PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caio Bottura (ranked 1480 p4p, 185 weight class) and Johny Vargas (ranked 2035 p4p, 241 weight class). Bottura's entrance music is Face The Pain. A fine choice. Vargas has chosen Drake - Trophies as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bottura
vs
Vargas

173 cm
25
165 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

174 cm
30
163 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

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 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caio Bottura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johny Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas misses with a double jab.
Vargas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bottura circles away quickly and effectively.
Bottura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bottura has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Vargas throws a right hand that Bottura ducks under and follows up with a left that Bottura also avoids with ease.
Bottura cracks Vargas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vargas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And Bottura counters with a quick kick to the body but Vargas blocks it.

Vargas closes the distance and pushes Bottura back into the cage.
Bottura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vargas tries a knee to the head but Bottura blocks it.
Bottura is trying to pull guard but Vargas turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Bottura ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bottura no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Bottura is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Vargas defends well.

Vargas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bottura has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vargas has managed to get both his arms back between Bottura's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bottura looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Vargas is defending well. Bottura quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Vargas has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Bottura celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caio Bottura!
An out of breath Caio Bottura thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.