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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Handly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karnak Mandazur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handly comes into the arena with You Dropped a bomb on me blaring out of the sound system. 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.
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159 lbs
25 - 13 - 0 |
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160 lbs
28 - 6 - 0 |
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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
25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karnak Mandazur!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handly walks into a jab.
Handly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mandazur throws a solid leg kick but Handly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mandazur.
Mandazur looks to land a body kick but Handly moved away.
Mandazur throws the kick towards the body but Handly avoids it.
Handly avoids a kick to the body.
Mandazur swings for the body but Handly moves out of range.
Mandazur lands a front kick.
Handly drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mandazur controlling Handly's posture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Handly throwing strikes from guard but Mandazur blocks nicely.
Mandazur is adopting a defensive guard.
Handly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandazur keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Handly throws a sloppy head kick and Mandazur moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Mandazur.
Mandazur tries to land a front kick but Handly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Handly throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mandazur on the side of the head.
Mandazur pushes Handly away with a front kick.
Mandazur throws the kick towards the body but Handly avoids it.
A combination from Mandazur does no damage.
Mandazur drives through and clinches with Handly against the cage.
Mandazur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mandazur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Handly blocks a body shot from Mandazur.
Mandazur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mandazur misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Handly lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Mandazur fails to land.
Handly looking to throw knees to the head but Mandazur is blocking nicely.
Mandazur gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Handly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mandazur working aggressively here.
Mandazur lands a right hand.
Mandazur misses with the head strike.
Mandazur has a couple of punches blocked by Handly.
Mandazur misses with the head strike.
Mandazur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mandazur can't find room to land a body shot as Handly controls the action.
Mandazur managing to block the knees to the body from Handly.
Mandazur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mandazur looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Handly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mandazur backwards.
Mandazur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Handly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mandazur blocks an elbow strike from Handly.
Mandazur misses with the head strike.
Mandazur swings wildly with an uppercut but Handly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mandazur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandazur avoiding damage as Handly throws knees to the body.
Handly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mandazur blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Handly.
Mandazur takes an elbow to the temple.
Handly looking to throw knees to the head but Mandazur is blocking nicely.
Handly blocks an uppercut.
Mandazur scores with a shoulder strike.
Handly goes for a takedown attempt but Mandazur pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Handly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, jab by Mandazur - just one landing.
A leg kick checked by Handly.
Handly shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mandazur's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Handly with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mandazur controlling Handly's posture.
Handly throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mandazur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mandazur is pulling down on Handly's head. It's preventing any offense from Handly, at least for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Karnak Mandazur was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mandazur tries to work over Handly's front leg with a kick but Handly checks it.
Mandazur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Handly.
Handly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Handly has Mandazur up against the cage in a clinch.
Handly missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Handly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mandazur's elbow.
Mandazur misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mandazur.
Handly misses with a punch to the body.
Mandazur misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karnak Mandazur dominated that round.
That's time! Handly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Handly scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Handly throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Handly throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mandazur is looking to reverse the position.
Handly is looking to take a break and control but Mandazur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Mandazur's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mandazur is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Mandazur moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Handly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mandazur wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Mandazur 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!
Charles Handly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandazur is trying to keep Handly in close.
Mandazur keeping moving, preventing Handly from controlling successfully.
Handly decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Mandazur, up you get!
Handly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mandazur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mandazur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Handly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Handly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mandazur.
Karnak Mandazur seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Handly swats away the attempt to clinch by Mandazur.
Mandazur tries to clinch but Handly is having none of it.
Mandazur has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mandazur checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mandazur.
Mandazur moves out of range as Handly strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handly 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.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Handly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mandazur is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Handly blocks the leg kick.
Handly dives in and grabs Mandazur's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mandazur pushes down on Handly's head and hops out.
Handly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mandazur clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Handly obliges.
Mandazur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mandazur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mandazur keeps control of Handly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Mandazur fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mandazur.
Handly tries to land a knee to the head but Mandazur blocks with his arms.
Karnak Mandazur seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Handly tries to throw a body punch but Mandazur avoids it by throwing Handly back against the cage.
Mandazur scores with a shot to the side of Handly's head.
Mandazur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Handly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handly blocks an uppercut.
Mandazur tries to throw a body punch but Handly avoids it by throwing Mandazur back against the cage.
Mandazur swings wildly with an uppercut but Handly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mandazur lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Handly.
Mandazur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Handly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Handly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mandazur.
Handly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mandazur is looking to improve his position.
Mandazur keeping control of the position.
Mandazur blocking the ground and pound attempt from Handly.
Mandazur is pressing down on Handly's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mandazur is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mandazur is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Mandazur's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Karnak Mandazur was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mandazur misses with a low kick as Handly jumps back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Handly misses with a wild body shot.
Handly misses with a lunging right hand
letting Mandazur counter with a right hand.
Mandazur jabs Handly right on the nose. Handly blinks but takes it well.
Mandazur digs a good body shot into Handly's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karnak Mandazur 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.
Handly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Handly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mandazur slaps away a takedown attempt from Handly, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Handly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mandazur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mandazur throws a leg kick which misses Handly's front leg but catches the back leg as Handly tries to avoid it.
Handly has closed the distance and engaged Mandazur in a clinch.
Handly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Handly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Handly.
Handly has Mandazur pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mandazur manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Handly landing knees to the body.
Mandazur managing to block the knees to the body from Handly.
Handly can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Handly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Handly with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Mandazur.
Mandazur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mandazur has a couple of punches blocked by Handly.
Mandazur is working Handly over against the cage.
Mandazur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mandazur lands a hook to the side of the head.
Handly takes a shot to the head.
Mandazur working aggressively here.
Mandazur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Handly's elbow.
Handly throws an elbow but it misses.
Mandazur lands a right hand that snaps the head of Handly backwards.
Mandazur has a couple of punches blocked by Handly.
Mandazur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Handly throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mandazur swings wildly with an uppercut but Handly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Handly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Handly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mandazur.
Mandazur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mandazur cracks Handly with a nice body shot.
Mandazur lands a left hand.
Handly is rocked!
Mandazur lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Handly to his knees! Mandazur keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karnak Mandazur! Karnak Mandazur retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Karnak Mandazur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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