PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Haily (ranked 3475 p4p, 329 weight class) and Nicholas Tessier (ranked 3147 p4p, 306 weight class). 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.

Haily
vs
Tessier

179 cm
26
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

185 cm
27
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Haily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicholas Tessier!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tessier misses with a hook.
Haily displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tessier throws out the jab.
Tessier clobbers Haily with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tessier fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Haily walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tessier takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haily tries to close the distance and clinch but Tessier swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Haily tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tessier counters with a nice uppercut.

Haily closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Haily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tessier's elbow.
Tessier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tessier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haily throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Haily misses with a hook to the ribs.
Haily lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haily can't find room to land a body shot as Tessier controls the action.
Tessier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tessier lands with a right to the head.
Tessier has a couple of punches blocked by Haily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tessier backwards.
Tessier tries to work over Haily's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tessier's elbow.
Tessier misses with the head strike.
Tessier wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tessier has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Haily seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tessier can turn it around.
Haily scores with a shot to the side of Tessier's head.
Tessier wants to get back to striking at distance but Haily won't allow it.
Haily tries to throw a body punch but Tessier avoids it by throwing Haily back against the cage.
Tessier misses with some punches.
Haily makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tessier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tessier lands with a light punch inside.
Tessier takes a shot to the head.
Haily lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Haily lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tessier.
Haily lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tessier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tessier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tessier misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Haily - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tessier tries to circle away but Haily has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tessier scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tessier's elbow.
Tessier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haily's elbow.
Haily has a couple of punches blocked by Tessier.
Tessier tries to stall but Haily uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tessier tries to break free but Haily pushes him back against the cage.
Haily lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tessier throws a head punch that misses.
Haily scores with a shoulder strike.
Haily blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haily lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tessier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tessier backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tessier fails to land.
Tessier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tessier misses with a body punch.
A short right from Haily.
Still in the clinch, Haily scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tessier takes a shot to the head.
Haily lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tessier.
Haily fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Tessier.
Haily fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haily working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Haily goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tessier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tessier takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haily lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Tessier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Haily scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tessier presses Haily against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tessier wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Haily has him pressed against the cage.
Tessier blocking some punches.
Tessier struggles to land a body shot inside as Haily controls his hands.

Haily pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haily throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tessier on the side of the head.
Haily gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tessier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haily circles away quickly and effectively.
Haily wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Haily has taken the fight to the clinch.
Haily misses with some punches.
Haily lands a shoulder strike.

Tessier is rocked!
Haily blocks a body shot from Tessier.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haily lands a body shot.
Haily lands with a left to the head.
Tessier is still on wobbly legs! Can Haily finish him?
Tessier lands a shoulder strike.
Haily scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tessier swings wildly with an uppercut but Haily uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Haily dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Haily drops Tessier with a straight right hand, right on the button! Haily follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Haily!