PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Crush Bandicoot (ranked 460 p4p, 415 weight class) and Abduwali Hassan (ranked 58 p4p, 54 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bandicoot
vs
Hassan

173 cm
39
159
30 - 20 - 1

170 cm
29
154
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 30 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crush Bandicoot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abduwali Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandicoot takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bandicoot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hassan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hassan looks to land a left hand but Bandicoot moved out of range nicely.
Hassan takes a swing at Bandicoot's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Bandicoot on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hassan. That's going to slow Bandicoot down.
Hassan lands a nice hook to Bandicoot's body. Bandicoot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hassan sizes up Bandicoot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bandicoot gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bandicoot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hassan to score with a decent uppercut.
Bandicoot changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hassan tries to avoid it but Bandicoot manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hassan to the ground. Hassan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab from Hassan.
Hassan throws a low kick but Bandicoot avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Bandicoot. Those never looked like landing.
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!
Bandicoot staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Bandicoot saw that one coming.
Hassan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bandicoot slips under a jab.
Bandicoot is looking to counter punch.
Bandicoot misses with a body punch
and Hassan counters with an outside leg kick.
Hassan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bandicoot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hassan.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses
and Bandicoot counters with a straight right hand.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
Bandicoot misses with a wild combination.
Hassan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Hassan connects with a crisp jab.
Bandicoot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hassan! But no joy.
Abduwali Hassan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hassan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bandicoot tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hassan is able to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hassan works Bandicoot's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hassan throws a shot from downtown. Bandicoot moves away and avoids it.
Hassan looks to throw the jab but Bandicoot is out of range.
Bandicoot attempts a counter takedown but Hassan avoids it well and moves away.
Bandicoot slips under a jab from Hassan.
Bandicoot swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bandicoot slips a jab from Hassan.
Hassan misses with a body kick.
Hassan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bandicoot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bandicoot is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassan.
Hassan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bandicoot misses with a straight right.
Hassan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bandicoot fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan takes a swing at Bandicoot's ribcage but misses.
Hassan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hassan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hassan lands a head shot.
Bandicoot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bandicoot is looking to counter punch.
Bandicoot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan misses with a looping right.
Bandicoot looks to score with a jab to the body but Hassan is just out of range.
Hassan throws the kick towards the body but Bandicoot avoids it.
Bandicoot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hassan throws out the jab.
Bandicoot slips a straight right by Hassan.
Hassan misses with an uppercut
and Bandicoot makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan connects with an inside leg kick.
Bandicoot takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hassan throws a sloppy head kick and Bandicoot moves out of range easily.
Hassan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hassan lands a body shot.
Hassan throws a jab when Bandicoot was well out of range.
Abduwali Hassan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bandicoot moves away from the strike by Hassan.
Hassan tries to work over Bandicoot's front leg with a kick but Bandicoot checks it.
Hassan looks to land a left hand but Bandicoot moved out of range nicely.
Hassan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandicoot was well out of range. Poor timing from Hassan.
Hassan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bandicoot had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Some wild striking there from Bandicoot.

Bandicoot fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hassan, pushing him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abduwali Hassan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hassan lands with a right hand.
Hassan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bandicoot scores with a nice head shot.
Bandicoot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hassan scores with a sloppy right hand. Bandicoot should have avoided that one.
Hassan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bandicoot throws out the jab.
Bandicoot takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bandicoot is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassan.
Hassan cracks Bandicoot with an open hand slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandicoot moves away from the strike by Hassan.
An attempted straight right counter from Bandicoot misses the target.
A nice leg kick from Hassan, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bandicoot misses with a looping left.
Hassan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bandicoot swings widly with a right hand
enabling Hassan to counter with a crisp jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bandicoot might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan misses with an uppercut.
Bandicoot slips under a jab from Hassan.
Hassan throws a hook but Bandicoot avoids it easily.
Bandicoot misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Bandicoot's head back.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Bandicoot saw that one coming.
Bandicoot throws out a loose jab but Hassan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassan tests Bandicoot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bandicoot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hassan was well out of range. Poor timing from Bandicoot.
Bandicoot throws out a loose jab but Hassan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassan misses with a body punch
and Bandicoot counters with a nice uppercut.
Hassan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bandicoot tests Hassan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Hassan is rocked!
A jab from Hassan misses.
Hassan is still on wobbly legs! Can Bandicoot finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan misses with a looping right.
Bandicoot throwing a counter right hand but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Bandicoot lands an uppercut, right on the button! Hassan tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Crush Bandicoot!
An out of breath Crush Bandicoot thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Abduwali Hassan was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the gym...'.