easily.
Sackett takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Sackett misses.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Sackett swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sackett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La De Hoya checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that Sackett semi-blocks.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La De Hoya looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Sackett shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. La De Hoya eats them both and turns towards Sackett to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
Mordecai Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Sackett tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the head.

Sackett is rocked!
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Sackett.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.

La De Hoya cracks Sackett with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Sackett is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Sackett is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
Oh Sackett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sackett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sackett lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
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 lands a really nice looking cross but Sackett seems unphased.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch but Sackett is avoiding it.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya connects with a quick right hand that sends Sackett tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
A relieved looking Marious La De Hoya thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.