PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Evan Duvernay (ranked 362 p4p, 1112 weight class) and Abduwali Hassan (ranked 33 p4p, 106 weight class). Duvernay comes to the cage accompanied by Le Vent Nous Portera. Evan Duvernay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Duvernay
vs
Hassan

176 cm
31
147
26 - 10 - 0

170 cm
32
154
22 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Conviction

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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 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Evan Duvernay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abduwali Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan scores with a hook to the body. Duvernay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Hassan misses its intended target.
Hassan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hassan with a nice calf kick.
Hassan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Duvernay checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Duvernay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duvernay throws a big shot that misses.
Duvernay throws a lazy right hand but Hassan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hassan looks to throw the jab but Duvernay is out of range.
Hassan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duvernay throws a body punch but Hassan moves out of range.
Hassan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Duvernay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duvernay bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hassan's head backwards.
Decent striking displayed by Hassan there.
Duvernay throws a body punch but Hassan moves out of range.
Duvernay throws the left hand but Hassan avoids the punch easily.
Duvernay scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvernay lands a nice looking body shot.
Hassan connects with a nice looking jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duvernay fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hassan ducks under a wild hook from Duvernay.
Hassan throws a right hand that misses
and Duvernay counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay delivers a nice body kick.
Hassan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duvernay misses with the combination.
Hassan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Duvernay on the side of the head.
Duvernay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hassan moves away.
Hassan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duvernay throws out the jab.
Duvernay blocks a jab.
Duvernay appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hassan is looking to slow Duvernay down with leg kicks.
Hassan misses with an uppercut.
Duvernay lands a jab.
Duvernay lands with an overhand left.
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Duvernay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duvernay half committed to a counter leg kick.
A big right from Duvernay misses.
Duvernay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duvernay blocks a head kick by Hassan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hassan.

Duvernay gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Duvernay breaks the clinch.
Duvernay lands a high kick!
Hassan slips a straight right by Duvernay.
Hassan feints a counter leg kick.
Duvernay takes a swing at Hassan's ribcage but misses.
Duvernay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hassan moves away.
Hassan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hassan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duvernay can pounce on him.
Duvernay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hassan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duvernay.
Duvernay throws a good cross that connects.

Hassan is rocked!
Duvernay drops Hassan with a naaaaasty hook - Hassan is in real trouble here! Duvernay dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Duvernay!
Evan Duvernay took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Abduwali Hassan stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the gym...'.