PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rayaj Aman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aman
vs
Vargas

165 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rayaj Aman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aman swinging wildly here.

Vargas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Aman wants to control but Vargas is keeping busy.
Vargas is looking to advance position but Aman won't allow it.
Vargas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aman wants to control but Vargas is keeping busy.
Aman is looking to escape.
Vargas tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Aman wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Brandon Vargas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Aman avoids the head kick by Vargas.
Aman with a poor takedown

and Vargas moves into the clinch.

Vargas gets control of Aman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Vargas will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Vargas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vargas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aman is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aman preventing the sweep.
Vargas has control of Aman's left arm, preventing Aman from doing any damage.
Vargas doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Vargas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vargas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Vargas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vargas is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Vargas passes to side control.
Aman is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Vargas tries to stand but Aman is controlling his head.
Aman is trying to improve his position.
Aman looking for a sweep but Vargas has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas controlling from mount.
Vargas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vargas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Aman is looking to improve his position but Vargas isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vargas cracks Aman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Vargas gets a double leg takedown into Aman's guard.
Vargas tries to stand but Aman is controlling from the bottom.
Vargas controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vargas stops Aman from standing up.
Vargas controlling from the top position.
Aman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vargas's guard.
Vargas is pulling down on Aman's head. It's preventing any offense from Aman, at least for the moment.

Brandon Vargas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Aman looks to clinch

and Vargas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vargas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Vargas performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brandon Vargas wasn't active enough on the ground.

Vargas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aman tries to break free but Vargas pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Vargas.
Aman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vargas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Aman tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Vargas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Aman wants to stand but Vargas is controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vargas controlling from the top position.
Vargas must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Brandon Vargas.

Aman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vargas to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas passes into half guard.
Vargas passes to full mount!
Vargas unloading with bombs!
Aman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vargas jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Aman manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Aman is trying to get back to half guard.
Vargas advances to full mount.

Aman is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Vargas locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Aman is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brandon Vargas!