PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1398 p4p, 155 weight class) and Hakeem Oki (ranked 1340 p4p, 151 weight class). La De Hoya's entrance music is SCARFACE. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

La De Hoya
vs
Oki

169 cm
32
139 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

170 cm
38
117 lbs
28 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Oki!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oki fails to land with a series of punches.
La De Hoya cracks Oki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Oki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

La De Hoya lands a front kick to the face, that drops Oki to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

Oki is rocked!

It looks like Hakeem Oki has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oki lands a slapping body shot.
Oki slips a jab and a cross from La De Hoya.
Oki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Oki.
Oki throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
A combination from Oki does no damage.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Oki moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oki misses with a hook.
As Oki tries to get set, La De Hoya tries to push him back and clinch up but Oki manages to avoid the attempt.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya missing with a left hand there. Oki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oki tries to clinch up.
Oki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oki tries to clinch up but La De Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oki takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.

Oki has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
Oki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Oki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oki connects with a good right hand that stumbles La De Hoya. La De Hoya circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La De Hoya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oki.
Oki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but La De Hoya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oki throws a low kick but it's checked well by La De Hoya.

Oki has La De Hoya up against the cage in a clinch.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Oki blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oki misses with a body punch.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Oki.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
Oki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Oki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Oki.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oki tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Oki avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oki throws a head punch that misses.
Oki swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Oki breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Oki clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
Oki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oki misses with a punch to the body.
Oki misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Oki.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Oki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Oki avoids the damage to the body.
Oki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
Oki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Oki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Oki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Oki has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Oki can't break the clinch.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Oki blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Oki tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oki backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Oki blocks it.
Oki tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Oki controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Hakeem Oki's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oki scores with a leg kick.
Oki throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya is looking to counter punch.
Oki lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Oki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oki throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
Oki misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Oki.
Oki lands a head kick!
Oki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oki has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Hakeem Oki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
La De Hoya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Oki moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
Oki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Oki manages to circle out of the way.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oki throws a shot to the body.
Oki 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.
Oki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oki throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Oki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Oki closes the distance and pushes La De Hoya back into the cage.
Hakeem Oki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya scores with a knee to the head.
Oki misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
Oki can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Oki blocks it.
Oki working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oki avoids it.
A head punch on the inside from Oki fails to land.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La De Hoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oki's face.
Oki tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Oki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oki misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oki is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it.

Oki rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
Oki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Oki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Oki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Oki avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Oki back against the cage.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oki.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
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 putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oki.
A shot in the inside from Oki.
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 scores with a knee to the head.
Oki tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya has Oki pressed against the cage, preventing Oki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oki's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hakeem Oki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hakeem Oki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oki misses with a series of wild punches.
Oki looks to land a combination. La De Hoya sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
La De Hoya defending well as Oki loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

La De Hoya lands a front kick to the face, that drops Oki to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Oki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oki is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
Good exchange - La De Hoya coming out on top.
Oki misses with a double jab.
Oki misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
La De Hoya moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oki avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Oki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Oki wants to clinch.
Oki seems to have recovered his senses.
Hakeem Oki seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki throws a body shot but no joy.
Oki throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Oki throws a series of punches but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Oki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
La De Hoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oki.
La De Hoya misses the jab.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Oki moves out of range of the strikes.
Oki throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Oki lands a nice leg kick that just misses La De Hoya's sensitive parts.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La De Hoya on the side of the head.

Oki moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oki is defending well for now.
Oki tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oki avoids it.
Oki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oki is defending well for now.
Oki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya gets through Oki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oki throws a head punch that misses.
Oki managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
A short right from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Oki blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oki gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oki managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Oki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Oki back against the cage.
Oki throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Oki avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
A short right from Oki.
Oki lands with a short shot to the head.
Oki misses with a body punch.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Oki takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.

Oki manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Oki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oki. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oki lands an overhand right.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oki pivots, looking for a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range and Oki settles back down.
Oki avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Oki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab from Oki.
Oki misses with a looping left.
Oki missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oki misses with a straight left.
La De Hoya tries to move into range but Oki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Oki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.
Oki scores with a nice strike.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oki slips a jab from La De Hoya.
A punch combination from Oki misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Hakeem Oki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Oki moves out of range easily.
Oki digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
Oki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Oki as he connects with a hook.
Oki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Oki.
Oki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oki misses with a body shot.
Oki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oki lands a right hook to the body.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Oki has managed to clinch.
Oki tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Oki avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.

Oki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oki misses with a lunging right hand

and La De Hoya counters by moving into the clinch.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oki avoids it.
Oki misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oki backwards.
Oki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
Oki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Oki avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Oki misses with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Oki is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike.
Oki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Oki is blocking nicely.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oki is trying to break free.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oki tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Oki scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oki tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Oki back against the cage.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Oki working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oki is defending well for now.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oki's elbow.
Oki managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Oki struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Oki controls the action.
Oki throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oki.
Oki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Oki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oki tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Oki lands a right hand.
Oki tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the cage.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Oki avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
Oki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Oki.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
Oki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Oki.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Oki blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya had his way with Hakeem Oki in that round.
The cut man is working on Hakeem Oki's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Oki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La De Hoya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oki misses with a kick to the body
and La De Hoya makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that half lands.
Oki thuds a left hand into La De Hoya's body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oki.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
Oki avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Oki tries a quick counter leg kick but La De Hoya is wise to it.
Oki lunges at La De Hoya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La De Hoya's hand.
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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Oki misses with a body shot.
Oki throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oki.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oki throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Oki. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Oki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oki connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oki throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Oki moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Oki moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Oki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Oki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oki feints and then cracks La De Hoya's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La De Hoya down.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La De Hoya 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.
Oki misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
Oki thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Oki moved away.
Oki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La De Hoya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oki looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Oki slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oki moves out of range of the strikes.
Oki lands a high kick!
La De Hoya takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Oki misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oki momentarily.
Oki lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back.
Hakeem Oki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oki lands a jab to the head.
Oki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but La De Hoya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oki throws a right hand that La De Hoya ducks under and follows up with a left that La De Hoya also avoids with ease.
As Oki tries to get set, La De Hoya tries to push him back and clinch up but Oki manages to avoid the attempt.
Oki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Oki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Oki.
Oki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oki misses with a double jab.
La De Hoya has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Oki.
La De Hoya takes a swing at Oki's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oki.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Oki seems unphased.
Oki bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Oki pushes La De Hoya up against the cage in a clinch.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oki avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hakeem Oki.
I think Oki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 48:45
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 48:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.