PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and De Bruyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruyne has chosen Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Donnelly
vs
Bruyne

173 cm
25
161 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

175 cm
24
161 lbs
14 - 1 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Bullet Proof System
MayheM sportswear

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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Bruyne to counter with a crisp jab.
Donnelly throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Donnelly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bruyne blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Bruyne lands with an uppercut that bounces Donnelly off the cage and back into range.
Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bruyne moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bruyne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnelly.
Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruyne was well out of range. Poor timing from Donnelly.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.
It looked like Donnelly was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bruyne.
Donnelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Bruyne counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donnelly throws a head kick but Bruyne moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bruyne! But no joy.
Bruyne misses with the body kick
and Donnelly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bruyne lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Donnelly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruyne.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruyne moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne connects with a single shot there.
Donnelly has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Donnelly tries to close the distance and clinch but Bruyne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donnelly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruyne is just out of range.
Bruyne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bruyne will feel that in the morning.
Donnelly fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donnelly is looking to wear down Bruyne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bruyne tries to score with a low kick but Donnelly moves his leg out of the way.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bruyne tries a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly is wise to it.
Donnelly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bruyne looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Some bone on bone action there as Donnelly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Donnelly misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Bruyne does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Bruyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bruyne.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne avoids the head kick by Donnelly.
Bruyne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Donnelly.
Bruyne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Donnelly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Donnelly moves forwards but Bruyne connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bruyne checks a low kick from Donnelly.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bruyne! But no joy.
Donnelly misses with a kick to the body
and Bruyne counters with a thumping low kick.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
Donnelly delivers a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruyne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly checks a leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Bruyne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
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.
Bruyne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bruyne scores with a leg kick.
Bruyne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Donnelly lands with a right hand.
Bruyne jabs Donnelly to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Donnelly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donnelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bruyne counters with an outside leg kick.
Donnelly clobbers Bruyne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donnelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bruyne takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.
Bruyne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bruyne throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
Donnelly seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bruyne.
Bruyne throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Bruyne is looking to score with low kicks.
Donnelly thuds a left hand into Bruyne's body.
Bruyne cracks Donnelly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Bruyne is looking to land body kicks.
Donnelly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bruyne connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Donnelly misses its target.
That kick from Bruyne tenderised Donnelly's leg. Donnelly is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donnelly shoots in for a takedown but Bruyne shows good takedown defense.
Donnelly looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruyne is just out of range.
Bruyne tries a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly is wise to it.
Bruyne wants to slow Donnelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Bruyne turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

De Bruyne dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A jab lands there for Bruyne.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Bruyne moved out of range.
Bruyne is trying to counter with his kicks.
Bruyne cracks Donnelly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bruyne throws the left hand but Donnelly avoids the punch easily.
Donnelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bruyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.
Donnelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bruyne turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bruyne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donnelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bruyne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bruyne scores with the left hand. Donnelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Donnelly lands with a nice body punch.
Bruyne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruyne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne checks a leg kick nicely.
Bruyne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donnelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Bruyne throws out a counter right but Donnelly avoids it with no problem.
Bruyne misses with a low kick as Donnelly jumps back.
Bruyne throws a lazy body kick
and Donnelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bruyne thinking.
Bruyne connects with a looping right hand.
Donnelly throws a shot to the body.
Donnelly lands a nice shot to the body.
Donnelly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bruyne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donnelly shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bruyne as he jumps to the side.
Bruyne replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Donnelly blocks it well.
Bruyne dips to his left and cracks Donnelly with an uppercut!
De Bruyne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donnelly misses with a left hand
letting Bruyne counter with a right hand.
Bruyne misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bruyne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donnelly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly takes one on the button.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bruyne.
Bruyne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Donnelly's hands.
Bruyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Bruyne tries to score with a low kick but Donnelly moves his leg out of the way.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruyne.
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.
Bruyne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donnelly's calf.
Donnelly scores with a punch to the head.
Donnelly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a series of punches but Donnelly avoids them all with ease.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Donnelly ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Bruyne's ribs.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.

Donnelly gets a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donnelly.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bruyne.
Donnelly lands a left hand.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bruyne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Donnelly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bruyne manages to break the clinch.
Bruyne scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Donnelly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Donnelly scores with a jab.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Bruyne ducks down to avoid it.
Bruyne misses with a body kick.
Donnelly lands a two punch combo.

Bruyne is rocked!
Donnelly swings for the body but Bruyne moves out of range.
Bruyne is still on wobbly legs! Can Donnelly finish him?
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Bruyne seems to have recovered his senses.
Bruyne throws a low kick, looking for Donnelly's leg but Donnelly calmly moves out of range.
Donnelly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bruyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bruyne thumps Donnelly with a low kick.
Bruyne scores with a nice strike.
A solid body kick from Donnelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but De Bruyne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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 throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Bruyne throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bruyne fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Bruyne.
Bruyne scores with a leg kick.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.
Bruyne scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bruyne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donnelly.
Bruyne misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bruyne is out of range.
Donnelly swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bruyne is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Bruyne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bruyne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donnelly checks it well.
Bruyne takes one to the chin there.
Donnelly motions for Bruyne to come forward. Donnelly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bruyne scoring well with a low kick there.
Bruyne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Donnelly. That one must have hurt.
Donnelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bruyne. Donnelly shrugs it off though.
Donnelly throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bruyne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruyne looks to throw a body kick
letting Donnelly counter with a right hand.
Bruyne lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruyne slips under a jab from Donnelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Bruyne moves out of range.
Donnelly fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bruyne checks it well.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnelly scores with a nice right hand.
Donnelly throws a push kick but Bruyne slaps the foot to one side.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bruyne! But no joy.
Donnelly throws an off balance right hand
and Bruyne counters with a nice leg kick.
Bruyne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Donnelly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bruyne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Bruyne off balance momentarily.
Donnelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donnelly shoots in and drives through. Bruyne sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Bruyne tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.
A left lands for Bruyne.
Donnelly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bruyne misses with a kick to the body.
Donnelly lands a nice hook to Bruyne's body. Bruyne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bruyne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bruyne has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Bruyne checks the leg kick.
Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bruyne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jab, jab by Bruyne - just one landing.
Donnelly checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly looks to land a body kick but Bruyne moved away.
Donnelly dives in and grabs Bruyne's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bruyne pushes down on Donnelly's head and hops out.
Donnelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
Donnelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Donnelly as he connects with a hook.
Donnelly is looking to clinch.
Bruyne missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruyne has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donnelly.
Donnelly moves in looking to clinch but Bruyne pushes him off.
Donnelly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Donnelly there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Liam Donnelly did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Donk. Bruyne catches Donnelly right on the button with a cross.
Bruyne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donnelly's head backwards.
Bruyne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Donnelly's sensitive parts.
Donnelly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bruyne thows a body kick. Donnelly tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Donnelly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruyne scores with a crisp jab that stopped Donnelly in his tracks.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
Bruyne looks to land a right hand but Donnelly moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Donnelly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Donnelly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Donnelly swinging wildly here.
Bruyne tries a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne cracks Donnelly with an open hand slap.
Bruyne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Good work by Donnelly as he checks the leg kick.
Bruyne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donnelly.
Bruyne connects with a looping right hand.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Bruyne looks to move away, Donnelly throws a big counter combo but Bruyne just gets out of the way.
Bruyne checks the leg kick.
Bruyne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruyne throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bruyne looks to land a left hand but Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
Bruyne swats away the attempt to clinch by Donnelly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly scores with a hook to the body. Bruyne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donnelly tries to clinch up.
Bruyne moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruyne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Donnelly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bruyne doesn't seem bothered though.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donnelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruyne gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Donnelly counters with a shoot takedown. Bruyne fights it but they end up in guard.
Donnelly trying to control but Bruyne is working from the bottom.
Bruyne controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly is in close to Bruyne's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Donnelly throws a big elbow that misses.
Donnelly looking to sit in guard and control but Bruyne gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bruyne avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Donnelly is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bruyne has his hands clasped together but Donnelly extends and breaks Bruyne's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Donnelly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Liam Donnelly!
Liam Donnelly retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Liam Donnelly, 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.