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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marious La De Hoya (ranked 1088 p4p, 43 weight class) and Tor Lovig (ranked 2107 p4p, 108 weight class). La De Hoya kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cocaine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lovig's choice of entrance music: TechnoViking Prophecy. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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139 lbs
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170 cm
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tor Lovig!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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
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.
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.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya content to control rather than advance.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
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!
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
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!
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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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