PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger De La Hoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduard Syroviy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Hoya comes to the cage accompanied by The Game - My Life ft. Lil Wayne. Syroviy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Три Буквы . Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

De La Hoya
vs
Syroviy

194 cm
22
285 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
260 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger De La Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduard Syroviy!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Syroviy connects with a right hand. De La Hoya shakes it off.

It looks like Roger De La Hoya has been cut.
De La Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Syroviy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Hoya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Syroviy looks gassed!

De La Hoya gets a double leg takedown into Syroviy's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
De La Hoya trying to control but Syroviy is working from the bottom.
De La Hoya stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Syroviy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Hoya throws a big elbow that misses.
De La Hoya wants to control from the top but Syroviy keeps moving.
De La Hoya wants to pass the guard but Syroviy is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De La Hoya trying to control but Syroviy is working from the bottom.
Syroviy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De La Hoya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Hoya slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Roger De La Hoya has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Syroviy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Hoya keeps control of Syroviy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya leaning against his opponent.
Syroviy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De La Hoya lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Syroviy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Syroviy avoiding damage as De La Hoya throws knees to the body.
Syroviy blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Syroviy fails to land.
De La Hoya connects with a nasty looking knee right to Syroviy's face.

It looks like Eduard Syroviy has been cut.
Syroviy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya misses with a knee to the 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!
Syroviy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De La Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
Syroviy is trying to break the clinch but De La Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
Syroviy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Syroviy breaks from the clinch.
Syroviy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Syroviy has De La Hoya up against the cage in a clinch.
Syroviy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Syroviy wants to get back to striking at distance but De La Hoya won't allow it.
De La Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Syroviy avoiding damage as De La Hoya throws knees to the body.
De La Hoya has Syroviy pressed against the cage, preventing Syroviy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De La Hoya prevents Syroviy from breaking the clinch.
De La Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Syroviy's efforts to push away.
Syroviy avoids a wild elbow strike from De La Hoya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Syroviy blocks it with crossed arms.
De La Hoya lands an elbow just above Syroviy 's eye.
Syroviy tries to circle away but De La Hoya has him pinned against the cage.
De La Hoya keeps control of Syroviy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Syroviy blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Syroviy's efforts to push away.
Syroviy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Syroviy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De La Hoya landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Syroviy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De La Hoya creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De La Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from De La Hoya.
Syroviy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Syroviy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De La Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De La Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
Syroviy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De La Hoya keeps control of Syroviy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but Syroviy blocks it.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Syroviy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De La Hoya blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Syroviy.
De La Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Hoya scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Eduard Syroviy's cut even more.
De La Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syroviy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Syroviy is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Hoya has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Hoya lands a knee to the head.
Syroviy can't break the clinch.
Syroviy has had enough of the clinch but De La Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
Syroviy is trying to force a seperation but De La Hoya has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger De La Hoya dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Syroviy throws a looping overhand right but De La Hoya ducks down to avoid it.
Syroviy throws a head kick that misses.
Syroviy swings for the body but De La Hoya moves out of range.
De La Hoya scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De La Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Syroviy.

De La Hoya forces Syroviy back against the cage and clinches.
De La Hoya is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Syroviy wants to get back to striking at distance but De La Hoya won't allow it.
Syroviy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De La Hoya.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Syroviy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De La Hoya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Syroviy is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Syroviy is trying to break the clinch but De La Hoya is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Syroviy blocks an elbow strike from De La Hoya.
De La Hoya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Hoya misses with a knee strike.
Syroviy is trying to break the clinch but De La Hoya is controlling him.
De La Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
De La Hoya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De La Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roger De La Hoya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Syroviy is looking to break free of the clinch but De La Hoya has double underhooks.
Syroviy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De La Hoya has him pressed against the cage.
De La Hoya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De La Hoya misses with a knee to the head.
Syroviy has had enough of the clinch but De La Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
De La Hoya landing knees to the head.
De La Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syroviy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Syroviy looking to slow down the pace here.
Syroviy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syroviy throws a punch but it's blocked by De La Hoya.
De La Hoya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Syroviy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Hoya keeps control of Syroviy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Syroviy won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Hoya throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Hoya lands a good knee to the midsection. Syroviy won't want to take too many of those.
Syroviy has had enough of the clinch but De La Hoya keeps him there for the moment.
Syroviy tries to circle away but De La Hoya has him pinned against the cage.

De La Hoya drops Syroviy with a big knee straight up the middle! Syroviy is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Eduard Syroviy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Syroviy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Syroviy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De La Hoya.

De La Hoya closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Hoya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Syroviy blocks it with crossed arms.
Syroviy wants to break free but De La Hoya has control.
De La Hoya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Hoya tries to land knees in the clinch but Syroviy avoids the damage to the body.
De La Hoya looking to throw knees to the head but Syroviy is blocking nicely.
De La Hoya is pushing Syroviy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

De La Hoya drops Syroviy with a big knee straight up the middle! Syroviy is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Syroviy is rocked!
De La Hoya fakes the body blow, causing Syroviy to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Syroviy goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roger De La Hoya!
After winning the bout, Roger De La Hoya thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.