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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Silva Scorpion (ranked 18008 p4p, 22205 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 466 p4p, 459 weight class). Scorpion comes into the arena with Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz) blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 52 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Silva Scorpion!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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.
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!
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
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.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
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.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Scorpion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
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.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
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.
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