PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly's entrance music is You Dropped a bomb on me. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nieto's choice of entrance music: Bullet the Blue Sky. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Handly
vs
Nieto

173 cm
33
159 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

170 cm
33
162 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

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 25 - 15 - 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 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Nieto!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieto throws a nice head kick!
Handly is looking to clinch but Nieto is avoiding it.
Handly tries to bum rush Nieto with a series of wild strikes but Nieto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nieto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Handly throws a hook to the side of Nieto's head but Nieto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nieto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Handly defends it nicely.
Nieto feints and then cracks Handly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Handly down.

Handly darts in and clinches Nieto up against the cage.
Nieto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nieto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Handly.
Nieto takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieto has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Handly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Handly tries to circle away but Nieto has him pinned against the cage.
Handly working Nieto over with knees to the body.

Handly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Handly tries to land a front kick but Nieto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
An inside leg kick lands from Nieto.
Handly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly slips under a jab from Nieto.
Handly tries to bum rush Nieto with a series of wild strikes but Nieto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Handly misses with a hook. Nieto ducked under it nicely.
Handly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Handly throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nieto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nieto tries to pass to full mount but Handly defends it.
Handly is looking for a sweep. Nieto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Handly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nieto.
Nieto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Handly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nieto.
Nieto trying to control the action but Handly is working from the bottom.
Handly is positioning himself well to prevent Nieto advancing to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nieto has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly tries to hold on but Nieto pushes him away.
Nieto lands a big elbow.
Handly bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Nieto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Handly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Handly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Handly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Handly works over Nieto with some ground and pound from guard.
Handly trying to control the position from guard on top but Nieto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Handly throws a big right hand that misses.
Nieto keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nieto working for a triangle but Handly defends it easily.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Nieto blocks nicely.
Nieto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Nieto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Handly defends well.
Handly wants to control from the top but Nieto keeps moving.
Our spies down at at Placeholder name inform us that Nieto has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nieto wants to sweep here but Handly controlling him for the moment.
Handly throws a strike but Nieto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nieto throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nieto is looking to work some ground and pound but Handly has wrist control.
Nieto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Handly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Handly looking for a sweep. Not yet Handly, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Handly manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nieto throws a leg kick which misses Handly's front leg but catches the back leg as Handly tries to avoid it.
Handly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nieto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nieto misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Nieto dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nieto darts in looking for a takedown but Handly gets double underhooks and turns Nieto into the cage.
Handly tries to land a knee to the head but Nieto blocks with his arms.
Handly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nieto's elbow.
Handly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nieto is keeping busy.
Nieto is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Handly is defending well.

Handly turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Handly manages to end up in side control.
Nieto parries the strikes from Handly easily there. Handly is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nieto to escape.
Handly working away.
Nieto is trying to improve his position.
Handly working the ground and pound.
Nieto wants to control but Handly postures up.
Nieto manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nieto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Handly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Handly's back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nieto somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Handly covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Handly wants to control his opponent's hands but Nieto gets his hands free.
Handly is really stuck here.
Nieto has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Handly.
Nieto scores with strikes from the back.
Handly manages to reverse the position and now he's in Nieto's guard. Nice work there by Handly.
Handly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Handly wants to control from the top but Nieto keeps moving.
Nieto wants to sweep here but Handly controlling him for the moment.
Nieto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Handly's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nieto looking for a guillotine here but Handly defends easily.
Handly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nieto's head.
Nieto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nieto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Nieto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Handly looking to pass the guard.
Nieto controls Handly momentarily but Handly frees himself.
Handly landing some decent shots from guard.
Handly lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nieto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Handly manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Handly wants to get back to full guard.
Nieto winds up and cracks Handly with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Handly keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nieto 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 is looking for a sweep. Nieto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Handly trying to control but Nieto postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nieto is nestled in close to Handly, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nieto thows a huge punch but Handly dodges it nicely.
Nieto lands strikes from half guard.
Nieto lands with a punch from half guard.
Handly is looking to improve his position.
Nieto is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Handly!
Nieto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Alexandre Nieto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Handly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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.
Nieto scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nieto looking to finish Handly with some ground and pound. This is bad for Handly!
Nieto lands with some strikes.
Handly is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Nieto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Handly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nieto closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Handly struggling a bit here.
Nieto is putting a hurting on Handly here, landing some big shots from side control.
Handly is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nieto off and has taken his back!
Nieto rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Handly scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nieto taking some punishment here, with Handly in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Nieto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nieto tries to get to full guard but Handly has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nieto defending well though.

Nieto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Handly lands a nice short elbow.

Nieto looking for submissions off his back.
Handly lands strikes from half guard.
Handly is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Nieto looking for submissions off his back.
Handly working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nieto.
Handly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nieto keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.
Handly with a nice head shot there.
Charles Handly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Handly thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Handly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Handly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Handly looking to pass the guard.
Nieto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nieto is looking for a triangle but Handly pushes his legs off easily.
Handly is looking to work some ground and pound but Nieto has wrist control.
Handly cracks Nieto with a solid left hand.

Nieto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Handly is aware though and is defending well.
Handly postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Handly lands a couple of digs.

Nieto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nieto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Nieto looking for a guillotine here but Handly defends easily.
Handly trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nieto's guard.
Alexandre Nieto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieto controlling the position.
Nieto keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.
Handly throwing strikes but missing.
Nieto is trying to keep Handly in close.
Nieto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Handly loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Handly is looking to work some ground and pound but Nieto has wrist control.
Handly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Nieto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Handly can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nieto is trying to control the position from the bottom.

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 Charles Handly.
I think Nieto 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Nieto!
Post fight, Alexandre Nieto took to the microphone: 'I have lost, but I am not lost. '.