PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Van Barle (ranked 2202 p4p, 22585 weight class) and Gotan Wasselach (ranked 278 p4p, 639 weight class). Wasselach is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Time Is On My Side. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Van Barle
vs
Wasselach

188 cm
23
210
8 - 4 - 0

194 cm
25
210
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dillon Van Barle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gotan Wasselach!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Barle thuds a left hand into Wasselach's body.
Wasselach goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wasselach throws the left hand but Van Barle avoids the punch easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Wasselach checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Van Barle avoids a kick to the body.
Van Barle thuds a left hand into Wasselach's body.
Van Barle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wasselach misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Van Barle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wasselach. Van Barle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Barle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wasselach.
Van Barle avoids a kick to the body.
Van Barle avoids a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Barle. That's going to slow Wasselach down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wasselach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasselach throws out a loose jab but Van Barle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Barle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wasselach manages to circle out of the way.
Wasselach throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Barle counters with an inside leg kick.
Van Barle misses with a low kick.
Wasselach scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Barle fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasselach throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wasselach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Barle moves away.
Van Barle misses with the combination.
Van Barle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wasselach.
Van Barle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wasselach eats them both and turns towards Van Barle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wasselach lands a head kick. Van Barle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Van Barle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Van Barle.
Van Barle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wasselach lets loose with a powerful body kick. Van Barle will feel that in the morning.
Van Barle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Barle lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wasselach lands a body shot.
Van Barle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Barle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Van Barle doesn't manage to clinch there - Wasselach circles away.
Wasselach is looking to land body kicks.
Wasselach dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Barle. That did some damage!
Van Barle blocks a jab.
Van Barle moves out of range as Wasselach strikes.
Van Barle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wasselach throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Wasselach finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wasselach throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Wasselach wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wasselach scores with a shot to the body.
Wasselach misses with a low kick.
Van Barle misses with a hook to the body
enabling Wasselach to counter with a crisp jab.
Wasselach throws a hook to the side of Van Barle's head but Van Barle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wasselach fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Barle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Barle misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Van Barle.
Wasselach throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Barle.
Van Barle misses with a head kick.
Wasselach walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Van Barle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wasselach throws a body shot but no joy.
Wasselach lands with a right hand.
Wasselach throws an off balance right hand

and Van Barle moves into the clinch.
Wasselach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wasselach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wasselach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Barle's elbow.
Van Barle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wasselach has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Barle missing with knees to the body.
Van Barle misses with an elbow strike.
Wasselach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Barle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wasselach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Barle trying to land knees to the body.
Van Barle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Barle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wasselach lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wasselach lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Barle.
Wasselach pushes Van Barle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Barle is breathing heavily.
Van Barle tries to land a knee to the head but Wasselach blocks with his arms.
Van Barle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wasselach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wasselach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Barle backwards.
Wasselach lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wasselach scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wasselach working aggressively here.
Van Barle swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Wasselach's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Barle slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wasselach. That's going to slow Van Barle down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Barle misses with a wild body shot.
As Van Barle backs off Wasselach throws a huge counter combo but Van Barle manages to avoid it all.
Wasselach on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wasselach looks for the body kick but Van Barle saw that one coming.
Wasselach staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Wasselach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wasselach jabs at Van Barle's body.
Wasselach avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wasselach stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Van Barle throws a leg kick
and Wasselach makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Van Barle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wasselach.
Good leg kick by Van Barle.
Wasselach has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Barle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wasselach only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gotan Wasselach seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wasselach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wasselach throws a big shot that misses.
Van Barle tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wasselach manages to circle out of the way.
Van Barle is looking to wear down Wasselach with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wasselach misses with a hook. Van Barle ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wasselach lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Van Barle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Barle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Van Barle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wasselach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasselach just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Barle misses with a looping left.
Wasselach misses with a straight right.
Wasselach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Barle tries to score with a low kick but Wasselach moves his leg out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasselach misses with an uppercut.
Dillon Van Barle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Barle tries to clinch up.
Wasselach scores with a push kick.
Wasselach throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Wasselach tries to get set, Van Barle tries to push him back and clinch up but Wasselach manages to avoid the attempt.
Wasselach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wasselach fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Van Barle steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wasselach. That one must have hurt.
Van Barle avoids a kick to the body.
Wasselach throws a low kick but it's checked well by Van Barle.
A nice leg kick from Wasselach, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wasselach ducks under a wild hook from Van Barle.
Wasselach misses with an uppercut
and Van Barle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Van Barle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wasselach.
Wasselach tries to score with a low kick but Van Barle moves his leg out of the way.
Van Barle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Barle went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Barle was well out of range. Poor timing from Wasselach.
Van Barle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wasselach.
Van Barle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wasselach has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Van Barle.
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!
Van Barle lands with a good body shot.
Van Barle throws a quick inside leg kick.

Van Barle darts in and clinches Wasselach up against the cage.
Van Barle looking to slow down the pace here.
Wasselach blocks an elbow strike.
Wasselach has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Van Barle seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wasselach can turn it around.
Van Barle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wasselach is breathing heavily.
Van Barle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wasselach in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Van Barle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Barle.
Van Barle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Van Barle tries a body shot but Wasselach blocks it.
Van Barle landing knees to the head.

It looks like Gotan Wasselach has been cut.
Van Barle landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Barle is working Wasselach over against the cage.
Van Barle lands a left hand.

Wasselach breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Barle misses the shot to the body.
Van Barle stuns Wasselach with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wasselach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Barle scores with a shot to the body.
Wasselach throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wasselach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Barle.
Van Barle fails with an attempt to clinch.
A low kick lands for Van Barle.
Van Barle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Barle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van Barle slips under a jab.
Van Barle throws a hook but Wasselach avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Barle throws a hook to the side of Wasselach's head but Wasselach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wasselach throws a hook but Van Barle avoids it easily.
Wasselach missing with a left hand there. Van Barle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Barle throws a body punch but Wasselach moves out of range.
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!
Wasselach is looking to score with low kicks.
Wasselach throws a shot from downtown. Van Barle moves away and avoids it.
Van Barle throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Van Barle misses with a series of wild punches.
Wasselach stuns Van Barle with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Van Barle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wasselach.
Wasselach's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wasselach attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Van Barle defending well as Wasselach loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dillon Van Barle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gotan Wasselach's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Barle.
Van Barle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wasselach swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van Barle seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A good leg kick by Wasselach.
Van Barle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wasselach misses with a looping right.
Van Barle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wasselach is out of range.
A punch combination from Wasselach misses.
Wasselach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Van Barle swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Wasselach stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Barle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasselach scores with a hook to the body. Van Barle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A lazy body kick from Wasselach
and Van Barle counters with a one-two to the body.
Van Barle moves out of range of the leg kick from Wasselach.
Wasselach waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Barle.
Van Barle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Barle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wasselach feints and then cracks Van Barle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Barle down.
Wasselach misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wasselach throws out a leg kick but Van Barle moves out of range and Wasselach only half commits.
Van Barle looks to score with a jab to the body but Wasselach is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wasselach! But no joy.
Wasselach misses with an uppercut. Van Barle saw that one coming.
Van Barle misses with a body shot.
Van Barle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Van Barle throws a head kick but Wasselach moves out of range.
Van Barle misses with a straight right.
Wasselach lands with a nice body kick.
Van Barle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slow jab from Wasselach misses its intended target.
Van Barle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wasselach stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Van Barle throws a low kick, looking for Wasselach's leg but Wasselach calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Van Barle misses.
Van Barle wants to clinch but Wasselach slips to the side
and Wasselach counters with a nice uppercut.
Wasselach misses with a looping right.
Van Barle looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Wasselach connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van Barle's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wasselach missing with a left hand there. Van Barle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Barle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wasselach at a distance.
Van Barle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Van Barle is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wasselach.
Van Barle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Barle is looking to slow Wasselach down with leg kicks.
Wasselach jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wasselach cracks Van Barle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Van Barle just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Barle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Van Barle clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach lands an uppercut.
Wasselach managing to block the knees to the body from Van Barle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wasselach.
Van Barle tries to work over Wasselach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wasselach working aggressively here.
Wasselach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wasselach stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Barle misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Wasselach.
Van Barle blocks a body shot from Wasselach.
Van Barle prevents a body shot from Wasselach.

Wasselach breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Barle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wasselach misses with a low kick.
Van Barle cracks a nice hook into Wasselach's ribs.
A low kick lands for Van Barle.
A nice leg kick from Van Barle, right into the meat of the thigh.
Van Barle tries to clinch there but Wasselach circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A left lands for Van Barle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Barle defending well as Wasselach loads up on a big left hand.
Van Barle tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wasselach swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wasselach throws a looping overhand right but Van Barle ducks down to avoid it.
Wasselach swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Barle.
Wasselach tries a quick counter leg kick but Van Barle is wise to it.
Wasselach misses with a hook.
Wasselach misses with a wild body shot.
Wasselach throws an overhand right that lands on Van Barle's shoulder, as Van Barle tries to avoid the shot.
Wasselach moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wasselach misses with a low kick.
Wasselach pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wasselach misses with a straight right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gotan Wasselach comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wasselach has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gotan Wasselach!
A victorious Gotan Wasselach thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.