PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hunt (ranked 425 p4p, 526 weight class) and Gotan Wasselach (ranked 62 p4p, 79 weight class). Wasselach is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Time Is On My Side by Maze. Gotan Wasselach acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hunt
vs
Wasselach

192 cm
26
223
13 - 5 - 1

194 cm
36
215
12 - 10 - 0

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
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 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gotan Wasselach!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wasselach slips a straight right by Hunt.
Wasselach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Wasselach throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Wasselach connects with a single shot there.
Hunt is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wasselach! But no joy.
Nice defenses there by Wasselach.
Wasselach looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hunt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wasselach misses with an uppercut
enabling Hunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wasselach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt takes one to the chin there.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt looks to land a right hand but Wasselach moved out of range.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wasselach.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wasselach was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Wasselach now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've been informed that Wasselach has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Hunt moves into the clinch.
Wasselach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wasselach misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wasselach backwards.
A short left from Wasselach.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Wasselach lands an uppercut.
Hunt misses with an elbow strike.
Wasselach blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt tries to work over Wasselach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hunt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wasselach on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Wasselach misses with the head strike.

Wasselach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wasselach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Hunt finds it's target.
Nice defenses there by Wasselach.
Wasselach only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hunt swings for the body but Wasselach moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Wasselach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wasselach moves away.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Wasselach. That snapped Hunt's head back.
Wasselach takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paul Hunt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Hunt misses
and Wasselach counters with a nice uppercut.
Wasselach jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wasselach pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wasselach scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Wasselach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hunt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wasselach on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hunt. Hunt obviously looking to wear him down.
Hunt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wasselach ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Hunt clinches up against the cage.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Wasselach.

Wasselach breaks from the clinch.
Hunt misses with a low kick as Wasselach jumps back.
Wasselach fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunt manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Hunt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wasselach lands a nice looking body shot.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Wasselach is just out of range.
It seemed like Wasselach was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hunt throws a lazy uppercut
and Wasselach counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wasselach listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wasselach with a nice cross.

That's four 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!
Wasselach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wasselach lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Wasselach.
Wasselach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Wasselach.
Wasselach getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wasselach keeps the fight on the outside.
Wasselach lands with a cross.
Wasselach misses the shot to the body.
Hunt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Wasselach with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hunt to score with a decent uppercut.
Hunt tests Wasselach's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hunt checks a low kick from Wasselach.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gotan Wasselach will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hunt slips under a jab.
Wasselach connects with a single shot there.
Hunt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wasselach takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hunt swings widly with a right hand
and Wasselach counters with a nice uppercut.

Hunt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hunt gets through Wasselach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wasselach prevents a body shot from Hunt.
Wasselach throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt swings wildly with an uppercut but Wasselach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Wasselach.
Wasselach displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hunt up against the cage.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wasselach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunt's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Hunt.
Wasselach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paul Hunt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Hunt.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hunt is leaning against Wasselach and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wasselach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hunt pushes Wasselach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wasselach's elbow.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.
Hunt blocks an uppercut.
Hunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wasselach's elbow.
A short left from Hunt.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Wasselach.
Hunt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunt misses with an elbow over the top.
Wasselach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wasselach has a couple of punches blocked by Hunt.
Nice body punch from Hunt - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wasselach is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hunt lands an elbow just above Wasselach 's eye.

It looks like Gotan Wasselach has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a right hand.
Wasselach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hunt tries a body shot but Wasselach blocks it.
Wasselach blocking some punches.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.

Hunt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunt moves in looking to clinch but Wasselach pushes him off.
Hunt moves in looking to clinch but Wasselach pushes him off.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Wasselach moved out of range nicely.
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.
Hunt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gotan Wasselach seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wasselach throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands a glancing blow to the side of Wasselach's head.
Wasselach throws a one two combo.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt throws a good cross that connects.
A big right from Hunt misses.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Wasselach keeps it at a distance.
Wasselach now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wasselach takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hunt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wasselach.
Wasselach appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hunt moves away from the strike by Wasselach.
Wasselach keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Wasselach is just out of range.
Wasselach replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hunt blocks it well.
Wasselach misses the shot to the body.
Hunt throws a nice looking combination but Wasselach bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wasselach now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hunt dips to his left and cracks Wasselach with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt feints and then cracks Wasselach's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wasselach down.
Hunt scores with a nice strike.
Hunt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wasselach.
Wasselach throws a counter combo.
Good standup being displayed there by Hunt as he connects with a hook.
Hunt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hunt misses with a body kick.
Wasselach connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wasselach throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt digs a good hook to Wasselach's body.
Wasselach takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Hunt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gotan Wasselach's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hunt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hunt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wasselach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hunt misses the jab.
Wasselach on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Hunt darts in and clinches Wasselach up against the cage.
Hunt prevents a body shot from Wasselach.
Hunt misses with a body punch.
Hunt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Wasselach manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasselach ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunt throws a leg kick but Wasselach sees it coming and moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wasselach.
Wasselach pushes Hunt away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wasselach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunt throws a poor cross that misses
and Wasselach counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wasselach circles away quickly and effectively.
Wasselach checks the leg kick nicely there.
A countering left hand to the body from Wasselach misses.
Wasselach lands a nice shot that snaps Hunt's head back.
Wasselach just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Wasselach sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wasselach throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Hunt misses with a jab to the body
and Wasselach counters with a nice body shot.
Hunt throws a body kick that misses.

Wasselach gets tackled into the cage by Hunt. Hunt maintains the clinch.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Wasselach.
Wasselach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wasselach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hunt backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hunt.
Hunt lands a nice uppercut.
Wasselach works on Hunt's body with a couple of short punches.
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as Wasselach controls the action.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the head but Wasselach blocks with his arms.
A short body shot lands from Wasselach as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as Wasselach controls the action.
Hunt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wasselach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hunt lands a shoulder strike.
Hunt lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wasselach misses with a punch on the inside.
Wasselach lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wasselach tries to stall but Hunt uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wasselach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunt pushes off an throws an elbow but Wasselach leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wasselach can't find room to land a body shot as Hunt controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hunt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wasselach avoids it.
Wasselach tries a body shot but Hunt blocks it.
Hunt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wasselach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wasselach misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wasselach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wasselach.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wasselach tries to throw a body punch but Hunt avoids it by throwing Wasselach back against the cage.
Wasselach lands a nice uppercut.
Wasselach lands with a left to the head.
Wasselach misses with a punch on the inside.
Wasselach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wasselach misses with a punch on the inside.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wasselach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.

Hunt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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 loads up on a big right hand but Hunt slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasselach lands a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hunt 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 Wasselach has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wasselach and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wasselach throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice straight punches there by Wasselach. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wasselach.
Wasselach uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hunt has time to react.
Wasselach throws a sloppy body shot
and Hunt counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wasselach throws an overhand right that lands on Hunt's shoulder, as Hunt tries to avoid the shot.
Wasselach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunt.
Wasselach uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wasselach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Wasselach.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gotan Wasselach.
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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Gotan Wasselach!
Gotan Wasselach thanked the fans post fight for their support.