PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Barbosa (ranked 667 p4p, 259 weight class) and Abduwali Hassan (ranked 82 p4p, 35 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Barbosa
vs
Hassan

185 cm
27
157
16 - 10 - 0

170 cm
25
154
12 - 1 - 0

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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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abduwali Hassan!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan misses with a right hand
and Barbosa counters with a three punch combo that has Hassan backing up. Hassan nods at Barbosa to acknowledge the strikes.
Barbosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan loads up on a big right hand but Barbosa slips the punch.
Barbosa throwing a counter right hand but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Barbosa throws out a loose jab but Hassan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hassan misses with a lunging right hand
and Barbosa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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.
Barbosa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hassan has time to react.
Hassan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hassan throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa throwing a counter right hand but Hassan manages to avoid it.
Hassan throws a big shot that misses.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Barbosa lands.

Hassan is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Hassan.
Hassan is still on wobbly legs! Can Barbosa finish him?
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hassan.
It looked like Barbosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hassan is looking to score with low kicks.
Barbosa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Barbosa lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Hassan head around and knocks him out cold! Barbosa hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daniel Barbosa!
A very excited looking Daniel Barbosa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Abduwali Hassan was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to the gym...'.