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). Chooooooooon! I think Drezner might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cypress Hill - Checkmate. Handly is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by You Dropped a bomb on me. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drezner
vs
Handly

175 cm
31
162 lbs
26 - 7 - 3

173 cm
29
159 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Handly!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Drezner instigates a clinch.
Drezner lands a nice elbow.
Handly takes a shot to the head.
Drezner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Drezner controlling the action here for a moment.
Drezner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drezner takes a knee right on the jaw!

Drezner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drezner misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Drezner. That snapped Handly's head back.
Handly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Handly misses with the combination.
Drezner throws a head kick but Handly moves out of range.
Drezner ducks right into an uppercut from Handly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Handly throws a hook but Drezner avoids it easily.
Handly swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Handly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy body kick from Drezner
and Handly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Drezner connects with a body shot.
Handly scores with a three punch combo!
Drezner is looking to clinch but Handly is avoiding it.
Drezner throws a wild body kick that Handly sees coming a mile off.
Handly tries a head kick but it misses.
Drezner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Handly moves away.
A punch combination from Drezner misses.
Drezner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Handly. That did some damage!
Drezner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Handly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Drezner throws a nice looking combination but Handly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner throws a body kick that misses
and Handly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly scores with a body shot.
Drezner slips a straight right by Handly.
Drezner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Drezner misses the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Drezner 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.
Drezner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drezner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Handly misses.
Drezner lands a nice hook to Handly's body. Handly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drezner fails to land with a series of punches.
Drezner misses with a body kick.
Drezner throws a leg kick
and Drezner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Drezner pushes Handly up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Handly blocks an elbow strike.
Handly prevents Drezner from breaking the clinch.
Handly landing knees to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Drezner.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Handly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Drezner's brow.
Drezner avoiding damage as Handly throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Drezner.
Handly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Drezner breaks the clinch.
Handly throws a nice looking combination but Drezner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Handly slips under a jab from Drezner.
Drezner throws a low kick but Handly avoids it.
Drezner looks to throw the jab but Handly is out of range.
Handly jabs Drezner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drezner looks for the body kick but Handly saw that one coming.
Drezner lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handly fails to land with a series of punches.
Drezner takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drezner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drezner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drezner looks to score with a jab to the body but Handly is just out of range.
Handly throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drezner. Handly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drezner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Drezner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Handly manages to avoid it.
Drezner checks a leg kick nicely.
Drezner jabs at Handly's body.
Drezner jabs Handly to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Drezner has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Handly tries a knee to the head but Drezner blocks it.
Handly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Zak Drezner has been cut.
Handly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Drezner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Handly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Drezner breaks from the clinch.
Drezner connects with a good right hand that stumbles Handly. Handly circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drezner punishes Handly's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Handly misses.
Drezner throws a hook to the side of Handly's head but Handly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drezner defending well as Handly loads up on a big left hand.
Drezner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Handly feints a jab promting Drezner to slip. Handly then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Drezner slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drezner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Handly tries to bum rush Drezner with a series of wild strikes but Drezner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drezner misses the jab.
Handly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly throws a nice outside leg kick.
Handly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Drezner.
Handly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Drezner.
Handly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Drezner checks a leg kick.
Drezner throws a jab when Handly was well out of range.
Handly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Drezner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drezner tries a head kick but it misses.
Handly thows a body shot but no joy.
Drezner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Drezner moves away from the strike by Handly.
Handly throws a combination that misses
and Drezner counters with a good low kick that Handly was not able to check.
Drezner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Drezner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Handly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drezner.
Drezner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Handly lands with a hook. Drezner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Handly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drezner.
Handly checks the leg kick.
Drezner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Handly throws out the jab.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Handly.
Handly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Drezner had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Drezner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Handly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Handly connects with a body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Handly throws a right hand that misses
and Drezner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Handly throws a jab when Drezner was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Handly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drezner throws the kick towards the body but Handly avoids it.
Drezner scores with a shot to the body.
Handly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Drezner.
Drezner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drezner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Handly misses with a wild body shot.
Handly misses with a head kick.
Handly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Handly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Drezner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Handly's head.
Handly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Drezner.
Handly thows a body shot but no joy.
Handly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Drezner.
Handly misses with a right hand
and Drezner counters with a body kick that stops Handly in his tracks momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Handly.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Handly.
Handly takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Drezner throws a hook to the side of Handly's head but Handly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drezner lands with a nice combination. Handly backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Handly does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Drezner misses with a straight left.
Drezner misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Drezner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zak Drezner's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Handly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drezner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drezner scores with a hook to the body. Handly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Handly, right into the meat.
Handly throws a shot from downtown. Drezner moves away and avoids it.
Drezner jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drezner avoids the body shot from Handly.
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.
Handly cracks Drezner with a good jab.
Drezner tries to clinch up but Handly circles away and keeps his distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drezner, as that shot connected.
A jab from Handly misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drezner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Handly.
A good leg kick by Drezner.
Handly misses with a shot to the body
and Drezner counters with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handly misses with a head kick.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Handly.
Drezner thumps Handly with a low kick.
Handly misses with a two punch combination.
Drezner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drezner throws a low kick but Handly moves out of range easily.
Handly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Handly throws a hook but Drezner blocks it.
Handly takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Drezner cracks the inside of Handly's front leg.
Zak Drezner is winning the standup battle so far.
Handly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drezner circles away quickly and effectively.
Drezner throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drezner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Handly was well out of range. Poor timing from Drezner.
Drezner blocks a jab.
Drezner punishes Handly's body with a nice straight punch.
Drezner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Handly slips under a jab from Drezner.
Handly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handly throws a right hand that Drezner ducks under and follows up with a left that Drezner also avoids with ease.
Handly is breathing heavily.
Handly connects with a right hand. Drezner shakes it off.
Drezner needs to keep his hands up - Handly had a free shot at his head there.
Handly misses with a two punch combination.
Drezner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drezner throws a body punch but Handly moves out of range.
Handly blocks a low kick nicely.
Drezner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drezner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drezner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Handly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Handly lands a jab-cross combination.
Drezner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Handly's head.
Handly misses with a low kick.
Drezner misses with a hook.
Drezner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Handly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Handly tries to land a body kick
and Drezner counters with a stiff right hand.
Handly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drezner throws out the jab.
Drezner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Handly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Handly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drezner at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drezner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Handly connects with a body shot that sends Drezner's belly button to the back.
Drezner takes a swing at Handly's ribcage but misses.
Handly throws a looping overhand right but Drezner ducks down to avoid it.
Drezner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Handly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drezner counters with a nice uppercut.
Handly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Drezner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drezner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Drezner wants to stall.
Drezner lands a shoulder strike.

Drezner breaks the clinch.
Handly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Drezner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Handly works over Drezner's head and body with a nice combination.
Handly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Handly slips a straight right by Drezner.
Handly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drezner throws a head kick but Handly moves out of range.
Drezner throws a head kick but Handly moves out of range.
Handly throws a right and a left that Drezner avoids nicely.
Handly blocks a jab.
Drezner lands a body shot.
Handly lands a high kick!
Handly throws out a leg kick but Drezner moves out of range and Handly only half commits.
Handly throws a jab but it's blocked by Drezner.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Handly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drezner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Drezner needs to keep his hands up - Handly had a free shot at his head there.
Drezner lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Handly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Handly scores with a jab. Drezner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Handly throws a body punch but Drezner moves out of range.
Handly throws a series of strikes that have Drezner backpedaling.
Drezner just misses with a punch to the body.
Handly walks into a stiff left hand from Drezner.
Drezner thows a body kick. Handly tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Handly swings away with a body shot that misses
and Drezner counters with a straight right hand.
Drezner 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.

Handly is rocked!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Handly tries to work over Drezner's front leg with a kick but Drezner checks it.
Handly is still on wobbly legs! Can Drezner finish him?
Drezner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drezner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A shot to the body from Handly misses
and Drezner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Handly throws a leg kick that is checked
and Drezner counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Drezner looks at the referee who does nothing so Drezner lands a crushing right that sends Handly to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zak Drezner!
Zak Drezner is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Zak Drezner thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.