PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tim Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhang Wufie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hansen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Big Gun. Wufie has chosen Beg Waves as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Zhang Wufie was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Hansen
vs
Wufie

178 cm
28
155 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

166 cm
28
148 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zhang Wufie!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wufie wants to clinch.
Hansen lands with a cross.
Wufie tries a low kick but Hansen avoids it.
Wufie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Wufie has closed the distance and engaged Hansen in a clinch.
Wufie tries to work over Hansen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wufie pushes Hansen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wufie is pushing Hansen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wufie prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wufie lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wufie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hansen avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Wufie.
Wufie misses with an elbow strike.
Hansen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hansen managing to block the knees to the body from Wufie.
Wufie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hansen.
Wufie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hansen.
Wufie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
Hansen dodges an elbow strike from Wufie.
Wufie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hansen avoids it.
Wufie lands a nice knee to the body.
Wufie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wufie prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wufie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hansen's elbow.
Hansen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wufie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hansen blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wufie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wufie tries a body shot but Hansen blocks it.
Wufie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hansen avoids it.
Wufie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wufie is pressed up against the cage. Hansen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wufie down to the mat. Wufie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hansen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zhang Wufie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wufie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hansen scores with a jab. Wufie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wufie motions for Hansen to come forward. Wufie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Hansen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wufie is trying to get back to half guard.
Hansen tries to stand but Wufie is controlling his head.
Hansen trying to control the position but Wufie is working away.
Wufie is looking to reverse the position.
Wufie keeps trying to improve his position.
Wufie looks to move to half guard but instead Hansen has passed into mount! Damn!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wufie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hansen with shots to the head and body - Wufie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wufie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wufie tries to hold on but Hansen postures up.
Wufie can't escape the position.
Hansen controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hansen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Wufie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hansen blocks a low kick nicely.
Hansen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hansen misses with a two punch combination.
Hansen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Zhang Wufie has been cut.
Hansen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wufie pinned against the cage. Wufie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Wufie clinches up against the cage.
Hansen is trying to drag Wufie to the mat but Wufie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wufie trying to land knees to the body.
Hansen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hansen is trying to break the clinch but Wufie has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wufie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wufie throws an elbow that misses.
Wufie working Hansen over with knees to the body.
Wufie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Wufie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hansen managing to block the knees to the body from Wufie.
Hansen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hansen managing to block the knees to the body from Wufie.
Wufie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hansen.
Wufie missing with knees to the body.
Wufie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
Wufie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hansen.
Zhang Wufie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hansen wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wufie lands a knee to the body.
Wufie has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Hansen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wufie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wufie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Wufie.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wufie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hansen tries to score a body lock takedown but Wufie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wufie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wufie trying to land knees to the body.
Wufie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wufie prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Wufie on the inside.
Hansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wufie throws a punch but it's blocked by Hansen.
I was talking to Hansen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wufie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wufie is pushing Hansen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wufie lands a good knee to the midsection. Hansen won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wufie is stalling here.
Wufie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
Wufie misses with a knee strike.
Wufie missing with knees to the body.
Hansen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wufie fights it off and pushes away nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wufie - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zhang Wufie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zhang Wufie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some wild striking there from Wufie.
Hansen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wufie counters with a low kick, right behind Hansen 's knee.
Hansen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A lazy left from Hansen finds it's target.
Wufie misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Hansen.
Nice sprawl there from Wufie as Hansen shoots in.
Tim Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hansen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wufie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hansen's knee momentarily.
Wufie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wufie. Hansen shrugs it off though.
Hansen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Wufie darts in and clinches Hansen up against the cage.
Wufie misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
Wufie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wufie gets underhooks to prevent Hansen's takedown attempt.
Hansen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hansen wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wufie tries to work over Hansen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wufie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hansen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wufie missing with knees to the body.
Zhang Wufie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wufie crunches a lovely knee into Hansen's ribcage.
Wufie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hansen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hansen can't get the takedown.
Hansen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wufie prevents it.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wufie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hansen is defending well for now.
Wufie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hansen.
Hansen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wufie tries a body shot but Hansen blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Wufie is defending well.
Hansen working hard to break the clinch.
Wufie tries to land knees in the clinch but Hansen avoids the damage to the body.
Wufie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wufie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hansen.
Tim Hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hansen tries to land a knee to the head but Wufie blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zhang Wufie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wufie winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhang Wufie!
Zhang Wufie very nearly forgot to thank Vandal Fight Boutique & Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.