PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abduwali Hassan (ranked 476 p4p, 342 weight class) and Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 53 p4p, 41 weight class). Benedetti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull. Abduwali Hassan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hassan
vs
Benedetti

170 cm
29
154
19 - 7 - 0

173 cm
30
147
23 - 10 - 4

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Granite chin

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Conviction

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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abduwali Hassan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!

Benedetti closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Hassan managing to block the knees to the body from Benedetti.
Benedetti is leaning against Hassan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.

Hassan breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti scores with the left hand. Hassan knows he should have avoided that one.
Benedetti 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benedetti gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hassan counters with a straight right hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Benedetti.
Hassan lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Hassan.
A countering left hand to the body from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hassan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hassan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti walks into a jab.
Benedetti defending well as Hassan loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Benedetti takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A cross from Benedetti lands.
Benedetti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Hassan.
Benedetti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti is looking to clinch.
Hassan tried to counter with a leg kick but Benedetti avoided it.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Hassan moves out of range.
Hassan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedetti cracks Hassan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hassan looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Hassan loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
An inside leg kick from Hassan misses.
Benedetti tries a quick counter leg kick but Hassan is wise to it.
Hassan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Hassan defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti throws a right hand that misses
and Hassan counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti lands a front kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hassan lands an overhand right.
Hassan throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hassan.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Hassan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hassan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benedetti blocks a head kick by Hassan.
Benedetti shapes to counter with a head kick.
Benedetti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Hassan moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
An attempted straight right counter from Hassan misses the target.
Hassan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hassan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Hassan throws a body kick that misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hassan's knee momentarily.
Benedetti avoids the head kick by Hassan.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Benedetti didn't see that one coming.
Hassan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Hassan off balance momentarily.
Hassan throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hassan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hassan blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hassan swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Hassan backing away here, and Benedetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti takes one on the button.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Hassan. Beautiful body shot.
Hassan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benedetti doesn't manage to clinch there - Hassan circles away.
Hassan throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Benedetti misses with the body kick
and Hassan counters with a right hand to the body.
Hassan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hassan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Hassan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Hassan.
Hassan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A low kick from Hassan misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hassan misses the target.
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hassan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti pushes Hassan away with a front kick.
Benedetti wants to land a leg kick but Hassan is out of range.
Benedetti is looking to slow Hassan down with leg kicks.
Hassan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benedetti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hassan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to land a front kick but Hassan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassan misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Hassan is out of range.
Hassan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hassan with the inside leg kick.
Hassan moves out of range as Benedetti throws a body kick.
Benedetti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abduwali Hassan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benedetti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hassan.
Hassan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benedetti can do to turn this around?
Benedetti needs to keep his hands up - Hassan had a free shot at his head there.
A swing and a miss from Hassan.
Hassan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hassan throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benedetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benedetti.
Hassan works Benedetti's body with a nice hook.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti throws a wild body kick that Hassan sees coming a mile off.
Hassan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a body kick.
Hassan checks the leg kick.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Hassan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hassan.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Hassan's shoulder, as Hassan tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Benedetti's head back.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Hassan to counter with a crisp jab.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Hassan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hassan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range and Hassan settles back down.
A bone on bone clash there as Benedetti blocks the leg kick.
Hassan moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti 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.
Benedetti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hassan wants to slow Benedetti down by chopping away at his legs.
Hassan lands with a cross.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hassan checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hassan misses the target.
Hassan ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti moves out of range as Hassan strikes.
Hassan backing away here, and Benedetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Hassan misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hassan.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Hassan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Hassan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hassan lands with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Hassan is predictable there
and Benedetti counters with a leg kick.
Hassan lands a jab to the head.
Hassan slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Hassan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hassan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hassan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti delivers a nice body kick.
Benedetti thumps Hassan with a low kick.
Hassan throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hassan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Benedetti's head back.
Benedetti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benedetti tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hassan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch but Hassan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hassan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benedetti in his tracks.
Hassan misses with a hook.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Abduwali Hassan is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hassan misses the target.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti looks for the body kick but Hassan saw that one coming.
Hassan digs a good hook to Benedetti's body.
Benedetti punishes Hassan's body with a nice straight punch.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti throws a low kick, looking for Hassan's leg but Hassan calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that Hassan avoids nicely.
Hassan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benedetti scores with a push kick.
Benedetti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hassan throws a leg kick
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Hassan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hassan tried to counter with a leg kick but Benedetti avoided it.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hassan looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Hassan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Hassan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hassan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
A quick step to the side and Hassan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Benedetti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Hassan moves away and avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hassan.
Hassan with a nice cross.
Hassan throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
Hassan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benedetti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hassan scrambles back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benedetti. That's going to slow Hassan down.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Benedetti didn't see that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti moves forwards but Hassan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hassan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benedetti will feel that in the morning.
Hassan scores with a nice right hand.
Hassan connects with a jab.
Hassan lands a nice hook to Benedetti's body. Benedetti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hassan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hassan walks into a straight right hand from Benedetti.
Benedetti drops his hands momentarily and Hassan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Benedetti moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benedetti.
Hassan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Hassan throws a punch but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a body punch.
Benedetti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hassans head.
Benedetti misses with a knee to the head.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hassan backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti lands with a right to the head.

Hassan breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti lands a jab to the head.

Benedetti moves into the clinch.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benedetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti scores with a shoulder strike.
Benedetti pushes off an throws an elbow but Hassan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.

Hassan is rocked!
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Hassan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benedetti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hassan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hassan seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hassan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benedetti scores with a shot to the side of Hassan's head.
Hassan is trying to break free.
Hassan pushes Benedetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Benedetti.

Benedetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benedetti slips a jab from Hassan.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti throws the kick towards the body but Hassan avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Hassan jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hassan. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Hassan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hassan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lorenzo Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abduwali Hassan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Hassan off balance momentarily.
Benedetti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hassan to score with a decent uppercut.
Hassan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benedetti takes a swing at Hassan's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Hassan.
Hassan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
Hassan throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Benedetti scores with a nice head shot.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Benedetti connects with a right hand. Hassan shakes it off.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hassan throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hassan throws a front kick aimed at Benedetti's knee but Benedetti avoids it well.
Benedetti avoids the head kick by Hassan.
Hassan scores with a nice right hand.
Benedetti checks the leg kick.
Hassan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Hassan swings widly with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that Hassan was not able to check.

Benedetti darts in and clinches Hassan up against the cage.
Hassan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benedetti tries to land a knee to the head but Hassan blocks with his arms.

Hassan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hassan in his tracks.
Hassan throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Hassan swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti tries a quick counter leg kick but Hassan is wise to it.
Benedetti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hassan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan misses with a low kick.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is 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!
Hassan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hassan's hands.
Hassan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Hassan moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Benedetti throws a jab when Hassan was well out of range.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Benedetti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hassan to score with a decent uppercut.
Hassan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hassan moves out of range of the body kick.
Hassan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Hassan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benedetti closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Hassan! Benedetti dives in looking to finish! Hassan is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lorenzo Benedetti!
A victorious Lorenzo Benedetti thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Abduwali Hassan spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the gym...'.