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Event: AKF 71 - Starting Over     
Date:   Nov 12, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Akira. That did some damage!
Akira throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like La De Hoya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akira moves away.
Akira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Akira moves out of range.
Akira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick. #CL#
Akira closes the distance and pushes La De Hoya back into the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Akira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Akira tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akira.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Akira lands a body shot.
Akira tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Akira back against the ropes.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Akira taking a breather.#T1#
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Akira shrugs off.
Akira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Akira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Akira 's eye. #CUT2#It looks like Hokuto Akira has been cut.
Akira misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
Akira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Akira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Akira shrugs off.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Akira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akira.
La De Hoya letting Akira take a breather here.
Akira lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
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!
A shot in the inside from Akira.
Akira tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Akira swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T2#
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Akira misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Akira's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
La De Hoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Akira uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Akira misses with a punch to the body.
Akira misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Akira.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Akira avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Akira avoids the damage to the body.
Akira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Akira swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akira is working La De Hoya over against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akira working aggressively here.
Akira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hokuto Akira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hokuto Akira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
La De Hoya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Akira takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A clash of legs there as Akira blocks the low kick.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A decent looking cross lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a glancing blow to the side of Akira's head.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked
and Akira counters with a nice uppercut.
Akira 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 with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.#CL#
Akira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akira backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Akira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Akira gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Akira misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Akira struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands. #T1#
Akira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Akira managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Akira.
Akira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Akira.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Akira controls the action.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Akira.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akira throws a head punch that misses.
Akira struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akira presses La De Hoya against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body. #T2#
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Akira tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Akira lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Akira.
Akira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La De Hoya.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akira swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akira cracks La De Hoya with a nice body shot.
Akira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Akira lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya is breathing heavily.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Akira controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Akira - that landed with a thud.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Akira lands a body punch.
Akira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Akira lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Akira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards. #ROC#La De Hoya is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akira softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Akira finish him?
A short right from Akira on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hokuto Akira dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hokuto Akira's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R3#
BAM! Akira delivers a spinning backfist that drops La De Hoya like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Hokuto Akira!
Hokuto Akira retains his lightweight title!
Hokuto Akira decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: AKF FN | Jovanovic vs. Taz     
Date:   Oct 28, 2022
#R1##CL2#
Alexopoulos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La De Hoya, pushing him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alexopouloss head.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexopoulos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
Alexopoulos working hard to break the clinch.
Alexopoulos is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Alexopoulos looks winded!
Alexopoulos tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexopoulos won't want to take too many of those.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch. #T1#
Alexopoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya working Alexopoulos over with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body punch. #T2#
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. #ROC#Alexopoulos is rocked!#CUT#It looks like George Alexopoulos has been cut.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Alexopoulos is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Alexopoulos with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Alexopoulos looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Alexopoulos get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.

 

Event: AKF 70 | Worst Card In History     
Date:   Oct 01, 2022
#R1#
Kimura looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya tried to counter with a leg kick but Kimura avoided it.
Kimura looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kimura momentarily.
Kimura throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Kimura looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Kimura down. #CL#
Kimura tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya cracks Kimura with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya. #CUT#It looks like Paulo Kimura has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya lands a body shot. #T1##KD#
La De Hoya drops Kimura on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Kimura bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.#ROC#Kimura is rocked!
La De Hoya stuns Kimura with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kimura is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?#CL#
La De Hoya forces Kimura back against the ropes and clinches.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kimura backwards.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Kimura with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Kimura looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Kimura get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: AKF FN | Matwala vs. Kovingten     
Date:   Sep 23, 2022
#R1#
Badweather Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Badweather Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Badweather Jr pushes him away.
Decent striking displayed by La De Hoya there.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Badweather Jr throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
Badweather Jr moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
A decent looking cross lands there for Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Badweather Jr throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Badweather Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya. #T1#
Badweather Jr walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
Badweather Jr misses the jab.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
Badweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
La De Hoya takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badweather Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Badweather Jr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Badweather Jr misses with the combination.
Badweather Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya. #CL2#
La De Hoya clinches up with Badweather Jr and pushes him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr is trying to break free.#T2#
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Badweather Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Badweather Jr is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Badweather Jr is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La De Hoya tries to work over Badweather Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Badweather Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Badweather Jr shrugs off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Badweather Jr throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Badweather Jr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.#CL2#
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Badweather Jr's brow.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Badweather Jr tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.#T1#
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Badweather Jr blocks it.
La De Hoya gets through Badweather Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Badweather Jr's efforts to push away.
Badweather Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Badweather Jr avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
Badweather Jr blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #T2#
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps control of Badweather Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Badweather Jr avoids it.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Badweather Jr.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badweather Jr is defending well for now.
Badweather Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
And that is 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 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!#R3#
Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
Badweather Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Badweather Jr swinging wildly here.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks. #CL2#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Badweather Jr.
Badweather Jr working hard to break the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Badweather Jr controls the action.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Badweather Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badweather Jr avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Badweather Jr wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya. #T1#
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Badweather Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Badweather Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Badweather Jr managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Badweather Jr controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Badweather Jr backwards.
Lloyd Badweather Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Badweather Jr is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.#T2#
Badweather Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Badweather Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya has Badweather Jr pressed against the ropes, preventing Badweather Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
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 hook to the body.
Badweather Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya is working Badweather Jr over against the ropes.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Badweather Jr's ribcage.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

A very excited looking Marious La De Hoya rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

 

Event: AKF FN | Yalixqua vs. Sandoval     
Date:   Sep 09, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yamato looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!#CL2#
Yamato gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Yamato's ribcage.
La De Hoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #CUT#It looks like Riku Yamato has been cut.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working Yamato over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya presses Yamato against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yamatos head.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya pushes Yamato back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Yamato's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty! #T1#
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #ROC#Yamato is rocked!
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yamato is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya pushes Yamato back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya pushes Yamato back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yamato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya works on Yamato's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Yamato with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Yamato looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Yamato get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
In his post fight interview, Marious La De Hoya started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

 

Event: AKF FN     
Date:   Sep 02, 2022
#R1#
Sepulveda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya thuds his right hand into Sepulveda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Sepulveda.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sepulveda. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Sepulveda steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
Sepulveda just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya is looking to counter punch.
Sepulveda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sepulveda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Sepulveda takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sepulveda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sepulveda looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
Sepulveda misses with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Sepulveda's front leg but catches the back leg as Sepulveda tries to avoid it.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses. #T1#
Sepulveda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throwing a counter right hand but Sepulveda manages to avoid it.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch but Sepulveda is avoiding it.
Sepulveda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sepulveda stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sepulveda is looking to chop away at La De Hoya's legs.
Sepulveda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Sepulveda throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses its target.
Sepulveda 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.
A slow jab from Sepulveda misses its intended target.
La De Hoya quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sepulveda throws a body kick that misses.
Sepulveda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.#CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
A frustrated look appears on Sepulveda's face as he tries to break the clinch. #T2#
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sepulveda swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sepulveda has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya. #BC2#
Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Sepulveda tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sepulveda looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Sepulveda throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that is 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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda misses with a hook.
Sepulveda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sepulveda throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
Good shot there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy right hand. Sepulveda should have avoided that one.
Sepulveda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sepulveda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sepulveda 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.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sepulveda darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sepulveda misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Sepulveda circles away.
Sepulveda throws a fast counter high kick but La De Hoya manages to duck under it in time.
Sepulveda throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.#T1#
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from La De Hoya. Sepulveda shrugs it off though.
Sepulveda is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Sepulveda.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
Sepulveda looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. #CL#
La De Hoya has Sepulveda up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sepulveda's efforts to push away.
Sepulveda wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sepulveda backwards.
Sepulveda is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.#T2#
Sepulveda misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sepulveda avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Sepulveda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sepulveda avoids it.
Sepulveda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sepulveda tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sepulveda can do to turn this around?
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
La De Hoya thumps Sepulveda with a low kick.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sepulveda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Sepulveda throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sepulveda under the eye.
Sepulveda misses with a low kick.
Sepulveda 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.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sepulveda throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by La De Hoya!
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Sepulveda takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Sepulveda.
Sepulveda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sepulveda misses with a body kick.
Jab from La De Hoya.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sepulveda.
Sepulveda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T1#
Sepulveda swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Sepulveda misses the shot to the body. #CL#
Sepulveda gets tackled into the ropes by La De Hoya. La De Hoya maintains the clinch.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Sepulveda takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sepulveda swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Sepulveda fails to land.
Alejandro Sepulveda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sepulveda.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Sepulveda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sepulveda tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
La De Hoya has Sepulveda pressed against the ropes, preventing Sepulveda from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sepulveda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sepulveda has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya. #T2#
Sepulveda takes a shot to the head.
Sepulveda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sepulveda working aggressively here. #BC2#
Sepulveda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Sepulveda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sepulveda momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sepulveda throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sepulveda.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Sepulveda.
La De Hoya with a jab.
Sepulveda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Sepulveda misses with a wild body shot.
Sepulveda throws a chopping leg kick but La De Hoya manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sepulveda throws a body shot but no joy.

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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

 

Event: AKF 65     
Date:   Aug 20, 2022
#R1#
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws the left hand but Scorpion avoids the punch easily.
Scorpion lands a nice looking body shot.
Scorpion throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
Scorpion lands with a nice body punch. #CL#
Scorpion closes the distance and clinches.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty! #CUT2#It looks like Silva Scorpion has been cut.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Scorpion tries to stall but La De Hoya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Scorpion blocks it.
Scorpion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.#T1#
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scorpion's elbow.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion is working La De Hoya over against the ropes.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC#
Scorpion breaks the clinch.
Scorpion looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scorpion fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Scorpion avoids a low kick by using good footwork.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Scorpion fails to land.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Scorpion.#T2#
Still in the clinch, Scorpion scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Scorpion keeps La De Hoya at a distance using the push kick.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.#CL#
Scorpion gets a clinch.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion has La De Hoya pressed against the ropes.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice right hand lands inside from Scorpion.
Silva Scorpion has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Scorpion pressing his opponent against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch. #T1#
Scorpion lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses. #BC#
Scorpion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion digs a right hand into La De Hoya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on La De Hoya's gas tank.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
La De Hoya letting Scorpion take a breather here.#T2#
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Scorpion controls his hands.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath La De Hoya's ribcage. La De Hoya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Scorpion on the inside.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Scorpion blocks an uppercut.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Scorpion prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
That's time! Scorpion's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R3#
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
Scorpion sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
La De Hoya lands a jab.#CL#
Scorpion takes the fight into the clinch.
Scorpion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Scorpion avoids the damage to the body.
Scorpion lands a left hand.
A short body shot lands from Scorpion as the two fighters clinch.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Scorpion blocks it with crossed arms.
Scorpion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.
La De Hoya takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scorpion lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La De Hoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T1#
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Scorpion. #ROC#La De Hoya is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Scorpion.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Scorpion finish him?
Scorpion lands a body punch.
Scorpion presses La De Hoya against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Scorpion lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Scorpion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Scorpion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Scorpion.
Scorpion creates a bit of distance and cracks La De Hoya with a big uppercut! La De Hoya goes down! The referee pushes Scorpion away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will La De Hoya make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Scorpion takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Silva Scorpion!
Silva Scorpion retains his featherweight title!
Silva Scorpion decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: AKF 63 | Scorpion vs. Whok     
Date:   Aug 06, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Route thuds a left hand into La De Hoya's body.
Route takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Route throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Route saw that one coming.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.
La De Hoya works Route's body with a nice hook.
Route tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and La De Hoya is able to avoid easily.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Route circles away.
Route throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya connects with a crisp jab.
Route keeps the fight on the outside.
Route 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 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Route.
Route misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Route doesn't seem bothered though.
La De Hoya lands a jab to the head.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Route moves away.
Route sizes up La De Hoya with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya throws the left hand but Route avoids the punch easily.
Route lands a right hook to the body.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Route throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
Route swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!#T1#
Route takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
La De Hoya misses with a left hand
and Route counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Route throws out the jab.
Route buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya takes one to the chin there.
Route lands a glancing blow to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Route keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Route.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Route.
Route on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
La De Hoya walks forward, straight into a front kick from Route.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya lands with a right hand.
Route throws a body shot but no joy.
Route misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Route misses with a low kick.
Good work by Route as he checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Route moves out of range.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
Route moves out of range as La De Hoya strikes.#T2#
Route misses with a straight left.
La De Hoya digs a good hook to Route's body.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Route attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Route with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
La De Hoya blocks a low kick nicely.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Route looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Route stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
Route swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Route tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.#CL#
La De Hoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #BC2#
Route manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a hook. Route tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Route throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A jab from Route misses.
And that is 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!#R2#
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Route saw it coming and moves away.
La De Hoya throws a front kick that sends Route stumbling back into the ropes.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses. #CL#
La De Hoya clinches up with Route and pushes him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya pushes Route back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Route blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Route's ribcage.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Route is defending well for now.
Route is working La De Hoya over against the ropes.
Route tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Route lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Route has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Route tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
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.#BC2#
Route manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Route throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#T1#
Route takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Route misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Route checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Route. Route circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Route tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Route takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Route can do to turn this around?
Route looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Route scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Route circles away.
Route connects with a right hand. La De Hoya shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya takes a jab right on the kisser. #T2#
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Route connects with a solid leg kick.
Route changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Route takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya throws a quick counter head kick but Route was just out of range.
Route takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Route.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Route throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Route jabs at La De Hoya's body.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Route off balance momentarily.#CL#
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Routes head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
La De Hoya connects with the punch.
En Route has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Route checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Route moves out of range easily. #CL#
La De Hoya drives through and clinches with Route against the ropes.
Route swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Route working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Route doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Route wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Route.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Route.
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!
Route prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Route misses with some punches.
La De Hoya tries to work over Route's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Route tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T1#
Route tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Route.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Route.
Route misses with the head strike.
Route lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Route fails to land. #BC2#
Route escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya throws a right hand that misses
and Route connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Route.
Route moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
Nice shot by La De Hoya.
Route looks for the body kick but La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Route steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Route moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya motions for Route to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. #T2#
Route misses with a low kick.
Route looks for the body kick but La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Route connects with a body shot that sends La De Hoya's belly button to the back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Route. That's going to slow La De Hoya down.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Route ducks right into an uppercut from La De Hoya.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Route 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.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Route has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Route.
Route lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Route throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Route looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
A slow jab from Route misses its intended target.
Route just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLa De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is looking to slow Route down with leg kicks.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Route swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Route.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to En Route.
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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!

 

Event: S-1 WGP 2022 in NYC     
Date:   Jul 04, 2022
#R1##CL#
La De Hoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barbosa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barbosa wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. #CUT#It looks like Ricardo Barbosa has been cut.
La De Hoya has Barbosa pressed against the ropes, preventing Barbosa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barbosa wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Barbosa looks winded!
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch. #T1#
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.#ROC#Barbosa is rocked!
La De Hoya breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Barbosa with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Barbosa looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Barbosa get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: KICK FEST 2022: S-1 vs. AKF     
Date:   Jun 13, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good exchange - La De Hoya coming out on top.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the head.#CL#
La De Hoya gets a clinch. #BC2#
Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Por Pramuk digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
Por Pramuk moves out of range of the strikes.
Por Pramuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya throws out a powerful jab.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to throw the jab but Por Pramuk is out of range.
Por Pramuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Por Pramuk missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya swings away with a body shot that misses
and Por Pramuk counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Por Pramuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Por Pramuk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya defending well as Por Pramuk loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Por Pramuk. That did some damage!
Por Pramuk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.#T1#
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Por Pramuk keeps it at a distance.
Por Pramuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya scores with a crisp jab that stopped Por Pramuk in his tracks.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Por Pramuk's midsection.
Por Pramuk swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Por Pramuk counters with a head kick.
Por Pramuk throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya tries to land a body kick
and Por Pramuk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Por Pramuk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Por Pramuk avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Por Pramuk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Por Pramuk throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Por Pramuk. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Por Pramuk misses with a looping left.#T2#
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Por Pramuk's torso.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk 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 scoring well with a low kick there.
Por Pramuk is looking to score with low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya tests Por Pramuk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Por Pramuk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Por Pramuk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk connects with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.#CL#
Por Pramuk tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.#BC2#
Por Pramuk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Por Pramuk can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Por Pramuk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that La De Hoya semi-blocks. #CUT2#It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Por Pramuk. Por Pramuk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Por Pramuk throws a fast counter high kick but La De Hoya manages to duck under it in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk scores with the left hand. La De Hoya knows he should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Por Pramuk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La De Hoya circles away quickly and effectively.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Por Pramuk's body.#T1#
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Por Pramuk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that misses. #CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Por Pramuk back into the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Por Pramuk blocks it. #BC2#
Por Pramuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Por Pramuk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
La De Hoya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Por Pramuk down. #T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Por Pramuk misses with a wild combination.
Por Pramuk throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Por Pramuk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya throws a body shot but no joy. #CL#
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Por Pramuk is defending well for now.
Por Pramuk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
La De Hoya prevents Por Pramuk from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Por Pramuk's efforts to push away.
And that is 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 Marious La De Hoya's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3##CL#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Por Pramuk.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya is working Por Pramuk over against the ropes.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Por Pramuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Por Pramuk tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
Por Pramuk wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Por Pramuk won't want to take too many of those.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
Por Pramuk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Por Pramuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. #T1#
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya pushes Por Pramuk back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working Por Pramuk over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Por Pramuk controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya gets through Por Pramuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#T2#
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Por Pramuk is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
A short right from La De Hoya. #BC2#
Por Pramuk manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
Por Pramuk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.

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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Dieselnoi Por Pramuk had this to say: 'Well fought! I'll be back stronger next time!'.

 

Event: S-1 WGP 2022 in Rio     
Date:   May 29, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fuerte counters with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fuerte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fuerte replies with a solid counter kick to the body but La De Hoya blocks it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya. #CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Fuerte's ribcage.
Fuerte is trying to break free.
La De Hoya works on Fuerte's body with a couple of short punches.#BC2#
Fuerte breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick. #CL#
La De Hoya rushes Fuerte and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuerte backwards.
La De Hoya blocks the elbow strike.
Fuerte tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position. #T1##BC2#
Fuerte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fuerte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya tries to land a body kick
and Fuerte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
La De Hoya throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fuerte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La De Hoya dips to his left and cracks Fuerte with an uppercut!#CL#
La De Hoya clinches up against the ropes.
Fuerte tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuerte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuerte wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
Fuerte wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it. #T2#
La De Hoya blocks the elbow strike.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuerte backwards.
Fuerte has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
Fuerte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuerte controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fuerte throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuerte is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya. #CUT#It looks like Farto Fuerte has been cut.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Farto Fuerte's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##CL#
La De Hoya has managed to clinch. #BC2#
Fuerte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fuerte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
La De Hoya lands with a hook. Fuerte tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La De Hoya pushes Fuerte away with a front kick.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
La De Hoya lands a jab to the nose.
La De Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fuerte's sensitive parts. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuerte is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
La De Hoya misses with a punch on the inside.
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.
Fuerte is trying to break free.#T1#
Fuerte has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Fuerte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Fuerte is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
Fuerte wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
Fuerte is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fuerte working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
Fuerte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
Fuerte is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Fuerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya is working Fuerte over against the ropes.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T2#
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body. #BC2#
Fuerte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick. #CL#
La De Hoya has Fuerte up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fuerte can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Fuerte 's eye.
Fuerte has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
Fuerte trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fuerte is breathing heavily.
Fuerte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya pushes Fuerte back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuerte is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
And that is 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 Farto Fuerte's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R3#
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya punishes Fuerte's body with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
Fuerte has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
Good shot there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes the leg kick and cracks Fuerte in the body.
La De Hoya lands with a kick to the temple. Fuerte shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fuerte avoids a kick to the body.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!#CL#
La De Hoya has Fuerte up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fuerte's defenses. #T1#
La De Hoya keeps control of Fuerte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La De Hoya keeps control of Fuerte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fuerte is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fuerte's defenses. #CUT#That has opened up Farto Fuerte's cut even more.
Fuerte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #BC2#
Fuerte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fuerte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Fuerte right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fuerte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Farto Fuerte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La De Hoya lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Fuerte.
La De Hoya works on Fuerte's body with a couple of short punches.
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Fuerte throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working Fuerte over with knees to the body.#T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya keeps control of Fuerte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fuerte's efforts to push away.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuertes head.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuerte backwards.
A short uppercut from Fuerte.
A left hand lands to the body for Fuerte.
A frustrated look appears on Fuerte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Fuerte's head.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fuerte tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuerte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La De Hoya.
Fuerte wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Fuerte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuerte's gas tank.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Fuerte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Farto Fuerte's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.#R4#
La De Hoya pushes Fuerte away with a front kick.
Fuerte is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body kick.
La De Hoya clobbers Fuerte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #CL#
La De Hoya clinches up against the ropes.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
Fuerte is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Fuerte throws an elbow that misses.
Fuerte is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Fuerte is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fuerte takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body. #T1#
La De Hoya cracks Fuerte with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Fuerte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#KD#
La De Hoya drops Fuerte on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Fuerte bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.#ROC#Fuerte is rocked!#T2#
La De Hoya throws a good cross that connects.
Fuerte is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?#CL#
Fuerte tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Fuerte seems to have recovered his senses.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Fuerte's ribcage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Fuerte won't want to take too many of those.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fuerte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Fuerte won't want to take too many of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya takes the final round due to the solitary knockdown.
The cut man is working on Farto Fuerte's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R5#
Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Farto Fuerte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jab, jab by La De Hoya - just one landing.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fuerte takes a head kick and keeps coming.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
La De Hoya lands a jab to Fuerte's midsection.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fuerte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fuerte takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Fuerte down. #CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.#T1#
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Fuerte's head.
Fuerte is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
Fuerte works on La De Hoya's body with a couple of short punches.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Fuerte is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
Fuerte working hard to break the clinch.
Fuerte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuerte throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuerte or not.
La De Hoya blocks the elbow strike.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fuerte is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fuerte takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya prevents Fuerte from breaking the clinch.
Fuerte tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuerte missing with knees to the body. #T2#
Fuerte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fuerte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fuerte is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
Fuerte looking to throw knees to the head but La De Hoya is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuerte backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Fuerte throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Fuerte.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuerte misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Fuerte shrugs off.
Fuerte trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Fuerte.
La De Hoya lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fuerte misses with some punches.
Fuerte tries to land a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.

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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 50:42
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 50:44
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: S-1 WGP 2022 in Osaka II     
Date:   Apr 24, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Ibu saw that one coming.
Ibu lunges at La De Hoya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La De Hoya's hand.
Ibu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ibu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ibu really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La De Hoya tries to work over Ibu's front leg with a kick but Ibu checks it.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ibu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ibu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ibu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab by Ibu.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Ibu.
Ibu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ibu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ibu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Ibu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ibu 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 takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ibu pivots, looking for a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range and Ibu settles back down.
Ibu thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.
Ibu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.#T1#
Ibu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Ibu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ibu throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
Ibu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
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.
Ibu throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
Ibu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ibu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ibu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ibu connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.#CL2#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
Ibu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ibu managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya works on Ibu's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Ibu controls his hands.
Ibu misses with a punch on the inside.
Ibu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ibu.
Ibu misses with a hook from the clinch. #T2#
La De Hoya swings wildly with an uppercut but Ibu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ibu is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
Ibu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ibu misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ibu is breathing heavily.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ibu is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Ibu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ibu misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ibu avoids it.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ibu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ibu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow. #T3#
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Ibu.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ibu backwards.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #CUT2#It looks like Koh Ibu has been cut.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
La De Hoya gets through Ibu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ibu throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body. #T4#
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Ibu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ibu's gas tank.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ibu misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
Ibu managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Ibu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head. #ROC2#Ibu is rocked!
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Oh Ibu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
La De Hoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ibu's face.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and cracks Ibu with a big uppercut! Ibu goes down! The referee pushes La De Hoya away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Ibu make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! La De Hoya takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya is the new bantamweight champion!
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.

 

Event: S-1 WGP 2022- Nagoya (BWGP R1)     
Date:   Apr 11, 2022
#R1#
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body. #CL2#
Evans clinches with his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Evans's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Evans takes an elbow to the temple. #CUT#It looks like Cendrik Evans has been cut.
Evans is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
Evans taking a breather.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
La De Hoya pushes Evans back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Evans looks winded!
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Evans backwards. #ROC#Evans is rocked!
La De Hoya cracks Evans on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Evans crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). 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.
In defeat, Cendrik Evans stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats to the champ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'.

 

Event: ETERNITY 26 - KT World Series     
Date:   Dec 13, 2020
#R1#
Entei throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Entei connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.
The fighters circling - La De Hoya throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #CL#
Entei pushes La De Hoya up against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Entei controls his hands.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Entei.
Entei tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Entei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Entei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs. #BC#
Entei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Entei's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Entei checks a leg kick. #T1#
Entei keeps the fight on the outside.
Entei misses the jab.
La De Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Entei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by La De Hoya there.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Entei circles away.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Entei moves out of range easily.
Entei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Entei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Entei misses with a head kick.
Entei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Entei connects with a single shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Entei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Entei moved away.
Entei misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#CL2#
La De Hoya pushes Entei up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Entei blocks an elbow strike.
Entei tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land. #T2#
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Entei.
Entei working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Entei avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Entei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Entei.
A shot in the inside from Entei.
La De Hoya tries to work over Entei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Entei blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Entei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Entei.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Entei.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Entei.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Harry Entei will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Entei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Entei checks it well.
Entei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Entei.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#CL#
Entei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La De Hoya, pushing him back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Entei.
Harry Entei has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Entei avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Entei tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Entei misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time. #BC#
Entei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Entei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Entei.
Entei throws a head kick that misses.
Entei throws a head kick that La De Hoya semi-blocks. #T1#
Entei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Entei.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Entei seems unphased.
Entei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Entei lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back. #CL2#
La De Hoya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Entei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Entei as the two fighters clinch.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to work over Entei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Entei.
Entei struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Entei controls his hands.
Entei tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T2#
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Entei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Entei lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya is working Entei over against the ropes.
Entei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Entei tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch on the inside from Entei fails to land.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Entei is looking to break free of the clinch but La De Hoya has double underhooks.
Entei is leaning against La De Hoya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R3#
Entei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big left from Entei misses.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick. #CL2#
La De Hoya has Entei up against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Entei fails to land.
Entei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Entei is leaning against La De Hoya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Entei's elbow.
Entei tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it. #T1#
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Entei wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Entei is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
Entei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Entei misses with a punch to the body.
Entei has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
Entei tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Entei back against the ropes.
Entei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Entei.
Entei blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
Entei digs a right hand into La De Hoya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on La De Hoya's gas tank.
Entei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Entei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Entei blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T2#
Entei struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Entei avoids the damage to the body.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Entei.
Entei avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Entei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Entei has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Entei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Entei tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Entei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC#
Entei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya throws a nice head kick!
Entei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R4#
Entei connects with a single shot there.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Entei manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya tries a low kick but Entei avoids it.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Entei blocks the low kick.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Entei checks it.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.#CL#
Entei darts in and clinches La De Hoya up against the ropes.
Entei misses with some punches.
Entei throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Entei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Entei backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Entei pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Entei can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Entei.
Entei tries to break free but La De Hoya pushes him back against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T1#
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is leaning against Entei and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Entei misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Entei's elbow.
Entei wants to break the clinch but can't.
Entei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Entei avoids it.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Entei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Entei is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Entei or not.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya. #CUT2#It looks like Harry Entei has been cut.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Entei's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Entei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.#T2#
La De Hoya gets through Entei's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Entei scores with a nice hook to the head.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Entei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
Entei misses with the head strike.
A short right from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Harry Entei's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R5#
La De Hoya scores with a nice body kick.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot that snaps Entei's head back.
Entei checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses the jab.
Entei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Entei moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a nice right hand.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Entei cracks a nice hook into La De Hoya's ribs.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
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.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Entei. #T1#
Entei jabs La De Hoya to the body, keeping him at a distance.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Entei takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Entei throws a big shot that misses.#CL2#
La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Entei back into the ropes.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Entei.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Entei backwards.
Entei digs a right hand into La De Hoya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on La De Hoya's gas tank.
Entei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Entei takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Entei.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Entei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Entei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La De Hoya prevents Entei from breaking the clinch.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Entei avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Entei can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Harry Entei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Entei has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
A right handed body shot lands from Entei.
Entei misses with the head strike.
Entei misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Entei avoids the damage to the body.
Entei swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Entei tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Entei back against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to work over Entei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Entei takes an elbow to the temple.
Entei lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down La De Hoya.
A right hand to the body from Entei.
La De Hoya misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 46:49
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 46:49
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 46:49

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.

 

Event: EK 22_ Wubba Wubba Dub Dub     
Date:   Nov 13, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duanesboy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A head kick from Duanesboy lands but La De Hoya takes it in his stride.
La De Hoya takes a jab right on the kisser.
Duanesboy is looking to chop away at La De Hoya's legs.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Duanesboy blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Duanesboy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Duanesboy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duanesboy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Good work by Duanesboy as he checks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Duanesboy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duanesboy misses with a looping left.
Duanesboy lands a nice looking kick to the body. La De Hoya takes a step back to recover.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Duanesboy 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 moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.
Duanesboy avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy throwing a counter right hand but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Duanesboy throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it. #T1#
La De Hoya stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya tries to work over Duanesboy's front leg with a kick but Duanesboy checks it.
Duanesboy throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
Duanesboy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duanesboy avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duanesboy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
Duanesboy connects with a solid leg kick.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Duanesboy moves away and avoids it.
Duanesboy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duanesboy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Good work by La De Hoya as he checks the leg kick.
Duanesboy throws a low kick but it's checked well by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La De Hoya. That did some damage!
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duanesboy moves away.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duanesboy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick that misses.
Duanesboy tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La De Hoya throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duanesboy.
A head kick by Duanesboy misses
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Duanesboy throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duanesboy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
La De Hoya scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Duanesboy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duanesboy.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duanesboy is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy lands a jab.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Duanesboy moved away.
Duanesboy 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 paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Duanesboy 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.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Duanesboy checks the leg kick.
Duanesboy looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Duanesboy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La De Hoya's head backwards.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duanesboy slips under a jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Duanesboy moves out of range.
Duanesboy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
An inside leg kick lands from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Duanesboy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duanesboy finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Duanesboy misses with a hook.
Duanesboy tries to score with a low kick but La De Hoya moves his leg out of the way.
Duanesboy is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duanesboy lands the left hand.
Duanesboy tries to land a leg kick but La De Hoya saw it coming and moves away.
A little jabbing left from La De Hoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La De Hoya is looking to slow Duanesboy down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
Duanesboy keeps the fight on the outside.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #T1#
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Duanesboy down.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
A left lands for Duanesboy.
La De Hoya's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duanesboy avoids a kick to the body.
Duanesboy lands a jab to the head.
La De Hoya throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Duanesboy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Duanesboy moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Duanesboy throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya connects with a nice looking jab.
Duanesboy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and La De Hoya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duanesboy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duanesboy tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya motions for Duanesboy to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya throws a front kick that sends Duanesboy stumbling back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by La De Hoya misses
and Duanesboy counters with a left to the body.
A head kick misses from Duanesboy. #T2#
Duanesboy 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.
Good work by La De Hoya as he checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Duanesboy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy lands with a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Duanesboy moved away.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Duanesboy is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duanesboy tries a head kick but it misses.
Duanesboy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Duanesboy misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya moves forwards but Duanesboy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duanesboy is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Duanesboy throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duanesboy avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake Duanesboy dominated that second round.
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.#R3#
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duanesboy manages to avoid it.
Duanesboy misses with a hook. La De Hoya ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Duanesboy throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
Duanesboy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
La De Hoya avoids a kick to the body.
La De Hoya connects with a crisp jab.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duanesboy loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya throws out a counter right but Duanesboy avoids it with no problem.
Duanesboy avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Duanesboy throws a head kick that La De Hoya semi-blocks.
Duanesboy tries to land a front kick but La De Hoya steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya throws a nice head kick!
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duanesboy delivers a nice body kick.
Duanesboy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body punch.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick. #T1#
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Duanesboy slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duanesboy misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya lands with a slapping head kick.
Duanesboy lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duanesboy finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
Duanesboy throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Duanesboy.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duanesboy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duanesboy was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy thumps La De Hoya with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Duanesboy.
A jab from Duanesboy does it's job there.#T2#
Duanesboy throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duanesboy needs to keep his hands up - La De Hoya had a free shot at his head there.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Duanesboy scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duanesboy counters with a nice uppercut.
Duanesboy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duanesboy avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Duanesboy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
La De Hoya stuns Duanesboy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duanesboy lands with an uppercut that bounces La De Hoya off the ropes and back into range.
A jab lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duanesboy is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Duanesboy swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Snake Duanesboy did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R4#
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Duanesboy avoids it.
Duanesboy throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duanesboy manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Duanesboy blocks the leg kick.
Duanesboy misses with an uppercut.
Duanesboy throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
Duanesboy lets loose with a powerful body kick. La De Hoya will feel that in the morning.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick as Duanesboy jumps back.
Duanesboy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Duanesboy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La De Hoya. That did some damage!
La De Hoya throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duanesboy on the side of the head.
Duanesboy throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Duanesboy cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
Duanesboy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Duanesboy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#T1#
Duanesboy blocks a low kick nicely.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duanesboy. Duanesboy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duanesboy connects with a high kick.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duanesboy quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duanesboy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duanesboy ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duanesboy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Duanesboy motions for La De Hoya to come forward. Duanesboy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya lands a high kick!
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 crisp jab.
Duanesboy throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Duanesboy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya cracks Duanesboy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Duanesboy. #T2#
Duanesboy lands a head kick. La De Hoya smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A decent looking cross lands there for Duanesboy.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duanesboy. Duanesboy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duanesboy 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 moves out of range of the body kick from Duanesboy.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Duanesboy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duanesboy checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Duanesboy slaps the foot to one side.
Duanesboy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya cracks a nice hook into Duanesboy's ribs.
La De Hoya misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duanesboy throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy scores with a sloppy right hand. La De Hoya should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
A decent looking cross lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a chopping leg kick but Duanesboy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R5#
Duanesboy scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Duanesboy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya takes one to the side of the head.
Duanesboy drops his hands momentarily and La De Hoya takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Duanesboy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya lands with a hook. Duanesboy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy connects with a solid leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy misses with an attempted mid kick.
A countering left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses.
Duanesboy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La De Hoya looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duanesboy throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Duanesboy.
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!
Duanesboy throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya blocks a leg kick.#T1#
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
Duanesboy's jab looks to have found its range, popping La De Hoya under the eye.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Duanesboy moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duanesboy is looking to counter with a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Duanesboy misses.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duanesboy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Duanesboy avoids a kick to the body.
Duanesboy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya throws the left hand but Duanesboy avoids the punch easily.
Duanesboy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duanesboy moves out of range as La De Hoya strikes.
Duanesboy pushes La De Hoya away with a front kick.
Duanesboy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Duanesboy is having none of it.
Duanesboy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#T2#
La De Hoya moves out of range as Duanesboy throws a body kick.
Duanesboy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya defending well as Duanesboy loads up on a big left hand.
Duanesboy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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!
Duanesboy throws out a leg kick but La De Hoya moves out of range and Duanesboy only half commits.
Duanesboy throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
Duanesboy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La De Hoya checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Duanesboy misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Duanesboy throws a body shot but no joy.
Duanesboy misses with a body kick.
Duanesboy checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Duanesboy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Duanesboy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duanesboy just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Snake Duanesboy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duanesboy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 48:47
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Snake Duanesboy!

Snake Duanesboy retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Snake Duanesboy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: EK 19_LUMINIFEROUS AETHER     
Date:   Oct 24, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Duanesboy moved away.
Duanesboy feints a jab promting La De Hoya to slip. Duanesboy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. La De Hoya slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Duanesboy checks it.
Duanesboy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Duanesboy ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy is trying to counter with his kicks.
Duanesboy looks to land a right hand but La De Hoya moved out of range.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duanesboy is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Duanesboy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duanesboy swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Duanesboy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Duanesboy slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya misses with a looping left.
La De Hoya tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.#T1#
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duanesboy checks a leg kick.
Duanesboy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La De Hoya throws out the jab.
A left lands for Duanesboy.
Duanesboy avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duanesboy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duanesboy 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.
Duanesboy scores with a nice right hand.
Duanesboy throws a right and a left that La De Hoya avoids nicely.
Duanesboy throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Duanesboy saw that one coming.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duanesboy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duanesboy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duanesboy tries a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
Duanesboy loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Duanesboy to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duanesboy throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Duanesboy connects with the punch.#T2#
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice shot by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Duanesboy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La De Hoya had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Duanesboy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot lands for Duanesboy.
La De Hoya connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Duanesboy moved away.
And Duanesboy responds with a good body kick, but La De Hoya manages to step out the way in time.
La De Hoya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duanesboy 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.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Duanesboy's midsection.
Duanesboy avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy moves out of range as La De Hoya strikes.
Duanesboy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Duanesboy.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake Duanesboy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.#R2#
La De Hoya motions for Duanesboy to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Duanesboy connects with the punch.
Duanesboy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Duanesboy.
La De Hoya throws a quick counter head kick but Duanesboy was just out of range.
That kick from Duanesboy tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duanesboy throws out the jab.
La De Hoya takes one on the button.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duanesboy throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
Duanesboy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duanesboy.
A clash of legs there as La De Hoya blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duanesboy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
La De Hoya fakes the leg kick and cracks Duanesboy in the body.
Duanesboy misses with a hook.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Duanesboy misses the target.
La De Hoya throws a big counter combination but Duanesboy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice shot lands for Duanesboy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duanesboy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T1#
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duanesboy.
A swing and a miss from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Duanesboy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Duanesboy blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body. #CL#
La De Hoya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Duanesboy avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Duanesboy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duanesboy lands a body shot.
Duanesboy pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Duanesboy 's eye. #CUT#It looks like Snake Duanesboy has been cut.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duanesboy can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action. #T2#
La De Hoya pushes off an throws an elbow but Duanesboy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duanesboy working aggressively here.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duanesboy lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Duanesboy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duanesboy tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Duanesboy won't want to take too many of those.
Duanesboy can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Duanesboy throws a head punch that misses.
Duanesboy tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya is leaning against Duanesboy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duanesboy working aggressively here.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duanesboy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. La De Hoya seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Duanesboy can turn it around.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside.
Duanesboy throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Duanesboy 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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.

A close second round but Snake Duanesboy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Snake Duanesboy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R3#
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Duanesboy's leg but Duanesboy calmly moves out of range.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duanesboy.
That kick from Duanesboy tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duanesboy tries a head kick but it misses.
Duanesboy looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Duanesboy 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.
La De Hoya lands a head kick. Duanesboy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duanesboy was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya half committed to a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
Duanesboy throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
Duanesboy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick that misses. #T1#
La De Hoya moves out of range as Duanesboy throws a body kick.
Duanesboy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Duanesboy moves his leg out of the way.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Duanesboy.
A solid body kick from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
Duanesboy checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Duanesboy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Duanesboy ducked under it nicely.
Duanesboy lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duanesboy checks a leg kick nicely.
Duanesboy throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab from Duanesboy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duanesboy takes a head kick and keeps coming. #T2#
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Duanesboy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy lands a really nice looking cross but La De Hoya seems unphased.
Snake Duanesboy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duanesboy swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duanesboy.
Duanesboy thows a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duanesboy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Duanesboy if he has to take too many more of those.
La De Hoya is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Duanesboy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A quick step to the side and La De Hoya tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duanesboy connects with a single shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duanesboy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snake Duanesboy really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Snake Duanesboy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R4#
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Duanesboy moves his leg out of the way.
Duanesboy throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya half committed to a counter leg kick.
Duanesboy checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya misses the body punch
and Duanesboy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
La De Hoya misses with the combination.
Duanesboy tries a quick counter leg kick but La De Hoya is wise to it.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya cracks Duanesboy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duanesboy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duanesboy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya throwing a counter right hand but Duanesboy manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya looks to land a left hand but Duanesboy moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Duanesboy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duanesboy misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Duanesboy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Duanesboy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
La De Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Duanesboy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
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!
A left lands for Duanesboy.
La De Hoya takes one to the chin there.#T1#
Duanesboy misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick.
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duanesboy.
Duanesboy thinks about the counter body kick.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
Duanesboy checks a leg kick nicely.
Duanesboy looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Duanesboy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Duanesboy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses its target.
Duanesboy misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch but Duanesboy is avoiding it.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body shot.
Duanesboy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Duanesboy misses the target.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya is looking to counter with head kicks.
Duanesboy misses the jab.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Duanesboy moves out of range. #T2#
A low kick from Duanesboy is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a left to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duanesboy swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
As Duanesboy backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A head kick misses from Duanesboy.
La De Hoya appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Duanesboy is having none of it.
Duanesboy lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Duanesboy misses with a leg kick
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
La De Hoya works the jab nicely.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duanesboy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Duanesboy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duanesboy thows a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it
and La De Hoya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Duanesboy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duanesboy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Duanesboy looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Duanesboy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duanesboy throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Snake Duanesboy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R5#
Duanesboy throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Duanesboy throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
La De Hoya throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duanesboy on the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Duanesboy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Duanesboy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#CL#
La De Hoya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Snake Duanesboy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duanesboy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La De Hoya throws an elbow but misses.
Duanesboy avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Duanesboy avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body. #T1#
Duanesboy avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La De Hoya throws an elbow but misses.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duanesboy's elbow.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
Duanesboy managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duanesboy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duanesboy working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Duanesboy blocks an elbow strike.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duanesboy is defending well for now.
Duanesboy swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duanesboy avoids it.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duanesboy avoids it.
Duanesboy blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duanesboy 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 47:48
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 48:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Snake Duanesboy!

Snake Duanesboy is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Snake Duanesboy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: EK15_What's Dead May Never Die     
Date:   Sep 25, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a body shot but no joy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackmane 🐺 was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Blackmane 🐺 on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
La De Hoya looks to land a left hand but Blackmane 🐺 moved out of range nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Blackmane 🐺 misses.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Blackmane 🐺 avoids it.
Blackmane 🐺 avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick.#T1#
Blackmane 🐺 rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La De Hoya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blackmane 🐺 moves into range and connects with a jab.
Blackmane 🐺 lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya lands with a right hand.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Blackmane 🐺 keeps it at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. #CL#
Blackmane 🐺 gets tackled into the ropes by La De Hoya. La De Hoya maintains the clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blackmane 🐺 avoids it.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Blackmane 🐺 has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.#T2#
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Blackmane 🐺 's ribcage.
Blackmane 🐺 looks winded!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blackmane 🐺 's brow.
Blackmane 🐺 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La De Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blackmane 🐺 up against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Blackmane 🐺 in his tracks for a moment.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blackmane 🐺 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an elbow to the forehead.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Blackmane 🐺 has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blackmane 🐺 s head.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blackmane 🐺 avoids it.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Blackmane 🐺 is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Blackmane 🐺 checks it.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 unloads a knee to the mid-section. La De Hoya lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blackmane 🐺 blocks it with crossed arms.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Blackmane 🐺 shrugs off.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a right hand.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a knee to the head. #CUT2#It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La De Hoya blocks it with crossed arms.
Blackmane 🐺 dodges an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Blackmane 🐺 blocks it. #T1#
Blackmane 🐺 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La De Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya pressing his opponent against the ropes.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya managing to block the knees to the body from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blackmane 🐺 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La De Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Blackmane 🐺 's eye.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a knee to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook from the clinch. #T2#
Blackmane 🐺 blocks an elbow strike.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a punch on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La De Hoya is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Blackmane 🐺 fails to land.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 is breathing heavily.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 can't break the clinch.
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 is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blackmane 🐺 .
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 Marious La De Hoya's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R3#
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a body kick.
Blackmane 🐺 throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Blackmane 🐺 smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blackmane 🐺 wants to land a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 thuds his right hand into La De Hoya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blackmane 🐺 looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La De Hoya fires out a quick counter leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 just manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blackmane 🐺 can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
La De Hoya lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Blackmane 🐺 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 tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blackmane 🐺 .
It looked like La De Hoya was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
La De Hoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Blackmane 🐺 is just out of range.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Blackmane 🐺 moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.#T1#
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Blackmane 🐺 circles away.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
La De Hoya missing with a left hand there. Blackmane 🐺 was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blackmane 🐺 looks to land a left hand but La De Hoya moved out of range nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - La De Hoya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blackmane 🐺 appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
La De Hoya misses with the combination.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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 scores with a nice strike.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Blackmane 🐺 .
It looked like La De Hoya was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blackmane 🐺 .#T2#
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Blackmane 🐺 circles away.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blackmane 🐺 manages to avoid it.
Blackmane 🐺 was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Blackmane 🐺 pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blackmane 🐺 swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.#CL#
La De Hoya clinches up with Blackmane 🐺 and pushes him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Blackmane 🐺 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blackmane 🐺 's gas tank.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a right hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marious La De Hoya's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R4#
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya fires out a quick counter leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 just manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the body.
La De Hoya throws a wild body kick that Blackmane 🐺 sees coming a mile off.
Blackmane 🐺 looks like he wants to counter punch here.#CL#
La De Hoya gets a clinch.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Blackmane 🐺 controls his hands.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blackmane 🐺 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 is trying to break free.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blackmane 🐺 lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blackmane 🐺 is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
La De Hoya working Blackmane 🐺 over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya working Blackmane 🐺 over with knees to the body.#T1#
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackmane 🐺 being controlled against the ropes.#T2#
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blackmane 🐺 's brow.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Blackmane 🐺 in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an elbow to the temple. #CUT#It looks like Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has been cut.
La De Hoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya had his way with Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. And we move into the final round!#R5#
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
Blackmane 🐺 swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Blackmane 🐺 misses.
Some bone on bone action there as La De Hoya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya dips to his left and cracks Blackmane 🐺 with an uppercut!
La De Hoya throws a series of punches but Blackmane 🐺 avoids them all with ease. #CL#
La De Hoya pushes Blackmane 🐺 up against the ropes in a clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 scores with a knee to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T1#
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackmane 🐺 's efforts to push away.
Blackmane 🐺 works on La De Hoya's body with a couple of short punches.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a knee strike.
La De Hoya stalling in the clinch but Blackmane 🐺 improves position.
Blackmane 🐺 on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 avoids the elbow strike from La De Hoya, against the ropes.
Blackmane 🐺 has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time. #BC2#
Blackmane 🐺 pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blackmane 🐺 on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a kick to the ribs.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La De Hoya with a nice calf kick.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackmane 🐺 circles away. #T2#
Blackmane 🐺 ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from La De Hoya lands.
Blackmane 🐺 scores with a hook.
La De Hoya is looking to wear down Blackmane 🐺 with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackmane 🐺 has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blackmane 🐺 is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy right hand. Blackmane 🐺 should have avoided that one.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blackmane 🐺 is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blackmane 🐺 's hands.#CL#
La De Hoya clinches with his opponent.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Blackmane 🐺 .

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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:44
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:44
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya retains his featherweight title!
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.

 

Event: EK 11_APEX REVOLUTION     
Date:   Aug 29, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie flicks out a counter leg kick but La De Hoya steps away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie 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.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Gracie and presses him up against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't. #BC2#
Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La De Hoya checks it well.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
Gracie throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gracie 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 throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
La De Hoya is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie avoids the body shot from La De Hoya. #T1#
The crowd cheers as La De Hoya lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. La De Hoya doesn't seem phased though.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya is looking to wear down Gracie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gracie.
Gracie 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body. #T2#
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
Gracie cracks La De Hoya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Gracie avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Gracie throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La De Hoya.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off. #BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie moves out of range as La De Hoya strikes.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie 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!
A left lands for Gracie.
La De Hoya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gracie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice uppercut there from Gracie.
Gracie is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La De Hoya had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T3#
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from La De Hoya.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Gracie stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from La De Hoya. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie lands a body shot. #CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gracie blocks an elbow 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!
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys. #BC2#
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick.
Gracie tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.#T4#
Gracie throws a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
La De Hoya ducks right into an uppercut from Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
La De Hoya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air. #CL#
Gracie gets tackled into the ropes by La De Hoya. La De Hoya maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from La De Hoya, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Renato Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Renato Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
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!#BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie throws a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with the punch.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick. #T1#
La De Hoya tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya backing away here, and Gracie unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gracie slips under a jab.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
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.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie lands a jab to the nose.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie takes a kick to the side of the head.#CL#
La De Hoya drives through and clinches with Gracie against the ropes.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T2#
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT#It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
Gracie avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie dodges an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Gracie tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
La De Hoya has Gracie pressed against the ropes, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action. #T3#
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Gracie.
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.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a hook.#CL#
La De Hoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Gracie wants to break free but La De Hoya has control. #BC2#
Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Gracie steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.#CL#
La De Hoya has Gracie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. #T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
La De Hoya has Gracie pressed against the ropes, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya pushes Gracie back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from La De Hoya, against the ropes.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes. #BC2#
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie walks forward, straight into a front kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Gracie.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that half lands.
Gracie throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Gracie with a nice cross.#CL#
La De Hoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.#BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch.
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 Renato Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R3#
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A low kick lands for Gracie.
Gracie 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 throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya scores with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #CL#
La De Hoya instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
Gracie gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie. #T1#
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards. #BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie 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 throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the ropes.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but La De Hoya saw it coming and moves away.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Gracie.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
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 body kick that digs right into the meat. #CL#
La De Hoya clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the ropes.#BC2#
Gracie breaks from the clinch. #T2#
Gracie throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gracie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La De Hoya is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the leg kick from Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
La De Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La De Hoya throws out the jab.
Gracie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A low kick lands for Gracie.
La De Hoya thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Gracie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from La De Hoya.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Gracie.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands. #BC2#
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La De Hoya fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracie on the side of the head.
La De Hoya ducks right into an uppercut from Gracie.
La De Hoya lands a body shot. #T3#
Gracie looks to land a left hand but La De Hoya moved out of range nicely.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gracie 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.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie slips under a jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
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 swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie throws a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.#T4#
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side. #CL#
La De Hoya has managed to clinch.
Gracie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La De Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL#
La De Hoya has Gracie up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya. #BC2#
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie's cut.
That's time! La De Hoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R4#
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
A left lands for Gracie.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gracie throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. La De Hoya takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
La De Hoya takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at La De Hoya.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
La De Hoya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back. #T1#
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gracie.
Donk. Gracie catches La De Hoya right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gracie.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya lands with a right hand.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.#T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
It seemed like Gracie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya lands with a kick to the temple. Gracie shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Gracie misses.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie 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 takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Gracie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick as Gracie jumps back.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Gracie swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
Gracie misses with a hook.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T3#
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie 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 just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie throws a good cross that connects.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie 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.
A thudding body kick lands there by La De Hoya!
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gracie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.#T4#
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Gracie is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
Nice cross by Gracie.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie 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.
Gracie scores with a crisp jab that stopped La De Hoya in his tracks.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Renato Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie's cut.
That's time! La De Hoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R5##CL#
La De Hoya clinches up against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gracie tries to break free but La De Hoya pushes him back against the ropes.#BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.
Gracie gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
La De Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gracie is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the ropes. #T1#
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Gracie wants to break free but La De Hoya has control. #BC2#
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gracie. That's going to slow La De Hoya down.
La De Hoya with a jab.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from La De Hoya does it's job there.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gracie.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
A countering left hand to the body from Gracie misses.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gracie fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya avoids a kick to the body.
Gracie throws a leg kick that misses.
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot by Gracie.
La De Hoya stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.#T3#
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
La De Hoya cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gracie throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gracie.
La De Hoya lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike. #BC2#
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Gracie swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.#T4#
Gracie misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
Gracie with a nice cross.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
La De Hoya lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya throws a good cross that connects.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya throws out a powerful jab.
Gracie tries to land a leg kick but La De Hoya saw it coming and moves away.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.

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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 48:47
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya retains his featherweight title!
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.

 

Event: EK 9_ABSOLUTE ULTRAVIOLENCE     
Date:   Aug 15, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's front leg with a kick but Scorpion checks it.
Scorpion scores with a hook.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Scorpion.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Scorpion misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.#CL2#
La De Hoya clinches up against the ropes.
Scorpion stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Scorpion blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scorpion's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La De Hoya. #CUT2#It looks like Silva Scorpion has been cut.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scorpion managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
Scorpion gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scorpion's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses. #T1#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion avoids a wild elbow strike from La De Hoya.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Scorpion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of La De Hoya's head.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T2#
A short left from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Scorpion in his tracks for a moment.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
Scorpion takes a knee to the side of the body.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion 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 Scorpion. #BC#
Scorpion pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and La De Hoya duly obliges.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya stuns Scorpion with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Scorpion shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion slips a jab from La De Hoya.
Scorpion swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.#T3#
La De Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Scorpion pushes him off.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Scorpion momentarily.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
La De Hoya lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion misses with a looping right.
That kick from Scorpion tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Scorpion keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Scorpion misses with a two punch combination.
Scorpion takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Scorpion wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the liver by La De Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
Scorpion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Scorpion saw that one coming.
Scorpion connects with a jab.#T4#
A nice combination there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
Scorpion blocks a low kick nicely.
Scorpion was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
Scorpion scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Scorpion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick from Scorpion misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Scorpion throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion connects with a crisp jab.
Scorpion with a nice cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Scorpion misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion'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.#R2#
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Scorpion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand. #CL2#
La De Hoya moves into range and clinches up with Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Scorpion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya working aggressively here.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC#
Scorpion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
Nice shot lands for La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scorpion feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Scorpion throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T1#
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick. Scorpion tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Scorpion checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. #CL#
Scorpion has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Scorpion can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
The referee calls for Scorpion to work.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion looking to stall. #BC#
Scorpion manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Scorpion misses the target.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scorpion waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Scorpion is wise to it.
Scorpion with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #T2#
Scorpion steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Scorpion takes a kick to the side of the head.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
Scorpion bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La De Hoya's head backwards.
Scorpion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#CL2#
La De Hoya clinches with his opponent. #BC#
Scorpion breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scorpion throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
Scorpion displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La De Hoya throws out the jab.
Scorpion misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice kick to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scorpion was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Scorpion moves in looking to clinch but La De Hoya pushes him off.
Scorpion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Scorpion catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh. #T3#
Scorpion tries to land a leg kick but La De Hoya saw it coming and moves away.
Good leg kick by Scorpion.
Scorpion 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 Scorpion.
Nice cross by La De Hoya.
A slow jab from Scorpion misses its intended target.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Scorpion moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. #CL2#
La De Hoya closes the distance and pushes Scorpion back into the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Scorpion lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Scorpion wants to get back to striking at distance but La De Hoya won't allow it.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T4#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #BC#
Scorpion pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Scorpion.
La De Hoya takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Scorpion is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it.
La De Hoya now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Scorpion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Scorpion steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Scorpion throws a low kick but it's checked well by La De Hoya.
Scorpion avoids a kick to the body.
Scorpion lands a nice leg kick that just misses La De Hoya's sensitive parts.
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.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R3#
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Scorpion. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
A low kick from Scorpion is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Scorpion's shoulder, as Scorpion tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Scorpion on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Scorpion avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Scorpion was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Scorpion darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Scorpion tries a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with a straight left.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
La De Hoya with the inside leg kick.
Scorpion throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Scorpion does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Scorpion moves out of range of the strikes.#T1#
Scorpion 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 is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scorpion is looking to counter punch.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
And Scorpion counters with a quick kick to the body but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Scorpion tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Scorpion fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Scorpion checks a leg kick.
Scorpion throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Scorpion strikes.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Scorpion catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
La De Hoya lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Scorpion lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Scorpion misses the target.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#T2#
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Scorpion keeps it at a distance.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Scorpion tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
A counter left hand to the body from Scorpion misses its target.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Scorpion.
Some bone on bone action there as Scorpion checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya looks to land a left hand but Scorpion moved out of range nicely.
Scorpion is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Scorpion has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya throws a chopping leg kick but Scorpion manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Scorpion is looking to counter punch.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.#T3#
Scorpion misses with a series of wild punches.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Scorpion's front leg but catches the back leg as Scorpion tries to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Scorpion. Beautiful body shot.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that Scorpion avoids nicely.
Scorpion throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Scorpion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
Scorpion misses with a jab, cross combination.
La De Hoya connects with the punch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Scorpion moved away.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that Scorpion avoids nicely.
Scorpion with a nice cross.#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
La De Hoya connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Scorpion is out of range.
Scorpion misses with an attempted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.#CL2#
La De Hoya gets a clinch.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Scorpion.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards. #BC#
Scorpion breaks from the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Scorpion wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Scorpion throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya tries to counter with a clinch but Scorpion shakes him off and moves away.
La De Hoya lands a nice hook to Scorpion's body. Scorpion takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Marious La De Hoya just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R4#
Scorpion throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Scorpion checks it.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Scorpion slips the punch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Scorpion can pounce on him.
Scorpion checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick. #CL#
Scorpion moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Scorpion's brow. #T1#
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
La De Hoya lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Scorpion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scorpion misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Scorpion avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Scorpion's ribcage. Scorpion let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Scorpion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Scorpion is trying to stall.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it. #T2#
Nice elbow from La De Hoya. #BC#
Scorpion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
Scorpion is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scorpion with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La De Hoya to score with a decent uppercut.
Scorpion throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Scorpion scoring well with a low kick there.
Scorpion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
Scorpion shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. #T3#
Scorpion throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scorpion.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Scorpion scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya cracks Scorpion with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
La De Hoya lands with a shot to the body.
Scorpion with the inside leg kick.
Scorpion scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!#CL#
La De Hoya gets tackled into the ropes by Scorpion. Scorpion maintains the clinch.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Scorpion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion lands on the inside with an uppercut. #T4#
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion blocks an elbow strike.#BC#
Scorpion manages to break the clinch.
Scorpion scores with a punch to the head.
Scorpion tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Scorpion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Scorpion with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya drops his hands momentarily and Scorpion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
Scorpion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Scorpion's body.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion scores with a sloppy right hand. La De Hoya should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Silva Scorpion's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R5#
Scorpion moves out of range of the strikes.
Scorpion connects with a right hand. La De Hoya shakes it off.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Scorpion moves into range and connects with a jab.
Scorpion slips under a jab.
Scorpion misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Scorpion.
Scorpion avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Scorpion throwing a counter right hand but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Scorpion needs to keep his hands up - La De Hoya had a free shot at his head there.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
A nice combination there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Scorpion.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Scorpion's hands.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Scorpion.#T1#
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scorpion.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked
and Scorpion makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya avoids a kick to the body.
Scorpion throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Scorpion ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Scorpion.
Scorpion with a nice cross.
Scorpion takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Scorpion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Scorpion down.
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Scorpion was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La De Hoya.
Silva Scorpion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T2#
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Scorpion.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Scorpion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scorpion throws a combination but it was largely blocked by La De Hoya.
A little jabbing left from La De Hoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Scorpion moved away.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Scorpion keeps it at a distance.
Scorpion 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 moves out of range of the leg kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body kick.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Scorpion goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scorpion moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
Scorpion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scorpion throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range. #T3#
Scorpion throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Scorpion ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Scorpion misses with a low kick.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Scorpion seems unphased.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Scorpion takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
La De Hoya shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Scorpion eats them both and turns towards La De Hoya to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Scorpion scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
Scorpion fails in his attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Scorpion looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Scorpion pushes him away.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Scorpion steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.#T4#
Scorpion misses with a hook.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scorpion doesn't seem bothered though.
Scorpion throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
La De Hoya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Scorpion off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
Scorpion's corner calls for a 1-2. Scorpion obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Scorpion scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Scorpion's leg but Scorpion calmly moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Scorpion throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marious La De Hoya.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya is the new featherweight champion!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: ETERNITY 5     
Date:   Jul 10, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Rijn.
La De Hoya lands an overhand right.
Van Rijn keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Van Rijn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
La De Hoya thuds his shin into the meat of Van Rijn's side.
Van Rijn digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the head.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A head kick from La De Hoya lands but Van Rijn takes it in his stride.
A left lands for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Van Rijn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn blocks a head kick by La De Hoya. #CL#
La De Hoya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya is working Van Rijn over against the ropes.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it misses.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it. #T1#
Nice body punch from Van Rijn - that landed with a thud.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his elbows in the gym.
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside. #CUT#It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
Van Rijn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Rijn lands a left hand that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Rijn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn avoids the elbow strike from La De Hoya, against the ropes.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Rijn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Van Rijn blocks it.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Rijn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Rijn blocks an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T2#
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Rijn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya throws an elbow that misses.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow over the top.#BC2#
Van Rijn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses its target.
La De Hoya throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Van Rijn on the side of the head.
Van Rijn scores with a crisp jab that stopped La De Hoya in his tracks.
La De Hoya throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van Rijn checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Van Rijn seems unphased.
Van Rijn misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Van Rijn ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn moves out of range as La De Hoya throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Van Rijn moves out of range.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Rijn moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A lazy left from La De Hoya finds it's target.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
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.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Van Rijn checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
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 is looking to chop away at Van Rijn's legs.
Van Rijn 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 fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Rijn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Van Rijn scores with a decent looking hook.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that half lands.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La De Hoya throws out a leg kick but Van Rijn moves out of range and La De Hoya only half commits.
Van Rijn stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.#T1#
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Rijn, as that shot connected.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Van Rijn's knee but Van Rijn avoids it well.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Van Rijn moves out of range.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Van Rijn there as he acknowledges the shot.
La De Hoya walks into a stiff left hand from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Van Rijn throws a body kick.
Van Rijn looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Rijn is just out of range.
Van Rijn tries to land a front kick but La De Hoya steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van Rijn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Van Rijn cracks La De Hoya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Van Rijn ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya throws a series of punches but Van Rijn avoids them all with ease.
Van Rijn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.#T2#
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Van Rijn's knee but Van Rijn avoids it well.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Van Rijn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head.
Van Rijn lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Rijn is defending well for now.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Van Rijn.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Van Rijn blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Rijn blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R3#
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Rijn throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Van Rijn throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Van Rijn misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Van Rijn's knee but Van Rijn avoids it well.
Van Rijn wants to counter the offense by La De Hoya and move into the clinch position.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Rijn circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Rijn, as that shot connected. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Van Rijn as the two fighters clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Rijn is defending well for now.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Rijn's defenses.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow. #CUT#That has opened up Mike Van Rijn's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La De Hoya just misses with a elbow thrown towards Van Rijn's brow. #T1#
Van Rijn blocks an elbow strike.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch 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. Van Rijn is defending well for now.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
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.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La De Hoya throws an elbow but misses.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn blocks an elbow strike.
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Rijn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Rijn blocks an elbow strike from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Rijn can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya. #T2#
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Van Rijn blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Van Rijn takes an elbow to the forehead.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
Van Rijn managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn blocks an elbow strike.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R4#
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Van Rijn slaps the foot to one side.
A shot to the liver by La De Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
Van Rijn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
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 with the inside leg kick.
La De Hoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Van Rijn blocks the low kick.
Van Rijn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like Van Rijn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Rijn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Van Rijn loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya cracks Van Rijn with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Rijn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.#T1#
La De Hoya throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Van Rijn misses with a body kick.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya looks to clinch
and Van Rijn counters with a stiff right hand.
Van Rijn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Van Rijn's leg. Van Rijn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good standup being displayed there by Van Rijn as he connects with a hook.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses. #CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Van Rijn lands a shot to the body.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Rijn takes an elbow to the forehead. #CUT#The cut above Mike Van Rijn's eye is starting to cause him problems now.#T2#
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya lands an elbow that stopped Van Rijn in his tracks for a moment.
La De Hoya works on Van Rijn's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Rijn gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Rijn pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands an elbow just above Van Rijn 's eye. #CUT#Mike Van Rijn's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Van Rijn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). 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.

 

Event: ETERNAL HELL     
Date:   Jun 13, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musashi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Musashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Musashi.
La De Hoya throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A low kick lands for La De Hoya.
An inside leg kick from Musashi misses.
La De Hoya misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Musashi.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Musashi is out of range.
Musashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Musashi moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Musashi doesn't seem bothered though.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
Musashi avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
A little jabbing left from Musashi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Musashi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Musashi.
Musashi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Musashi's leg. Musashi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Musashi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Musashi down.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.#CL#
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch. #T1#
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Musashi as La De Hoya tries to tie him up.
Musashi scores with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Musashi is defending well for now.
Musashi has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Musashi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Musashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#BC2#
Musashi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
La De Hoya tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Musashi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.
Musashi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Musashi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
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 misses with a body shot. #CL#
La De Hoya takes the fight into the clinch.
Musashi lands an uppercut.#T2#
La De Hoya tries to work over Musashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Musashi's elbow.
La De Hoya stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Musashi.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Musashi managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Musashi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Musashi tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Musashi controls his hands.
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Musashi 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.

That was a close round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up but Musashi circles away and keeps his distance.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya stalling in the clinch but Musashi improves position.
Musashi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Musashi lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Musashi.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty! #CUT#It looks like Miyamoto Musashi has been cut.
La De Hoya tries to work over Musashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Musashi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Musashi is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya throws a punch but it's blocked by Musashi.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Musashi lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Musashi avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Musashi gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the ropes.#T1#
Musashi lands an uppercut.
Musashi avoids the elbow strike from La De Hoya, against the ropes.
Musashi lands a left hand. #BC2#
Musashi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Musashi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Musashi circles away.
Musashi misses with a low kick.#CL#
La De Hoya darts in and clinches Musashi up against the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Musashi throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya. #BC2#
Musashi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick. Musashi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Musashi throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Musashi.
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Musashi is out of range.
Musashi throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
Miyamoto Musashi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Musashi throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses. #T2#
La De Hoya throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Musashi on the side of the head.
Musashi takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Musashi scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
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 swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Musashi.
Musashi checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Musashi circles away.
It seemed like Musashi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Good work by Musashi as he checks the leg kick.
Musashi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Musashi.
Musashi throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
Musashi works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Musashi throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Musashi throws a head kick that half lands.
Musashi throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Musashi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Miyamoto Musashi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Miyamoto Musashi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3#
La De Hoya swings for the body but Musashi moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a jab when Musashi was well out of range.
La De Hoya is looking to wear down Musashi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Musashi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Musashi had a free shot at his head there.
Musashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Musashi misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Musashi circles away.
Musashi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Musashi's knee but Musashi avoids it well.
A big right from Musashi misses.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
Musashi thuds his right hand into La De Hoya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Musashi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Musashi misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Musashi saw it coming and moves away.
Musashi throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
and Musashi counters with a nice leg kick.
Musashi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La De Hoya throws out the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Musashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Musashi 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 thows a left - swing and a miss! #T1#
A bone on bone clash there as Musashi blocks the leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Musashi strikes.
La De Hoya walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Musashi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Musashi clobbers La De Hoya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.#CL#
La De Hoya has closed the distance and engaged Musashi in a clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Musashi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya trying to stall but Musashi improves his position.
Musashi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Musashi.
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Musashi's defenses.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Musashi.
Musashi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #T2#
Musashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Musashi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya working Musashi over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #BC2#
Musashi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Musashi throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Musashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Musashi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Musashi.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Musashi.
Musashi loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya defending well as Musashi loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Musashi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28

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.

 

Event: Durand vs Peterson     
Date:   Jun 06, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!#CL#
Por Pramuk has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Por Pramuk's elbow.
Por Pramuk is trying to break free.
Por Pramuk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Por Pramuk misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya stalling against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk blocks an uppercut.
Por Pramuk tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Por Pramuk throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk tries to break free but La De Hoya pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Por Pramuk. #BC#
Por Pramuk breaks the clinch.
Por Pramuk looks to clinch
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Por Pramuk will feel that in the morning.#T1#
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Por Pramuk has time to react.
Por Pramuk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and La De Hoya connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Por Pramuk scrambles back to his feet.
La De Hoya misses with a hook.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Por Pramuk throws out the jab.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Por Pramuk moved away.
And Por Pramuk counters with a quick kick to the body but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya looks to land a combination but Por Pramuk avoids it well.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Por Pramuk steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Por Pramuk was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Por Pramuk. #T2#
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!#CL#
Por Pramuk clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the ropes.
Por Pramuk blocking some punches.
Por Pramuk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Por Pramuk tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
La De Hoya blocks the elbow strike.
La De Hoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Por Pramuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Por Pramuk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La De Hoya. #BC#
Por Pramuk manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot that sends Por Pramuk's belly button to the back.
La De Hoya jabs Por Pramuk to the body, keeping him at a distance.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk motions for La De Hoya to come forward. Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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! Por Pramuk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
La De Hoya paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
La De Hoya wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Por Pramuk tries a head kick but it misses.
Por Pramuk is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Por Pramuk looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya lands a jab to the nose.
Por Pramuk tries to clinch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Por Pramuk moves out of range as La De Hoya strikes.
Por Pramuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Por Pramuk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Por Pramuk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La De Hoya scores with a crisp jab that stopped Por Pramuk in his tracks.
Por Pramuk throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good work by La De Hoya as he checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Por Pramuk with a body shot.#T1#
Por Pramuk walks forward, straight into a front kick from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk throws a series of punches but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Por Pramuk manages to avoid it.
It looked like Por Pramuk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Por Pramuk's leg but Por Pramuk calmly moves out of range.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Por Pramuk. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya is looking to slow Por Pramuk down with leg kicks.
Por Pramuk misses with a head kick.
Nice jab there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a jab to the head.
La De Hoya works the jab nicely.
Por Pramuk really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Por Pramuk checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Por Pramuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Por Pramuk takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Por Pramuk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#T2#
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya jabs at Por Pramuk's body.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Por Pramuk blocks a jab.
Por Pramuk motions for La De Hoya to come forward. Por Pramuk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Por Pramuk misses with a low kick.
Por Pramuk ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk lands with a kick to the ribs.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya scores with a jab. Por Pramuk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Por Pramuk misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a good right hand that stumbles Por Pramuk. Por Pramuk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Por Pramuk off balance momentarily.
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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Por Pramuk lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. La De Hoya darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.#CL#
La De Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Por Pramuk has taken the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk throws an elbow but it misses.
Por Pramuk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Por Pramuk lands an elbow inside.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Por Pramuk lands a shot to the body.
Por Pramuk tries to circle away but La De Hoya has him pinned against the ropes.
Por Pramuk has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a damaging elbow.
Por Pramuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to stall but Por Pramuk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
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 digs a right hand into Por Pramuk's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Por Pramuk's gas tank. #T1#
Por Pramuk struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Por Pramuk gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
Por Pramuk misses with an elbow strike.
Por Pramuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Por Pramuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
Por Pramuk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Por Pramuk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Por Pramuk is keeping busy.
La De Hoya tries to stall but Por Pramuk uses the opportunity to gain a better position. #BC#
Por Pramuk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Por Pramuk avoids a kick to the body.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Por Pramuk moves out of range.
Por Pramuk throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T2#
La De Hoya throws a series of strikes that have Por Pramuk backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya lunges at Por Pramuk with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Por Pramuk's hand.
Por Pramuk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La De Hoya lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Por Pramuk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La De Hoya checks it well.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
Por Pramuk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya scores with a sloppy right hand. Por Pramuk should have avoided that one.
Por Pramuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
La De Hoya digs a good hook to Por Pramuk's body.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Por Pramuk moves away.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Por Pramuk's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Por Pramuk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Por Pramuk there as he acknowledges the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got La De Hoya winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.
The defeated Dieselnoi Por Pramuk had this to say: 'Well fought! I'll be back stronger next time!'.

 

Event: Reckless in Rio 1     
Date:   May 30, 2020
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cpp tries to close the distance and clinch up but La De Hoya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cpp throws the kick towards the body but La De Hoya avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Cpp slaps the foot to one side.
Cpp with a jab.
Cpp moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cpp ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
An attempted straight right counter from Cpp misses the target.
Cpp checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cpp throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the body
and Cpp counters with a lovely shot to the body.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Cpp had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cpp misses with a body kick.
Cpp is looking to land body kicks.#CL#
Cpp gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
La De Hoya blocks an elbow strike.
Our sources have told us that Cpp has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head. #CUT2#It looks like Master Cpp has been cut.
La De Hoya told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.#T1#
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Cpp blocks it.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cpp.
Cpp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cpp blocks it with crossed arms.
Cpp throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
A short body shot lands from Cpp as the two fighters clinch.
Cpp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La De Hoya works on Cpp's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cpp.
La De Hoya crunches a lovely knee into Cpp's ribcage.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La De Hoya throws a punch but it's blocked by Cpp. #T2#
Cpp missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya works on Cpp's body with a couple of short punches.
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cpp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya working Cpp over with knees to the body.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cpp backwards.
Cpp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through La De Hoya's defenses.
La De Hoya working aggressively here.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Cpp avoids the damage to the body.
Cpp misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya throws a punch but it's blocked by Cpp.
Cpp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Master Cpp's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Cpp takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya wants to slow Cpp down by chopping away at his legs.
Cpp lands a jab to the head.
Cpp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
Cpp checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cpp dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La De Hoya. That did some damage!
Cpp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body punch.
La De Hoya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cpp rather than just go for the knockout.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Cpp moves out of range.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Cpp.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Cpp down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cpp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cpp.
Cpp scores with a hook to the body. La De Hoya takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Cpp checks it.
Cpp checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Cpp uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.#T1#
A shot to the liver by La De Hoya. Beautiful body shot.
Cpp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Cpp will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cpp throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cpp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cpp steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cpp lands with a nice body kick.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cpp.
Cpp moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cpp moves away.
Cpp lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Cpp does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cpp takes one on the button.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body punch.
La De Hoya lands the left hand.
La De Hoya throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cpp stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#T2#
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cpp manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cpp lands a nice looking body kick.
Cpp is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Cpp staying out of range there.
Cpp misses with a leg kick.
Cpp is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Cpp misses its intended target.
La De Hoya appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La De Hoya pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cpp back to the ropes. La De Hoya follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
La De Hoya throws a nice looking combination but Cpp bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cpp connects with a nice looking jab.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cpp was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.#CL#
Cpp closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya blocks an elbow strike from Cpp.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cpp throws an elbow but it misses.
Cpp throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
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.
The cut man is working on Master Cpp's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Cpp tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.
Cpp misses the shot to the body.
Cpp digs a good hook to La De Hoya's body.
Cpp works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cpp was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Cpp throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La De Hoya scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya misses with the combination.
Cpp scores with a leg kick.
Cpp slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
Cpp jabs La De Hoya to the body, keeping him at a distance.#CL#
Cpp takes the fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cpp is defending well for now.
Cpp takes a knee to the side of 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. Cpp is defending well for now.
Cpp lands an elbow just above La De Hoya 's eye. #T1#
Cpp crunches a lovely knee into La De Hoya's ribcage.
Cpp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cpp is defending well for now.
Cpp misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from La De Hoya.
Cpp is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La De Hoya is defending well for now.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cpp is defending well for now.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
La De Hoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Cpp.
Cpp blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cpp is keeping busy.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cpp has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#T2#
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Cpp's ribcage. Cpp let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya works on Cpp's body with a couple of short punches.
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 with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Cpp avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cpp takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Cpp's head.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cpp on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master Cpp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cpp's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

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.

 

Event: FRIDAY SHOOTOUT 5     
Date:   May 22, 2020
#R1#
La De Hoya throws a leg kick
and Scorpion counters with a low kick, right behind La De Hoya 's knee.
La De Hoya dips to his left and cracks Scorpion with an uppercut!
Scorpion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Scorpion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scorpion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Scorpion avoids it.
Scorpion moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Scorpion avoids a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Scorpion.
Scorpion swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Scorpion manages to circle out of the way.
La De Hoya showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scorpion.
Scorpion buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a few strikes there.
Scorpion counters with a body kick.
Scorpion 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.
Scorpion fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Scorpion's front leg but catches the back leg as Scorpion tries to avoid it. #T1#
La De Hoya misses with a looping left.
Scorpion throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
La De Hoya tries to counter by clinching up but Scorpion breaks away and moves out of range.
Scorpion bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Scorpion avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Scorpion.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Scorpion.#CL2#
Scorpion clinches up against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Scorpion blocking some punches.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Scorpion.
Scorpion misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Scorpion.
Scorpion is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling him.
Scorpion is leaning against La De Hoya and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scorpion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards. #T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scorpion lands a nice uppercut.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scorpion avoids it.
La De Hoya connects with a knee to the head.
Scorpion trying to control the position but instead, La De Hoya has worked for underhooks and has pushed Scorpion into the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion taking a breather.
Scorpion has La De Hoya pushed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Scorpion throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.
Scorpion tries to move into range but La De Hoya moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A low kick from La De Hoya is predictable there
enabling Scorpion to counter with a crisp jab.
Scorpion throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scorpion misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion wants to land a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range.
Silva Scorpion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scorpion slips under a jab from La De Hoya.
A jab from La De Hoya finds it's way through Scorpion's defenses.
La De Hoya pushes Scorpion away with a front kick.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Scorpion. #T1#
Scorpion takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Scorpion throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Scorpion steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
La De Hoya throws a half hearted mid kick.
Scorpion rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La De Hoya moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Scorpion throws a body shot but no joy.
Scorpion is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Nice shot by Scorpion.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Scorpion.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Scorpion does a little dance to reset his feet.
Scorpion throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Scorpion.
Scorpion uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya looks to land a left hand but Scorpion moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Scorpion misses.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Scorpion. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#CL2#
Scorpion closes the distance and pushes La De Hoya back into the ropes.#T2#
Scorpion works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Scorpion has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Scorpion lands an uppercut.
Scorpion lands a body punch in the clinch.
Scorpion is trying to maintain a safe position but La De Hoya gets an underhook and turns Scorpion into the ropes.
Silva Scorpion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
La De Hoya with a knee to the head.
Scorpion scores with a shot to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Scorpion.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scorpion avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion misses with a body punch.
Scorpion digs a right hand underneath La De Hoya's ribcage. La De Hoya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Scorpion lands a nice leg kick that just misses La De Hoya's sensitive parts.
Scorpion throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya connects with a nice looking jab.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Scorpion.
La De Hoya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A solid body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a right hand.
La De Hoya throws a nice looking combination but Scorpion bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Scorpion cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scorpion misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Scorpion manages to circle out of the way.
Scorpion lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La De Hoya backs up against the ropes.
Scorpion jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La De Hoya's jab looks to have found its range, popping Scorpion under the eye.
Scorpion looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
Scorpion lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya. #T1#
La De Hoya digs a good hook to Scorpion's body.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Scorpion.
La De Hoya tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.#CL2#
Scorpion instigates a clinch.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Scorpion's elbow.
Scorpion trying to control the position but instead, La De Hoya has worked for underhooks and has pushed Scorpion into the ropes.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. #T2#
Scorpion on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #BC2#
Scorpion breaks from the clinch.
Scorpion checks a leg kick nicely.
Scorpion now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Scorpion manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya scores with a jab. Scorpion acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
Scorpion connects with a leg kick.
Scorpion throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
Scorpion scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Scorpion.
Scorpion lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scorpion lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Silva Scorpion.
Well Scorpion has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!

 

Event: Shut Up and Fight 3     
Date:   May 08, 2020
#R1#
La De Hoya walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blackmane 🐺 checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Blackmane 🐺 throwing a counter right hand but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Blackmane 🐺 is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
La De Hoya with a jab.
La De Hoya jabs at Blackmane 🐺 's body.
La De Hoya misses with a right hand
and Blackmane 🐺 counters with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blackmane 🐺 fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks the body kick.
La De Hoya keeps Blackmane 🐺 at a distance using the push kick. #CL#
Blackmane 🐺 has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
La De Hoya's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blackmane 🐺 in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands. #T1#
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 working aggressively here.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Blackmane 🐺 on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackmane 🐺 blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Blackmane 🐺 has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.#T2#
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La De Hoya has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La De Hoya presses Blackmane 🐺 against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya works on Blackmane 🐺 's body with a couple of short punches.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Blackmane 🐺 gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Blackmane 🐺 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La De Hoya obliges.
Come on La De Hoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya stuns Blackmane 🐺 with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
Blackmane 🐺 slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Blackmane 🐺 as he checks the leg kick.
Blackmane 🐺 connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 checks it. #CL#
La De Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Blackmane 🐺 has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blackmane 🐺 managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
La De Hoya working Blackmane 🐺 over with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Blackmane 🐺 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blackmane 🐺 's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackmane 🐺 .
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.#T1#
La De Hoya is working Blackmane 🐺 over against the ropes.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has Blackmane 🐺 pushed against the ropes.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blackmane 🐺 .
La De Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blackmane 🐺 blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #CUT2#
It looks like Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has been cut.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
La De Hoya misses with an elbow strike.
Blackmane 🐺 takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty! #T2#
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an elbow to the temple.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, La De Hoya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Blackmane 🐺 's head.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Blackmane 🐺 's head. #ROC2#
Blackmane 🐺 is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Blackmane 🐺 is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya works on Blackmane 🐺 's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya is controlling Blackmane 🐺 's neck. La De Hoya unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Blackmane 🐺 goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Marious La De Hoya!
After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: Shut Up and Fight 2     
Date:   Apr 24, 2020
#R1#
Irwin throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a double jab.
Irwin blocks a low kick nicely.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body. Irwin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
La De Hoya scores with a head kick. Irwin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.#CUT#
It looks like Ethan Irwin has been cut.
Irwin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Irwin 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 misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Irwin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch combination from La De Hoya misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from La De Hoya is predictable there
letting Irwin counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #T1#
Irwin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from La De Hoya finds it's target.
Irwin 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 keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Irwin drops his guard momentarily, allowing La De Hoya to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Irwin! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! La De Hoya takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Our winner, Marious La De Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: Lost Vegas 1     
Date:   Apr 10, 2020
#R1#
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Por Pramuk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.#CL#
Por Pramuk moves into range and clinches up with La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Por Pramuk misses with an elbow strike.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Por Pramuk is defending well for now.
Por Pramuk tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Por Pramuk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
Por Pramuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La De Hoya avoids the elbow strike from Por Pramuk, against the ropes.
La De Hoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Por Pramuk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Por Pramuk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Por Pramuk.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the body.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Por Pramuk avoids it.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs. #T1#
Por Pramuk tries to land a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
Por Pramuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
La De Hoya told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La De Hoya blocks it with crossed arms.
Por Pramuk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Por Pramuk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La De Hoya is defending well for now.
Por Pramuk managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La De Hoya blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Por Pramuk throws an elbow but misses.
Por Pramuk avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
Por Pramuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La De Hoya blocks it with crossed arms.
La De Hoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk tries to land a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks with his arms. #T2#
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Por Pramuk throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Por Pramuk looking to slow down the pace here.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Por Pramuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Por Pramuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
La De Hoya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Por Pramuk pushes off an throws an elbow but La De Hoya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Por Pramuk misses with an elbow strike.
Por Pramuk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has La De Hoya in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
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! Back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Por Pramuk has time to react.
Por Pramuk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from La De Hoya misses its intended target.
Por Pramuk misses with a head kick. #CL#
Por Pramuk rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Por Pramuk throws a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya avoids the elbow strike from Por Pramuk, against the ropes.
La De Hoya stalling.
Por Pramuk tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Por Pramuk back against the ropes.
Por Pramuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.#BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from La De Hoya.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Por Pramuk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Por Pramuk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
La De Hoya throws a wild body kick that Por Pramuk sees coming a mile off.#T1#
Por Pramuk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.
Por Pramuk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Por Pramuk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row. #CL#
Por Pramuk has La De Hoya up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya punishes Por Pramuk's body with a nice straight punch.
La De Hoya throws a right and a left that both miss.#T2#
Por Pramuk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Por Pramuk throws a low kick but La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya with a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a telegraphed body shot #CL#
and Por Pramuk counters by moving into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
La De Hoya gets through Por Pramuk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Por Pramuk tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Por Pramuk back against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Por Pramuk throws an elbow but misses.
La De Hoya trying to stall but Por Pramuk improves his position.
Por Pramuk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Por Pramuk blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
La De Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
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! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya misses with a few strikes there.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Por Pramuk takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie. #CL#
Por Pramuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Por Pramuk tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Por Pramuk back against the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
Por Pramuk misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Por Pramuk tries to land a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks with his arms. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch.
La De Hoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Por Pramuk is looking to land body kicks.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T1#
Por Pramuk walks forward, straight into a front kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes a swing at Por Pramuk's ribcage but misses. #CL#
Por Pramuk moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Por Pramuk.
Por Pramuk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Por Pramuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Por Pramuk avoids the damage to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Por Pramuk really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Por Pramuk tries to land a knee to the head but La De Hoya blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Por Pramuk misses with a knee to the head.
Por Pramuk tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Por Pramuk just misses with a elbow thrown towards La De Hoya's brow.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La De Hoya blocks an elbow strike from Por Pramuk. #T2#
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Por Pramuk backwards.
Por Pramuk takes a knee to the side of the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
Por Pramuk misses with an elbow over the top.
Por Pramuk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Por Pramuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Por Pramuk.
La De Hoya is leaning against Por Pramuk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La De Hoya scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Our winner, Marious La De Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Dieselnoi Por Pramuk spoke after the fight, saying 'Thank you for the fight. I lost, to a very skilled opponent. I will be back, and stronger than before!'.

 

Event: RR 10     
Date:   Mar 30, 2020
#R1#
La De Hoya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Rijn gets cracked there but stands up to it. #CUT#
It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Rijn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Rijn manages to circle out of the way.
La De Hoya has been working on his boxing with his coaches at mickeyharts the greatest in the buildup to the fight.
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van Rijn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Rijn cracks a nice hook into La De Hoya's ribs.
La De Hoya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Rijn.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Van Rijn lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn lands a head shot.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
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.
Van Rijn slips a jab and a cross from La De Hoya.
Good shot there by Van Rijn.#T1#
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Van Rijn checks it.
Van Rijn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Van Rijn throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
A big left from La De Hoya misses.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Van Rijn scores with a decent looking hook.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Rijn moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Rijn just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Rijn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya is looking to counter the offense by Van Rijn and move into the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a jab to La De Hoya's midsection.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Van Rijn keeps it at a distance.
Van Rijn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
Van Rijn throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily. #T2#
Van Rijn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! La De Hoya had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Van Rijn tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Van Rijn does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that half lands.
Van Rijn throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Donk. Van Rijn catches La De Hoya right on the button with a cross.
Van Rijn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Rijn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn jabs at La De Hoya's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.#CL#
La De Hoya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Van Rijn avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
La De Hoya lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Van Rijn backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Rijn pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces La De Hoya back to the ropes. Van Rijn follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
Van Rijn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya takes a kick to the side of the head.
Van Rijn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Rijn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn connects with a body shot that sends La De Hoya's belly button to the back.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
It looked like La De Hoya wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.#T1#
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Rijn throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van Rijn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Rijn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya works Van Rijn's body with a nice hook.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
Van Rijn swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Van Rijn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Rijn, as that shot connected.
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 fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T2#
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Van Rijn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Van Rijn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Rijn.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya throws a big counter combination but Van Rijn scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
La De Hoya feints and then cracks Van Rijn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Rijn down.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Rijn misses the target.
Van Rijn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
It seemed like Van Rijn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Rijn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Rijn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Van Rijn lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
Van Rijn gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
That's time! La De Hoya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Van Rijn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Rijn lands a head kick. La De Hoya smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn circles away from the clinch attempt. #CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Rijn, pushing him back against the ropes.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Rijn.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside. #BC2#
Van Rijn breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with the combination.
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Van Rijn is out of range.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
Van Rijn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Rijn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by La De Hoya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Rijn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. #T1#
La De Hoya bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Van Rijn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Van Rijn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and La De Hoya tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Van Rijn does it's job there.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
La De Hoya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mike Van Rijn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Rijn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Van Rijn ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Rijn throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Rijn is just out of range.
La De Hoya looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Van Rijn saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Rijn takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Van Rijn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Van Rijn right on the button with a cross.#CUT#
That has opened up Mike Van Rijn's cut even more.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Rijn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La De Hoya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Rijn! But no joy.
Van Rijn misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Van Rijn finds it's target.
Nice jab there from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Van Rijn.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Van Rijn manages to circle out of the way.
Van Rijn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Van Rijn cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Rijn lands a jab to the nose.
Van Rijn lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Van Rijn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Rijn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Van Rijn!

 

Event: Rick's Rumble 8     
Date:   Mar 08, 2020
#R1#
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Rijn.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
La De Hoya drops his hands momentarily and Van Rijn takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mike Van Rijn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rijn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Van Rijn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Van Rijn does no damage.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Van Rijn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Van Rijn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Rijn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on La De Hoya's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a shot to the body.
Van Rijn scores with a decent looking hook.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Van Rijn works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
Van Rijn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La De Hoya takes a jab right on the kisser.
Van Rijn throws a shot to the body.
Van Rijn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya. #T1#
Van Rijn lands a nice looking body shot.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La De Hoya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Rijn circles away quickly and effectively.
A little feinted left hand from Van Rijn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Rijn lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Van Rijn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Van Rijn throws a good cross that connects. #CL2#
La De Hoya rushes Van Rijn and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
La De Hoya trying to stall but Van Rijn improves his position.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Van Rijn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Rijn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rijn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A knee to the head by La De Hoya. #CUT2#
It looks like Mike Van Rijn has been cut.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Rijn throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body. #T2#
Van Rijn managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body.
Van Rijn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
Van Rijn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Van Rijn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Van Rijn avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Rijn.
La De Hoya wants to stall.
Van Rijn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Van Rijn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Van Rijn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A swing and a miss from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?
La De Hoya takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Rijn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Van Rijn lands with a good body shot.#CL2#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
Van Rijn misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Van Rijn's head.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Van Rijn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya pushes Van Rijn back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch. #T1#
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Van Rijn.
Van Rijn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
La De Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van Rijn misses with the head strike.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes.
Van Rijn takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short uppercut from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya is working Van Rijn over against the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Rijn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Rijn tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut. #T2#
Van Rijn lands a left hand.
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 shot to the body.
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.
La De Hoya landing knees to the head.
Van Rijn working aggressively here.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Van Rijn.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn misses with some punches.
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 blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Van Rijn gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the ropes.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Van Rijn fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mike Van Rijn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Van Rijn 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.
La De Hoya moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Rijn manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rijn throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Rijn. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
La De Hoya wants to counter with a clinch but Van Rijn pushes him away.
Van Rijn blocks a jab.
Van Rijn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Van Rijn.
La De Hoya wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya displaying some good clinch control by pressing Van Rijn up against the ropes.#T1#
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn takes a shot to the head.
Van Rijn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to work over Van Rijn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Rijn backwards.
Van Rijn managing to block the knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Rijn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Rijn lands a right hand.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Van Rijn swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Rijn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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 landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La De Hoya blocking some punches. #T2#
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Van Rijn is keeping busy.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Rijn.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Rijn misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from La De Hoya.
Van Rijn tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Rijn struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Van Rijn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Van Rijn blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Van Rijn.
I think Van Rijn 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!

 

Event: Grand Prix TOKYO     
Date:   Feb 14, 2020
#R1#
Scorpion moves out of range of the body kick.
Scorpion pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Scorpion scores with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Scorpion.
Scorpion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scorpion has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Scorpion there as he acknowledges the shot.
A solid body kick from Scorpion.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Scorpion jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La De Hoya takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya clobbers Scorpion with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Scorpion tries to close the distance and clinch up but La De Hoya swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scorpion lands with a kick to the ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Scorpion does a little dance to reset his feet.
La De Hoya throws a wild body kick that Scorpion sees coming a mile off.
Scorpion ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Scorpion right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Scorpion has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.#T1#
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scorpion moves away.
And Scorpion responds with a good body kick, but La De Hoya manages to step out the way in time.
La De Hoya throws a shot to the body.
La De Hoya lands a right hook to the body.
Scorpion scores with a hook.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Scorpion moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Scorpion throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya doesn't manage to clinch there - Scorpion circles away.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Scorpion.
Scorpion 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.
Scorpion lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva Scorpion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Scorpion avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Scorpion digs a good hook to La De Hoya's body.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Scorpion defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Scorpion defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - La De Hoya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya. #T2#
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Scorpion swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Scorpion and presses him up against the ropes.
Scorpion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Scorpion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Scorpion controls the action.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion lands a right hand.
A short right from Scorpion.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
La De Hoya trying to land knees to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Scorpion struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Scorpion blocks with his arms.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Scorpion is blocking nicely.
Scorpion misses with a punch on the inside.
Scorpion working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Silva Scorpion will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Scorpion cracks La De Hoya with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Scorpion throws a big shot that misses.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Scorpion and presses him up against the ropes.
Scorpion throws a head punch that misses.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scorpion backwards.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Scorpion swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scorpion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Silva Scorpion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Scorpion misses with the head strike.
Scorpion misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scorpion avoiding damage as La De Hoya throws knees to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike. #T1#
Scorpion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scorpion is defending well for now.
Scorpion lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La De Hoya tries to work over Scorpion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scorpion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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 misses with a knee to the head.
La De Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Scorpion won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scorpion.
Scorpion throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Scorpion.
Scorpion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Scorpion lands with a right to the head.
Scorpion has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. La De Hoya seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Scorpion can turn it around.
Scorpion tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Scorpion back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scorpion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
Scorpion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Scorpion. #T2#
La De Hoya missing with knees to the body.
Scorpion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scorpion pushes La De Hoya back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Scorpion.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Scorpion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Scorpion is blocking nicely.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Scorpion's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scorpion's gas tank.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Scorpion.
La De Hoya misses with a knee strike.
Scorpion lands a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Scorpion misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scorpion lands with a light punch inside.
Scorpion misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silva Scorpion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Scorpion misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Scorpion's hands.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Scorpion crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La De Hoya - the referee stops the clock and Scorpion gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La De Hoya. Scorpion manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
La De Hoya has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya lands a slapping body shot.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Scorpion on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Scorpion throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Scorpion throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Silva Scorpion seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scorpion looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Scorpion is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Scorpion. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Scorpion connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #T1#
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scorpion scores with a nice strike.
Scorpion throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Scorpion with a jab.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot that sends Scorpion's belly button to the back.
Scorpion misses with a wild combination.
Silva Scorpion is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Scorpion pushes him off.
Scorpion works the jab nicely.
Scorpion keeps the fight on the outside.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Scorpion manages to circle out of the way.
Scorpion thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Scorpion scores with a nice body kick.
Scorpion throws out a powerful jab.
Scorpion is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it.
Scorpion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T2#
A head kick by Scorpion misses
and La De Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
Scorpion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scorpion swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La De Hoya wants to clinch up but Scorpion keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Scorpion misses.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scorpion.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Scorpion moves out of range.
Scorpion throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Scorpion throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Scorpion throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Scorpion.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Scorpion saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Scorpion finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silva Scorpion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Scorpion has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Scorpion!

 

Event: AKT 12     
Date:   Jan 17, 2020
#R1#
Entei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Entei connects with a single shot there.
Entei lands a glancing blow to the side of La De Hoya's head.
Entei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Entei thuds a left hand into La De Hoya's body.
Entei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Entei is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
Entei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
Entei throws a lazy body kick
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Entei throws a right and a left that La De Hoya avoids nicely.
Entei swats away the attempt to clinch by La De Hoya.
Entei misses the jab.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Entei.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.#T1#
Entei 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 throws a looping overhand right but Entei ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by La De Hoya there.
Entei 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 lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Entei.
Entei tries a head kick but it misses.
Entei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La De Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Entei pushes him off.
Entei is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Entei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Entei 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!
Entei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La De Hoya was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#CL#
La De Hoya takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs. #T2#
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya cracks Entei with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Entei is defending well for now.
Entei misses with a body punch.
Entei has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
A frustrated look appears on Entei's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Entei backwards.
A short body shot lands from Entei as the two fighters clinch.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Entei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Entei's gas tank.
Our sources have told us that La De Hoya has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Entei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Entei 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.
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Entei has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Entei blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Harry Entei will probably get the nod.
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.
#R2#
Entei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Entei throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Entei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Entei bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Entei cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Entei throws a right and a left that La De Hoya avoids nicely.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Entei raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Entei.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut.
Harry Entei seems to be getting the better of the standup.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but Entei blocks it.
La De Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Entei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Entei cracks La De Hoya with a nice body shot.
Entei goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T1#
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Entei has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to land a knee to the head but Entei blocks with his arms. #BC2#
Entei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Entei moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
Entei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Entei.
Entei lands a jab to the nose.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Entei misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya swings away with a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Entei.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from La De Hoya finds it's way through Entei's defenses.
A lazy body kick from Entei
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.#T2#
La De Hoya with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Entei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La De Hoya avoids a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Entei.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up but Entei circles away and keeps his distance.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Entei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya tries to bum rush Entei with a series of wild strikes but Entei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Entei jabs at La De Hoya's body.
Entei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Entei finds it's way through La De Hoya's defenses. #CL#
Entei tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
Entei misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Harry Entei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R3#
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the body.
Entei is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
La De Hoya avoids the head kick by Entei.
Entei uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Entei has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Entei throws a head kick that misses. #CL#
La De Hoya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Entei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #BC2#
Entei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Entei throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from La De Hoya on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harry Entei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya throws a lazy uppercut
and Entei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Entei circles away from the clinch attempt
and Entei counters with a two punch combo. #T1#
Entei throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Entei takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Entei misses the shot to the body.
Entei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La De Hoya wants to clinch.
La De Hoya takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Entei wants to clinch but La De Hoya slips to the side
enabling La De Hoya to counter with a crisp jab.
Entei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Entei throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya blocking some punches. #T2##BC2#
Entei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Entei digs a good hook to La De Hoya's body.
The fighters circling - Entei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Entei blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Entei checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Entei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to clinch there but Entei circles away.
La De Hoya throws a hook but Entei blocks it.
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Entei slips the punch.
Entei scores with a head kick. La De Hoya tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
La De Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Entei ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya pushes Entei away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Entei really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R4#
Entei throws a body kick that misses.
Entei is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Entei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Entei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Entei moves out of range.
Entei looks for the body kick but La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Entei pushes La De Hoya away with a front kick.
A cross from La De Hoya lands.
Entei takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by La De Hoya. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of La De Hoya.#CL#
La De Hoya forces Entei back against the ropes and clinches.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Entei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Entei is defending well for now.#T1#
Still in the clinch, La De Hoya scores with a nice short uppercut.
Entei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Entei misses with a shot to the kidneys. #BC2#
Entei breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Entei catches La De Hoya right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya walks into a straight right hand from Entei.
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Entei looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La De Hoya throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Entei stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Entei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Entei staying out of range there.
Entei looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
Entei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
Entei looks like he wants to counter punch here.#CL#
La De Hoya has closed the distance and engaged Entei in a clinch. #T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Entei prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Entei.
La De Hoya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Entei.
La De Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Entei is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Entei.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
Entei tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position. #BC2#
Entei breaks from the clinch.
Entei defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La De Hoya misses with a looping right.
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
La De Hoya cracks a nice hook into Entei's ribs.
Entei tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya had his way with Harry Entei in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R5#
Entei lands a glancing blow to the side of La De Hoya's head.
La De Hoya jabs Entei right on the nose. Entei blinks but takes it well.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya defending well as Entei loads up on a big left hand.
Entei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Entei.
Entei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Entei's leg but Entei calmly moves out of range.
Entei throws a sloppy head kick
enabling La De Hoya to counter with a crisp jab.
La De Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut.
Entei cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
Entei fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt La De Hoya.
Entei 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's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and La De Hoya duly obliges. #T1##CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Entei, pushing him back against the ropes.
La De Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Entei.
Entei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Entei throws a head punch that misses. #BC2#
Entei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Entei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Entei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La De Hoya feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Enteis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
La De Hoya walks into a stiff left hand from Entei.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Entei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Entei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick. #T2#
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters circling a little - Entei finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Entei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Entei punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.
Entei throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
Entei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Entei is having none of it.
Entei now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Harry Entei is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Entei lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Entei tries to clinch but La De Hoya is having none of it.
Entei pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Entei cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Entei.
Entei takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harry Entei.
I think Entei 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 47:49
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 46:49
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Entei!

Harry Entei is the new featherweight champion!
Harry Entei bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

 

Event: RR 2.5     
Date:   Dec 31, 2019
#R1#
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. #KD#
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!#ROC#
Oki is rocked!#CUT#
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.#T1#
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. #CL2#
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. #BC2#
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.#CL2#
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. #T2#
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. #BC2#
Oki breaks from the clinch. #T3#
Oki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#CL2#
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. #T4#
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.
#R2#
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.#T1#
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.#CL2#
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.#T2#
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. #BC2#
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.#T3#
Oki is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it. #CL2#
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. #T4#
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!
#R3#
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.#KD#
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.#T1#
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.#CL2#
Oki moves into the clinch.#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #BC2#
Oki manages to break the clinch.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Oki.#T4#
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.
#R4#
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!#CL2#
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. #BC2#
Oki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T1#
Oki misses with a lunging right hand #CL#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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!
#R5#
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. #T1#
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. #T2#
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.#T3#
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.#T4#
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.#CL2#
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.

 

Event: AKT 8!     
Date:   Dec 12, 2019
#R1#
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 #CL2#
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. #T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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!
#R2#
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!#CL2#
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. #T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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!
#R3#
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.#T1#
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.#ROC2#
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.#KD2#
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.

 

Event: Rude Rick's Rumble     
Date:   Nov 20, 2019
#R1#
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.#CL2#
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. #BC#
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.#T1#
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. #CL#
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. #BC#
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. #T2#
La De Hoya throws an ugly left hook that misses #CL2#
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.#T3#
Van Rijn lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Van Rijn misses with a body punch. #BC#
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.#CL2#
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. #BC#
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.#T4#
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.#CL2#
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. #BC#
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. #CL2#
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!
#R2#
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. #CUT#
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.#CL#
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. #T1#
Van Rijn tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Van Rijn back against the ropes. #BC#
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. #CL2#
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. #T2#
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. #BC#
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 #CL#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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.#BC#
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. #CL#
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!
#R3#
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. #CL2#
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! #BC#
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. #T1#
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.#CL2#
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.#T2##BC#
La De Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #CL2#
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. #BC#
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. #CL#
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. #T3#
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. #BC#
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!#T4#
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.#ROC#
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.

 

Event: RH99     
Date:   Oct 19, 2019
#R1#
Krakenbreaker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#CL#
Krakenbreaker gets a clinch.
Krakenbreaker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Our sources have told us that Krakenbreaker has been working on his elbows in the gym.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Krakenbreaker blocks it.
Krakenbreaker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krakenbreaker misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Krakenbreaker fails to land.
Krakenbreaker blocks an uppercut.
Krakenbreaker lands with a light punch inside.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krakenbreaker.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krakenbreaker backwards.
La De Hoya lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krakenbreaker backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
Krakenbreaker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Krakenbreaker. #T1#
Krakenbreaker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krakenbreaker throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krakenbreaker.
Krakenbreaker misses with a punch on the inside.
Krakenbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krakenbreaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Krakenbreaker misses with some punches.
Krakenbreaker misses with some punches. #BC2#
La De Hoya manages to break the clinch.
Krakenbreaker lands the left hand.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Krakenbreaker wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
La De Hoya walks into a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Krakenbreaker avoids it.
Krakenbreaker lands a lovely overhand right.#CL#
Krakenbreaker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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!
Krakenbreaker blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #T2##BC2#
La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Krakenbreaker has La De Hoya up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya has had enough of the clinch but Krakenbreaker keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krakenbreaker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krakenbreaker.
La De Hoya tries to work over Krakenbreaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Krakenbreaker controls his hands.
Krakenbreaker misses with an elbow over the top.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krakenbreaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krakenbreaker.
La De Hoya misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
La De Hoya dodges an elbow strike from Krakenbreaker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorehan Krakenbreaker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
La De Hoya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krakenbreaker.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?#CL#
Krakenbreaker closes the distance and clinches.
Krakenbreaker lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Krakenbreaker misses with a punch on the inside. #BC2#
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krakenbreaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya. #CL#
Krakenbreaker takes the fight into the clinch.
Krakenbreaker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krakenbreakers head.
La De Hoya blocking some punches. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Krakenbreaker moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krakenbreaker checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#T1#
Krakenbreaker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya motions for Krakenbreaker to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krakenbreaker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#CL#
Krakenbreaker moves into the clinch.
Krakenbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker misses with some punches.
Krakenbreaker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krakenbreaker takes a shot to the head.
Krakenbreaker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Krakenbreaker blocks an uppercut.
Krakenbreaker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La De Hoya wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Krakenbreaker has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Jorehan Krakenbreaker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya tries to work over Krakenbreaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krakenbreaker scores with a shoulder strike. #T2#
Krakenbreaker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short right from Krakenbreaker. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jorehan Krakenbreaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Krakenbreaker appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice shot by Krakenbreaker.#CL#
Krakenbreaker has managed to clinch.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krakenbreaker has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krakenbreaker lands an elbow inside that La De Hoya shrugs off. #BC2#
La De Hoya manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Krakenbreaker is out of range.
Krakenbreaker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Krakenbreaker throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krakenbreaker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jorehan Krakenbreaker will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Krakenbreaker moves out of range easily.
Krakenbreaker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
La De Hoya moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#CL#
Krakenbreaker pushes La De Hoya up against the ropes in a clinch.
Krakenbreaker misses with the head strike.
Krakenbreaker working aggressively here.
La De Hoya gets through Krakenbreaker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya avoids a wild elbow strike from Krakenbreaker.#BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Krakenbreaker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Krakenbreaker moves out of range of the leg kick from La De Hoya.
A jab from Krakenbreaker does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL#
Krakenbreaker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya works on Krakenbreaker's body with a couple of short punches.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Krakenbreaker. #CUT#
It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
Krakenbreaker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Krakenbreaker.
A head punch on the inside from Krakenbreaker fails to land.
Krakenbreaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Krakenbreaker clinches.
Krakenbreaker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
Krakenbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Krakenbreaker.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Krakenbreaker avoids it.#T2##CL#
Krakenbreaker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krakenbreaker misses with the head strike.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Krakenbreaker controls the action.
Krakenbreaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krakenbreaker backwards.
Krakenbreaker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Krakenbreaker lands a right hand.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Krakenbreaker throws a head punch that misses.
Krakenbreaker prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Krakenbreaker throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jorehan Krakenbreaker.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Krakenbreaker, 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorehan Krakenbreaker!

Post fight, an emotional Jorehan Krakenbreaker said 'You have been broken by the Krakenbreaker! All Hail the Great Wolf I Herald his coming!!! HOoowwwLLLLLLL!!!!!! '.

 

Event: Syn 641 Murphy vs Magufuli     
Date:   Jul 27, 2019
#R1#
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Gomi.
Gomi dips to his left and cracks La De Hoya with an uppercut!
Gomi misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akihiro Gomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomi misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya is looking to slow Gomi down with leg kicks.
Gomi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gomi misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A big left from Gomi misses.
Gomi throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
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.
Gomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gomi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya connects with a jab.#T1#
Gomi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gomi throws a nice head kick!
Gomi looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomi. That did some damage!
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Gomi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Gomi off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomi.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
Gomi just misses with a punch to the body.
Gomi lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Gomi moved away.
Gomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.#T2#
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomi.
La De Hoya thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gomi if he has to take too many more of those.
Gomi throws a lazy head kick
and La De Hoya counters with a right hand to the body.
Gomi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gomi lands with a hook. La De Hoya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
Gomi connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomi.
Gomi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gomi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.#CL#
Gomi clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomi. #T3#
Gomi working aggressively here.
Gomi misses with the head strike. #BC2#
La De Hoya pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomi.
Gomi looks to throw the jab but La De Hoya is out of range.
La De Hoya misses the jab.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gomi throws a leg kick
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomi swinging wildly here. #T4#
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
La De Hoya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gomi rather than just go for the knockout.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.#CL#
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya looking to stall.
Gomi scores with a shoulder strike.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Gomi blocks it.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
La De Hoya tries to circle away but Gomi has him pinned against the cage.#BC2#
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gomi misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
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 Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Gomi is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gomi throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya throws a body punch but Gomi moves out of range.
Gomi avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Gomi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Gomi tenderised La De Hoya's leg. La De Hoya is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi lands with an overhand left.
Gomi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
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 throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gomi misses with a straight left.
Gomi throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.#T1#
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gomi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Gomi moved away.
La De Hoya has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gomi finds it's way round the side to connect with La De Hoya's head.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya tries to work over Gomi's front leg with a kick but Gomi checks it.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gomi throws a front kick aimed at La De Hoya's knee but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gomi lands with a nice combination. La De Hoya backs away looking to recover.
A low kick from Gomi is predictable there
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Gomi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Gomi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gomi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gomi lunges at La De Hoya with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La De Hoya's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gomi throws a leg kick that misses.
Gomi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick. #T2#
Gomi throws a good cross that connects.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Gomi slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomi was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gomi throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Gomi.
Gomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Gomi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomi misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Gomi steps away.
Gomi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses. #T3#
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body kick from La De Hoya.
Gomi misses with a double jab
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Gomi down.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gomi 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 fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Gomi.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Gomi uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gomi's sensitive parts.
Gomi throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.#T4#
Gomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Gomi blocks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that misses.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Gomi.
Gomi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gomi checks the leg kick.
Gomi checks the leg kick nicely there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Gomi's front leg but catches the back leg as Gomi tries to avoid it.
Gomi misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Gomi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gomi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Akihiro Gomi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gomi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Crunch! Gomi slams his shin into La De Hoya's torso.
Gomi avoids the body shot from La De Hoya.
Gomi scoring well with a low kick there.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Gomi's leg. Gomi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gomi scores with a jab to the body.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
La De Hoya keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gomi blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gomi misses the target.
Gomi takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Gomi seems unphased.
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!
Gomi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gomi is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
Gomi throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gomi moves away.#T1#
Gomi throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya walks into a straight right hand from Gomi.
Gomi throws a series of strikes that have La De Hoya backpedaling.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from La De Hoya. Gomi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomi misses with a straight right.
Gomi throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gomi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gomi throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
A lazy left from Gomi finds it's target.
Gomi fails to land with a series of punches.
Good exchange - Gomi coming out on top.#ROC#
La De Hoya is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
La De Hoya is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomi finish him?
Gomi moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya seems to have recovered his senses.
Gomi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck La De Hoya on the side of the head.
Gomi misses with a hook.
Gomi backing away here, and La De Hoya unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Gomi moves out of range. #T2#
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya sizes up Gomi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gomi.#CL#
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Gomi avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Gomi misses with a punch on the inside.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#BC#
Gomi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gomi misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Gomi.
Gomi throws a body kick that misses. #CL#
Gomi forces La De Hoya back against the cage and clinches.
Gomi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gomi prevents a body shot from La De Hoya. #T3#
La De Hoya pushes Gomi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gomi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gomi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Gomi cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gomi. La De Hoya shrugs it off though.
Gomi throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La De Hoya waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gomi.
Gomi 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.
Gomi tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gomi throws a series of punches but La De Hoya avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
La De Hoya shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gomi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya. #T4#
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Gomi moves out of range easily.
Gomi tries to bum rush La De Hoya with a series of wild strikes but La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab lands there for Gomi.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gomi is out of range.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Gomi moves his leg out of the way.
Gomi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gomi throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Gomi scores with a three punch combo!
A low kick from La De Hoya misses
and Gomi counters with a good low kick that La De Hoya was not able to check.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Gomi saw that one coming.
Gomi is looking to counter punch.
Gomi scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gomi - that will leave a mark!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La De Hoya just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gomi blocks the body kick.
Gomi stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akihiro Gomi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gomi 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Akihiro Gomi!

Akihiro Gomi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

 

Event: Syn 635 Whyte vs Diggs II     
Date:   Jun 15, 2019
#R1#
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Curran looks to land a left hand but La De Hoya moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from La De Hoya is predictable there
and Curran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curran throws a low kick but it's checked well by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curran lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Curran throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya counters with a body kick.#CL#
Curran closes the distance and pushes La De Hoya back into the cage.#BC2#
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curran lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Curran misses.
Curran fails with an attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Curran throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Curran tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Curran, right into the meat.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curran. #T1#
Curran misses with a wild body shot.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#CL#
Curran gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Curran misses with a punch to the body.
Curran tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. La De Hoya smiles and moves away.
Curran misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Curran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya missing with a left hand there. Curran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Curran tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Curran checks it.
La De Hoya throws a wild body kick that Curran sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Curran blocks the low kick.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curran connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.
Curran 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.
Curran ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Curran is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
A jab from La De Hoya does it's job there.
Curran thuds his right hand into La De Hoya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Curran connects with a looping right hand. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran misses with a looping left.
Curran tries to clinch but La De Hoya is having none of it.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya checks a leg kick nicely.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Curran sees it coming and checks it nicely. #CL#
Curran clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
Curran throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Curran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land. #TD#
Curran pulls La De Hoya into guard.
Curran looking to hit a scissor sweep but La De Hoya is one step ahead there.
Curran keeping full guard, as La De Hoya tries to pass.
Curran wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
La De Hoya is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
La De Hoya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Curran is keeping the position for now.
La De Hoya trying to control the position from guard on top but Curran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Curran looking to hit a scissor sweep but La De Hoya is one step ahead there.
La De Hoya trying to control the position from guard on top but Curran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curran tries to score a power double leg takedown but La De Hoya sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Curran somewhat.
La De Hoya steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Curran. That one must have hurt.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Curran connects with a nice looking jab.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Curran's leg but Curran calmly moves out of range.
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 Mario Curran will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.#TD#
Curran darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Curran wants to pass the guard but La De Hoya is defending well.
Curran is keen to just control but La De Hoya is a slippery customer.
Curran works his way into side control.
La De Hoya tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran wants to control but La De Hoya is keeping him busy.
La De Hoya tries to bench press Curran off him but Curran keeps the position. #T1##SUB#
Curran working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Curran trying to control the position but La De Hoya is working away. #SUB#
Curran swings around for an armbar but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Curran's guard.
La De Hoya stands and throws Curran's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Curran parries the strikes from La De Hoya easily there. La De Hoya is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Curran to escape.
Curran tries to buck La De Hoya off but La De Hoya is having none of it.
Curran manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. #T2#
La De Hoya is looking to take a break and control but Curran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Curran tries to roll over but La De Hoya keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La De Hoya is thwarting Curran's attempts to control the position.
Curran tries to roll over but La De Hoya keeps him under control.
La De Hoya is trying to control. Curran wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Curran manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
La De Hoya trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T3#
La De Hoya trying to control but Curran is working from the bottom.
La De Hoya stays in close to Curran's body and controls the position.
La De Hoya trying to control but Curran is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Curran throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curran moves in looking to clinch but La De Hoya pushes him off.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Curran.
La De Hoya tries to work over Curran's front leg with a kick but Curran checks it.
Curran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Curran. #T4#
Curran lands a glancing blow to the side of La De Hoya's head.
A jab from Curran misses.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Curran checks it.
La De Hoya walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Curran's knee but Curran avoids it well.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
and Curran counters with a nice low kick that buckles La De Hoya's knee momentarily.
Curran misses with a hook.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Curran is wise to it.
Curran is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Curran checks the leg kick.
Curran moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body
and Curran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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 misses the body punch
and Curran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curran doesn't manage to clinch there - La De Hoya circles away.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Curran is wise to it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Curran slaps the foot to one side.
As La De Hoya backs away, Curran returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curran momentarily.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. #TD#
Curran gets the takedown into side control.
La De Hoya felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
La De Hoya is trying to control Curran's posture but Curran avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mario Curran will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya cracks Curran with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Curran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Curran throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
Curran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Curran is out of range.
Curran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good work by Curran as he checks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Curran.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mario Curran is winning the standup battle so far.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Curran shoots in for a double leg but La De Hoya sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses
and Curran counters with an inside leg kick.
Curran tries to clinch but La De Hoya is having none of it.
La De Hoya fakes the leg kick and cracks Curran in the body.
Curran slips under a jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Curran. #T1#
Curran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Some bone on bone action there as Curran checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Curran wants to land a leg kick but La De Hoya is out of range.
A low kick from La De Hoya misses
and Curran counters with a stiff right hand.
La De Hoya tries to work over Curran's front leg with a kick but Curran checks it.
Good shot there by Curran.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Curran misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Curran quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Curran fails with an attempt to clinch.
Curran misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Curran.
Curran keeps La De Hoya at a distance using the push kick.
Curran fakes the leg kick and cracks La De Hoya in the body.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Curran is just out of range.
Curran throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
It looks like Curran has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.#T2#
A slow jab from La De Hoya misses its intended target.
Curran on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Curran avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curran has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Curran, as that shot connected.
Curran on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Curran catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
La De Hoya blocks the body kick.
Curran blocks a jab.
It appears Curran was looking to counter with a kick there.#TD#
Curran shoots in and bounces La De Hoya off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
La De Hoya is trying to keep Curran in close. #T3##SUB2#
La De Hoya escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Curran gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
La De Hoya looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Curran trying to control but La De Hoya is working from the bottom.
La De Hoya is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Curran wants to control from the top but La De Hoya keeps moving.
Curran trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
La De Hoya looking to control. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Curran 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 chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Curran can pounce on him.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Curran.#TD#
Curran closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. #ES2#
La De Hoya pushes Curran off and gets back to his feet.
Curran lands a lovely overhand right.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Curran throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mario Curran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La De Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Curran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Curran 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 looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Curran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Curran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marious La De Hoya.
Well Curran 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Mario Curran!

A very excited looking Mario Curran rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

 

Event: Syn 631 Jones vs JYD II     
Date:   May 18, 2019
#R1#
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Benderson down.
Benderson moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
Benderson thinks about countering with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Benderson.
La De Hoya scores with a jab. Benderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La De Hoya throws a solid leg kick but Benderson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at La De Hoya.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Benderson right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Benderson slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Benderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A left lands for Benderson.
A leg kick checked by Benderson.
Benderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benderson looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Benderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Benderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.#T1#
Benderson moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benderson scores with a push kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Benderson misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
Benderson stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Benderson 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 fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Benderson slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Benderson.
Benderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.#T2#
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Benderson avoids it.
Benderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La De Hoya lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benderson at a distance.
Benderson throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Benderson.
Benderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Benderson throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Benderson checks it.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the side of Benderson's head but Benderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
Benderson throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T3#
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Benderson is out of range.
Benderson is looking to land body kicks.
Benderson scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Benderson's shoulder, as Benderson tries to avoid the shot.
Benderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
A big left from Benderson misses.
La De Hoya steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Benderson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benderson checks it well.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benderson checks it well.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Benderson's knee but Benderson avoids it well.
Benderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Benderson cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#T4#
La De Hoya throws an off balance right hand
and Benderson counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benderson is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Benderson's leg. Benderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Benderson's front leg.
Benderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
Benderson wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
Benderson tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
Benderson wants to slow La De Hoya down by chopping away at his legs.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
A shot to the body from Benderson misses
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benderson 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 uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benderson.
Benderson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La De Hoya checks it well.
La De Hoya appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
Benderson throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
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 turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Benderson throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Benderson off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a chopping leg kick but Benderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benderson throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benderson's calf.#T1#
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
Benderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick.
A big left from Benderson misses.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Benderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Benderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benderson misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Benderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Benderson misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.#T2#
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Benderson's front leg.
Benderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!#CL#
Benderson has managed to clinch.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.#BC2#
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benderson throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
Benderson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
La De Hoya blocks a leg kick.
La De Hoya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.#T3#
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benderson.
Benderson throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
Benderson moves to clinch but La De Hoya breaks away
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benderson scores with a sloppy right hand. La De Hoya should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Benderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
Benderson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benderson slips a jab from La De Hoya.
A little feinted left hand from Benderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it. #T4#
Benderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benderson looks to land a right hand but La De Hoya moved out of range.
Benderson throws a good cross that connects.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La De Hoya, as that shot connected.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benderson 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 connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch
letting Benderson counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benderson is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Benderson walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
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.
It looked like Benderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
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 the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
Benderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La De Hoya pushes Benderson away with a front kick.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to work over Benderson's front leg with a kick but Benderson checks it.
Benderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benderson throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
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.
Benderson looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Benderson wants to clinch.#T1#
Benderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Benderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La De Hoya - the referee stops the clock and Benderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La De Hoya. Benderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Benderson's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benderson throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target. #T2#
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Benderson.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benderson. That did some damage!
Benderson slips under a jab.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Benderson missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.#CL#
Benderson has managed to clinch.
Benderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T3#
Benderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya stalling.
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
Benderson slowing the pace effectively.
Benderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
La De Hoya has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses. #T4#
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Benderson controlling the action here for a moment. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Benderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got La De Hoya winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Henson Benderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn...'.

 

Event: Syn 626 Wearmouth vs Diggs II     
Date:   Apr 07, 2019
#R1#
Collins misses with a wild body shot.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Collins.
Collins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice defenses there by Collins.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Collins moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya misses with a hook
and Collins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps La De Hoya thinking.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Collins moved away.
Collins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but La De Hoya swivels and escapes.#TD2#
Collins shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Collins showed some decent athleticism there.
Collins working the head and body with strikes.
Collins looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Collins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #T1#
Collins working La De Hoya over with strikes.
Collins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Collins missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
La De Hoya wants to get back to full guard.
Collins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed La De Hoya's head.
Collins is trying to control the action in half guard but La De Hoya is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Collins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La De Hoya defending well though.
Collins not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Collins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
La De Hoya tries to get to full guard but Collins has control of the leg.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Collins working his ground and pound in the gym.#SUB2#
Collins is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so La De Hoya is just riding it out for now. Collins eventually gives up the hold.
La De Hoya is looking for a sweep. Collins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T2#
Collins is trying to control the action in half guard but La De Hoya is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Collins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Collins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La De Hoya defending well though. #SUB2#
Collins is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, La De Hoya has managed to free his arm - good work.
Collins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Collins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Collins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. #T3#
Collins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Collins working over La De Hoya with some ground and pound. La De Hoya looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Collins looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Collins lands with a punch from half guard.
Collins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Collins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Collins tries to pass to full mount but La De Hoya defends it.
Collins thows a huge punch but La De Hoya dodges it nicely.
Collins trying to control the action but La De Hoya is working from the bottom.
La De Hoya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #T4#
Collins looks to land a strike but La De Hoya avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Collins is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Collins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
La De Hoya avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
La De Hoya is controlling Collins's posture.
La De Hoya utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Collins wants to control from the top but La De Hoya keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Collins distracts La De Hoya with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Collins with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Misha Collins dominated that 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.
#R2#
Collins misses the shot to the body.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Collins 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 connects with a leg kick. Collins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Collins fails with a takedown attempt.
Collins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Collins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Collins blocks the low kick.
Collins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.#TD2#
Collins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. La De Hoya is trying to defend but Collins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Collins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Misha Collins has got the better of the ground game so far.#T1#
Collins prevents La De Hoya from improving his position.
Collins wants to pass to mount but La De Hoya is defending the position.
Collins seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Collins connects with a nice short shot to La De Hoya's temple.
La De Hoya tries to get to full guard but Collins has control of the leg.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #T2#
Collins lands strikes from half guard.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Collins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Collins slips a nice elbow through La De Hoya's hands, connecting with La De Hoya's forehead.
Collins winds up and cracks La De Hoya with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #SUB2#
Collins seems to be working for a kimura but La De Hoya defends the submission attempt.
Collins stops La De Hoya from getting back to his feet. #SUB2#
Collins looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Collins thows a huge punch but La De Hoya dodges it nicely. #T3#
Collins winds up and cracks La De Hoya with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Collins.
Collins wants to free his trapped foot but La De Hoya is holding on for dear life with his legs.
La De Hoya is pressing down on Collins's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Collins landing with the ground and pound.
Collins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Collins passes into half guard.
La De Hoya taking some punishment here, with Collins in his half guard. #T4#
Collins frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Collins dominating with strikes here.
Collins cracks La De Hoya with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Collins working the ground and pound effectively.
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!
Collins lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns La De Hoya that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head. #ROC2#
La De Hoya is rocked!
Collins lands a big shot there that rocks La De Hoya but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh La De Hoya is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collins lands a big elbow - La De Hoya is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and La De Hoya is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Misha Collins!
After the big win, Misha Collins made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KOMBAT KLOTHING and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.

 

Event: Syn 622 Boagrius vs Rocket II     
Date:   Mar 09, 2019
#R1#
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. #T1#
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.#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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.
#R2#
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?#T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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!
#R3#
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.#T1#
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!#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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.

 

Event: SYN Europe 96     
Date:   Jan 23, 2019
#R1#
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.#T1#
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.#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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. #CL2#
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!
#R2#
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. #T1#
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.#T2#
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.#T3#
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.#T4#
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. #ROC#
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!
#R3#
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.#T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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.

 

Event: DARE 90     
Date:   Dec 23, 2018
#R1#
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Cruz down.
La De Hoya stuffs the takedown.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Cruz misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by La De Hoya! #TD#
Cruz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
La De Hoya working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz.
La De Hoya keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Cruz postures up in La De Hoya's guard and throws a big left but La De Hoya blocks it. #T1##SUB#
Cruz postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! La De Hoya is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cruz, into his guard. #REVB#
Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
La De Hoya slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. La De Hoya gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #SUB#
Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. La De Hoya gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
La De Hoya not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing La De Hoya from controlling successfully. #T2#
La De Hoya showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #SUB#
Cruz working for a triangle but La De Hoya defends it easily.
La De Hoya trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #SUB#
Cruz is looking for a triangle but La De Hoya pushes his legs off easily.
Cruz working a defensive guard here. #T3##SUB#
La De Hoya got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cruz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, La De Hoya has managed to get both his arms back between Cruz's legs - danger averted.#SUB#
Cruz has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. La De Hoya is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Cruz.
Cruz is being controlled here.
La De Hoya working away.
Cruz is trying to get back to half guard.
Cruz can't do much from the bottom here. #T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
La De Hoya moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cruz is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Roosters Coop, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
La De Hoya slows the pace down.
Cruz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
La De Hoya trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
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 Dom Cruz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Cruz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cruz tries to clinch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Cruz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cruz throws a series of punches but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Cruz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As La De Hoya looks to move away, Cruz throws a big counter combo but La De Hoya just gets out of the way.
Cruz closes this distance looking for a takedown but La De Hoya circles away.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A leg kick checked by Cruz.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cruz.
Cruz throws a nice looking combination but La De Hoya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL#
Cruz drives through and clinches with La De Hoya against the cage.
Cruz is trying to pull guard but La De Hoya turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dom Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs. #TD#
La De Hoya is fighting off a takedown attempt but Cruz is just too persistent for him and manages to trip La De Hoya to the mat. La De Hoya regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but La De Hoya has wrist control.
Cruz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#SUB#
Cruz postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! La De Hoya is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cruz, into his guard. #REVB##SUB#
Cruz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. La De Hoya doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. La De Hoya manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cruz is trying to control the position but La De Hoya postures up. #T2##SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening. #SUB#
Cruz has his foot on La De Hoya's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. La De Hoya works his way back into a safe position though.#SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead La De Hoya passes into half guard.
La De Hoya sitting and controlling from the half guard. #T3##SUB#
Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, La De Hoya seems content to control.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
Cruz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. La De Hoya is working away from the top position though.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
La De Hoya trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.#SUB#
Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but La De Hoya pulls his head out easily.
Cruz controlling the position well. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#TD#
Cruz shoots in and bounces La De Hoya off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but La De Hoya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz wants to pass the guard but La De Hoya is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya slaps away a takedown attempt from Cruz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A combination from Cruz does no damage.
La De Hoya is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cruz shoots and misses
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya moves forwards but Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
La De Hoya tries a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
Cruz moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and La De Hoya counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dom Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
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 scores with a leg kick. #T1#
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Cruz avoids it.
Cruz scores with a punch to the head.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz tries to counter with a takedown but La De Hoya is quick to defend against it.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
La De Hoya stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La De Hoya backs up against the cage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot.
Dom Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya lands with a cross.
Cruz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but La De Hoya avoids it really well and circles away.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL#
Cruz has closed the distance and engaged La De Hoya in a clinch.
Cruz is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables La De Hoya to keep the fight standing.
La De Hoya leaning against his opponent.
Cruz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz tries to pull guard but La De Hoya won't allow it.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #TD#
Cruz jumps guard and drags La De Hoya to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Cruz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
La De Hoya stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T3##SUB#
Cruz looking for a guillotine here but La De Hoya defends easily.
La De Hoya won't allow Cruz to sweep him here.
La De Hoya controls from within his opponent's guard. #SUB#
Cruz has his foot on La De Hoya's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. La De Hoya works his way back into a safe position though.
La De Hoya wants to pass the guard but Cruz is keeping the position.#SUB#
Cruz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle. #SUB#
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
La De Hoya content to stall in guard here. #SUB#
Cruz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. La De Hoya stacks Cruz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by La De Hoya!
La De Hoya tries to move to mount but Cruz blocks the move with his legs.
La De Hoya trying to control the position but Cruz is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think La De Hoya 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: DARE 84     
Date:   Nov 24, 2018
#R1#
Garcia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garcia 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.
Haislan Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya throws a body kick that misses.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia 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 pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
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.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Garcia there.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
La De Hoya fires out a quick counter leg kick but Garcia just manages to avoid it.#T1#
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as La De Hoya blocks the low kick.
La De Hoya looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Garcia moves his leg out of the way.
Garcia lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia scores with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Garcia had a free shot at his head there.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La De Hoya lands a jab.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Garcia's torso.
Garcia with a jab.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
La De Hoya dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Garcia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice shot by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.#T3#
A clash of legs there as Garcia blocks the low kick.
Garcia only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
La De Hoya throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
A solid body kick from La De Hoya.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La De Hoya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcia with a 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!
Garcia misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand. #T4#
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La De Hoya takes one to the chin there.
Garcia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Garcia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garcia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks La De Hoya off balance momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
Garcia throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as La De Hoya blocks the leg kick.
Garcia checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
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 get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Garcia.
La De Hoya thinks about countering with a body kick.
Haislan Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Garcia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
Garcia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garcia connects with a nice looking jab.
Garcia throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
Garcia with a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya connects with a high kick.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bone on bone clash there as Garcia blocks the leg kick.
Garcia throws out a counter right but La De Hoya avoids it with no problem.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia misses with a looping right.#T1#
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Garcia.
La De Hoya throws out a leg kick but Garcia moves out of range and La De Hoya only half commits.
It seemed like Garcia was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Garcia moved away.
Garcia slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
Garcia tried to score with a low kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La De Hoya.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
La De Hoya takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Garcia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La De Hoya tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it. #T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya misses with the body kick
and Garcia counters with an outside leg kick.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia throws a leg kick but La De Hoya checks it.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Garcia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
A head kick by La De Hoya misses
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia throws a jab when La De Hoya was well out of range.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A telegraphed right hand from La De Hoya misses the target.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
La De Hoya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from La De Hoya.#T3#
La De Hoya takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Jab, jab by La De Hoya - just one landing.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Jab from La De Hoya.
Garcia misses with a low kick as La De Hoya jumps back.
Garcia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a low kick, right behind Garcia 's knee.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garcia. That's going to slow La De Hoya down. #T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
Garcia 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 checks a leg kick.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
As Garcia backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Garcia down.
La De Hoya throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia misses with a leg kick.
La De Hoya swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia throws a low kick but La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Garcia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
La De Hoya attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya half committed to a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La De Hoya checks a leg kick.
Garcia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Garcia.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Garcia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but La De Hoya takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia with a hook.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a jab.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya connects with a right hand. Garcia shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick. #T1#
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Garcia catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garcia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garcia scores with a nice body kick.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off. #ROC#
Garcia is rocked!
La De Hoya fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Garcia to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Garcia looks to clinch but La De Hoya throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Garcia taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: DARE 76: SCAREDOWN     
Date:   Oct 27, 2018
#R1#
La De Hoya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bunker misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Bunker is wise to it.
A big right from Bunker misses.
La De Hoya lands the left hand.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
La De Hoya throws out a leg kick but Bunker moves out of range and La De Hoya only half commits.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Bunker has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bunker scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked#TD#
and Bunker counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. #ES2#
La De Hoya manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunker blocking some punches.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Bunker misses with the head strike.
Bunker digs a right hand underneath La De Hoya's ribcage. La De Hoya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bunker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of La De Hoyas head.
Bunker prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya tries to break free but Bunker pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Bunker on the inside. #T1#
Bunker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La De Hoya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bunker has him pressed against the cage.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a punch but it's blocked by Bunker.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bunker lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bunker.
A head punch on the inside from Bunker fails to land.
Bunker blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T2#
Bunker misses with the head strike.
Bunker swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunker lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunker lands a body punch.
Bunker swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Bunker struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bunker.
La De Hoya struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunker controls his hands.
A short left from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Bunker controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Bunker blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T3#
La De Hoya is struggling to control the position.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Bunker avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as La De Hoya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Bunker lands a left hand.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
Bunker is looking to take this one to the mat.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bunker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bunker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Bunker swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunker misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T4#
Bunker lands a hook that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Bunker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of La De Hoya backwards.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bunker pushes La De Hoya back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bunker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La De Hoya is trying to force a seperation but Bunker has the dominant position.
Bunker misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bunker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bunker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Bunker.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Bunker avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Bunker misses with a punch on the inside.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
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 Tony Bunker will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
La De Hoya throws a jab when Bunker was well out of range.
La De Hoya lands with a thumping leg kick.
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bunker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bunker. #TD#
Bunker shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
La De Hoya wants to improve his position but Bunker is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunker is trying to control the action in half guard but La De Hoya is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bunker looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T1#
Bunker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bunker is looking to take a break and control but La De Hoya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bunker seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bunker with the ground and pound but La De Hoya uses the opportunity to regain guard.
La De Hoya preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bunker throws an elbow that misses. La De Hoya uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bunker's guard. Nice move by La De Hoya!#REVB#
Bunker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
La De Hoya wants to control from the top but Bunker keeps moving. #T2#
La De Hoya is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bunker is pulling down on La De Hoya's head. It's preventing any offense from La De Hoya, at least for the moment.
Bunker can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as La De Hoya controls the pace.
La De Hoya wants to control from the top but Bunker keeps moving.
Bunker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Marious La De Hoya has got the better of the ground game so far.#T3#
Bunker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. La De Hoya manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR#
Bunker is working La De Hoya over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bunker lands a couple of elbows.
La De Hoya keeping moving, preventing Bunker from controlling successfully.
Bunker throws a strike but La De Hoya rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Bunker managing to control the position.
Bunker looking for a sweep. Not yet Bunker, not yet. #T4#
Bunker being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bunker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
La De Hoya is pressing down on Bunker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
La De Hoya keeping moving, preventing Bunker from controlling successfully.
Bunker lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tony Bunker will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bunker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya motions for Bunker to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bunker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. La De Hoya defends it nicely.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
and Bunker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bunker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La De Hoya.
Bunker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya misses with a hook
and Bunker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bunker counters with a good, hard body kick but La De Hoya shrugs it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bunker is out of range.
Bunker quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.#T1#
Bunker misses the shot to the body.
Bunker checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie. #TD#
Bunker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. La De Hoya looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
La De Hoya managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Bunker.
Bunker scoring with punches and elbows.
Bunker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear La De Hoya down.
La De Hoya takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bunker tries to advance to mount but La De Hoya instead regains half guard.
Bunker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. La De Hoya defending well though. #T2#
Bunker seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
La De Hoya wants to get back to full guard.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bunker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bunker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
La De Hoya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tony Bunker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunker is keen to just control but La De Hoya is a slippery customer.
Bunker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La De Hoya can do to turn this around?#T3#
La De Hoya avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bunker.
Bunker trying to control from half guard but La De Hoya is working away. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
La De Hoya motions for Bunker to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Bunker fires out a quick counter leg kick but La De Hoya just manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya misses with a hook. Bunker ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Bunker down.
A bone on bone clash there as Bunker blocks the leg kick.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - La De Hoya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bunker lands a head shot.
Bunker throws a head kick that misses.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bunker is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.#T4#
Bunker slips a jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La De Hoya lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bunker will feel that in the morning.
La De Hoya lands a high kick!
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 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. #TD#
Bunker drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.#ES2#
La De Hoya is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
Bunker tries to stall but La De Hoya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bunker taking a breather.
Bunker blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Bunker blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tony Bunker.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bunker, 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tony Bunker!

During a confident post fight interview, Tony Bunker thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

 

Event: DARE 69     
Date:   Sep 29, 2018
#R1#
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
La De Hoya fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lovig just manages to avoid it.
Lovig uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Lovig looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lovig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Lovig throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Lovig misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Lovig sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lovig lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
La De Hoya motions for Lovig to come forward. La De Hoya throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lovig misses with a body shot
and La De Hoya makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Lovig backs away, La De Hoya returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya throws out a loose jab but Lovig uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lovig blocks a head kick by La De Hoya. #T1#
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Lovig off balance momentarily.
Lovig 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.
Lovig thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body #TD2#
and Lovig decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in La De Hoya's guard.
Lovig is looking to pass into half guard but La De Hoya pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now La De Hoya is in guard.#REVR##SUB2#
La De Hoya got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lovig has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, La De Hoya has managed to get both his arms back between Lovig's legs - danger averted.#SUB2#
Lovig had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La De Hoya defends it easily.
La De Hoya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lovig is keeping the position for now.
La De Hoya passes Lovig's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
La De Hoya perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
La De Hoya prevents Lovig from improving his position.#T2#
La De Hoya content to control rather than advance. #SUB2#
Lovig looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lovig is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
La De Hoya has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lovig is working to get back to half guard.
La De Hoya controlling from the full mount. #T3#
Lovig is trying desperately to improve position.
La De Hoya controlling the pace for now.
Lovig is trying to escape the mount.
La De Hoya controlling from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lovig really trying hard to get back to half guard here. #T4#
Lovig tries to lock up and control but La De Hoya gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lovig working to try and regain half guard.
La De Hoya looking to control but Lovig is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lovig tries to hold on but La De Hoya pushes him away.
Lovig keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
La De Hoya controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
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.
#R2#
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Lovig slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Lovig counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Lovig's front leg but catches the back leg as Lovig tries to avoid it.
Marious La De Hoya is winning the standup battle so far.
Lovig keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
La De Hoya is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lovig can do to turn this around?
Lovig moves out of range of the leg kick from La De Hoya.
Nice shot by Lovig.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Lovig.
A countering left hand to the body from Lovig misses.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya misses the shot to the body.
La De Hoya moves in looking to clinch but Lovig pushes him off.
Lovig checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick. #T1#
A swing and a miss from Lovig.
Lovig misses with a hook
and Lovig takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Lovig walks into a left hand.
Lovig needs to keep his hands up - La De Hoya had a free shot at his head there.
Lovig chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Lovig misses with a wild body shot.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Lovig off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La De Hoya throws a sloppy head kick and Lovig moves out of range easily.
Lovig throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La De Hoya stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lovig takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya loads up on a big right hand but Lovig slips the punch.
Lovig fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.#T2#
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Lovig slaps the foot to one side.
Lovig drops down looking to force a counter takedown but La De Hoya defends it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a solid leg kick but Lovig takes the impact on his shin and smiles at La De Hoya.
Lovig 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 lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lovig's sensitive parts.
Lovig fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya throwing a counter right hand but Lovig manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but Lovig avoids it.
Lovig is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La De Hoya rather than just go for the knockout.
Lovig lands with a shot to the body.
Lovig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya defending well as Lovig loads up on a big left hand.
Lovig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lovig tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Lovig misses.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch
enabling Lovig to counter with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya. #T3#
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Lovig's front leg but catches the back leg as Lovig tries to avoid it.
Lovig cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lovig wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lovig connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La De Hoya momentarily.
Lovig pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
Lovig 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 pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lovig is out of range and La De Hoya settles back down.
Lovig lands a body shot.
Lovig avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lovig! But no joy.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Lovig.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick. #T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lovig's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lovig scores with a hook.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lovig.#TD2#
La De Hoya gets caught napping as Lovig dives in and scores a takedown. La De Hoya manages to retain guard.
Lovig trying to control but La De Hoya is working from the bottom.
Lovig loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lovig content to stall in guard here.
Tor Lovig has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lovig wants to pass the guard but La De Hoya is keeping the position.
La De Hoya has momentary wrist control but Lovig slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya lands a lovely overhand right.
Lovig tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lovig lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from La De Hoya misses
and Lovig counters with a nice uppercut.
Lovig looks to land a left hand but La De Hoya moved out of range nicely.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Lovig seems unphased.
La De Hoya with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lovig to score with a decent uppercut.
Lovig throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya moves into range and connects with a jab.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lovig moves out of range of the body kick.
Lovig swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Lovig strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch but Lovig swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Lovig.#T1#
Lovig throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
Lovig throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
An inside leg kick from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Lovig is clearly trying to counter these attacks from La De Hoya with a body shot.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Lovig.
La De Hoya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lovig avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
A bone on bone clash there as Lovig blocks the leg kick.
Lovig lands a jab.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lovig throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lovig misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Lovig connects with the punch.
A cross from La De Hoya lands.#T2#
Lovig bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Lovig does it's job there.
La De Hoya swings for the body but Lovig moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A solid body kick from La De Hoya.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lovig or perhaps it was just good defense by La De Hoya, which made it look bad.
A cross from Lovig lands.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Lovig down.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lovig now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lovig is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.#T3#
La De Hoya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
La De Hoya sizes up Lovig with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lovig with a hook.
Lovig blocks a head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya lands a lovely overhand right.
Lovig takes a kick to the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lovig counters with a stiff right hand.
Lovig misses with an uppercut.
Lovig connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.#ROC2#
La De Hoya is rocked!
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oh La De Hoya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya seems to have got his legs back now.
La De Hoya connects with a body shot that sends Lovig's belly button to the back.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya. #T4#
A big left from Lovig misses.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lovig misses with a body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
Lovig takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there. #TD2#
Lovig shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. La De Hoya manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lovig trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lovig throws an elbow that misses. La De Hoya uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lovig's guard. Nice move by La De Hoya!#REVR##SUB2#
Lovig is looking for a triangle here but La De Hoya uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lovig is trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marious La De Hoya.
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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Our winner, Marious La De Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: DARE 62     
Date:   Aug 18, 2018
#R1#
Websphere uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
La De Hoya looks to throw a body kick
and Websphere counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice combination there by Websphere.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick.
La De Hoya thinks about countering with a head kick.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Websphere misses with a looping left.
Websphere tries to bum rush La De Hoya with a series of wild strikes but La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Websphere now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut. #CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Websphere, pushing him back against the cage.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Websphere avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Websphere is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Websphere throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Websphere has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
Websphere swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Websphere swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body. #T1#
Websphere avoiding damage.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Websphere misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Websphere controls the action.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Websphere avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Websphere lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt La De Hoya or not.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
Websphere tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Websphere working aggressively here.
Websphere misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya stalling.
La De Hoya stalling.
La De Hoya seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Websphere presses La De Hoya against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.#T2#
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Websphere's elbow.
Websphere misses with a hook to the ribs. #BC2#
Websphere breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick from Websphere.
Websphere is looking to land body kicks.
Websphere throws a half hearted mid kick.
La De Hoya throws a quick counter kick to the body but Websphere avoids it.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Websphere has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
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!
Good work by Websphere as he checks the leg kick.
Websphere connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.
Websphere throws a sloppy head kick and La De Hoya moves out of range easily.
La De Hoya connects with a right hand. Websphere shakes it off.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Websphere tries a quick counter leg kick but La De Hoya is wise to it.
Websphere doesn't manage to clinch there - La De Hoya circles away.
Websphere takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Websphere looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Websphere smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La De Hoya swings and misses with a hook to the body. #T3#
La De Hoya tries to close the distance and clinch up but Websphere swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Websphere lets loose with a powerful body kick. La De Hoya will feel that in the morning.
La De Hoya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Websphere lands a nice leg kick that just misses La De Hoya's sensitive parts.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice jab there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Websphere.
Websphere throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
La De Hoya appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Websphere bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La De Hoya's head backwards.
Websphere scores with a head kick. La De Hoya tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Websphere catches La De Hoya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Websphere, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
Websphere has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
La De Hoya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Websphere can pounce on him.
Websphere tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Websphere.
La De Hoya avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya. #T4#
Good standup being displayed there by La De Hoya as he connects with a hook.
La De Hoya walks forward, straight into a front kick from Websphere.
Both fighters circling a little - La De Hoya finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
La De Hoya thuds a left hand into Websphere's body.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Websphere's shoulder, as Websphere tries to avoid the shot.
La De Hoya misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Websphere counters with an inside leg kick.
Websphere misses with a body kick.
Websphere takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Websphere was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Websphere keeps the fight on the outside.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Websphere misses.
Websphere looks to land a right hand but La De Hoya moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Websphere lands with an uppercut that bounces La De Hoya off the cage and back into range.
Websphere tries to clinch up but La De Hoya circles away and keeps his distance.
Websphere 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.
Websphere lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BM Websphere dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Websphere connects with a good right hand that stumbles La De Hoya. La De Hoya circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Websphere ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Websphere's leg but Websphere calmly moves out of range.
Jab by La De Hoya.
A good leg kick by La De Hoya.
Websphere steps to the side to avoid the strikes from La De Hoya.
The fight stays on the outside here - La De Hoya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Websphere lands a really nice looking cross but La De Hoya seems unphased.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Websphere saw it coming and moves away.
Websphere has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
and Websphere counters with a good, hard body kick but La De Hoya shrugs it off.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Websphere sees it coming and moves out of range.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Websphere avoids the head kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks for the body kick but Websphere saw that one coming. #T1#
La De Hoya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Websphere explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Websphere cracks La De Hoya with a right hand to the side of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Websphere finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Websphere bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Websphere throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Websphere takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jab by La De Hoya.
Websphere lands a body shot.
Websphere tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Websphere misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Websphere throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Websphere avoids it.
Websphere is trying to counter with his kicks.#T2#
Websphere lands a nice looking body kick.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Websphere throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Websphere connects with a high kick.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
Websphere looks to land a body kick but La De Hoya moved away.
Websphere throws a right and a left that both miss.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick as Websphere jumps back.
Good work by Websphere as he checks the leg kick.
La De Hoya lands a jab to Websphere's midsection.
Websphere misses with a body kick.
Websphere throws a big shot that misses.
A leg kick checked by La De Hoya.
And La De Hoya counters with a quick kick to the body but Websphere blocks it.
Websphere is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#T3#
Websphere 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.
Websphere's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Websphere lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but Websphere moved away.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Websphere throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Websphere on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
La De Hoya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Websphere.
Websphere throws a head kick but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Websphere, right into the meat.
La De Hoya throws a low kick, looking for Websphere's leg but Websphere calmly moves out of range.
Good leg kick by La De Hoya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Websphere checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries to work over Websphere's front leg with a kick but Websphere checks it.
BM Websphere seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Websphere smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Websphere.#T4#
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the body
and Websphere counters with a good, hard body kick but La De Hoya shrugs it off.
La De Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya misses the body punch
and Websphere finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Websphere throws a push kick but La De Hoya slaps the foot to one side.
La De Hoya thumps Websphere with a low kick.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#CL#
La De Hoya darts in and clinches Websphere up against the cage.
Websphere wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Websphere blocks it.
Websphere misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Websphere.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Websphere lands with a short shot to the head.
Websphere can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

BM Websphere showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
#R3#
Websphere misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Websphere throws a wild body kick that La De Hoya sees coming a mile off.
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
La De Hoya on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Websphere. Websphere obviously looking to wear him down.
Websphere scores with a push kick.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
La De Hoya's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Websphere checks a leg kick.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Websphere looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Websphere misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Websphere tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La De Hoya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Websphere throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Websphere lands a head kick. La De Hoya smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Websphere throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya lands a head shot.#T1#
Websphere wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
Websphere ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Websphere misses with a hook.
La De Hoya is looking to counter with head kicks.
La De Hoya connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Websphere throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of La De Hoya 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Decent striking displayed by Websphere there.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the body kick from Websphere. #CL#
La De Hoya has Websphere up against the cage in a clinch.
Websphere tries to break the clinch but La De Hoya is controlling the position.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Websphere.
BM Websphere is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T2#
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Websphere prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Websphere's elbow.
Websphere scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Websphere swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T3#
Websphere's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Websphere prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
Websphere can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Websphere throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for La De Hoya to work.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut. #T4#
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Websphere's elbow.
La De Hoya misses with the head strike.
Websphere presses La De Hoya against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La De Hoya is struggling to control the position.
Websphere is trying to maintain a safe position but La De Hoya gets an underhook and turns Websphere into the cage.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Websphere backwards.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya is struggling to control the position.
La De Hoya misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marious La De Hoya.
I think Websphere 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BM Websphere!

 

Event: DARE 57: Williams vs. Volkov 5     
Date:   Jul 21, 2018
#R1#
Fairbanks checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Fairbanks swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fairbanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
Fairbanks swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fairbanks misses the body punch
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
Fairbanks misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a good, hard body kick but Fairbanks shrugs it off.
Fairbanks blocks the body kick.
Fairbanks just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairbanks misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Fairbanks misses #KD2#
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp one two that drops Fairbanks! La De Hoya thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Fairbanks to his feet! Fairbanks is in big trouble!
Fairbanks throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T1#
Fairbanks throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a left to the body.
Fairbanks throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Fairbanks misses with a looping left.
Fairbanks throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws out a counter right but Fairbanks avoids it with no problem.
La De Hoya misses with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
Fairbanks throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya throws a fast counter high kick but Fairbanks manages to duck under it in time.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Fairbanks.
La De Hoya is trying to counter with his kicks.
Fairbanks lands a jab to La De Hoya's midsection.
Fairbanks throws a shot to the body. #T2#
Fairbanks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Fairbanks is wise to it.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Fairbanks.
Fairbanks is looking to wear down La De Hoya with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Fairbanks misses.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fairbanks scores with a body shot.
Fairbanks looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fairbanks blocks a low kick nicely.
Fairbanks digs a good body shot into La De Hoya's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fairbanks swings and misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Fairbanks.
Fairbanks lands with a good body shot.#T3#
A bone on bone clash there as Fairbanks blocks the leg kick.
Fairbanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fairbanks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fairbanks looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
La De Hoya stuffs the takedown.
Fairbanks's corner calls for a 1-2. Fairbanks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fairbanks misses with a body punch
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fairbanks misses with a wild body shot.
Fairbanks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fairbanks misses with a hook.#T4#
Fairbanks with a jab.
Fairbanks takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya throws a shot from downtown. Fairbanks moves away and avoids it.
Fairbanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
Fairbanks connects with a body shot.
La De Hoya attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fairbanks misses with a body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
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!
Fairbanks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from La De Hoya. Fairbanks shrugs it off though.
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 minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fairbanks.
Fairbanks blocks a leg kick.
Fairbanks throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a low kick, right behind Fairbanks 's knee.
Fairbanks misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fairbanks's knee momentarily.
Fairbanks misses with a two punch combination.
Fairbanks swings away with a body shot that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Fairbanks lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fairbanks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La De Hoya. #T1#
La De Hoya throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fairbanks throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Desmond Fairbanks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fairbanks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fairbanks comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La De Hoya misses with a left hand
enabling Fairbanks to counter with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by La De Hoya. #T2#
Fairbanks misses with a wild body shot.
Fairbanks swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fairbanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Fairbanks takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fairbanks throws a body shot but no joy.
La De Hoya lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fairbanks has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.#T3#
Fairbanks thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fairbanks takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
La De Hoya swinging wildly here.
Fairbanks appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fairbanks misses the body punch
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fairbanks's knee momentarily.
Nice body kick from La De Hoya.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Fairbanks might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Fairbanks swings and misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a nice kick to the body.
No joy there for La De Hoya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Fairbanks was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La De Hoya.#T4#
Fairbanks misses with a body shot
enabling La De Hoya to counter with a crisp jab.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Fairbanks.
La De Hoya misses with a low kick.
Fairbanks misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a head kick. That will keep Fairbanks thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Fairbanks avoids it.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fairbanks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Fairbanks misses.
Fairbanks throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent La De Hoya stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya throws a good cross that connects.
Fairbanks swings widly with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La De Hoya lands with a nice body punch.
La De Hoya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fairbanks.
La De Hoya thuds his shin into the meat of Fairbanks's side.
Fairbanks works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
Fairbanks lands with a hook. La De Hoya tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairbanks throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Fairbanks blocks the leg kick. #T1#
Fairbanks defending well as La De Hoya loads up on a big left hand.
Fairbanks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La De Hoya manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya scores with a push kick.
Fairbanks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fairbanks. La De Hoya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fairbanks backing away here, and La De Hoya unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Fairbanks's front leg but catches the back leg as Fairbanks tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Fairbanks's knee but Fairbanks avoids it well.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fairbanks lands a slapping body shot.
Fairbanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Fairbanks is wise to it.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Fairbanks.
Desmond Fairbanks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Fairbanks throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fairbanks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fairbanks 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 lands an overhand right.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Fairbanks off balance momentarily.
Fairbanks throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body kick.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fairbanks throws a sloppy body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
La De Hoya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot. #T3#
Fairbanks swings widly with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.
Fairbanks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fairbanks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La De Hoya at a distance.
Fairbanks misses with a combination
and La De Hoya counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fairbanks connects with a body shot.
La De Hoya connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fairbanks momentarily.
Fairbanks throws a poor cross that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fairbanks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick. #T4#
Fairbanks misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fairbanks's knee momentarily.
Fairbanks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fairbanks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fairbanks takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Fairbanks misses
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Fairbanks throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Fairbanks misses the body punch
and La De Hoya counters with a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fairbanks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well La De Hoya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!

Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: DARE: SPIRIT OF 76     
Date:   Jul 04, 2018
#R1#
The fighters circling - Trump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trump looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL#
La De Hoya tries to keep at a distance but Trump has taken the fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Trump tries to pull guard but La De Hoya holds him up against the cage and eventually Trump drops back down to his feet.
Trump struggles to land a body shot inside as La De Hoya controls his hands.
Trump goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables La De Hoya to keep the fight standing.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya tries to circle away but Trump has him pinned against the cage.#BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down. #CL#
Trump rushes La De Hoya and presses him up against the cage.
Trump blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T1#
Trump prevents La De Hoya from breaking the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process. #BC2#
La De Hoya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya misses the body punch
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
Trump fails in his attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
Trump cracks La De Hoya with an open hand slap.
Trump misses with a telegraphed body shot
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick. #T2#
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've been informed that La De Hoya has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
Hillary Trump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya misses with a head kick.
La De Hoya tries to score with a low kick but Trump moves his leg out of the way.
Trump throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
Trump tries to clinch but La De Hoya moves away
and La De Hoya counters with a two punch combo.
La De Hoya connects with an inside leg kick.
Trump tries to clinch there but La De Hoya circles away.
Trump throws a good cross that connects.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick. #T3#
Trump throws a left and a right that both miss
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Trump misses the target.
La De Hoya connects with a single shot there.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick
letting Trump counter with a right hand.
Trump ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La De Hoya moves away.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Trump is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Trump steps away.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.#T4#
Trump missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya thows a body kick. Trump tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Trump wants to clinch but La De Hoya slips to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
Trump misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
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 looking to land some kicks to the body here. #CL#
Trump clinches with his opponent.
Trump misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Trump throws out a powerful jab.
La De Hoya walks into a jab.
La De Hoya has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from La De Hoya there as he acknowledges the shot.
Trump lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya keeps the fight on the outside.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Trump.
La De Hoya replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Trump blocks it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Trump checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Trump was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trump.
Trump connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La De Hoya's hands.#T1#
Trump keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trump looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya tries to land a leg kick but Trump saw it coming and moves away.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
Trump throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a good low kick that Trump was not able to check.
A slow jab from Trump misses its intended target.
Trump swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Trump with a body shot.#T2#
Trump ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trump misses with a right hand
and Trump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 slips a straight right by Trump.
Nice uppercut lands for La De Hoya. That snapped Trump's head back.
Trump with a nice cross.
La De Hoya scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La De Hoya tries to land a front kick but Trump steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Trump takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.#T3#
Trump connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Trump 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.
Trump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trump throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
Trump misses with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick that stops Trump in his tracks momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
Trump throws a series of punches but La De Hoya moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Trump down.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick. #T4##CL#
Trump clinches up with La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage.
Trump can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trump.
La De Hoya will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trump up against the cage.
Trump tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trump.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trump tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. La De Hoya just stands there and leans against the cage.
Trump scores with a nice hook to the head.
La De Hoya has Trump pushed against the cage.
Trump throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Trump is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trump fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hillary Trump will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R3#
Trump sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Trump throws a looping overhand right but La De Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
And La De Hoya responds with a good body kick, but Trump manages to step out the way in time.
Trump closes the distance but La De Hoya moves to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Trump swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Trump's knee but Trump avoids it well.
Trump was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big right from Trump misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La De Hoya! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La De Hoya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jab, jab by Trump - just one landing. #T1#
La De Hoya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trump.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
La De Hoya moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Trump throws a hook but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
Trump cracks La De Hoya with a good jab.
Trump lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Trump throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La De Hoya looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Trump connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La De Hoya momentarily.
Trump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trump is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Trump misses with an uppercut.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Trump's front leg but catches the back leg as Trump tries to avoid it. #T2#
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
La De Hoya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Trump.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trump scores with a jab to the head.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a slapping leg kick.
Trump 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 shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Trump was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from La De Hoya.
Trump misses with an uppercut
and Trump takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trump connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.#T3#
Trump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trump misses with a looping right.
Trump misses with a body shot.
Trump misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
Trump thows a left - swing and a miss! #CL#
La De Hoya gets tackled into the cage by Trump. Trump maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Trump fails to land.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Trump tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T4#
Trump lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trump.
Hillary Trump has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Trump gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the cage.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trump lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trump tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Trump back against the cage.
Trump misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Trump.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trump tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hillary Trump clearly takes that round.
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.
#R4#
La De Hoya lands a jab.
La De Hoya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
La De Hoya avoids a punch combination nicely.
La De Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trump misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya thumps Trump with a low kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand. #T1#
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Trump misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Trump.
La De Hoya sizes up Trump with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Trump works La De Hoya's body with a nice hook.
A slow jab from Trump misses its intended target.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Trump fails with an attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Trump avoids the head kick by La De Hoya. #T2#
Trump throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Trump misses.
Trump missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trump manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Trump uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trump ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A cross from La De Hoya lands.
La De Hoya moves out of range as Trump strikes.
A little jabbing left from La De Hoya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T3#
Trump misses the jab.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
The crowd cheers as Trump lands an impressive looking overhand right. La De Hoya doesn't seem phased though.
Trump fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like La De Hoya was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Trump.
La De Hoya replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Trump blocks it well.
Trump misses with a hook.
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but seems OK.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt.
La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
La De Hoya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Trump circles away quickly and effectively.#T4#
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.
Trump tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La De Hoya avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trump loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
La De Hoya needs to keep his hands up - Trump had a free shot at his head there.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trump punishes La De Hoya's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Nice body punch from Trump.
Trump takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Hillary Trump will probably get the nod.
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!
#R5#
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Trump!
Trump misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trump.
La De Hoya throws a counter combo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya swats away the attempt to clinch by Trump.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trump ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trump checks a leg kick.
Trump looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.#T1#
La De Hoya defending well as Trump loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Trump wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
Trump waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Trump wants to clinch but La De Hoya slips to the side
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trump chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Trump swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trump misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trump's knee momentarily.#T2#
Trump thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Trump is wise to it.
Trump tries to clinch there but La De Hoya circles away.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trump's calf.
Marious La De Hoya has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#CL#
Trump closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trump can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
La De Hoya is looking to control Trump's arms but Trump gets an underhook and turns him. Now La De Hoya has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya effectively controlling the action here.
La De Hoya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T3#
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.#ROC2#
Trump is rocked!
La De Hoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oh Trump is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trump's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Trump.
Trump seems to have got his legs back now.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trumps head.
A short left from Trump.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Trump avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
Trump swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trump stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#BC2#
La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Trump falls off balance throwing a combination
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
Hillary Trump is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T4#
A leg kick checked by Trump.#CL#
Trump rushes La De Hoya and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trump misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Trump.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trump tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trump working aggressively here.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trump backwards. #BC2#
La De Hoya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La De Hoya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from La De Hoya.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marious La De Hoya.
I think Trump 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 48:47
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 48:48
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hillary Trump!

A very excited looking Hillary Trump rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

 

Event: DARE 48: MUNDI VS. JABNEEL     
Date:   May 30, 2018
#R1#
Jostrzebski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jostrzebski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La De Hoya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jostrzebski checks a low kick from La De Hoya.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jostrzebski, as that shot connected.
Jostrzebski fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La De Hoya looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jostrzebski's corner calls for a 1-2. Jostrzebski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jostrzebski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jostrzebski.
Joseph Jostrzebski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jostrzebski misses with a combination
and La De Hoya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jostrzebski misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
Jostrzebski misses the shot to the body.
Jostrzebski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
La De Hoya doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.#T1#
Jostrzebski throws a predictable looking body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
Jostrzebski misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La De Hoya defending well as Jostrzebski loads up on a big left hand.
La De Hoya thinks about the counter body kick.
Jostrzebski misses with a series of wild punches.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Jostrzebski steps away.
Nice uppercut lands for Jostrzebski. That snapped La De Hoya's head back.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Jostrzebski.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jostrzebski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by La De Hoya.
Jostrzebski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Jostrzebski misses with a body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T2#
Jostrzebski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
La De Hoya thumps Jostrzebski with a low kick.
Jostrzebski lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski misses the body punch
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
Jostrzebski misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
A swing and a miss from Jostrzebski.
A shot to the body from Jostrzebski misses
and La De Hoya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jostrzebski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
La De Hoya misses with a wild body shot.
Jostrzebski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jostrzebski scores with a decent looking hook.#T3#
Jostrzebski misses with a right hand #KD2#
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp one two that drops Jostrzebski! La De Hoya thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Jostrzebski to his feet! Jostrzebski is in big trouble!#ROC2#
Jostrzebski is rocked!
Jostrzebski tests La De Hoya's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
La De Hoya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jostrzebski throws out the jab.
Jostrzebski misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jostrzebski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La De Hoya was well out of range. Poor timing from Jostrzebski.
La De Hoya thinks about the counter body kick.
La De Hoya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws a lazy uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jostrzebski lands a nice shot to the body. #T4#
Jostrzebski swings widly with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a nice leg kick.
Jostrzebski lands a body shot.
La De Hoya slips under a jab.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Jostrzebski steps away.
Jostrzebski missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Jostrzebski steps away.
Jostrzebski lands with a good body shot.
La De Hoya thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jostrzebski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jostrzebski throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jostrzebski misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
La De Hoya closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
La De Hoya blocks a jab.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
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 Joseph Jostrzebski will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
La De Hoya throws a series of punches but Jostrzebski moves out of range.
La De Hoya lands a really nice looking cross but Jostrzebski seems unphased.
Jostrzebski misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jostrzebski throws a poor cross that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a nice body shot.
Jostrzebski swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
Jostrzebski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya moves out of range of the strikes.
Jostrzebski throws a sloppy body shot
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Jostrzebski catches La De Hoya right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick. #T1#
Nice shot by Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws a poor cross that misses
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jostrzebski misses with a hook.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Jostrzebski.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Jostrzebski's front leg but catches the back leg as Jostrzebski tries to avoid it.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Jostrzebski thows a left - swing and a miss!
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Jostrzebski steps away.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the head.
Jostrzebski throws a lazy uppercut
letting La De Hoya counter with a right hand.
Jostrzebski just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya counters with a body kick.
La De Hoya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jostrzebski lands with a cross. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jostrzebski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jostrzebski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La De Hoya counters with a thumping low kick.
Jostrzebski throws a poor cross that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a good, hard body kick but Jostrzebski shrugs it off.
Jostrzebski misses with a looping left.
La De Hoya avoids the body shot from Jostrzebski.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jostrzebski takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jostrzebski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski backing away here, and La De Hoya unleashes a leg kick that just misses.#T3#
La De Hoya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jostrzebski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jostrzebski throws an overhand right that lands on La De Hoya's shoulder, as La De Hoya tries to avoid the shot.
La De Hoya feints a counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Jostrzebski.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jostrzebski checks it well.
Jostrzebski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jostrzebski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jostrzebski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La De Hoya.
Jostrzebski lands the left hand.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jostrzebski misses with a series of wild punches.
Jostrzebski misses with a hook.#T4#
A jab from Jostrzebski does it's job there.
Jostrzebski just misses with a punch to the body.
La De Hoya was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jostrzebski scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jostrzebski.
Jostrzebski throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jostrzebski's knee momentarily.
Jostrzebski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jostrzebski misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
Jostrzebski throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
Jostrzebski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Jostrzebski misses its intended target.
La De Hoya looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Jostrzebski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jostrzebski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marious La De Hoya will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jostrzebski.
La De Hoya scores with a nice head shot.
Jostrzebski misses with an uppercut
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
Jostrzebski misses with a lunging right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jostrzebski misses with a left hand
letting La De Hoya counter with a right hand.
Jostrzebski misses with a hook. La De Hoya ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya and Jostrzebski are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. La De Hoya throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Jostrzebski into next week! Ooooh that was huge! La De Hoya knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Marious La De Hoya!
Our winner, Marious La De Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: DARE: BATTLE OF LA     
Date:   Apr 25, 2018
#R1#
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Brown has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
La De Hoya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brown half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Brown wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses. #TD#
Brown drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
La De Hoya tries to bench press Brown off him but Brown keeps the position.
La De Hoya is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Brown is controlling him well.
Brown landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
La De Hoya regains half guard.
Brown tries to pass the half guard into mount. La De Hoya knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
La De Hoya has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brown throwing shots but La De Hoya is blocking nicely. #T1##ES2#
La De Hoya kicks off Brown and gets to his feet.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brown misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with a left to the body.
Nino Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown with a lazy takedown attempt
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
La De Hoya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
La De Hoya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya flicks out a counter leg kick but Brown steps away.#CL#
Brown darts in and clinches La De Hoya up against the cage.#TD#
Brown wants the takedown. La De Hoya is fighting it off but Brown persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in La De Hoya's guard against the cage.#ES2#
La De Hoya wriggles free and stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya. #T2#
Brown ducks under a wild hook from La De Hoya.
Brown avoids a low kick by using good footwork.#TD#
Brown shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in La De Hoya's guard.
La De Hoya is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La De Hoya utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #ES2#
La De Hoya uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Brown is looking to wear down La De Hoya with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brown takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brown with a body punch. A glancing blow.
La De Hoya circles away from the clinch attempt
and La De Hoya makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.#T3#
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Brown is defended easily by La De Hoya.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nino Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La De Hoya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
Brown shoots in for a double leg but La De Hoya sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brown.
Brown tries to clinch but fails miserably
and La De Hoya counters with a lovely shot to the body.#T4#
Brown misses with a body shot.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
La De Hoya tries a quick counter leg kick but Brown is wise to it.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Brown checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brown tries to clinch but La De Hoya is having none of it.
La De Hoya follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brown swings away with a body shot that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Brown lands.
Brown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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! Back to the action!
#R2#
Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around La De Hoya's waist but La De Hoya gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brown off to one side.
La De Hoya thinks about the counter body kick.
Brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown#KD2#
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp right hand that drops Brown! La De Hoya lets Brown back up to his feet, looking for a finish!#ROC2#
Brown is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nino Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
La De Hoya delivers a nice body kick.
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 scores with a leg kick.
Brown stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La De Hoya.
Brown tries to clinch but La De Hoya moves away
and La De Hoya counters with a good low kick that Brown was not able to check.
Brown leaves his chin hanging out and La De Hoya seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Brown crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: DARE 37     
Date:   Apr 04, 2018
#R1#
La De Hoya fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dutroux.
Dutroux cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dutroux loads up on a big right hand but La De Hoya slips the punch.
Dutroux works over La De Hoya's head and body with a nice combination.
Dutroux scores with a one two! La De Hoya had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. #ROC2#
La De Hoya is rocked!
La De Hoya scores with a head kick. Dutroux tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dutroux drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks La De Hoya right on the button. La De Hoya goes down! Dutroux follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Dutroux gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Dutroux!
An out of breath Marc Dutroux thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

 

Event: DARE 32     
Date:   Mar 10, 2018
#R1#
Inoue takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Inoue with a poor takedown #KD#
and La De Hoya counters with a head kick that drops Inoue to the mat! Inoue scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!#ROC#
Inoue is rocked!
La De Hoya closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Inoue out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). 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.

 

Event: Carnage 43     
Date:   Jun 03, 2017
#R1#
Eye fails to land the takedown.
Eye shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eye shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A little feinted left hand from La De Hoya on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Marious La De Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Snake Eye.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Eye closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Eye shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
La De Hoya stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and La De Hoya wants it to stay on the feet.
Eye with a poor takedown #KD#
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp right hand that drops Eye! La De Hoya lets Eye back up to his feet, looking for a finish!#ROC#
Eye is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eye gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and La De Hoya counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marious La De Hoya!
After winning the bout, Marious La De Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

 

Event: Carnage 35     
Date:   Apr 16, 2017
#R1#
Sensei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss. #TD2#
Sensei closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into La De Hoya's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sensei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sensei working some strikes from top position.
La De Hoya has Sensei pulled in close to control his posture.
La De Hoya looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sensei is one step ahead there.
Sensei throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La De Hoya works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sensei throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sensei postures up in La De Hoya's guard and throws a big left but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if La De Hoya tries to get out of the position.#T1#
Sensei lands a couple of elbows.
Sensei loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sensei is in close to La De Hoya's body, working some short punches and elbows.
La De Hoya bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sensei's guard. #REVR#
La De Hoya pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sensei is keeping the position for now. #SUB2#
Sensei looking for a guillotine here but La De Hoya defends easily. #SUB2#
Sensei is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB2#
Sensei had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La De Hoya defends it easily.#T2#
Sensei tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sensei keeping moving, preventing La De Hoya from controlling successfully.
La De Hoya looking to pass the guard.
Sensei controls La De Hoya momentarily but La De Hoya frees himself. #SUB2#
Sensei looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
La De Hoya is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#SUB2#
Sensei escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. La De Hoya gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #T3##SUB2#
La De Hoya throws a sloppy strike and Sensei has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! La De Hoya is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Sensei!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kylar Sensei!
Kylar Sensei is the new featherweight champion!
Kylar Sensei thanked the fans post fight for their support.

 

Event: Carnage 31     
Date:   Mar 11, 2017
#R1#
Crunch! La De Hoya slams his shin into Berdnikov's torso.
Berdnikov throws a leg kick that is checked
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
Berdnikov swings for the body but La De Hoya moves out of range.
It looked like La De Hoya was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Berdnikov.#CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.
Berdnikov takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya has Berdnikov pressed against the cage.
Berdnikov is trying to drag La De Hoya to the mat but La De Hoya just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
La De Hoya stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berdnikov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch. #T1#
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Berdnikov avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Berdnikov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Berdnikovs head.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Berdnikov avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch. #TD2#
Berdnikov turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Berdnikov manages to end up in side control.#T2#
Berdnikov throws a strike aimed at the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya avoids it well.
La De Hoya's coaches at mickeyharts the greatest have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
La De Hoya keeping his opponent close.
La De Hoya is trying to control Berdnikov's posture but Berdnikov avoids it.
Berdnikov is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position. #SUB2#
Berdnikov is trying to get an arm triangle but La De Hoya is defending well. #T3#
La De Hoya tries to buck Berdnikov off but Berdnikov is having none of it.
Berdnikov is looking to take a break and control but La De Hoya is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Berdnikov tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
La De Hoya manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
La De Hoya is looking to control Berdnikov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can La De Hoya avoid being mounted?
Berdnikov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Berdnikov trying to pass the guard but La De Hoya defending well.
Berdnikov is keen to just control but La De Hoya is a slippery customer.#SUB2#
Berdnikov is looking for a kimura but La De Hoya is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Berdnikov to get the leverage.
La De Hoya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Berdnikov on the ground.
Berdnikov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
La De Hoya is looking for a sweep. Berdnikov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
La De Hoya on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if La De Hoya tries to get out of the position.
Still in half guard, Berdnikov seems content to control.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Berdnikov drops his hands momentarily and La De Hoya takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
La De Hoya lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Berdnikov takes one on the chin but keeps coming. #ROC#
Berdnikov is rocked!#CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and clinches.
La De Hoya has a couple of punches blocked by Berdnikov.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Berdnikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Berdnikov.
La De Hoya pressing his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from La De Hoya.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from La De Hoya fails to land.
La De Hoya is struggling to control the position.#T1#
La De Hoya pushes Berdnikov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Berdnikov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Berdnikov avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Berdnikov goes for a takedown attempt but La De Hoya pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Berdnikov misses with a hook.
Berdnikov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
La De Hoya's corner calls for a 1-2. La De Hoya obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. #T2#
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
La De Hoya checks a low kick from Berdnikov.
Alexei Berdnikov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#CL#
La De Hoya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Berdnikov jumps guard but La De Hoya stands there with Berdnikov around his waist. Berdnikov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
La De Hoya can't find room to land a body shot as Berdnikov controls the action.
La De Hoya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Berdnikov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marious La De Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexei Berdnikov.
Berdnikov prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berdnikov.
Berdnikov is pushing La De Hoya up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Berdnikov takes a shot to the head. #T3#
Berdnikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Berdnikovs head.
La De Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Berdnikov working aggressively here.
Berdnikov being controlled against the cage.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya. #T4#
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Berdnikov working aggressively here.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from La De Hoya.
Berdnikov is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
Berdnikov gets through La De Hoya's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Berdnikov seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from La De Hoya.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
Berdnikov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from La De Hoya.
Berdnikov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R3#
Berdnikov fails with the takedown.
La De Hoya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La De Hoya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Berdnikov can do to turn this around?
Berdnikov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Berdnikov.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Berdnikov is just out of range.
La De Hoya connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya scores with a punch to the head.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berdnikov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La De Hoya seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
La De Hoya cracks Berdnikov with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Berdnikov tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but La De Hoya pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Berdnikov is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya retains his featherweight title!
Marious La De Hoya seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: Carnage 27     
Date:   Feb 01, 2017
#R1#
La De Hoya lands a lovely overhand right.
Pritchard lands a jab to La De Hoya's midsection.
Pritchard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A counter left hand to the body from La De Hoya misses its target.
La De Hoya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pritchard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
Pritchard with the counter takedown but La De Hoya avoids it easily.
A low kick from La De Hoya misses #TD2#
and Pritchard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
La De Hoya is positioning himself well to prevent Pritchard advancing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Pritchard is looking for a kimura but La De Hoya is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Pritchard to get the leverage.
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!#SUB2#
Pritchard is looking for a kimura here.
Pritchard wants to pass to mount but La De Hoya is defending the position. #T1#
Pritchard is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
La De Hoya avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pritchard.
Pritchard is trying to control the action in half guard but La De Hoya is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pritchard thows a huge punch but La De Hoya dodges it nicely.
La De Hoya gets back to full guard.
Pritchard postures up and lands a big shot to La De Hoya's brow. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
La De Hoya utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pritchard controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pritchard slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pritchard trying to control the position but La De Hoya is working away. #SUB2#
Pritchard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by La De Hoya, who protects the arm well.
La De Hoya stops Pritchard from passing to mount. #T3##SUB2#
Pritchard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. La De Hoya knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
La De Hoya is looking to reverse the position.
Pritchard misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
La De Hoya struggling a bit here.#SUB2#
Pritchard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, La De Hoya has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pritchard wants to lay and pray for a moment but La De Hoya keeps working. #T4##SUB2#
Pritchard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but La De Hoya is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pritchard lands a decent elbow from side control.
La De Hoya is not content to let Pritchard control the position. #SUB2#
Pritchard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pritchard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB2#
Pritchard is trying to get an arm triangle but La De Hoya is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matty The Viper Pritchard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Nice shot lands for Pritchard.#CL#
La De Hoya clinches.
La De Hoya slowing the pace effectively.
Pritchard is looking to take this one to the mat.
La De Hoya works on Pritchard's body with a couple of short punches.
Pritchard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Pritchard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but La De Hoya is defending well.
Pritchard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. La De Hoya is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marious La De Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matty The Viper Pritchard.#TD2#
Pritchard is trying to trip La De Hoya. He has hold of a leg but La De Hoya is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Pritchard persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pritchard looking to pass the guard.
La De Hoya is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
La De Hoya trying to keep a closed guard but Pritchard is proving a slippery customer.
Matty The Viper Pritchard has got the better of the ground game so far.#T1#
La De Hoya is pulling down on Pritchard's head. It's preventing any offense from Pritchard, at least for the moment.
Pritchard won't allow La De Hoya to sweep him here.
La De Hoya is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
La De Hoya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pritchard on the ground.
La De Hoya is trying to control the position but Pritchard postures up.
Pritchard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pritchard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. La De Hoya swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pritchard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
La De Hoya keeping moving, preventing Pritchard from controlling successfully. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pritchard is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya ducks right into an uppercut from Pritchard.
La De Hoya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
La De Hoya appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pritchard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pritchard misses with a wild combination.
Pritchard shoots in for a takedown but La De Hoya shows good takedown defense.
La De Hoya lands with a hook. Pritchard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Pritchard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. #T3#
La De Hoya fails in his attempt to clinch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Pritchard moves out of range.
Pritchard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matty The Viper Pritchard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
La De Hoya slips a jab and a cross from Pritchard.
Pritchard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pritchard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marious La De Hoya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pritchard tries to bum rush La De Hoya with a series of wild strikes but La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matty The Viper Pritchard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
La De Hoya looks to score with a jab to the body but Pritchard is just out of range.
Pritchard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pritchard scores with a nice right hand.
Pritchard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.#T4#
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!
Pritchard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pritchard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from Pritchard misses.
Matty The Viper Pritchard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pritchard swings widly with a right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a straight right hand.
Pritchard checks the leg kick.
Pritchard walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
Pritchard scores with a hook.
A big right from Pritchard misses.
Pritchard misses with a hook. La De Hoya ducked under it nicely.
La De Hoya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Pritchard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Matty The Viper Pritchard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R3#
La De Hoya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pritchard moves away from the strike by La De Hoya.
Pritchard misses with a shot to the body
and La De Hoya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
La De Hoya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pritchard manages to avoid it.
La De Hoya lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pritchard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.#CL#
La De Hoya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pritchard, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pritchard is trying to pull guard but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Pritchard takes a shot to the head.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head. #T1#
La De Hoya prevents the takedown attempt.
Marious La De Hoya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matty The Viper Pritchard.
Pritchard is trying to pull guard but La De Hoya turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Pritchard wants a takedown but no success here.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
Pritchard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Pritchard tries to score a body lock takedown but La De Hoya shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
I was talking to La De Hoya's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
Pritchard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
La De Hoya prevents a takedown attempt there.
La De Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pritchard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but La De Hoya is defending well.
La De Hoya prevents the takedown attempt.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards.
La De Hoya pushes Pritchard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pritchard backwards. #ROC#
Pritchard is rocked!
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pritchard is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?#T2#
La De Hoya pushes Pritchard against the cage. La De Hoya is working some dirty boxing. La De Hoya pushes off with a quick right hook! Pritchard goes down! Pritchard tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! La De Hoya moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya is the new featherweight champion!
Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: Carnage 26     
Date:   Jan 25, 2017
#R1#
La De Hoya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La De Hoya scores with a spinning back kick!
La De Hoya connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Catos's hands.
Catos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.#CL#
Catos tries to keep at a distance but La De Hoya has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand that snaps the head of Catos backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
Catos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Catos wants to break the clinch but can't.
La De Hoya lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya. #T1#
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Catos has had enough of the clinch but La De Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
La De Hoya lands with a light punch inside.
La De Hoya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Catos looks winded!
La De Hoya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from La De Hoya.
The referee calls for La De Hoya to work.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
A short right from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #T2#
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya effectively controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with La De Hoya for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Catos is trying to push La De Hoya away but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Catos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
Come on La De Hoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Catos is trying to break the clinch but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
Catos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch. #T3#
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Catos is trying to force a seperation but La De Hoya has the dominant position.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Catos wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
La De Hoya avoiding damage.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La De Hoya lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from La De Hoya.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
I was talking to La De Hoya's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A frustrated look appears on Catos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.#T4#
La De Hoya lands a left hand that snaps the head of Catos backwards.
La De Hoya content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as La De Hoya takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Catos's ribcage. Catos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
La De Hoya cracks Catos with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya taking a breather.
Catos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from La De Hoya.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
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.
#R2##CL#
La De Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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 lands a body punch.
La De Hoya has Catos pressed against the cage, preventing Catos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya pushes Catos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
La De Hoya is leaning against Catos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
La De Hoya avoiding damage.
La De Hoya stalling the fight.
Catos can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya prevents Catos from breaking the clinch.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La De Hoya lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for La De Hoya.
Catos is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a body shot.
Catos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La De Hoya has him pressed against the cage.#T1#
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La De Hoya.
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya is stalling here.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.#ROC#
Catos is rocked!
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Catos is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with a shot to the side of Catos's head.
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!
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a big right hand that drops Catos! The killer instinct kicks in and La De Hoya finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by La De Hoya!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

 

Event: Carnage 23     
Date:   Jan 07, 2017
#R1#
Myres dives in for a single leg takedown but La De Hoya sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
La De Hoya looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL#
La De Hoya rushes Myres and presses him up against the cage.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La De Hoya is leaning against Myres and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.#CUT#
It looks like Shane Myres has been cut.
A right handed body shot lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee calls for La De Hoya to work.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
La De Hoya has Myres pushed against the cage.
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
La De Hoya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #T1#
La De Hoya works on Myres's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands on the inside with an uppercut.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La De Hoya cracks Myres with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from La De Hoya as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya cracks Myres with a nice body shot.
La De Hoya lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya. #T2#
La De Hoya lands with a right to the head. #ROC#
Myres is rocked!
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myres is still on wobbly legs! Can La De Hoya finish him?
La De Hoya creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Myres with a big uppercut! Myres tries to clinch up but La De Hoya pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Myres to the mat! Myres covers up and La De Hoya unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Shane Myres stepped up to the mic, saying 'well that performance sucked. Sorry guys '.

 

Event: Carnage 21     
Date:   Dec 21, 2016
#R1#
A right-left combo lands from Silvia. #CUT2#
It looks like Marious La De Hoya has been cut.
Silvia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before La De Hoya has time to react.
Shawn Silvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvia lands a right hook to the body.
La De Hoya rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silvia counters with a left and a right that stings La De Hoya. #ROC2#
La De Hoya is rocked!
La De Hoya lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
La De Hoya with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvia throws a body punch but La De Hoya moves out of range.
Silvia swings away with a body shot that misses #CL#
and La De Hoya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silvia misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvia tries to work over La De Hoya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvia tries to throw a body punch but La De Hoya avoids it by throwing Silvia back against the cage.
Silvia misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya lands with a left to the head.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
La De Hoya working aggressively here.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Silvia blocks it. #T1#
La De Hoya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silvia scores with a shot to the side of La De Hoya's head.
La De Hoya working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvia's elbow.
La De Hoya lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La De Hoya works on Silvia's body with a couple of short punches.
La De Hoya lands an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Silvia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvia's gas tank.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Silvia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvia's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
Good body shot from La De Hoya.
Silvia misses with a hook to the ribs.
La De Hoya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silvia.
La De Hoya avoiding damage.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T2#
Silvia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to La De Hoya's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
La De Hoya blocks a body shot from Silvia.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La De Hoya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvia throws a head punch that misses.
Silvia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
La De Hoya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silvia has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Silvia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silvia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silvia blocks a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silvia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvia. #T3#
Silvia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silvia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Silvia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silvia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silvia lands with a right to the head.
Silvia throws a head punch that misses.
Silvia misses with a punch to the body.
Silvia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La De Hoya.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
La De Hoya tries a body shot but Silvia blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. #T4#
La De Hoya is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvia gets an underhook and turns La De Hoya into the cage.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
A bit of stalling here from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silvia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silvia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya stalling against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La De Hoya.
Silvia misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya prevents a body shot from Silvia.
A right hand to the body from Silvia.
La De Hoya trying to control the position but instead, Silvia has worked for underhooks and has pushed La De Hoya into the cage.
Silvia blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marious La De Hoya's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Silvia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. La De Hoya looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
La De Hoya misses with an uppercut
letting Silvia counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#CL#
La De Hoya clinches.
Silvia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La De Hoya's elbow.
Silvia presses La De Hoya against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvia.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Silvia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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 doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvia effectively controlling the action here.
Silvia effectively controlling the action here.#T1#
Silvia lands with a left to the head.
Silvia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Silvia backwards.
Silvia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
La De Hoya scores with a nice hook to the head.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Come on La De Hoya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
La De Hoya managing to block the knees to the body from Silvia.
Silvia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La De Hoya has a couple of punches blocked by Silvia.
Marious La De Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T2#
Silvia is struggling to control the position.
Silvia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silvia receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Silvia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Silvia.
Silvia tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvia lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from La De Hoya - that landed with a thud.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
Silvia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silvia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but La De Hoya is keeping busy.
La De Hoya stalling in the clinch but Silvia improves position. #T3#
La De Hoya lands a body punch in the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvia is trying to stall.
Silvia swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya presses Silvia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silvia wants to stall.
La De Hoya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silvia tries a body shot but La De Hoya blocks it.
Silvia has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from La De Hoya.
Silvia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stalling in the clinch from La De Hoya. #T4#
La De Hoya misses with a hook from the clinch.
La De Hoya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvia is trying to maintain a safe position but La De Hoya gets an underhook and turns Silvia into the cage.
Silvia misses with some punches.
Silvia has a couple of punches blocked by La De Hoya.
Silvia scores with a hook to the body.
Silvia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La De Hoya stalling against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silvia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch.
La De Hoya scores with a hook to the body.
Silvia blocks an uppercut.
Silvia lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvias head.
Silvia misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shawn Silvia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Marious La De Hoya's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
A big left from Silvia misses.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch
and Silvia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silvia throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silvia takes a swing at La De Hoya's ribcage but misses.
Silvia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
La De Hoya tries to clinch but Silvia moves out of range.
La De Hoya gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silvia.
La De Hoya is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvia lands with a nice combination. La De Hoya backs away looking to recover.
Oh La De Hoya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silvia looks to score with a jab to the body but La De Hoya is just out of range.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up.
La De Hoya seems to have got his legs back now.
Silvia looks to land a left hand but La De Hoya moved out of range nicely.
La De Hoya takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#T1#
La De Hoya swings for the body but Silvia moves out of range.
La De Hoya throws a hook but Silvia avoids it easily.
La De Hoya swings widly with a right hand
and Silvia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silvia throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya throws a jab but it's blocked by Silvia.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silvia misses with a body shot.
La De Hoya wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
La De Hoya tries to clinch up
and Silvia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.#T2#
La De Hoya misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silvia counters with a stiff right hand.
La De Hoya connects with a crisp jab.
Silvia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air. #CL#
La De Hoya moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son. #BC2#
Silvia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silvia lands a nice shot that snaps La De Hoya's head back.
La De Hoya slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
La De Hoya comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#CL#
La De Hoya clinches with his opponent.
Silvia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T3#
La De Hoya lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvia misses with the head strike.
Silvia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silvia.
Silvia swings wildly with an uppercut but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya digs a right hand underneath Silvia's ribcage. Silvia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
La De Hoya managing to block the knees to the body from Silvia.
La De Hoya lands a nice shot to the body.
La De Hoya blocks an uppercut.
Silvia trying to stall but La De Hoya improves his position.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya lands with a short shot to the head.
La De Hoya tries to stall but Silvia uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silvia throws a punch but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with a hook to the ribs. #T4#
Silvia can't find room to land a body shot as La De Hoya controls the action.
Silvia prevents a body shot from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya gets through Silvia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La De Hoya throws a head punch that misses.
Silvia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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 misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Silvia throws knees to the body.
Silvia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silvia.
A short right from La De Hoya on the inside.
Silvia misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvia. #BC2#
Silvia breaks from the clinch. #CL#
La De Hoya instigates a clinch.
La De Hoya misses with some punches.
La De Hoya tries to throw a body punch but Silvia avoids it by throwing La De Hoya back against the cage.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
La De Hoya digs a right hand into Silvia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvia's gas tank.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Silvia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silvia 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Silvia!

A victorious Shawn Silvia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

 

Event: Quick Fight Championship     
Date:   Sep 30, 2016
#R1#
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Shadow's shoulder, as Shadow tries to avoid the shot.
Shadow tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and La De Hoya connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CUT2#
It looks like Silent Shadow has been cut.
Shadow closes the distance looking to clinch
and La De Hoya counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#ROC2#
Shadow is rocked!
Shadow is looking to clinch but La De Hoya is avoiding it.
Oh Shadow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
La De Hoya walks into a left hand.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
Shadow seems to have got his legs back now.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shadow wants to break free but La De Hoya has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a right hand.
La De Hoya just leaning against Shadow, taking a breather.
La De Hoya dips a shoulder and cracks Shadow with a mighty uppercut! Shadow falls back against the cage and La De Hoya unloads with a barrage of strikes! Shadow is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - La De Hoya screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marious La De Hoya!
Our winner, Marious La De Hoya, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

 

Event: QFC Tournament 650 Round 4     
Date:   Jul 29, 2016
#R1#
Brivio tries to close the distance and clinch but Sosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Brivio. #CL#
Brivio drives through and clinches with Sosa against the cage.
Brivio tries to pull guard but Sosa holds him up against the cage and eventually Brivio drops back down to his feet.
A short left from Sosa.
Brivio takes a shot to the head. #TD#
Brivio jumps into guard, dragging Sosa to the mat. #SUB#
Brivio has his feet on Sosa's thighs here. He's pushed Sosa off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sosa screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marco Brivio!

 

Event: QFC Tournament 650 Round 3     
Date:   Jul 28, 2016
#R1#
Brown tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sosa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brown somewhat.#TD#
Brown shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brown showed some decent athleticism there. #ES2#
Sosa manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sosa cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brown darts in looking for a takedown but Sosa gets double underhooks and turns Brown into the cage.
Sosa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sosa scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sosa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sosa closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Brown! Sosa dives in looking to finish! Brown is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!
A relieved looking Marcello Sosa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

 

Event: QFC Tournament 650 Round 2     
Date:   Jul 27, 2016
#R1#
Vignisson ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Vignisson's head but Vignisson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sosa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vignissons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vignisson.
Vignisson tries to clinch up.
Sosa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vignisson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vignisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Sosa misses.
Sosa throws a lazy right hand but Vignisson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vignisson is looking to counter the offense by Sosa and move into the clinch.
Sosa throws a right hand that Vignisson ducks under and follows up with a left that Vignisson also avoids with ease.
Vignisson ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Sosa misses with a looping left.
Vignisson tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sosa manages to circle out of the way.
Vignisson avoids a punch combination nicely. #T1#
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vignisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Sosa tries to get set, Vignisson tries to push him back and clinch up but Sosa manages to avoid the attempt.
Sosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Vignisson.
Vignisson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sosa throws a poor cross that misses #CL#
and Vignisson counters by clinching up.
Vignisson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vignisson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sosa is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vignisson.
Vignisson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sosa.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vignisson prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Vignisson blocks an uppercut.
Vignisson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sosa avoids it.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sosa is defending well for now.#T2#
Vignisson taking a breather.
Vignisson prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Vignisson controls the action.
Vignisson missing with knees to the body.
Sosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Vignisson controls his hands.
Sosa scores with a shot to the side of Vignisson's head.
Vignisson slows down the pace here.
Sosa is leaning against Vignisson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Sosa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vignisson looking to slow down the pace here.
Sosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sosa misses with a punch to the body. #T3#
Vignisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sosa avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa lands with a short shot to the head.
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vignisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sosa avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.
Sosa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vignisson backwards.
Sosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vignisson's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sosa as Vignisson tries to tie him up.
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa throws a head punch that misses.
Vignisson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sosa avoids it.
Sosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vignisson or not.
Sosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Vignisson controls his hands. #T4#
Vignisson blocking some punches.
Vignisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sosa avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Vignisson is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Vignisson controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Sosa.
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sosa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vignisson blocking some punches.
Vignisson trying to control the position but instead, Sosa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vignisson into the cage.
Sosa tries to work over Vignisson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A bit of stalling here from Vignisson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Sosa sizes up Vignisson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. #CL#
Vignisson clinches up against the cage.
Vignisson is looking to control Sosa's arms but Sosa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vignisson has his back to the cage.
Vignisson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sosa is defending well for now.
Sosa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vignisson.
Sosa lands with a right to the head.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Sosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vignisson stalling in the clinch but Sosa improves position. #T1#
Sosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sosa lands a left hand.
Vignisson prevents a body shot from Sosa.
Sosa pushes Vignisson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sosa managing to block the knees to the body from Vignisson.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Sosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Vignisson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa misses with some punches.
Vignisson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sosa is defending well for now.
Sosa misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa lands a nice shot to the body.
Vignisson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sosa gets an underhook and turns Vignisson into the cage.
Sosa working aggressively here.
Vignisson looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa. #T2#
Sosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sosa misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vignisson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vignisson blocks a body shot from Sosa.
Sosa lands a left hand.
Sosa tries to work over Vignisson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vignisson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sosa.
Sosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Vignisson controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Sosa.
Sosa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vignisson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vignisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sosa avoids the damage to the body. #T3#
Sosa misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa misses with a punch to the body.
Sosa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vignisson trying to stall but Sosa improves his position.
A hook to the body from Sosa.
Sosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vignisson prevents a body shot from Sosa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vignisson.
Vignisson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sosa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Vignisson.
Sosa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vignisson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sosa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sosa working aggressively here. #T4#
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa lands a right hand.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sosa as Vignisson tries to tie him up.
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa has a couple of punches blocked by Vignisson.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Vignisson avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vignisson misses with a knee strike.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sosa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sosa.
Vignisson trying to land knees to the body.
Sosa lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vignisson's elbow.
Sosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Vignisson.
Sosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Vignisson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sosa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcello Sosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vignisson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sosa throws a jab but it's blocked by Vignisson.
Vignisson doesn't manage to clinch there - Sosa circles away.
Vignisson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vignisson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Vignisson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Marcello Sosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vignisson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vignisson tries to clinch up.
Sosa throws out a counter right but Vignisson avoids it with no problem.
Sosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vignisson drops his hands momentarily and Sosa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vignisson.
Sosa throws a hook but Vignisson avoids it easily.
A big left from Sosa misses. #T1#
Sosa swats away the attempt to clinch by Vignisson.
Sosa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vignisson tries to clinch but Sosa moves out of range.
Vignisson wants to clinch up but Sosa keeps it at a distance.
Sosa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vignisson slips a jab and a cross from Sosa.
Vignisson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vignisson manages to avoid it.
Vignisson is looking to counter the offense by Sosa and move into the clinch.
Vignisson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sosa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Vignisson. Vignisson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sosa misses with a body shot.
Sosa throws a hook but Vignisson avoids it easily.#T2#
Good shot there by Sosa.#ROC2#
Vignisson is rocked!
Vignisson gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sosa gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

 

Event: QFC Tournament 650 Round 1     
Date:   Jul 26, 2016
#R1#
Brzenk misses with a double jab.
Brzenk lands a nice shot that snaps Sosa's head back. #CL#
Sosa clinches with his opponent.
Sosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sosa misses with the head strike.
Brzenk misses with a body punch.
Brzenk wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Sosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Brzenk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brzenk backwards.
A short body shot lands from Sosa as the two fighters clinch.
Sosa lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sosa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brzenk is looking to control Sosa's arms but Sosa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brzenk has his back to the cage.
Sosa scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brzenk takes a shot to the head.
Sosa lands a right hand.
Sosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brzenk backwards. #ROC#
Brzenk is rocked!#T1#
Brzenk blocking some punches.
Sosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Brzenk backwards.
Brzenk is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Still in the clinch, Sosa scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sosa.
Sosa creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Brzenk's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Brzenk drops to his knees and Sosa pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.

 

 
 
 
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