PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Rominov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bring the Noise. Leroy Rominov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Handly
vs
Rominov

173 cm
20
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

167 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leroy Rominov!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rominov.
Rominov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Handly tries to clinch but Rominov moves out of range.

Handly shoots in and gets a takedown into Rominov's guard.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Rominov blocks nicely.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handly is stalling in the full guard.
Rominov keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.
Handly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Handly content to stall in guard here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Handly content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Handly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Rominov blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Handly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Handly wants to pass the guard but Rominov is keeping the position.
Handly landing with the ground and pound.
Handly controlling from the top position.
Handly trying to control the position from guard on top but Rominov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rominov is wriggling around but Handly manages to pass to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Handly wants to control but Rominov is keeping him busy.
Handly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Handly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rominov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Handly.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rominov can do anything to dispel that myth.

Handly is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Handly drops an elbow to the side of Rominov's head.
Rominov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Handly scores with a couple of nice shots.
Handly not doing much here.
Rominov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Handly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Handly throwing shots but Rominov is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Handly controlling the action here.
Handly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Handly is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rominov doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Handly.
Handly working over Rominov with some ground and pound. Rominov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Handly working Rominov over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handly seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Handly's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ground and pound from Handly.
Handly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Handly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Handly is thwarting Rominov's attempts to control the position.
Handly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rominov defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Handly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Handly rushes Rominov and presses him up against the cage.
Handly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Handly.
Handly lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Handly lands a right hand.

Handly has hold of one of Rominov's legs. Rominov is fighting the takedown attempt but Handly gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Handly works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Handly lands a nice short elbow.
Handly seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Handly has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Handly passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rominov!
Handly landing strikes from the mount and Rominov is in trouble!
Rominov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rominov is in a horrible position here. Handly smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Handly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Handly wants to control the pace but Rominov is squirming around nicely.
Handly raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Handly.
Handly content just to control the position here.
Handly working Rominov over with strikes here.
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!
Handly with shots to the head and body - Rominov looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly working the ground and pound effectively.
Handly scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Rominov is rocked!
Handly controlling from the full mount.
Handly landing strikes from the mount.
Rominov is still in real trouble! Can Handly finish him?
Handly with the ground and pound from mount.
Rominov seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handly dominating with strikes here.
Handly postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rominov bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Handly and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Handly!