PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly comes to the cage accompanied by You Dropped a bomb on me. Worthy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Drop the world. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Handly
vs
Worthy

173 cm
34
159 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

182 cm
34
167 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

//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 - 18 - 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 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Handly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Worthy sprawls well initially but Handly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Handly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Worthy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Worthy is controlling Handly's trapped leg to prevent Handly from advancing to side control.

Handly is looking for a kimura here.
Worthy wants to control but Handly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Handly thows a huge punch but Worthy dodges it nicely.
Handly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Handly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Worthy's head.
Handly misses with a head shot. Worthy uses the momentum to regain guard.
Handly lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly throws a big right hand that misses.
Worthy wants to sweep here but Handly controlling him for the moment.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Handly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Handly landing with the ground and pound.
Handly works over Worthy with some ground and pound from guard.
Worthy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Handly throws a big right hand that misses.
Handly working some strikes from top position.
Worthy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Handly is one step ahead there.
Worthy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Handly.
Handly throws an elbow that misses. Worthy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Handly's guard. Nice move by Worthy!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worthy stops Handly from standing up.
Worthy looking to pass the guard.
Handly is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly looking to control.
Worthy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Handly looking for a sweep. Not yet Handly, not yet.
Handly being controlled here, momentarily.

Charles Handly has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Handly blocks the leg kick.
Worthy misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Handly.
Handly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Handly tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Worthy swivels and escapes.
Handly doesn't manage to clinch there - Worthy circles away.
Handly looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Handly tries to land a leg kick but Worthy saw it coming and moves away.
Worthy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Handly has a takedown stuffed.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Worthy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Handly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Handly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worthy cracks Handly with a good jab.
Handly throws a series of punches but Worthy moves out of range.
Handly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Handly dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Handly tries to close the distance and clinch but Worthy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Handly misses with a head kick.
Handly takes a swing at Worthy's ribcage but misses.
Handly misses with a wild body shot.
Handly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Worthy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Handly looks for the body kick but Worthy saw that one coming.
Worthy motions for Handly to come forward. Worthy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Handly scores with a takedown into Worthy's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Worthy 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.
Worthy controlling Handly's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Worthy blocks nicely.
Handly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Worthy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Handly is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Charles Handly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Handly is working Worthy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Handly looking to sit in guard and control but Worthy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Worthy controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly is trying to keep Worthy in close.
Handly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Worthy trying to control but Handly is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Handly looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Worthy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Handly keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Handly is trying to stand up here but Worthy is controlling him well.
Handly trying to control but Worthy postures up.
Well, if Worthy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Marlon Worthy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Handly tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Worthy tries to keep at a distance but Handly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Worthy throws a punch but it's blocked by Handly.
Worthy leaning against his opponent.
Worthy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Worthy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Worthy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Charles Handly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Handly throws a right and a left that Worthy avoids nicely.
Handly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handly doesn't manage to clinch there - Worthy circles away.
Worthy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Handly misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Handly dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Worthy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Handly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Charles Handly is winning the standup battle so far.
Handly misses with a leg kick
and Worthy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Handly's knee momentarily.
Handly misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Handly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Handly throws a right hand that Worthy ducks under and follows up with a left that Worthy also avoids with ease.
Worthy throws a lazy uppercut
and Handly counters with a left and a right that stings Worthy.
Handly throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick from Handly misses
and Worthy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Handly misses with a kick to the body.

Handly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Worthy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Handly lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Handly fails to land.
Worthy gets through Handly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Handly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Worthy.
Worthy blocks an uppercut.
Worthy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Handly.
Worthy works on Handly's body with a couple of short punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Worthy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Handly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Handly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Handly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Handly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Handly shoots in but Worthy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Handly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Handly has Worthy up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worthy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Handly misses with a knee strike.

Worthy breaks from the clinch.
Charles Handly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big left from Handly misses.
Worthy staying out of range there.
Worthy throws a body punch but Handly moves out of range.
Handly blocks a leg kick.
Worthy throws a head kick that misses.
Handly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Worthy counters with a stiff right hand.
Handly throws a leg kick but Worthy moved away.
Worthy tries to land a leg kick but Handly saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Handly closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Worthy did well to prevent Handly getting side control.
Handly thows a huge punch but Worthy dodges it nicely.
Worthy wants to get back to full guard.
Handly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Worthy keeps working.
Handly trying to advance position but Worthy counters by regaining guard.
Handly slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Handly trying to control the position from guard on top but Worthy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Charles Handly.
Worthy takes a swing at Handly's ribcage but misses.
Charles Handly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Handly throws a series of punches but Worthy moves out of range.
Handly throws a sloppy head kick and Worthy moves out of range easily.
Worthy lands a nice hook to Handly's body. Handly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Handly misses with a combination
and Worthy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Handly tries to move into range but Worthy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marlon Worthy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Handly thows a body kick. Worthy tries to catch it but that hurt him.

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.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Handly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Handly!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Charles Handly waved his t-shirt featuring [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.