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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hendo Riggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Bruyne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, De Bruyne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hendo Riggs!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruyne sizes up Riggs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bruyne throws a good cross that connects.
Riggs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Riggs throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bruyne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riggs scores with a body shot.
Bruyne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riggs was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruyne.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Riggs checks it.
Riggs throws a push kick but Bruyne slaps the foot to one side.
We've been informed that Riggs has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
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.
And Riggs tries to counter it with a takedown but Bruyne pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bruyne lands a nice shot that snaps Riggs's head back.
Riggs defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.
Riggs misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Riggs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bruyne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Riggs checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bruyne wants to slow Riggs down by chopping away at his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riggs feints a jab promting Bruyne to slip. Riggs then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bruyne slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
De Bruyne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
Bruyne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bruyne looks to land a body kick but Riggs moved away.
Riggs misses with a hook. Bruyne ducked under it nicely.
Bruyne wants to land a leg kick but Riggs is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Riggs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riggs.
Riggs pushes Bruyne away with a front kick.
A jab from Bruyne misses.
Riggs paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne scores with a spinning back kick!
Bruyne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riggs was well out of range. Poor timing from Bruyne.
A punch combination from Riggs misses.
Bruyne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Riggs is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Riggs throws a wild body kick that Bruyne sees coming a mile off.
De Bruyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruyne throws a sloppy head kick and Riggs moves out of range easily.
We've been told by Bruyne's head coaches at Green Line that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Riggs thows a body kick. Bruyne tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Riggs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bruyne as he jumps to the side.
Riggs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bruyne attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Riggs throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne slips a straight right by Riggs.
Bruyne throws a low kick but Riggs avoids it.
Riggs closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bruyne quickly recovers to half guard.
Riggs trying to control the pace.
Bruyne has hold of Riggs's hands but Riggs slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Riggs missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Well, if Riggs is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Riggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riggs throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bruyne to regain full guard.
Bruyne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Riggs showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Riggs advances position into side control!
Bruyne is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Riggs off and has taken his back!
Riggs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bruyne has the hooks in. Riggs is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hendo Riggs will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riggs tries to clinch but Bruyne moves out of range.
Bruyne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Riggs just manages to avoid it.
Riggs looks to land a left hand but Bruyne moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Bruyne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bruyne scores with the left hand. Riggs knows he should have avoided that one.
Riggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Riggs lands with a straight right. Bruyne didn't see that one coming.
Bruyne lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good work by Riggs as he checks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Riggs misses.
Riggs pushes Bruyne away with a front kick.
Riggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruyne.
Riggs moves away from the strike by Bruyne.
Riggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruyne can pounce on him.
Bruyne is looking to slow Riggs down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riggs defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne moves away from the strike by Riggs.
Riggs misses with a low kick as Bruyne jumps back.
Riggs checks a leg kick.
Riggs scores with a shot to the body.
Bruyne misses with a body kick.
Riggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruyne.
Bruyne walks forward, straight into a front kick from Riggs.
Riggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Riggs throws the kick towards the body but Bruyne avoids it.
Bruyne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riggs throws a low kick but Bruyne moves out of range easily.
Bruyne tried to counter with a leg kick but Riggs avoided it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riggs, right into the meat.
De Bruyne is winning the standup battle so far.
Riggs connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riggs defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.
Riggs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bruyne takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruyne scores with a decent looking hook.
Bruyne bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Riggs throws out a powerful jab.
Riggs's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bruyne under the eye.
Riggs blocks the body kick.
A big left from Bruyne misses.
Riggs feints the counter takedown.
Bruyne is looking to slow Riggs down with leg kicks.
Riggs explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
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 Riggs has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riggs and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Riggs tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bruyne - that will leave a mark!
Riggs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And Bruyne counters with a quick kick to the body but Riggs blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riggs misses with a body shot.
Riggs finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bruyne swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riggs.
Riggs throws the kick towards the body but Bruyne avoids it.
Bruyne thuds his right hand into Riggs's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bruyne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bruyne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruyne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bruyne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Riggs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Riggs is rocked!
Bruyne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Riggs under the eye.
Riggs is still on wobbly legs! Can Bruyne finish him?
Bruyne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Riggs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruyne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Riggs misses the jab.
Bruyne pounces like a tiger and cracks Riggs with a vicious hook! Riggs is down but not out! Bruyne follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). De Bruyne!
De Bruyne retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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hype
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