PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian Madukes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bring the Noise. 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.

Madukes
vs
Handly

174 cm
22
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
19
161 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Madukes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madukes shoots in looking for a takedown. Handly tries to sprawl out of it but Madukes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Handly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Handly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Handly drives through with a takedown into guard.
Madukes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Handly.
Madukes managing to control the position.
Handly won't allow Madukes to sweep him here.
Handly is looking to work some ground and pound but Madukes has wrist control.
Handly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Madukes's head.
Madukes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Handly trying to control the position from guard on top but Madukes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Madukes holds on and takes a little breather.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Madukes blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Madukes is keeping the position for now.
Madukes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Madukes tries to get out of the position.
Madukes has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Handly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madukes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Madukes 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 throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Madukes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Madukes wants to get back to his feet but Handly is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Handly with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Madukes can't keep his opponent in guard - Handly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Handly wants to pass to mount but Madukes is defending the position.
Handly trying to control the action but Madukes is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Handly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Madukes's head.
Handly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Handly trying to control from Madukes's half guard. Madukes has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly trying to control but Madukes is working from the bottom.
Handly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Handly looks to throw the jab but Madukes is out of range.
Handly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Madukes looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Madukes sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Madukes trying to control but Handly is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Handly wants to stand up but Madukes is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madukes throwing strikes but missing.
Madukes throws a strike but Handly rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Madukes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Handly.
Madukes has momentary wrist control but Handly slips an elbow through the middle.
Handly thows a big elbow that misses.

Madukes manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Handly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madukes tries to score a power double leg takedown but Handly sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Madukes somewhat.

Handly moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Handly dominated that round.
That's time! Madukes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Handly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Handly has taken the fight to the clinch.

Handly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Madukes misses its intended target.

Madukes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Handly's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Madukes is looking to work some ground and pound but Handly has wrist control.
Madukes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Madukes prevents Handly from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Madukes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Madukes trying to control but Handly is working from the bottom.
Madukes stops Handly from standing up.
Madukes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madukes wants to control from the top but Handly keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Handly looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Madukes is looking to improve his position.
Madukes wants to control but Handly is keeping busy.
Handly is keen to just control but Madukes is a slippery customer.
Madukes keeping hold of Handly's head, controlling as best he can.
Handly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madukes is trying to stand.
Madukes is looking to improve his position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Handly instigates a clinch.
Handly goes for a takedown attempt but Madukes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Madukes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Madukes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Madukes trying to control but Handly is working from the bottom.
Handly is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Handly manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Madukes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Handly's guard.
Madukes wants to control from the top but Handly keeps moving.
Madukes stops Handly from standing up.
Madukes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Handly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Madukes is controlling him.
Madukes wants to pass the guard but Handly is keeping the position.
Madukes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Handly manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Madukes throws a right hand that Handly ducks under and follows up with a left that Handly also avoids with ease.
Handly looks to land a combination. Madukes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Handly tries to clinch but Madukes is having none of it.
Handly throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Madukes's waist but Madukes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Handly off to one side.
Handly is breathing heavily.
Handly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Handly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Madukes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Madukes misses with a few strikes there.
Handly swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Madukes decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Handly's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madukes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Madukes drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Handly dives on top into guard.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Madukes dominated that second 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.

Handly fails to land with a series of punches.
Handly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Madukes.

Handly shoots in and bounces Madukes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Handly stopping the sweep attempt from Madukes.
Handly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Madukes is keeping the position for now.
Madukes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Handly wants to pass the guard but Madukes is keeping the position.
Madukes managing to control the position.
Brian Madukes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Madukes pushes Handly off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly fails with the takedown
and Madukes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Handly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Handly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Madukes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Madukes dodges the punch combination from Handly.
Charles Handly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madukes fails with the takedown

and Handly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Handly.
Handly tries to free his leg and advance position but Madukes is retaining full guard.
Madukes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Madukes controls Handly momentarily but Handly frees himself.
Handly scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madukes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Handly's guard.

Handly kicks Madukes off and gets to his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Handly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Handly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Madukes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Handly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Handly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Handly will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Madukes drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madukes connects with a couple of short punches.
Handly utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Handly wants to stand up but Madukes is controlling him.

Handly has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Madukes off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Handly misses with a combination

and Madukes counters with a takedown into side control.
Madukes working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Handly wants to get back to his feet.
Madukes scores with punches from side control.
Handly wants to get back to his feet but Madukes is dominant here and he's now got Handly's back!
Madukes controls the action.
Madukes misses with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madukes connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Handly to escape the position.

Handly is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.

Madukes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Madukes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Handly bucks Madukes off and manages to get back to his feet!
Madukes misses with a takedown
and Handly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Madukes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Handly tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Madukes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Madukes throws a big right hand that misses.
Madukes wants to pass the guard but Handly is keeping the position.
Madukes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Madukes clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Madukes gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Handly to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Handly postures up in Madukes's guard and throws a big left but Madukes blocks it.
Handly won't allow Madukes to get back to his feet.
Handly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Madukes is adopting a defensive guard.
Handly keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Madukes's head.
Handly thows a big elbow that misses.
Madukes trying to keep a closed guard but Handly is proving a slippery customer.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Madukes misses with an uppercut. Handly saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madukes. Handly does a little dance to reset his feet.

Handly darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Handly wants to free his trapped foot but Madukes is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Handly sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Madukes defending well though.
Handly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Madukes's head.
Handly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Handly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Madukes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Madukes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Madukes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Handly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Handly lands a jab-cross combination.
No luck for Handly with that takedown attempt.
Madukes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Handly throws the left hand but Madukes avoids the punch easily.
Madukes throws a series of punches but Handly moves out of range.
Handly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Madukes moves away.
Handly moves in looking to clinch but Madukes pushes him off.
Handly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Madukes connects with the punch.
Madukes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Handly shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madukes pulls Handly in close to his closed guard and prevents Handly from doing any damage or advancing position.
Madukes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Handly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Madukes wants to sweep but no luck.
Handly controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Handly wants to control from the top but Madukes keeps moving.

Madukes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Handly is in close to Madukes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Handly scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Madukes can't keep his opponent in guard - Handly advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Handly is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Madukes sees it coming and defends easily.
Madukes is doing well to control the position and prevent Handly from advancing to side control.
Handly wants to control but Madukes is keeping him busy.
Handly thows a huge punch but Madukes dodges it nicely.
Handly missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Madukes keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Handly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Handly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Madukes misses with a combination
and Handly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Madukes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Handly.
Handly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Handly drives through and clinches with Madukes against the cage.

Handly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Madukes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Handly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Madukes bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Handly wants to get back to his feet but Madukes drags him back down.
Handly defending against the ground and pound.
Madukes in side control, throwing shots but Handly defends.
Madukes trying to control the position but Handly is working away.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Madukes working the ground and pound but Handly is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madukes cracks Handly with a big elbow.
Madukes wants to control but Handly is keeping him busy.
An elbow from Madukes crashes against the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Handly. Madukes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Handly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Madukes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Madukes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Madukes blocks nicely.
Madukes keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Madukes has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Handly off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Handly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Madukes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Madukes is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Handly's half guard.
Handly is trying to stand.

Handly makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Madukes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Handly counters with a series of strikes. Madukes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Handly!
Madukes avoids the body shot from Handly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Madukes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Madukes wants to control from the top but Handly keeps moving.
Madukes 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.
Madukes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Handly's head.
Madukes stops Handly from standing up.
Madukes stands up over Handly, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Madukes thows a big elbow that misses.
Handly wants to get back to his feet but Madukes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Madukes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Handly swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Madukes scores with a sloppy right hand. Handly should have avoided that one.
Madukes dodges the punch combination from Handly.
Madukes swinging wildly here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Madukes.
Handly looks to land a combination but Madukes avoids it well.
Handly misses with a two punch combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Madukes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Madukes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Madukes dodges the punch combination from Handly.
Handly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Handly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Madukes showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Madukes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 48:47
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 48:47
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Madukes!
Brian Madukes retains his lightweight title!