PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 190 p4p, 27 weight class) and Aharon Sarkisyan (ranked 231 p4p, 34 weight class). Bruyne's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road . Sarkisyan has chosen Ara Gevorgyan - Artsakh as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bruyne
vs
Sarkisyan

175 cm
35
160 lbs
37 - 13 - 4

173 cm
28
163 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 37 - 13 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, De Bruyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aharon Sarkisyan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Sarkisyan.
Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sarkisyan.
A counter left hand to the body from Bruyne misses its target.
Sarkisyan checks the leg kick.
Sarkisyan swinging wildly here.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Sarkisyan checks it.
Sarkisyan scores with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruyne.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook to the body
and Sarkisyan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sarkisyan looks to land a right hand but Bruyne moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarkisyan misses with a straight left.
Crunch! Sarkisyan slams his shin into Bruyne's torso.
The crowd cheers as Sarkisyan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bruyne doesn't seem phased though.
Sarkisyan misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne lands a nice shot to the body.
Sarkisyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sarkisyan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bruyne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sarkisyan.
Nice defenses there by Bruyne.
Bruyne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sarkisyan throws an off balance right hand
and Bruyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Bruyne misses.
Aharon Sarkisyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarkisyan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sarkisyan throws a jab but it's blocked by Bruyne.
Bruyne feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sarkisyan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bruyne's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Bruyne.
Bruyne has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Sarkisyan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sarkisyan.
Bruyne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruyne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sarkisyan just manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sarkisyan cracks Bruyne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sarkisyan misses with a leg kick.
Sarkisyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan misses with an uppercut. Bruyne saw that one coming.
Sarkisyan misses with a looping right.
Sarkisyan throws a hook to the side of Bruyne's head but Bruyne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sarkisyan throws a shot to the body.
Jab from Sarkisyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan scores with a jab to the head.
Bruyne moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruyne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bruyne on the side of the head.
Bruyne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bruyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sarkisyan moves out of range as Bruyne strikes.
Sarkisyan throws a low kick but Bruyne moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Bruyne misses the target.
Bruyne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sarkisyan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sarkisyan 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.
A jab from Sarkisyan misses.
Bruyne appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bruyne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sarkisyan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sarkisyan to score with a decent uppercut.
Bruyne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sarkisyan lands with a shot to the body.
Sarkisyan throws a head kick that misses.
Sarkisyan throws a big shot that misses.
Sarkisyan keeps Bruyne at a distance using the push kick.
Sarkisyan cracks the inside of Bruyne's front leg.
Bruyne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sarkisyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bruyne.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aharon Sarkisyan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bruyne staying out of range there.
Bruyne was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Aharon Sarkisyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sarkisyan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Bruyne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bruyne has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sarkisyan throws a hook but Bruyne blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Bruyne misses the target.
Bruyne scores with a head kick.

Sarkisyan is rocked!

It looks like Aharon Sarkisyan has been cut.
Sarkisyan misses with a leg kick
and Bruyne rattles Sarkisyan with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Sarkisyan tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Bruyne dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Sarkisyan stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). De Bruyne!
Post fight, an emotional De Bruyne said 'Peel Steel, you absolutely suck'.