PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kim Figueroa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Figueroa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ride the Lighting. The crowd seem to be enjoying Handly's choice of entrance music: You Dropped a bomb on me. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Charles Handly enters the cage!

Figueroa
vs
Handly

165 cm
25
150 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

173 cm
25
159 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

KINGDOM

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kim Figueroa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Figueroa does it's job there.
Handly scores with a nice head shot.
Handly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Handly moves out of range of the body kick from Figueroa.
Nice defenses there by Handly.
Figueroa scores with a jab. Handly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Handly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Handly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Figueroa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Figueroa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Handly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Figueroa pinned against the cage. Figueroa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A head kick misses from Handly.
Figueroa misses with a low kick.
Figueroa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Handly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Figueroa. Figueroa obviously looking to wear him down.
Handly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Handly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Figueroa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Handly is able to avoid easily.
Kim Figueroa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Figueroa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Figueroa throws a leg kick which misses Handly's front leg but catches the back leg as Handly tries to avoid it.
Handly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body kick there by Figueroa.
Figueroa throws a leg kick but Handly moved away.
Figueroa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice shot lands for Figueroa.

Figueroa rushes Handly and presses him up against the cage.
Figueroa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short left from Figueroa.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Handly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Figueroa misses with a knee to the head.
Figueroa looking to stall.
Handly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Figueroa tries a knee to the head but Handly blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Figueroa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Handly wants a takedown but no success here.
Kim Figueroa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Handly.
Figueroa tries to land a knee to the head but Handly blocks with his arms.
Handly takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Charles Handly has been cut.
Figueroa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Handly looking to stall.
Figueroa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Figueroa can't find room to land a body shot as Handly controls the action.
Handly blocking some punches.
Figueroa looking to stall.
Figueroa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Handly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Handly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Handly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Figueroa blocks it with crossed arms.
Handly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Figueroa throws an elbow that misses.
Handly dodges an elbow strike from Figueroa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly takes an elbow to the forehead.
Handly takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Figueroa.
Handly takes an elbow to the forehead.
Handly struggles to land a body shot inside as Figueroa controls his hands.
Handly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Figueroa connects with a knee to the head.

Handly is rocked!
Handly blocks an elbow strike from Figueroa.
Handly is still on wobbly legs! Can Figueroa finish him?
Figueroa lands a big knee to the head and Handly goes down! Figueroa pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kim Figueroa!
Kim Figueroa retains his featherweight title!
Kim Figueroa very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.