PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Duvernay (ranked 72 p4p, 319 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 9 p4p, 43 weight class). De Minaur has chosen Seek and Destroy as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Duvernay
vs
De Minaur

176 cm
24
155
12 - 1 - 0

177 cm
24
162
13 - 3 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Duvernay!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duvernay looks to land a body kick but De Minaur moved away.
De Minaur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duvernay throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Minaur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick lands for De Minaur.
Duvernay lands the left hand.
A leg kick checked by De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a body punch
letting Duvernay counter with a right hand.
Duvernay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but De Minaur is just out of range.
De Minaur tries to clinch but Duvernay moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Duvernay misses.
Duvernay looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur tries a low kick but Duvernay avoids it.
De Minaur throws a nice outside leg kick.
Duvernay misses with a right hand
enabling De Minaur to counter with a crisp jab.
De Minaur with the inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Minaur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duvernay counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by De Minaur.
Duvernay tries to work over De Minaur's front leg with a kick but De Minaur checks it.
De Minaur takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Minaur throws a right hand that misses
and De Minaur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Duvernay misses.
De Minaur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Minaur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duvernay counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Minaur thinking.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duvernay lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Minaur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duvernay on the side of the head.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Duvernay is just out of range.
Duvernay blocks a jab.
De Minaur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duvernay connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Duvernay slips a jab from De Minaur.
Duvernay feinted there with a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duvernay throws a front kick aimed at De Minaur's knee but De Minaur avoids it well.
De Minaur misses with a straight left.
Duvernay avoids the body shot from De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Minaur avoids a kick to the body.
De Minaur misses with an uppercut
and De Minaur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duvernay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Duvernay scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Minaur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duvernay.
Jab, jab by De Minaur - just one landing.
Duvernay ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
De Minaur takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Minaur takes one to the chin there.
De Minaur thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay checks a low kick from De Minaur.
Duvernay lands a nice hook to De Minaur's body. De Minaur takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Duvernay misses with a straight right.
De Minaur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
De Minaur misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Duvernay counter with a right hand.
De Minaur moves away from the strike by Duvernay.
De Minaur misses with a low kick as Duvernay jumps back.
As De Minaur backs away, Duvernay returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Duvernay misses with a hook.
De Minaur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duvernay connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Minaur throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Duvernay to counter with a crisp jab.
Duvernay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Minaur is able to avoid easily.
De Minaur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay throws a body kick that misses.
Duvernay misses with a low kick.
Duvernay feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Minaurs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duvernay looks to land a body kick but De Minaur moved away.
A little jabbing left from De Minaur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Duvernay misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Minaur.
Duvernay tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Minaur throws a jab but it's blocked by Duvernay.
Duvernay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Duvernay slips under a jab.
Duvernay slips a jab from De Minaur.
De Minaur scores with a nice right hand.
De Minaur throws a poor cross that misses
and De Minaur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Minaur tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duvernay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Duvernay dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Duvernay dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Minaur. That did some damage!
De Minaur misses with a hook
and Duvernay counters with a good, hard body kick but De Minaur shrugs it off.
Duvernay feints and then cracks De Minaur's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De Minaur down.
A big left from De Minaur misses.
De Minaur throws a hook but Duvernay blocks it.
De Minaur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duvernay moves away.
A low kick from De Minaur is predictable there
and Duvernay counters with a straight right hand.
De Minaur moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duvernay circles away from the clinch attempt
and Duvernay counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Evan Duvernay is winning the standup battle so far.
De Minaur avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Minaur misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Minaur. Duvernay does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay lands a glancing blow to the side of De Minaur's head.
De Minaur is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
De Minaur misses with a straight left.
De Minaur throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Duvernay misses its intended target.
Duvernay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Duvernay tenderised De Minaur's leg. De Minaur is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duvernay blocks a head kick by De Minaur.
De Minaur throws a body punch but Duvernay moves out of range.
Duvernay misses with a kick to the body.
Duvernay cracks De Minaur with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duvernay scores with a nice strike.
Duvernay lands a nice hook to De Minaur's body. De Minaur takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Duvernay moves out of range as De Minaur strikes.
Duvernay checks a low kick from De Minaur.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duvernay moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
De Minaur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duvernay ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
De Minaur staying out of range there.
Duvernay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Minaur dips to his left and cracks Duvernay with an uppercut!
De Minaur on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Duvernay connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed De Minaur momentarily.
Duvernay looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good shot there by Duvernay.
De Minaur's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice jab there from Duvernay.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Minaur. That's going to slow Duvernay down.
Duvernay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Minaur.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but De Minaur might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Duvernay has got the better of the exchanges.
Duvernay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duvernay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from De Minaur misses the target.
De Minaur throws a lazy uppercut
and Duvernay counters with a nice uppercut.
Duvernay throws the left hand but De Minaur avoids the punch easily.
De Minaur throws out a counter right but Duvernay avoids it with no problem.
Duvernay misses with a hook. De Minaur ducked under it nicely.
Duvernay throws a jab but it's blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur feints a counter leg kick.
De Minaur looks to land a left hand but Duvernay moved out of range nicely.
De Minaur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duvernay drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Duvernay misses with a looping right.
De Minaur doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De Minaur slips under a jab from Duvernay.
Nice cross by De Minaur.
Duvernay throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Minaur fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duvernay looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duvernay lands with a cross.
Duvernay throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Duvernay misses its intended target.
De Minaur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Minaur throws a hook but Duvernay avoids it easily.
Duvernay throws a low kick but De Minaur moves out of range easily.
Duvernay walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Minaur moves away from the strike by Duvernay.
De Minaur throws a right hand that misses
and Duvernay counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Minaur blocks the body kick.
Duvernay avoids the body shot from De Minaur.
Duvernay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Minaur. Duvernay does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Minaur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duvernay was well out of range. Poor timing from De Minaur.
Duvernay throws a push kick but De Minaur slaps the foot to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Duvernay is looking to score with low kicks.
A good leg kick by Duvernay.
Duvernay looks to throw the jab but De Minaur is out of range.
Duvernay displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Minaur throws out the jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duvernay throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Minaur unleashes a big counter combination but Duvernay bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Duvernay lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Minaur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Minaur misses with a series of wild punches.
De Minaur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur throws a low kick but Duvernay moves out of range easily.
De Minaur throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Minaur.
Duvernay throws a lazy uppercut
and De Minaur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duvernay thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Duvernay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from De Minaur misses.
De Minaur misses with a looping right.
Duvernay tries to score with a low kick but De Minaur moves his leg out of the way.
Duvernay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Minaur.
Duvernay staying out of range there.
De Minaur cracks Duvernay with an open hand slap.
De Minaur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duvernay.
De Minaur misses with a hook. Duvernay ducked under it nicely.
De Minaur jabs at Duvernay's body.
De Minaur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duvernay cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duvernay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duvernay loads up on a big right hand but De Minaur slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay defending well as De Minaur loads up on a big left hand.
Good leg kick by Duvernay.
Duvernay tried to score with a low kick but De Minaur checks it.
Duvernay lands a jab to the nose.
Duvernay pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Minaur is out of range and Duvernay settles back down.
Duvernay throws an off balance right hand
and De Minaur counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duvernay thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Minaur throws a low kick but Duvernay moves out of range easily.
Duvernay tried to counter with a leg kick but De Minaur avoided it.
Duvernay misses with a leg kick.
De Minaur fails to land with a series of punches.
Duvernay looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Duvernay is looking to slow De Minaur down with leg kicks.
De Minaur loads up on a big right hand but Duvernay slips the punch.
Good exchange - De Minaur coming out on top.
Duvernay takes a jab right on the kisser.
Duvernay dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Minaur. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Minaur checks a leg kick.
Duvernay throws a leg kick but De Minaur sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Duvernay takes a swing at De Minaur's ribcage but misses.
De Minaur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duvernay.
Nice body punch from Duvernay.
Duvernay misses with a right hand
and De Minaur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Minaur misses the shot to the body.
De Minaur misses with a hook. Duvernay ducked under it nicely.
Duvernay lands with a hook. De Minaur tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Duvernay staying out of range there.
De Minaur takes one to the side of the head.
De Minaur throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Duvernay counter with a right hand.
De Minaur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duvernay misses with a lunging right hand
letting De Minaur counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Minaur is out of range and Duvernay settles back down.
Duvernay stuns De Minaur with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duvernay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Minaur.
Duvernay thinks about countering with a body kick.
Good shot there by De Minaur.
A punch lands to the side of De Minaur 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De Minaur moves away from the strike by Duvernay.
De Minaur misses the jab.
De Minaur throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Duvernay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Duvernay misses.
Duvernay misses the shot to the body.
De Minaur throws an off balance right hand
and Duvernay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duvernay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Minaur manages to avoid it.
Duvernay jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Rod De Minaur just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!

De Minaur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duvernay.
Duvernay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Minaur.
De Minaur misses with a looping left.
Duvernay buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duvernay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Minaur.
Duvernay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Minaur.
Duvernay checks the leg kick.
Duvernay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duvernay slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
De Minaur tried to score with a low kick but Duvernay checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Minaur looks to score with a jab to the body but Duvernay is just out of range.
Duvernay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Duvernay on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Duvernay connects with a crisp jab.
De Minaur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
De Minaur throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! De Minaur crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Duvernay - the referee stops the clock and De Minaur gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Duvernay. De Minaur manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
De Minaur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duvernay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Minaur.
De Minaur ducks under a wild hook from Duvernay.
Duvernay misses with a low kick.
De Minaur misses with a hook.
De Minaur misses with a looping right.
Duvernay motions for De Minaur to come forward. Duvernay throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Minaur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duvernay throws a chopping leg kick but De Minaur manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Duvernay turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duvernay misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Duvernay misses with a low kick as De Minaur jumps back.
Duvernay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Minaur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duvernay throws out the jab.
De Minaur is looking to slow Duvernay down with leg kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Minaur keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A big left from De Minaur misses.
As De Minaur backs away, Duvernay returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Duvernay throws a leg kick that misses.
De Minaur misses with a leg kick.
Duvernay tries a low kick but De Minaur avoids it.
A little jabbing left from De Minaur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Good work by De Minaur as he checks the leg kick.
De Minaur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duvernay.
Duvernay throws a low kick, looking for De Minaur's leg but De Minaur calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay slips under a jab from De Minaur.
Duvernay was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Duvernay throws a jab but it's blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur throws an off balance right hand
and Duvernay counters with a low kick, right behind De Minaur 's knee.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Minaur.
De Minaur drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Duvernay misses with an uppercut. De Minaur saw that one coming.
De Minaur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Minaur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Minaur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Minaur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duvernay misses with a low kick.
Duvernay tries a low kick but De Minaur avoids it.
Duvernay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Duvernay connects with a body shot that sends De Minaur's belly button to the back.
De Minaur throws a hook but Duvernay blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Minaur scoring well with a low kick there.
De Minaur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duvernay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duvernay ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
Duvernay slips a straight right by De Minaur.
Duvernay scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Minaur doesn't seem bothered though.
De Minaur misses the shot to the body.
Duvernay misses with a low kick.
De Minaur takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Minaur listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Duvernay lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Minaur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
It looked like Duvernay wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Minaur misses with an uppercut
letting Duvernay counter with a right hand.
Duvernay throws the kick towards the body but De Minaur avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Duvernay had his way with Rod De Minaur in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice leg kick from Duvernay, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duvernay lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duvernay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duvernay blocks a low kick nicely.
De Minaur throws a hook but Duvernay blocks it.
De Minaur fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Minaur on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duvernay. Duvernay obviously looking to wear him down.
Duvernay keeps the fight on the outside.
Duvernay scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duvernay misses with a right hand
and De Minaur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
De Minaur avoids the body shot from Duvernay.
A lazy body kick from De Minaur
and Duvernay counters with a nice leg kick.
Duvernay misses with a looping right.
A good leg kick by De Minaur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Minaur misses the jab.
Duvernay throws a hook to the side of De Minaur's head but De Minaur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Minaur stuns Duvernay with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good leg kick by Duvernay.

Duvernay tries to keep at a distance but De Minaur has taken the fight into the clinch.
De Minaur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Minaur throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from De Minaur fails to land.
A short right from Duvernay on the inside.
Duvernay misses with the head strike.

Duvernay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Minaur misses with a looping left.
De Minaur takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rod De Minaur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay scores with a nice right hand.
Duvernay throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duvernay ducks under a wild hook from De Minaur.
Duvernay bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Duvernay. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Duvernay.
Duvernay staying out of range there.
Duvernay staying out of range there.
Duvernay looks to score with a jab to the body but De Minaur is just out of range.
De Minaur takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Duvernay throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evan Duvernay is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Minaur checks a leg kick.
Duvernay throws a lazy right hand but De Minaur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Minaur is trying to counter with his kicks.
Duvernay ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay throws a leg kick but De Minaur checks it.
Duvernay is looking to slow De Minaur down with leg kicks.
Duvernay tries to score with a low kick but De Minaur moves his leg out of the way.
A nice leg kick from De Minaur, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Minaur connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Evan Duvernay has been cut.
Duvernay tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Minaur is able to avoid easily.
Duvernay works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duvernay works the jab nicely.
Duvernay misses with a low kick.
De Minaur feints a counter leg kick.
Duvernay tries to move into range but De Minaur moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
De Minaur throws a low kick but it's checked well by Duvernay.
De Minaur misses the shot to the body.
Duvernay slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Duvernay misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Duvernay.
De Minaur missing with a left hand there. Duvernay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Minaur throws a body kick that misses.
De Minaur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from De Minaur misses its intended target.
Duvernay was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Duvernay chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Duvernay keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duvernay throws a jab but it's blocked by De Minaur.
De Minaur tried to score with a low kick but Duvernay checks it.
A leg kick checked by Duvernay.
Donk. De Minaur catches Duvernay right on the button with a cross.
Duvernay paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Duvernay scores with a jab. De Minaur acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evan Duvernay showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duvernay has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evan Duvernay!
Evan Duvernay retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Evan Duvernay, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.