PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liam Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson has chosen Harmonica as his entrance music. Liam Donnelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Donnelly
vs
Bronson

173 cm
24
161 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

174 cm
24
162 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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Héritage!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liam Donnelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson thuds his right hand into Donnelly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Donnelly fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Bronson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bronson clobbers Donnelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donnelly swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bronson to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Bronson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bronson.
Donnelly 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.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bronson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly lands with a shot to the body.
Bronson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Bronson.
Bronson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Donnelly 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 Bronson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bronson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Bronson moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnelly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've been informed that Bronson 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.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronson.
Donnelly checks the leg kick.
Donnelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bronson counters with a head kick.
Bronson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bronson throws a front kick that sends Donnelly stumbling back into the cage.
Donnelly misses with a hook. Bronson ducked under it nicely.
Donnelly slips under a jab from Bronson.
And Donnelly counters with a quick kick to the body but Bronson blocks it.
Bronson lands with a straight right. Donnelly didn't see that one coming.
Charles Bronson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donnelly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Bronson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bronson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Donnelly.
That kick from Donnelly tenderised Bronson's leg. Bronson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donnelly throws a hook but Bronson blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bronson.
Bronson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bronson misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly wants to clinch up but Bronson keeps it at a distance.
A slow jab from Donnelly misses its intended target.
Bronson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bronson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Bronson scores with a jab to the body.
Liam Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donnelly checks a leg kick nicely.
Donnelly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donnelly is looking to counter punch.
Bronson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donnelly lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. Donnelly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bronson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donnelly.
Donnelly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a body shot.
Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bronson throws out a leg kick but Donnelly moves out of range and Bronson only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bronson checks a leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Donnelly.
Bronson throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
Donnelly tries to counter with a takedown but Bronson is quick to defend against it.
Bronson throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly takes a swing at Bronson's ribcage but misses.
Bronson staying out of range there.
Donnelly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bronson's head.
Donnelly blocks a jab.
Bronson misses with a straight right.
Donnelly shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bronson misses with an uppercut. Donnelly saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bronson tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Bronson slips under a jab.
Bronson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Bronson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the body
and Bronson counters with a straight right hand.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Bronson moves out of range.
Donnelly lands with a nice body punch.
Donnelly feints and then cracks Bronson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bronson down.
Donnelly slips a jab from Bronson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donnelly swings widly with a right hand
and Bronson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronson looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Bronson throws a low kick but Donnelly avoids it.
Donnelly misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Bronson dominated that round.
That's time! Donnelly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Donnelly tries to work over Bronson's front leg with a kick but Bronson checks it.
Donnelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bronson lands a really nice looking cross but Donnelly seems unphased.
Donnelly keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bronson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bronson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bronson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Donnelly's head.
Bronson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bronson feints a counter leg kick.
Donnelly cracks Bronson with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson takes one to the chin there.
Donnelly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Bronson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Donnelly staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Bronson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donnelly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Bronson.
Bronson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donnelly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Donnelly misses with a left hand
and Bronson counters with a stiff right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Donnelly, right into the meat.
Bronson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Donnelly.
Bronson avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Bronson lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Bronson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
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!
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bronson.
Charles Bronson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly walks into a stiff left hand from Bronson.
Donnelly tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bronson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Donnelly somewhat.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Donnelly might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bronson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Donnelly takes a step back to recover.
Donnelly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Donnelly is looking to counter with a body kick.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bronson moves away.
Bronson throws out a leg kick but Donnelly moves out of range and Bronson only half commits.
Donnelly is looking to counter punch.
Bronson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly tries to land a front kick but Bronson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bronson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Donnelly with a body shot.
Bronson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws an off balance right hand
and Donnelly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Bronson tests Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bronson misses with a looping left.
Bronson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bronson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Donnelly tries to clinch up
and Bronson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donnelly defending well as Bronson loads up on a big left hand.
Bronson lands a head shot.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Bronson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Donnelly blocks it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bronson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a looping overhand right but Bronson ducks down to avoid it.
Bronson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bronson. Donnelly shrugs it off though.
Bronson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Donnelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bronson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donnelly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnelly moves out of range of the strikes.
Donnelly moves away from the strike by Bronson.
Donnelly appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Donnelly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bronson.
Bronson looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronson.
Bronson throws out a counter right but Donnelly avoids it with no problem.
Bronson misses with a body punch
and Donnelly counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Bronson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donnelly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bronson throws the left hand but Donnelly avoids the punch easily.
Bronson misses with a looping right.
Donnelly ducks right into an uppercut from Bronson.
Bronson avoids the head kick by Donnelly.
Nice shot by Bronson.
Donnelly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bronson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Bronson throws a fast counter high kick but Donnelly manages to duck under it in time.
Donnelly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson blocks a jab.
Bronson connects with an inside leg kick.
Bronson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Donnelly looks to throw the jab but Bronson is out of range.
Donnelly throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Bronson.
Bronson misses with a leg kick.
Donnelly went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses.
Donk. Bronson catches Donnelly right on the button with a cross.
Bronson misses with a body punch
and Donnelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Donnelly will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bronson slips under a jab from Donnelly.
Donnelly checks a low kick from Bronson.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bronson was well out of range. Poor timing from Donnelly.
Bronson checks a low kick from Donnelly.
Bronson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bronson tests Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson throws a lazy uppercut
letting Donnelly counter with a right hand.
Bronson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donnelly.
Bronson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Donnelly finds it's way through Bronson's defenses.
Donnelly tries to work over Bronson's front leg with a kick but Bronson checks it.
Donnelly throws a right and a left that Bronson avoids nicely.
A nice side step and Bronson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bronson lands with a good body shot.
Donnelly throws a leg kick which misses Bronson's front leg but catches the back leg as Bronson tries to avoid it.

Donnelly closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Donnelly lands in his opponent's guard.
Donnelly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bronson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Donnelly throws a strike but Bronson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Donnelly throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Bronson escapes and throws Donnelly's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Donnelly tries to bench press Bronson off him but Bronson keeps the position.
Donnelly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bronson takes a little break here. Donnelly wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Donnelly is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly regains half guard.
Donnelly is positioning himself well to prevent Bronson advancing to mount.
Donnelly wants to improve his position but Bronson is controlling well.
Donnelly has his hands clasped together around Bronson's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Liam Donnelly did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Donnelly moves away from the strike by Bronson.
Donnelly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bronson counters with a stiff right hand.
Bronson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donnelly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bronson scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Donnelly.
Bronson misses the shot to the body.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson blocks a jab.
Donnelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bronson throws a wild body kick that Donnelly sees coming a mile off.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bronson! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses.
Bronson throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Bronson misses.
It looked like Donnelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bronson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Donnelly.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Bronson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Donnelly goes for a double leg but Bronson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bronson continues to drive forward.
Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Bronson scores with a nice body kick.
Donnelly scores with a head kick. Bronson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bronson lands a head shot.
Bronson throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut. Bronson saw that one coming.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bronson manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bronson.
Donnelly 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.
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!
Nice jab there from Bronson.
Bronson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Donnelly on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bronson.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bronson! But no joy.
Donnelly misses the body punch
and Bronson counters with a nice leg kick.
Donnelly avoids the head kick by Bronson.
Donnelly throws a counter high kick but Bronson was just alert enough to avoid it.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnelly misses with a hook. Bronson ducked under it nicely.
Bronson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bronson tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Bronson avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson blocks a low kick nicely.
Bronson slips under a jab from Donnelly.
Bronson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bronson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Donnelly lands with a shot to the body.
Bronson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bronson 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 Donnelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donnelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bronson. That's going to slow Donnelly down.
A big right from Bronson misses.
Bronson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bronson.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Bronson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lands an overhand right.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Donnelly feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Donnelly working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Donnelly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Bronson dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bronson swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bronson throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Bronson.
Donnelly slips under a jab from Bronson.
A jab lands there for Bronson.

Donnelly closes the distance and pushes Bronson back into the cage.
Bronson tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Bronson back against the cage.
Donnelly lands a body punch.
Bronson swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronson swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson misses with some punches.
Donnelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly presses Bronson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bronson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Donnelly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Bronson takes a shot to the head.
Donnelly lands with a left to the head.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronson.
Donnelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bronson working aggressively here.
A short right from Donnelly on the inside.

Bronson is rocked!
Donnelly misses with a punch on the inside.
Bronson is still on wobbly legs! Can Donnelly finish him?
Donnelly scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a big uppercut that drops Bronson! More strikes from Donnelly and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bronson lies dazed against the cage as Donnelly celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Donnelly!
Liam Donnelly retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Liam Donnelly, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.