PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Hansen (ranked 2082 p4p, 244 weight class) and Paul Haily (ranked 2930 p4p, 335 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.

Hansen
vs
Haily

178 cm
27
158 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

179 cm
27
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gustav Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Haily!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haily looks to score with a jab to the body but Hansen is just out of range.
Haily throws a body punch but Hansen moves out of range.
Haily looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Hansen pushes Haily up against the cage in a clinch.
Haily presses Hansen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Haily misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haily is leaning against Hansen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haily can't find room to land a body shot as Hansen controls the action.
Hansen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Haily misses with a hook from the clinch.
Haily scores with a shot to the side of Hansen's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
Hansen tries to work over Haily's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Hansen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hansen tries to throw a body punch but Haily avoids it by throwing Hansen back against the cage.
Haily throws a punch but it's blocked by Hansen.
Haily tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Hansen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hansen lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hansen.
Hansen takes a shot to the head.
Hansen tries to throw a body punch but Haily avoids it by throwing Hansen back against the cage.
Haily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hansen's elbow.
Hansen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hansen scores with a shot to the side of Haily's head.
Haily throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen prevents a body shot from Haily.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hansen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
Haily lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Haily misses with a punch to the body.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hansen takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hansen lands a hook that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haily tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hansen blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Hansen.
Hansen tries to work over Haily's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Haily misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hansen tries a body shot but Haily blocks it.
A hook to the body from Haily.
Haily lands a shoulder strike.
Haily softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hansen swings wildly with an uppercut but Haily uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hansen.
Hansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haily tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hansen can't find room to land a body shot as Haily controls the action.
Hansen misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Haily.
Haily blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Haily.
Hansen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haily working aggressively here.
Hansen lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Haily.
Haily tries to work over Hansen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haily lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hansen or not.
Haily goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haily is working Hansen over against the cage.
Hansen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Hansen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haily lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Haily.
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!
Haily prevents a body shot from Hansen.
Haily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haily swings wildly with an uppercut but Hansen uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
A right handed body shot lands from Haily.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haily lands a body punch.
Haily lands a body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haily digs a right hand underneath Hansen's ribcage. Hansen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Haily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haily.
Haily is leaning against Hansen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hansen has a couple of punches blocked by Haily.
Haily lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Haily dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Haily instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hansen fails to land.
Hansen misses with some punches.
A short right from Haily.
Haily works on Hansen's body with a couple of short punches.
Haily prevents a body shot from Hansen.
Haily misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hansen misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haily.
Haily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haily.
Haily misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haily blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haily.
Hansen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haily lands a body shot.
Hansen tries to throw a body punch but Haily avoids it by throwing Hansen back against the cage.
Haily blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Haily doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hansen gets through Haily's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hansen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haily misses with the head strike.
Haily lands a body shot in the clinch.
Haily has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
A head punch on the inside from Haily fails to land.
Hansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haily wants a takedown.
Hansen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haily throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen throws a head punch that misses.
Haily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hansen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haily backwards.
Hansen blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen cracks Haily with a nice body shot.
Haily lands a body punch.
Haily lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hansen misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Hansen fails to land.
Haily has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Haily has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hansen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haily tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hansen's elbow.
Hansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hansen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hansen throws a head punch that misses.
Hansen struggles to land a body shot inside as Haily controls his hands.
Hansen blocks an uppercut.
Haily blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Hansen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haily's elbow.
Haily lands a left hand.
Hansen prevents a body shot from Haily.
Paul Haily seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hansen struggles to land a body shot inside as Haily controls his hands.
Haily misses with some punches.
Haily has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Haily is working Hansen over against the cage.
Haily blocks a body shot from Hansen.
Nice body punch from Haily.
Hansen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Haily lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Haily goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haily is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Haily lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Haily struggles to land a body shot inside as Hansen controls his hands.
Haily lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haily lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haily lands a body punch.
Haily lands a shoulder strike.
Haily has a couple of punches blocked by Hansen.
Haily stalling the fight.
Hansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haily misses with some punches.
Haily lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hansen or not.
Haily lands with a right to the head.
Haily lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A right hook to the body lands for Haily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hansen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hansen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haily.
Haily lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Haily blocking some punches.
Hansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Haily showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hansen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Haily drops Hansen with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hansen looks back up at him and smiles so Haily waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Hansen is rocked!

Haily darts in and clinches Hansen up against the cage.
Oh Hansen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Haily softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Haily lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Haily blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hansen blocking some punches.
Haily creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hansen with a big uppercut! Hansen tries to clinch up but Haily pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hansen to the mat! Hansen covers up and Haily unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paul Haily!