PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Drezner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drezner comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Checkmate. Handly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by You Dropped a bomb on me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drezner
vs
Handly

175 cm
32
162 lbs
27 - 7 - 3

173 cm
30
159 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zak Drezner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drezner connects with a solid leg kick.
Drezner ducks under a wild hook from Handly.
Drezner throws a body punch but Handly moves out of range.
Drezner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Handly scores with the left hand. Drezner knows he should have avoided that one.
Drezner misses with an uppercut
and Handly counters with a straight right hand.
Drezner swings for the body but Handly moves out of range.
Handly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drezner tries to land a leg kick but Handly saw it coming and moves away.
Drezner thuds his right hand into Handly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Handly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Drezner backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Handly.
Drezner scores with a nice head shot.
Handly connects with a looping right hand.
Drezner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drezner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab lands there for Handly.
Drezner scores with a shot to the body.
Drezner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Handly misses with a combination
enabling Drezner to counter with a crisp jab.
Handly tries to work over Drezner's front leg with a kick but Drezner checks it.
Handly misses with a straight right.
Handly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Drezner scores with a hook.
Drezner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Handly counters with a low kick, right behind Drezner 's knee.
Drezner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drezner moves out of range as Handly strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner misses with a lunging right hand
and Handly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drezner throws an overhand right that lands on Handly's shoulder, as Handly tries to avoid the shot.
Drezner takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Some wild striking there from Handly.
Drezner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Handly checks it well.
Drezner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Handly manages to avoid it.
Handly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drezner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Handly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drezner moves away.
Handly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drezner just misses with a punch to the body.
Drezner misses with a straight left.
Drezner tries to clinch but Handly is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly misses with a wild body shot.
Handly scores with a jab.
Handly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drezner misses with an uppercut. Handly saw that one coming.
Drezner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Drezner misses with a hook.
Drezner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Handly is out of range and Drezner settles back down.
Handly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Handly.
Drezner misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Drezner.
Drezner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drezner misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drezner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Handly.
Handly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Drezner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drezner tries to clinch up.
Handly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Drezner's corner calls for a 1-2. Drezner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Drezner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Handly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Handly with a nice cross.
Drezner throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Handly lands a nice looking kick to the body. Drezner takes a step back to recover.
Handly takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zak Drezner will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Drezner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Handly.
Drezner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Handly misses with an uppercut. Drezner saw that one coming.
Charles Handly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good leg kick by Drezner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Handly lands with a nice body punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Handly.
Handly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Handly chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drezner can pounce on him.
Zak Drezner is winning the standup battle so far.
Handly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drezner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Handly.
Drezner is looking to land body kicks.
Drezner dodges the punch combination from Handly.
A low kick from Drezner is predictable there
and Handly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drezner checks a leg kick.
Handly misses with a body shot.
Drezner misses with a hook. Handly ducked under it nicely.
Handly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Drezner if he has to take too many more of those.
Handly checks a leg kick nicely.
Handly slips a straight right by Drezner.
Drezner connects with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Drezner.
Handly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drezner moves away.
Drezner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Handly finds it's way round the side to connect with Drezner's head.
Drezner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Drezner misses with a low kick.
Drezner misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly moves away from the strike by Drezner.
Handly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Handly misses with a looping right.
Drezner looks to land a right hand but Handly moved out of range.
Drezner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Drezner looks to land a right hand but Handly moved out of range.
Handly throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Handly connects with the punch.
Drezner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Handly's head.
Drezner throws a head kick that misses.
Handly throws a hook but Drezner avoids it easily.
Handly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Handly.
Drezner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Handly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drezner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Handly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Drezner's calf.
Zak Drezner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drezner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Handly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Handly thumps Drezner with a low kick.
Drezner misses with a head kick.
Drezner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Handly misses with a double jab.
Handly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Drezner throws a front kick aimed at Handly's knee but Handly avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drezner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Drezner misses its intended target.
Handly just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drezner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drezner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Handly scores with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Drezner. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drezner.
Handly misses with a hook. Drezner ducked under it nicely.
Drezner scores with a push kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Handly lands a jab to the head.
Handly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drezner.
Drezner connects with a leg kick. Handly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Drezner dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Handly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Drezner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Drezner stalks Handly and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Handly's face. Handly staggers backwards, shaken.
Drezner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Handly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drezner tests Handly's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Handly is rocked!
Drezner throws a quick head kick that knocks Handly silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Drezner is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zak Drezner!
Zak Drezner retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Zak Drezner, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.