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). Chooooooooon! I think Bruyne might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road . Liam Donnelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bruyne
vs
Donnelly

175 cm
26
155 lbs
19 - 3 - 1

173 cm
26
161 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Invictus

Bullet Proof System
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donnelly.
Bruyne throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
Donnelly has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bruyne is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Donnelly misses with a right hand
and Bruyne counters with a nice body shot.
Donnelly lands a glancing blow to the side of Bruyne's head.
Bruyne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Donnelly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Donnelly as he connects with a hook.
Bruyne gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Donnelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Bruyne.
A big right from Bruyne misses.
Donnelly lands with a straight right. Bruyne didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnelly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bruyne misses with a looping right.
Bruyne takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a poor cross that misses
and Donnelly counters with a low kick, right behind Bruyne 's knee.
Donnelly scores with the left hand. Bruyne knows he should have avoided that one.

Bruyne is rocked!
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bruyne moves out of range of the body kick.
Bruyne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bruyne to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Liam Donnelly has been cut.
Bruyne misses with a hook to the body
and Donnelly counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Donnelly.
Bruyne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Donnelly.
Donnelly avoids the body shot from Bruyne.
Liam Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donnelly manages to avoid it.
Bruyne digs a good hook to Donnelly's body.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruyne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly moves away from the strike by Bruyne.
Donnelly throws out a counter right but Bruyne avoids it with no problem.
Donnelly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruyne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
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!
Bruyne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Donnelly digs a good hook to Bruyne's body.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Bruyne ducks down to avoid it.
Bruyne 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.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donnelly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bruyne. That did some damage!
Bruyne moves out of range as Donnelly strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruyne scores with a hook.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Bruyne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bruyne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick from Donnelly misses.
Bruyne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bruyne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.
Donnelly feints and then cracks Bruyne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bruyne down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bruyne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne looks to land a left hand but Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
Donnelly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bruyne throws a wild body kick that Donnelly sees coming a mile off.
Donnelly loads up on a big right hand but Bruyne slips the punch.
Donnelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bruyne had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bruyne connects with a right hand. Donnelly shakes it off.
Bruyne looks to land a left hand but Donnelly moved out of range nicely.
Donnelly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bruyne takes a step back to recover.
Bruyne moves out of range as Donnelly strikes.
Donnelly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bruyne counters with a body kick.
Donnelly connects with a body shot.
Donnelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Liam Donnelly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Liam Donnelly's cut.
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 slips under a jab from Bruyne.
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Donnelly.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donnelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bruyne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Donnelly lands a nice shot that snaps Bruyne's head back.
Bruyne throws a jab but it's blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly takes a swing at Bruyne's ribcage but misses.
Donnelly cracks Bruyne with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bruyne checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Bruyne misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donnelly scores with a body shot.
Bruyne lands with a nice body kick.
Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut. Bruyne saw that one coming.
Donnelly misses with a body shot.
Donnelly lands a head shot.
Donnelly takes one to the chin there.
Bruyne lands a lovely overhand right.
Bruyne throws an off balance right hand
and Donnelly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Bruyne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bruyne might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bruyne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnelly moves away.
Donnelly defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruyne seems to have got his legs back now.
Donnelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Donnelly finds it's way through Bruyne's defenses.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruyne.
Liam Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bruyne defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
Donnelly scores with a leg kick.

Donnelly lands a big uppercut and Bruyne crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bruyne looks OK. Donnelly waves Bruyne back to his feet!
Bruyne is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Donnelly doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Bruyne crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Bruyne's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Liam Donnelly!
Liam Donnelly decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.