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. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Donnelly
vs
Bruyne

173 cm
28
161 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

175 cm
28
155 lbs
22 - 6 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Warrior

Bullet Proof System
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 3, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruyne moves out of range of the body kick from Donnelly.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Bruyne has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Donnelly is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Donnelly!
Donnelly connects with a jab.
Bruyne cracks Donnelly with an open hand slap.
Donnelly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bruyne.
Bruyne walks into a left hand.
Bruyne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruyne lands a jab to Donnelly's midsection.
A head kick by Donnelly misses
and Bruyne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Donnelly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruyne connects with a looping right hand.
Donnelly moves away from the strike by Bruyne.
Nice cross by Bruyne.
Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
Bruyne goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bruyne.
Donnelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donnelly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bruyne throws a low kick but Donnelly avoids it.
Donnelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruyne takes one to the side of the head.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Bruyne.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Bruyne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Donnelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bruyne throws a hook to the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bruyne moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donnelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bruyne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bruyne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Donnelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruyne.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donnelly throws an off balance right hand
and Bruyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly misses with a hook. Bruyne ducked under it nicely.
Bruyne with the counter takedown but Donnelly avoids it easily.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly avoids the body shot from Bruyne.
Donnelly lands a body shot.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Bruyne is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Donnelly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bruyne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bruyne loads up on a big right hand but Donnelly slips the punch.
Donnelly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A shot to the liver by Donnelly. Beautiful body shot.
Bruyne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Donnelly. That did some damage!
Bruyne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range.
A jab from Donnelly finds it's way through Bruyne's defenses.
Donnelly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donnelly scores with a hook to the body. Bruyne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bruyne lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Donnelly cracks Bruyne with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Donnelly has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bruyne to stand back up!

Bruyne is rocked!
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Bruyne is still on wobbly legs! Can Donnelly finish him?
Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bruyne throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Donnelly! Bruyne is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Donnelly!
Liam Donnelly bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.