PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Garcia Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Meek Mill feat. Fabolous and French Montana - Racked Up Shawty. Handly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by You Dropped a bomb on me. Charles Handly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia Jr
vs
Handly

176 cm
29
161 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

173 cm
27
159 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Next Level Nutrition

KAISER

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 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergio Garcia Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handly bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Handly misses with a body kick.
Garcia Jr moves in looking to clinch but Handly pushes him off.
Handly misses the jab.
Garcia Jr swings for the body but Handly moves out of range.
Garcia Jr looks for the body kick but Handly saw that one coming.
Garcia Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Handly moves away.
Garcia Jr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Handly throws a leg kick but Garcia Jr moved away.
Handly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Handly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Handly throws a low kick but Garcia Jr avoids it.
Handly throws a quick inside leg kick.
Handly looks to land a combination but Garcia Jr avoids it well.
Handly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Handly.
Garcia Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Handly back to the cage. Garcia Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Handly tries to land a leg kick but Garcia Jr saw it coming and moves away.

Handly moves into the clinch successfully.
Garcia Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Handly is defending well for now.
Garcia Jr is leaning against Handly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Handly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Handly tries a body shot but Garcia Jr blocks it.
Handly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Handly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garcia Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Handly.
Handly working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Handly tries for a takedown. No joy.
Handly tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Come on Garcia Jr - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Garcia Jr blocks an elbow strike from Handly.
Handly struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia Jr controls his hands.
Handly tries to work over Garcia Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia Jr stalls.
Handly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sergio Garcia Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Handly.
A short uppercut from Garcia Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly goes for a takedown in the clinch but Garcia Jr prevents it.
Garcia Jr taking a breather.

Handly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Handly moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Handly connects with an inside leg kick.
Handly connects with a nice looking jab.
Charles Handly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handly motions for Garcia Jr to come forward. Handly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handly lands with a cross.
Handly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Handly lands a jab to the nose.
Handly thows a leg kick but Garcia Jr checks it
letting Garcia Jr counter with a right hand.

Garcia Jr tries to keep at a distance but Handly has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly blocks a body shot from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Handly drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Garcia Jr gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Handly is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia Jr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Handly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Handly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Charles Handly will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Handly looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia Jr is just out of range.
Garcia Jr throws a low kick, looking for Handly's leg but Handly calmly moves out of range.
Handly shoots for a double leg takedown but Garcia Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Handly's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Garcia Jr slips a jab and a cross from Handly.

Garcia Jr moves into range and clinches up with Handly.
Garcia Jr leaning against his opponent.
Nice body punch from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia Jr lands a body shot.
Handly tries a body shot but Garcia Jr blocks it.
Handly missing with knees to the body.
Garcia Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia Jr tries a body shot but Handly blocks it.
Garcia Jr blocks an uppercut.

Handly works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Garcia Jr looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Handly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Handly with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garcia Jr holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Handly throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Handly looking to sit in guard and control but Garcia Jr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Handly has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Garcia Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Handly trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia Jr is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly controlling Garcia Jr's posture.
Handly wants to sweep but no luck.
Handly is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Handly manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Handly tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
A nice elbow there by Handly.
Handly punching from mount but Garcia Jr doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Handly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handly misses with some ground and pound and Garcia Jr recovers position to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia Jr is looking for a sweep. Handly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Handly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Handly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Handly is trying to break the clinch but Garcia Jr is controlling him.
Garcia Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Handly controls his hands.
Garcia Jr prevents Handly from breaking the clinch.
Handly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garcia Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Garcia Jr content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Handly manages to break the clinch.
Handly misses with a right hand
and Garcia Jr counters with a nice body kick.

Garcia Jr drives through and clinches with Handly against the cage.
Garcia Jr taking a breather.
Handly misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr avoiding damage.
Handly trying to land knees to the body.
Handly misses with a knee to the head.
Handly looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia Jr is blocking nicely.
Handly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garcia Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Handly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Handly crunches a lovely knee into Garcia Jr's ribcage.
Garcia Jr has Handly pressed against the cage, preventing Handly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garcia Jr digs a right hand underneath Handly's ribcage. Handly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garcia Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Charles Handly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Handly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Handly as Garcia Jr tries to tie him up.

Garcia Jr breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garcia Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A punch combination from Handly misses.
Handly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Handly crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garcia Jr - the referee stops the clock and Handly gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garcia Jr. Handly manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Charles Handly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Handly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Handly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garcia Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Handly's head backwards.
Garcia Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Handly circles away.
Garcia Jr wants to clinch up but Handly keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Handly. Garcia Jr shrugs it off though.
Garcia Jr swings for the body but Handly moves out of range.
Handly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia Jr throws out the jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Handly.
Handly connects with an inside leg kick.
Garcia Jr throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Handly clinches.
Garcia Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Handlys head.
Garcia Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Handly missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Handly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia Jr is defending well for now.
A hook to the body from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr tries to throw a body punch but Handly avoids it by throwing Garcia Jr back against the cage.
Handly misses with a knee strike.
Garcia Jr lands a body shot.
Garcia Jr trying to stall but Handly improves his position.
Garcia Jr digs a right hand into Handly's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Handly's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Handly misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Garcia Jr breaks the clinch.
Garcia Jr 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.
Sergio Garcia Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Handly shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcia Jr but Garcia Jr pushes him off and we're back to square one.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sergio Garcia Jr.
I think Handly 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Charles Handly!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charles Handly waved his t-shirt featuring BLKOUT CLothing 93% Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.