PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 22179 p4p, 5296 weight class) and Riku Yamato (ranked 477 p4p, 426 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

La De Hoya
vs
Yamato

169 cm
44
140
39 - 18 - 2

172 cm
27
148
2 - 7 - 0

World class MT
KO power

Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Riku Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

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

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.

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!

That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

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.