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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between De Bruyne (ranked 110 p4p, 17 weight class) and Tyaf Daeland Puno (ranked 83 p4p, 13 weight class). Bruyne comes to the cage accompanied by Busta Rhymes - Other Side Of The Road . Puno comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I'm a soldier - Tupac kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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160 lbs
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155 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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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
36 - 11 - 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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyaf Daeland Puno!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puno checks the leg kick nicely there.
Puno misses with an uppercut. Bruyne saw that one coming.
Puno loads up on a big right hand but Bruyne slips the punch.
A quick step to the side and Bruyne tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puno slips under a jab.
De Bruyne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puno.
Puno throws out a counter right but Bruyne avoids it with no problem.
Puno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruyne.
Bruyne scores with a decent looking hook.
Jab from Puno.
Bruyne throws a push kick but Puno slaps the foot to one side.
Bruyne defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Bruyne misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bruyne is looking to chop away at Puno's legs.
Bruyne connects with a body shot.
Bruyne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puno's sensitive parts.
Puno moves out of range of the leg kick from Bruyne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne lands an overhand right.
Bruyne throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bruyne connects with a jab.
De Bruyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruyne throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from Puno.
A big left from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne connects with an inside leg kick.
Bruyne lands a glancing blow to the side of Puno's head.
A jab from Puno does it's job there.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Puno 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.
Bruyne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A clash of legs there as Puno blocks the low kick.
Puno lands a head shot.
Bruyne is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Bruyne. That snapped Puno's head back.
Oh Bruyne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bruyne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AK Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
Puno misses with a series of wild punches.
Bruyne seems to have got his legs back now.
Bruyne wants to clinch
and Puno counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bruyne thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puno.
Puno takes one on the button.
Puno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puno has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bruyne.
Bruyne throws a combination. Puno tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bruyne misses the shot to the body.
Puno looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bruyne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puno looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruyne is just out of range.
Puno takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bruyne.
Puno misses with an uppercut
and Bruyne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Puno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bruyne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bruyne throws a lazy right hand but Puno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruyne tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puno is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Puno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruyne lands a nice shot that snaps Puno's head back.
Puno digs a good hook to Bruyne's body.
Puno moves out of range of the strikes.
Puno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Puno scores with the left hand. Bruyne knows he should have avoided that one.
Bruyne misses with a looping right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bruyne, right into the meat.
Bruyne throws a hook but Puno avoids it easily.
Puno takes one on the button.
Puno ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bruyne throws a hook but Puno avoids it easily.
Bruyne scores with the left hand. Puno knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puno throws a big shot that misses.
Bruyne was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bruyne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puno takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bruyne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Puno scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Puno on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Puno moved away.
Puno throws a body punch but Bruyne moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Puno. Those never looked like landing.
Bruyne throws a leg kick
and Puno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bruyne scores with the left hand. Puno knows he should have avoided that one.
Puno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruyne needs to keep his hands up - Puno had a free shot at his head there.
Bruyne scores with a spinning back kick!
Puno scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Puno needs to keep his hands up - Bruyne had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
De Bruyne dominated that round.
That's time! Bruyne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Puno moves out of range of the body kick.
Jab, jab by Bruyne - just one landing.
Puno loads up on a big right hand but Bruyne slips the punch.
Puno looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruyne is just out of range.
De Bruyne is winning the standup battle so far.
Puno misses the jab.
Bruyne moves away from the strike by Puno.
Bruyne tried to counter with a leg kick but Puno avoided it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruyne.
Puno blocks a head kick by Bruyne.
Bruyne scores with a jab to the head.
Puno looks to land a left hand but Bruyne moved out of range nicely.
Bruyne throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bruyne misses with a right hand
and Puno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puno defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.
Bruyne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puno misses with a hook to the body
and Bruyne counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bruyne throws an off balance right hand
and Puno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Puno throws a jab when Bruyne was well out of range.
Puno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bruyne dips to his left and cracks Puno with an uppercut!
The fighters circling - Puno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bruyne walks into a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bruyne, right into the meat.
Bruyne fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Puno on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puno. Bruyne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruyne.
Good leg kick by Bruyne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A big left from Puno misses.
Puno connects with a single shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruyne can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puno looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donk. Bruyne catches Puno right on the button with a cross.
Bruyne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puno throws out the jab.
Bruyne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Punos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bruyne dips to his left and cracks Puno with an uppercut!
Puno paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Bruyne misses.
Puno lands a nice shot to the body.
Puno has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Puno misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bruyne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puno moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puno! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bruyne scores with a body shot.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puno.
Puno cracks Bruyne with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Bruyne is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Bruyne is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
Bruyne connects with a crisp jab.
Puno misses with a wild combination.
Puno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bruyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puno.
Puno lands a jab to the nose.
Puno 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.
Bruyne clinches with his opponent.
Puno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bruyne works on Puno's body with a couple of short punches.
Puno has a couple of punches blocked by Bruyne.
Puno breaks the clinch.
Puno takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bruyne. That's going to slow Puno down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bruyne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bruyne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puno.
A little jabbing left from Puno on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bruyne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bruyne cracks a nice hook into Puno's ribs.
Good work by Puno as he checks the leg kick.
Puno might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Puno misses the shot to the body.
As Puno backs away, Bruyne returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Puno throws a big shot that misses.
Puno defending well as Bruyne loads up on a big left hand.
Puno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bruyne is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bruyne avoids the body shot from Puno.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puno wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Puno was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bruyne lunges at Puno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Puno's hand.
Puno throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyaf Daeland Puno takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bruyne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Puno paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puno looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Puno slips under a jab.
Bruyne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Puno throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puno, pushing him back against the cage.
Bruyne blocks a body shot from Puno.
Puno's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Puno is leaning against Bruyne and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bruyne throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Bruyne.
Bruyne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Puno backwards.
Bruyne has had enough of the clinch but Puno keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne being controlled against the cage.
Bruyne working aggressively here.
Bruyne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Punos head.
Bruyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bruyne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bruyne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Puno can do to turn this around?
Bruyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Puno.
A right handed body shot lands from Puno.
Puno has a couple of punches blocked by Bruyne.
Puno lands a nice uppercut.
Bruyne takes a shot to the head.
Puno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruyne scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruyne working aggressively here.
Bruyne blocks an uppercut.
Puno lands with a light punch inside.
Puno digs a right hand into Bruyne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bruyne's gas tank.
De Bruyne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Puno is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bruyne misses with a punch to the body.
Tyaf Daeland Puno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Bruyne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne tries to work over Puno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Puno.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruyne misses with the head strike.
Puno throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruyne.
Puno misses with some punches.
Puno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bruyne blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Puno.
Puno lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puno.
Bruyne misses with a punch on the inside.
Puno taking a breather.
Puno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puno throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Bruyne as the two fighters clinch.
Puno is working Bruyne over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruyne lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Puno.
Puno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bruyne manages to break the clinch.
Puno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruyne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruyne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puno.
Puno misses with a left hand
and Bruyne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bruyne lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bruyne can pounce on him.
Bruyne slips a jab and a cross from Puno.
Bruyne lands a nice leg kick that just misses Puno's sensitive parts.
Puno takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Puno throws a looping overhand right but Bruyne ducks down to avoid it.
Bruyne scores with a leg kick.
Puno thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno throws a series of punches but Bruyne avoids them all with ease.
Puno misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puno darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bruyne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bruyne works the jab nicely.
Puno walks into a stiff left hand from Bruyne.
A telegraphed right hand from Puno misses the target.
Bruyne swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Puno looks to land a combination but Bruyne avoids it well.
Puno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puno misses with an uppercut. Bruyne saw that one coming.
Bruyne scores with a jab.
Bruyne misses with a right hand
and Puno counters with a beautiful hook that drops Bruyne to the mat! Will Bruyne be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Puno to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Bruyne is up. He looks OK to continue.
Puno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bruyne.
Puno has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bruyne.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyaf Daeland Puno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bruyne has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyaf Daeland Puno!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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