PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johny Vargas (ranked 1555 p4p, 188 weight class) and Gregory O Connor (ranked 4101 p4p, 439 weight class). Vargas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drake - Trophies. Johny Vargas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Vargas
vs
O Connor

174 cm
29
157 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

175 cm
23
164 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Aspire Nutrition

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregory O Connor!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Vargas.

Vargas clinches up against the cage.
Vargas dodges an elbow strike from O Connor.
Vargas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Connor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vargas misses with an elbow strike.
Vargas has O Connor pressed against the cage, preventing O Connor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vargas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
O Connor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Connor wants to break free but Vargas has control.
Vargas keeps control of O Connor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
O Connor is trying to break free.
Vargas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Connor can't break the clinch.
Vargas misses with an elbow over the top.
O Connor wants to break free but Vargas has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vargas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vargas scores with a shoulder strike.
Our sources have told us that Vargas has been working on his elbows in the gym.
O Connor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vargas lands a left hand.
Vargas prevents O Connor from breaking the clinch.
O Connor looking to throw knees to the head but Vargas is blocking nicely.
Vargas keeps control of O Connor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Vargas on the inside.
O Connor's coach down at 3Band MMA ($800/week) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on O Connor's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
O Connor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vargas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vargas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, O Connor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vargas's brow.
O Connor can't break the clinch.
Vargas pushes off an throws an elbow but O Connor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Connor is looking to break free of the clinch but Vargas has double underhooks.
Vargas lands a right hand.
O Connor takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Gregory O Connor has been cut.
Vargas misses with an elbow strike.
Vargas has O Connor pressed against the cage, preventing O Connor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vargas missing with knees to the body.
Vargas with a knee to the head.
Vargas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vargas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
O Connor is trying to break free.
Vargas lands a damaging elbow.
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!
O Connor is trying to push Vargas away but Vargas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
O Connor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas landing knees to the head.
O Connor has had enough of the clinch but Vargas keeps him there for the moment.
O Connor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vargas misses with an elbow over the top.
Vargas lands with a left to the head.
Vargas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vargas landing knees to the head.
Vargas misses with an elbow over the top.

O Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Vargas takes the fight into the clinch.
Vargas avoids a wild elbow strike from O Connor.
O Connor wants to get back to striking at distance but Vargas won't allow it.
O Connor tries to break the clinch but Vargas is controlling the position.
O Connor is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vargas.
Vargas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through O Connor's defenses.
Vargas lands an elbow inside that O Connor shrugs off.
O Connor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Connor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vargas has him pressed against the cage.
O Connor can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vargas.
O Connor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Connor is trying to break the clinch but Vargas is controlling him.
O Connor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Vargas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vargas trying to land knees to the body.
O Connor is looking to break free of the clinch but Vargas has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vargas.
O Connor managing to block the knees to the body from Vargas.
Vargas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
O Connor is looking to break free of the clinch but Vargas has double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vargas.
Vargas unloads a knee to the mid-section. O Connor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
O Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vargas's elbow.
O Connor has had enough of the clinch but Vargas keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas lands an elbow that stopped O Connor in his tracks for a moment.
Vargas missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vargas.
O Connor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Vargas on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Connor has had enough of the clinch but Vargas keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas looking to throw knees to the head but O Connor is blocking nicely.
Vargas throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Connor wants to get back to striking at distance but Vargas won't allow it.
O Connor wants to get back to striking at distance but Vargas won't allow it.
O Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vargas's elbow.

O Connor breaks from the clinch.
Vargas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. O Connor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
O Connor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

O Connor gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vargas to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vargas sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Vargas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gregory O Connor's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Vargas moves into the clinch.
Vargas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Connor.
Vargas lands an elbow inside.
Vargas lands a nice uppercut.
O Connor scores with a shoulder strike.
O Connor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vargas's elbow.
O Connor has had enough of the clinch but Vargas keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite O Connor's efforts to push away.
O Connor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Connor wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Vargas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Vargas.
O Connor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vargas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vargas lands an elbow inside.
Vargas misses with an elbow over the top.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Vargas scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas misses with an elbow over the top.
Vargas working O Connor over with knees to the body.

O Connor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vargas gets in close and tags O Connor with a short punch that almost sends O Connor to the mat! Oh O Connor is in big trouble! He turns his back on Vargas, trying to create some distance but Vargas rushes him, striking wildly and O Connor goes down! The referee tackles Vargas into the cage to end the fight! Vargas is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johny Vargas!
Johny Vargas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.