PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 294 p4p, 29 weight class) and Charlie Lim (ranked 289 p4p, 28 weight class). Bruyne comes to the cage accompanied by Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road . Lim has chosen Kamelot - Abandoned as his entrance music. De Bruyne could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charlie Lim's chin.

Bruyne
vs
Lim

175 cm
32
150 lbs
31 - 10 - 3

168 cm
36
148 lbs
28 - 6 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, De Bruyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Lim!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Lim.
Lim walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bruyne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Charlie Lim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruyne was well out of range. Poor timing from Lim.
Bruyne misses with a kick to the body.
Bruyne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lim with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bruyne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Bruyne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bruyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lim backwards.
Bruyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lim misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Lim.
Lim jumps guard but Bruyne stands there with Lim around his waist. Lim gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bruyne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
Lim misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lim fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruyne.
Lim tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lim manages to break the clinch.
Lim throws an overhand right that lands on Bruyne's shoulder, as Bruyne tries to avoid the shot.
Bruyne checks a leg kick nicely.
Lim looks to land a right hand but Bruyne moved out of range.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lim.
Lim has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bruyne is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lim blocks a jab.
Lim checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bruyne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bruyne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lim is out of range.
Bruyne slips a jab from Lim.
Bruyne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bruyne checks a low kick from Lim.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lim.
Lim throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne cracks the inside of Lim's front leg.
Lim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Lim.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
Lim throws a wild body kick that Bruyne sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Bruyne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lim slips under a jab.
Bruyne feints a jab promting Lim to slip. Bruyne then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lim slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lim avoids the body shot from Bruyne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruyne ducks under a wild hook from Lim.
Lim keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lim.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bruyne 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 Lim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lim now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bruyne.
Lim connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bruyne. Bruyne circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lim swings for the body but Bruyne moves out of range.
Bruyne throwing a counter right hand but Lim manages to avoid it.
Lim throws the left hand but Bruyne avoids the punch easily.
Bruyne plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lim lands the left hand.
Bruyne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lim has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bruyne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lim doesn't seem bothered though.
Bruyne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lim avoids the body shot from Bruyne.
Bruyne scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bruyne loads up on a big right hand but Lim slips the punch.
Nice jab there from Bruyne.
Bruyne moves out of range as Lim strikes.
Bruyne throws a counter high kick but Lim was just alert enough to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bruyne.
Lim throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bruyne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Lim blocks the low kick.
Bruyne lands a glancing blow to the side of Lim's head.
Lim lands an overhand right.
Bruyne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lim's hands.
Bruyne throws a body kick that misses.
Lim tries to score with a low kick but Bruyne moves his leg out of the way.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lim.

Bruyne gets a clinch.

Lim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lim throws a sloppy body shot
and Bruyne counters with a thumping low kick.
Lim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruyne.
Lim uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bruyne has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruyne on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lim throws a poor cross that misses
and Bruyne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim throws a body shot but no joy.
Lim misses with a left hand
and Bruyne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bruyne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lim.
Bruyne half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lim walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bruyne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bruyne works Lim's body with a nice hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lim, right into the meat.
A leg kick checked by Bruyne.
A clash of legs there as Lim blocks the low kick.
Lim takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bruyne slips under a jab from Lim.
Lim misses with a wild combination.
Bruyne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lim throws out a loose jab but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruyne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lim swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lim misses with a hook.
Lim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruyne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that De Bruyne will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lim looks for the body kick but Bruyne saw that one coming.
Bruyne does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bruyne.
Sloppy strikes from Bruyne. Those never looked like landing.
Bruyne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lim throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bruyne is looking to counter punch.
Lim blocks a jab.
Lim finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bruyne scores with a nice strike.
Bruyne checks a leg kick.
Bruyne throws a low kick but Lim moves out of range easily.
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lim.
An attempted straight right counter from Bruyne misses the target.
Bruyne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lim checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne checks a leg kick.
Bruyne ducks under a wild hook from Lim.
An attempted straight right counter from Bruyne misses the target.
Lim's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Lim misses.
Bruyne scores with a sloppy right hand. Lim should have avoided that one.
Bruyne throws a shot to the body.
De Bruyne is winning the standup battle so far.
Lim thuds his right hand into Bruyne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a head kick but Lim moves out of range.
Bruyne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lim misses with a body shot.
Bruyne is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lim lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lim lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bruyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bruyne misses with a leg kick
and Lim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Bruyne there.
Bruyne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bruyne motions for Lim to come forward. Bruyne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lim flicks out a counter leg kick but Bruyne steps away.
Bruyne throws a low kick but Lim moves out of range easily.
Lim cracks Bruyne with a good jab.
A punch lands to the side of Bruyne 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot lands for Lim.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lim.
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lim missing with a left hand there. Bruyne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lim's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bruyne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lim scrambles back to his feet.
Lim is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne tries to clinch up.
Lim takes one to the chin there.
Bruyne just misses with a punch to the body.
Lim tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bruyne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lim fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bruyne checks it well.
Lim misses with an uppercut. Bruyne saw that one coming.
Lim throws a leg kick but Bruyne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lim lands a glancing blow to the side of Bruyne's head.
Lim checks a low kick from Bruyne.
Lim connects with a nice looking jab.
Lim shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bruyne throws a jab when Lim was well out of range.
Lim connects with a solid leg kick.
Lim takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bruyne takes a swing at Lim's ribcage but misses.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Lim sees it coming and moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Bruyne.
Lim throws a lazy head kick
and Bruyne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lim throws a chopping leg kick but Bruyne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Bruyne - just one landing.
Bruyne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bruyne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lim on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Bruyne.
Bruyne tries to work over Lim's front leg with a kick but Lim checks it.
Bruyne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruyne staying out of range there.
Bruyne throwing a counter right hand but Lim manages to avoid it.
Lim lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circling - Lim throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lim lands a nice shot that snaps Bruyne's head back.
Bruyne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lim keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruyne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Lim loads up on a big right hand but Bruyne slips the punch.
Bruyne connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lim momentarily.
Bruyne fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lim has time to react.
Bruyne misses with a hook.
Bruyne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
Bruyne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bruyne catches Lim with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bruyne on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruyne throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lim checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little jabbing left from Lim on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lim misses with a straight right.
Bruyne blocks a leg kick.
Bruyne jabs at Lim's body.
Lim misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lim tries to move into range but Bruyne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bruyne tests Lim's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lim tries a low kick but Bruyne avoids it.
Bruyne checks a leg kick.
Lim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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 De Bruyne will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bruyne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Bruyne cracks the inside of Lim's front leg.
Bruyne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bruyne misses with a few strikes there.
Lim has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bruyne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lim's hands.
Lim cracks the inside of Bruyne's front leg.
Lim misses with a hook. Bruyne ducked under it nicely.
Bruyne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lim's sensitive parts.
Bruyne closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lim counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Bruyne clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Lim.
Bruyne tries a body shot but Lim blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Lim's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lim struggles to land a body shot inside as Bruyne controls his hands.
Bruyne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lim swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim misses with a punch on the inside.
Lim misses with a punch on the inside.
Lim jumps guard but Bruyne stands there with Lim around his waist. Lim gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Lim misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruyne.
Bruyne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruyne lands a shoulder strike.
Lim blocks a body shot from Bruyne.
Lim prevents a body shot from Bruyne.
Lim blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.

Lim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Lim. That snapped Bruyne's head back.
Lim misses with a hook. Bruyne ducked under it nicely.
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lim manages to avoid it.
Bruyne throws an overhand right that lands on Lim's shoulder, as Lim tries to avoid the shot.
Lim rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bruyne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Charlie Lim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lim.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Bruyne moves into the clinch.
Bruyne keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lim's efforts to push away.
A right hand to the body from Bruyne.
Lim blocks a body shot from Bruyne.
Bruyne has a couple of punches blocked by Lim.

Lim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lim misses with a wild body shot.
Bruyne checks the leg kick.
Bruyne tried to counter with a leg kick but Lim avoided it.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
Bruyne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lim's calf.
A lazy left from Bruyne finds it's target.
Lim throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruyne.
Bruyne slips a straight right by Lim.
Lim chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruyne can pounce on him.
Bruyne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lim's head backwards.
Lim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim throws a chopping leg kick but Bruyne manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bruyne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bruyne lands an overhand right.
Bruyne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Bruyne moves into range and clinches up with Lim.
Bruyne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lim.
Bruyne misses with a body punch.
Bruyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Bruyne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bruyne blocking some punches.
Bruyne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lims head.
Bruyne working aggressively here.
Bruyne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lim throws a head punch that misses.
Lim tries to pull guard but Bruyne won't allow it.
A nice left hand lands by Bruyne.
Lim working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruyne lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Lim is rocked!
A short uppercut from Bruyne.
De Bruyne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lim is still on wobbly legs! Can Bruyne finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lim.
Bruyne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.
Lim misses with some punches.
Bruyne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lim seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lim.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruyne.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bruyne creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Lim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lim throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Bruyne closes the distance and pushes Lim back into the cage.
Lim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Lim lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lim goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Lim.

And that's the end of the fight!
De Bruyne showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bruyne 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... De Bruyne!
Post fight, De Bruyne took to the microphone: 'Peel Steel, you absolutely suck'.