It was plainly obvious he changed the way he was fighting midway through the fight so I take him at his word that he hurt his hand. He explained post-fight what adjustments he had to make so let's cut him some slack.
Paulie was poor tonight. Just one of the nights I guess. But it could have been helped by cutting that ridiculous haircut BEFORE the fight!! That was funny as fuck though, I like Paulie but it was just a complete joke when that hair was all over his face in R1 then taped up, then cut off!! Never seen anything like it.
Going by that performance, he'd get KO'd by Hatton.
Maybe if he starts slapping like Calzaghe he'll get hordes of fan flocking to him and start calling him the greatest of all time.
I'm 1/2 serious. If judges really don't care about proper punches or hurting your opponents much anymore... slap away I say. Get the W and save your hands.