PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Koh Ibu (ranked 3270 p4p, 22907 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 176 p4p, 315 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ibu
vs
La De Hoya

175 cm
44
132
37 - 15 - 1

169 cm
42
140
34 - 17 - 1

World class boxer
Big right hand

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koh Ibu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.

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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.

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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.

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.