PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Finch (ranked 512 p4p, 831 weight class) and Abduwali Hassan (ranked 50 p4p, 75 weight class). Finch's entrance music is Ghetto Bird- Ice Cube. A fine choice. Atticus Finch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Finch
vs
Hassan

178 cm
36
156
30 - 15 - 0

170 cm
31
154
22 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Brooklyn Apothecary

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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Atticus Finch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abduwali Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finch's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Finch.
Finch tries a head kick but it misses.
Finch slips under a jab.
Finch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Hassan scoring well with a low kick there.
Finch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hassan moves away.
Finch takes a swing at Hassan's ribcage but misses.
Hassan sizes up Finch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab lands there for Finch.
Hassan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Finch didn't see that one coming.
Finch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
A slow jab from Finch misses its intended target.
Hassan throws a jab when Finch was well out of range.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hassan.
Hassan is looking to score with low kicks.
Finch walks into a left hand.
Hassan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hassan connects with the punch.
Finch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hassan counters with a stiff right hand.
Hassan slips under a jab from Finch.
Good leg kick by Hassan.
Hassan misses the shot to the body.
Finch checks a low kick from Hassan.
Good standup being displayed there by Hassan as he connects with a hook.
Hassan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Hassan. That snapped Finch's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hassan lands a jab to the head.
Hassan with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hassan slips a straight right by Finch.
Hassan swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Hassan blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Hassan releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hassan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Finch to counter with a crisp jab.
Finch blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Hassan.
Hassan lands with a straight right. Finch didn't see that one coming.
Finch moves out of range as Hassan strikes.
Finch is looking to counter punch.
Finch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hassan.
Finch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hassan looks to score with a jab to the body but Finch is just out of range.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Finch's head but Finch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hassan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finch in his tracks.
Hassan takes a swing at Finch's ribcage but misses.
Finch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Finch saw that one coming.
Finch avoids a kick to the body.
Finch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hassan.
Hassan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finch.
Hassan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Finch had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Finch fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hassan.
Hassan throws a hook to the side of Finch's head but Finch sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Finch.
Finch misses with a looping left.
Hassan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Finch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finch misses with a wild body shot.
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassan misses the jab.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
Finch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hassan misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch walks into a straight right hand from Hassan.
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big right from Hassan misses.
Hassan throws a hook but Finch blocks it.
Finch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finch moves out of range as Hassan throws a body kick.
Finch throws an overhand right that lands on Hassan's shoulder, as Hassan tries to avoid the shot.
Finch misses with a wild body shot.
Hassan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hassan throws a body shot but no joy.
Finch is looking to counter punch.
Hassan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Finch looks to land a right hand but Hassan moved out of range.
Hassan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hassan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finch was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Abduwali Hassan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hassan throws an off balance right hand
and Finch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hassan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Finch is out of range.
The fighters circling - Finch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hassan looks to land a right hand but Finch moved out of range.
Hassan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hassan slips a jab from Finch.
Hassan swings for the body but Finch moves out of range.
Finch looks to throw the jab but Hassan is out of range.
Finch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hassan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Finch at a distance.
Finch missing with a left hand there. Hassan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finch misses with a looping right.
Finch slips a jab from Hassan.
Hassan defending well as Finch loads up on a big left hand.
Finch misses the jab.
Hassan throws a leg kick
and Hassan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hassan clobbers Finch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Hassan misses.
Hassan avoids the body shot from Finch.
Abduwali Hassan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hassan.
Abduwali Hassan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hassan.
Finch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hassan in his tracks.
Hassan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Finch checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
Finch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan throws a leg kick but Finch sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hassan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finch was well out of range. Poor timing from Hassan.
Finch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Finch is looking to counter with head kicks.
Finch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch misses with a hook. Hassan ducked under it nicely.
Finch looks to land a left hand but Hassan moved out of range nicely.
Finch defending well as Hassan loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hassan moves out of range of the strikes.
Hassan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finch.
Finch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hassan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A lazy body kick from Finch
enabling Hassan to counter with a crisp jab.
Hassan connects with a right hand. Finch shakes it off.
Finch walks into a left hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Finch might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Finch misses its intended target.
Finch swings widly with a right hand
and Hassan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Finch looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hassan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hassan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finch moves forwards but Hassan connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch misses with an uppercut.
Hassan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hassan throws an overhand right that lands on Finch's shoulder, as Finch tries to avoid the shot.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Hassan.
Hassan throws a lazy body kick
and Finch counters with a nice leg kick.
Hassan throws a shot from downtown. Finch moves away and avoids it.
Finch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hassan can pounce on him.
Finch thuds his right hand into Hassan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Finch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hassan tries to score with a low kick but Finch moves his leg out of the way.
Hassan blocks a jab.
Finch lands a nice hook to Hassan's body. Hassan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Finch moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Finch misses the target.
Finch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hassan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hassan misses with an uppercut. Finch saw that one coming.
Finch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Hassan defending well as Finch loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
Finch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hassan throws a poor cross that misses
and Finch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hassan.
Hassan misses with a looping right.
Hassan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Finch.
Hassan throws a lazy head kick
and Finch counters with a left and a right... And another left! Hassan is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atticus Finch!
A relieved looking Atticus Finch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Abduwali Hassan was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the gym...'.