PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bruyne
vs
Donnelly

175 cm
23
161 lbs
13 - 0 - 1

173 cm
24
161 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruyne blocks a leg kick.
Bruyne is looking to counter punch.
Donnelly moves out of range as Bruyne strikes.
Bruyne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Donnelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bruyne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Liam Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruyne throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Donnelly counters with a slapping leg kick.

Donnelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bruyne, pushing him back against the cage.
Donnelly tries to throw a body punch but Bruyne avoids it by throwing Donnelly back against the cage.
Bruyne tries a body shot but Donnelly blocks it.
Donnelly has Bruyne pushed against the cage.
Bruyne misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly pushes Bruyne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bruyne pushes Donnelly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruyne.
Donnelly tries to work over Bruyne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Donnelly prevents a body shot from Bruyne.
Bruyne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donnelly lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
A short uppercut from Donnelly.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Bruyne lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Bruyne.
A shot in the inside from Bruyne.
Bruyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne prevents a body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
Bruyne struggles to land a body shot inside as Donnelly controls his hands.
Bruyne misses with the head strike.
Donnelly throws a head punch that misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Donnelly has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A left hand lands to the body for Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
Donnelly blocks a body shot from Bruyne.
A right handed body shot lands from Donnelly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruyne.
Bruyne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bruyne lands a nice uppercut.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bruyne's elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Donnelly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Donnelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly blocking some punches.
A short right from Donnelly.
Bruyne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Bruyne.
Donnelly tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Donnelly tries to work over Bruyne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donnelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Donnelly is pushing Bruyne up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bruyne prevents a body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with the head strike.
Bruyne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bruyne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Bruyne being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donnelly.
Bruyne has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bruyne.
Bruyne misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donnelly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruyne throws a punch but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly jumps guard but Bruyne turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bruyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bruyne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.

Bruyne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
A swing and a miss from Donnelly.
Bruyne half committed to a counter leg kick.
Donnelly slips under a jab.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
It looked like Bruyne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Donnelly dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bruyne misses with a body shot
and Donnelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bruyne's knee momentarily.
Donnelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruyne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Donnelly scores with a spinning back kick!
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick
and Bruyne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bruyne throws a chopping leg kick but Donnelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bruyne.
Donnelly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bruyne counters with a low kick, right behind Donnelly 's knee.
Bruyne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donnelly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bruyne.
A little feinted left hand from Bruyne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruyne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Donnelly counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly shoots for a takedown but Bruyne saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Donnelly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Donnelly misses its intended target.
It looked like Bruyne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donnelly lands with an uppercut that bounces Bruyne off the cage and back into range.
Bruyne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bruyne misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Bruyne walks into a stiff left hand from Donnelly.
Donnelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bruyne moves out of range of the leg kick from Donnelly.
As Donnelly backs away, Bruyne returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bruyne catches Donnelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liam Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donnelly throws a hook to the side of Bruyne's head but Bruyne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bruyne punishes Donnelly's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruyne just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne ducks under a wild hook from Donnelly.
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
Bruyne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donnelly's head backwards.
Donnelly lands a nice hook to Bruyne's body. Bruyne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Bruyne misses with a wild body shot.
Bruyne ducks under a wild hook from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bruyne feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bruyne swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Bruyne misses with the body kick
and Donnelly counters with a right hand to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly blocks a leg kick.
Bruyne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Donnelly if he has to take too many more of those.
Bruyne looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Donnelly scores with a leg kick.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Bruyne avoids them all with ease.
Bruyne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bruyne throws a big counter combination but Donnelly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bruyne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Donnelly. That did some damage!
Bruyne tried to score with a low kick but Donnelly checks it.
It seemed like Donnelly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De Bruyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruyne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Donnelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Donnelly.
Bruyne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donnelly! But no joy.
Bruyne looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Donnelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donnelly cracks the inside of Bruyne's front leg.
Donnelly tries to move into range but Bruyne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Donnelly misses the target.
Bruyne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly just manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a lazy right hand but Donnelly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruyne throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Donnelly releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bruyne scores with a nice body kick.
Bruyne misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bruyne blocks it well.
Bruyne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a wild body kick that Bruyne sees coming a mile off.
Bruyne throws a big shot that misses.
Donnelly now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bruyne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donnelly. Donnelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Bruyne moves his leg out of the way.
Bruyne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Donnelly. Donnelly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Donnelly throws a right hand that misses
and Bruyne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good work by Donnelly as he checks the leg kick.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Bruyne.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donnelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Liam Donnelly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.

Donnelly tried to score with a low kick but Bruyne checks it.
Bruyne tried to counter with a leg kick but Donnelly avoided it.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
Bruyne throws a looping overhand right but Donnelly ducks down to avoid it.
Donnelly moves out of range as Bruyne strikes.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Bruyne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donnelly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruyne sets himself, and Donnelly steps forward looking for the clinch! Bruyne avoids it this time.
A jab from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne lands a leg kick that knocks Donnelly off balance momentarily.
Bruyne lands a leg kick that knocks Donnelly off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Donnelly closes the distance and clinches.
Liam Donnelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Donnelly working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Donnelly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Bruyne.
Donnelly working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Donnelly is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bruyne to keep the fight standing.
Donnelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruyne lands a body shot.
Bruyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee is keeping an eye on Donnelly - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruyne.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bruyne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donnelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bruyne misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Donnelly lands with a right to the head.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Donnelly fails to land.
Bruyne scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly working aggressively here.
Donnelly throws a head punch that misses.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
Bruyne tries to work over Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruyne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bruyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruyne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Bruyne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruyne tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruyne connects with a looping right hand.
Bruyne jabs Donnelly right on the nose. Donnelly blinks but takes it well.

Donnelly gets a clinch.
Donnelly lands a hook that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
Donnelly misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne lands with a light punch inside.
Donnelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donnelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Bruyne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bruyne misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Donnelly as the two fighters clinch.
Bruyne throws a head punch that misses.
Bruyne can't find room to land a body shot as Donnelly controls the action.
Bruyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne misses with a punch to the body.
Bruyne can't find room to land a body shot as Donnelly controls the action.
Bruyne prevents a body shot from Donnelly.

Bruyne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donnelly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bruyne misses with a wild body shot.
Bruyne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Donnelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly looks to land a left hand but Bruyne moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly jabs Bruyne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donnelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bruyne slips under a jab from Donnelly.
A solid body kick from Donnelly.
Bruyne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donnelly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bruyne slips a jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly stuns Bruyne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bruyne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donnelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bruyne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donnelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Donnelly really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bruyne throws a lazy uppercut
and Donnelly counters with a solid body kick.
Bruyne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Donnelly pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bruyne back to the cage. Donnelly follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Donnelly misses the shot to the body.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bruyne moves out of range as Donnelly strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bruyne checks a leg kick.
Bruyne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Donnelly. That one must have hurt.
Bruyne moves out of range of the body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Donnelly lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bruyne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bruyne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne misses with an uppercut.
Donnelly is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bruyne with a body shot.
Donnelly scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick from Donnelly lands but Bruyne takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donnelly takes one to the chin there.
Bruyne scores with a jab to the head.
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
Donnelly scores with a head kick.

Bruyne is rocked!
Donnelly lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bruyne's sensitive parts.
Donnelly tries to work over Bruyne's front leg with a kick but Bruyne checks it.
As Donnelly backs away, Bruyne returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Donnelly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Bruyne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donnelly throws a low kick but Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Donnelly lands a lovely overhand right.
Donnelly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bruyne feints and then cracks Donnelly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Donnelly down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly thuds his shin into the meat of Bruyne's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Bruyne's belly button to the back.
Bruyne scores with a shot to the body.
Donnelly throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oh Bruyne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bruyne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crunch! Bruyne slams his shin into Donnelly's torso.
Bruyne seems to have got his legs back now.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruyne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruyne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bruyne looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Bruyne checks it.
Donnelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruyne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Donnelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bruyne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bruyne thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Donnelly if he has to take too many more of those.
Bruyne connects with a solid leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a hook.
Bruyne misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Donnelly. Beautiful body shot.
Donnelly takes a swing at Bruyne's ribcage but misses.
Bruyne scores with a leg kick.
Donnelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bruyne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Donnelly. Beautiful body shot.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donnelly scores with a head kick. Bruyne tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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!
Donnelly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bruyne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Donnelly scrambles back to his feet.
Donnelly cracks a nice hook into Bruyne's ribs.
Donnelly thumps Bruyne with a low kick.
Donnelly cracks Bruyne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bruyne.
Bruyne with a jab.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bruyne misses with a straight left.
Donnelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donnelly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Donnelly throws a body punch but Bruyne moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Donnelly dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bruyne connects with a body shot that sends Donnelly's belly button to the back.
Donnelly slips a jab from Bruyne.
Donnelly slips a jab from Bruyne.
Bruyne lands a nice looking body shot.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. Bruyne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bruyne connects with a leg kick. Donnelly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donnelly misses with a straight right.
Bruyne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly just manages to avoid it.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Bruyne.
Bruyne misses with a hook. Donnelly ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly misses with a body shot
and Bruyne counters with a leg kick.
Bruyne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bruyne keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bruyne has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donnelly lands with an overhand left.
Donnelly scores with a kick to the body.
Bruyne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Donnellys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Donnelly is looking to land body kicks.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donnelly scores with a nice right hand.
A solid body kick from Bruyne.
Bruyne slips under a jab.

Donnelly shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly trying to pass the guard but Bruyne defending well.
De Bruyne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Bruyne is defending against the submission attempts here by Donnelly.
Donnelly is thwarting Bruyne's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne wants to sweep but Donnelly has passed to side control!
Bruyne wants to control but Donnelly postures up.
Bruyne is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Donnelly wants to control but Bruyne is keeping him busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Donnelly goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bruyne rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Donnelly's guard! Nice work there by Bruyne!
Donnelly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Donnelly escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bruyne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Donnelly throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bruyne escapes and throws Donnelly's legs to the side, diving into side control!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Liam Donnelly.
Well Donnelly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:49
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Donnelly!
Liam Donnelly is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Liam Donnelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.