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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coco Cobb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruyne's entrance music is Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road . A fine choice. Coco Cobb has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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158 lbs
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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
22 - 7 - 3, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coco Cobb!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruyne throws a low kick, looking for Cobb's leg but Cobb calmly moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Cobb on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bruyne scores with a spinning back kick!
Bruyne lands a jab.
Cobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruyne takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Cobb connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bruyne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cobb on the side of the head.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobb.
Cobb steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cobb plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cobb throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bruyne lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruyne misses with a straight left.
Bruyne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cobb is out of range.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cobb 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.
Cobb lands a head shot.
Cobb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cobb checks a low kick from Bruyne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bruyne swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cobb finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cobb takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cobb is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cobb explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bruyne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Some bone on bone action there as Bruyne checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobb.
Bruyne is looking to counter punch.
Bruyne misses with a wild body shot.
Bruyne connects with a body shot.
Bruyne avoids the head kick by Cobb.
Bruyne works Cobb's body with a nice hook.
Bruyne has taken the fight to the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Cobb.
Cobb is trying to stall.
Bruyne breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Bruyne moves out of range easily.
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!
Cobb misses with the body kick
and Cobb takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bruyne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobb.
Cobb 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.
Cobb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bruyne looks for the body kick but Cobb saw that one coming.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Bruyne misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bruyne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bruyne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cobb manages to avoid it.
Cobb throws a sloppy head kick and Bruyne moves out of range easily.
A jab from Cobb misses.
Bruyne is looking to counter punch.
Nice jab there from Cobb.
Cobb moves away from the strike by Bruyne.
Cobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruyne is looking to counter the offense by Cobb and move into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cobb throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cobb drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bruyne just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bruyne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cobb. Cobb obviously looking to wear him down.
Cobb throws a looping overhand right but Bruyne ducks down to avoid it.
Bruyne throws out a loose jab but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cobb tries to work over Bruyne's front leg with a kick but Bruyne checks it.
Cobb throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Cobb moves out of range of the body kick from Bruyne.
Cobb wants to slow Bruyne down by chopping away at his legs.
Cobb throws a head kick but Bruyne moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobb is just out of range.
Bruyne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cobb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruyne stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bruyne is looking to wear down Cobb with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cobb throws a wild body kick that Bruyne sees coming a mile off.
Bruyne takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Cobb misses with a straight left.
Bruyne lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bruyne takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cobb scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bruyne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruyne throws a body shot but no joy.
Cobb ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobb wants to counter with a clinch but Bruyne pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobb checks the leg kick.
Cobb clobbers Bruyne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Bruyne has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Bruyne gets a clinch.
Cobb stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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 corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cobb's corner calls for a 1-2. Cobb obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bruyne connects with a nice looking jab.
Bruyne throws a series of punches but Cobb avoids them all with ease.
Cobb looks for the body kick but Bruyne saw that one coming.
Bruyne tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cobb is able to avoid easily.
Nice defenses there by Bruyne.
Cobb waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruyne.
Nice body kick from Cobb.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bruyne.
Bruyne scoring well with a low kick there.
Bruyne will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bruyne counters with a low kick, right behind Cobb 's knee.
Cobb explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A clash of legs there as Bruyne blocks the low kick.
De Bruyne is winning the standup battle so far.
Bruyne connects with a leg kick. Cobb looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne moves out of range of the body kick from Cobb.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruyne.
Bruyne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cobb checks it well.
Cobb appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bruyne misses with a wild body shot.
Cobb drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cobb misses with a kick to the body.
Bruyne seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Bruyne.
Cobb pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bruyne scores with a jab. Cobb acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bruyne misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Cobb walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bruyne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cobb throws a body kick that misses.
Bruyne instigates a clinch.
Cobb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb tries to work over Bruyne's front leg with a kick but Bruyne checks it.
Bruyne swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cobb wants to land a leg kick but Bruyne is out of range.
Bruyne throws a hook but Cobb blocks it.
Cobb goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bruyne lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cobb. That's going to slow Bruyne down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bruyne misses with a body kick.
Cobb tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobb throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Cobb does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruyne misses with a hook. Cobb ducked under it nicely.
Cobb has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bruyne finds it's way round the side to connect with Cobb's head.
Cobb misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cobb avoids the body shot from Bruyne.
Cobb shapes to counter with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Cobb.
Bruyne is looking to score with low kicks.
Cobb moves out of range of the body kick from Bruyne.
Bruyne moves out of range of the leg kick from Cobb.
Bruyne swings for the body but Cobb moves out of range.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. Bruyne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bruyne clinches with his opponent.
Cobb missing with knees to the body.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruyne.
Cobb wants to stall.
Cobb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruyne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobb wants to stall.
Bruyne lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cobb trying to control the position but instead, Bruyne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cobb into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruyne.
Bruyne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bruyne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bruyne throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cobb stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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 misses the jab.
Bruyne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bruyne misses with a jab to the body
and Cobb counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bruyne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bruyne tries to clinch but Cobb is having none of it.
Bruyne misses with an uppercut. Cobb saw that one coming.
Cobb misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
De Bruyne dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Bruyne moved out of range nicely.
Cobb misses with a straight right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bruyne. That's going to slow Cobb down.
Bruyne looks to land a left hand but Cobb moved out of range nicely.
Bruyne throws a lazy right hand but Cobb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cobb throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bruyne swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bruyne avoids a kick to the body.
Bruyne checks a leg kick nicely.
Bruyne drives through and clinches with Cobb against the cage.
Bruyne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cobb.
Bruyne misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from Bruyne as the two fighters clinch.
Cobb manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cobb throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bruyne works on Cobb's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
De Bruyne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bruyne misses with a punch to the body.
Bruyne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cobb can do to turn this around?
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cobb crunches a lovely knee into Bruyne's ribcage.
Bruyne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruyne stalling the fight.
Bruyne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruyne swings wildly with an uppercut but Cobb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bruyne can't find room to land a body shot as Cobb controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cobb.
Bruyne lands a hook that snaps the head of Cobb backwards.
Cobb holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cobb putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bruyne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bruyne.
Bruyne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cobb is keeping busy.
Cobb crunches a lovely knee into Bruyne's ribcage.
Bruyne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruyne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Cobb looking to stall.
Cobb pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cobb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruyne manages to avoid it.
A jab from Bruyne does it's job there.
Cobb jabs Bruyne right on the nose. Bruyne blinks but takes it well.
Bruyne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cobb misses with a low kick.
Bruyne connects with a body shot that sends Cobb's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobb throws a low kick but Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Bruyne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cobb's calf.
Bruyne throws a body punch but Cobb moves out of range.
Bruyne blocks a leg kick.
Bruyne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A swing and a miss from Bruyne.
Cobb steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bruyne.
Bruyne tries to land a leg kick but Cobb saw it coming and moves away.
Cobb looks to land a body kick but Bruyne moved away.
Bruyne walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bruyne throws the kick towards the body but Cobb avoids it.
Bruyne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruyne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cobb takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A jab from Cobb misses.
Coco Cobb has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a low kick, looking for Cobb's leg but Cobb calmly moves out of range.
Cobb connects with a solid leg kick.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruyne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
Cobb thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bruyne if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruyne fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cobb is out of range.
Bruyne doesn't manage to clinch there - Cobb circles away.
Bruyne catches Cobb with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bruyne takes a swing at Cobb's ribcage but misses.
Cobb throws a big counter head kick but Bruyne avoids it with no problem.
Cobb connects with a leg kick. Bruyne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cobb avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Bruyne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bruyne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cobb wants to counter the offense by Bruyne and move into the clinch position.
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 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... De Bruyne!
A very excited looking De Bruyne made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Coco Cobb spoke after the fight, saying 'Eleventeen times I askcha u name...and this what I get?'.
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