PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Angus Troyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troyer comes into the arena with Yankee Rose blaring out of the sound system. Vargas is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Strong Will Continue -- Damian Marley. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Troyer
vs
Vargas

159 cm
25
137 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

167 cm
27
142 lbs
24 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Q159
Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)

TGC WEAR
Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Angus Troyer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Vargas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vargas wants to land a leg kick but Troyer is out of range.
Troyer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vargas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Vargas misses with a straight right.
Troyer throws a leg kick which misses Vargas's front leg but catches the back leg as Vargas tries to avoid it.
Vargas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Troyer throws a wild body kick that Vargas sees coming a mile off.

Troyer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Troyer scores with a knee to the head.
Vargas takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Troyer just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vargas's brow.
Vargas stalling against the cage.
Troyer trying to land knees to the body.
Vargas wants to break free but Troyer has control.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
Troyer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vargas works on Troyer's body with a couple of short punches.
Troyer blocking some punches.
Troyer throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vargas avoiding damage.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vargas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vargas misses with a punch on the inside.
Troyer with a knee to the head.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but Vargas blocks it.
Troyer lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Troyer fails to land.
Troyer lands an elbow inside that Vargas shrugs off.
Vargas takes an elbow to the temple.
Vargas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vargas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Troyer is keeping busy.
Vargas working aggressively here.
Troyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Troyer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Troyer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vargas is defending well for now.
Troyer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Troyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Troyer on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vargas blocks the elbow strike.
Troyer misses with a knee strike.
Vargas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vargas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vargas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vargas.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the head but Vargas blocks with his arms.
Troyer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vargas avoids it.
Troyer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Troyer throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vargas is defending well for now.
Troyer scores with a shoulder strike.

Vargas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Troyer takes one to the chin there.
Troyer throws a sloppy head kick
and Vargas counters with a right hand to the body.

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

Vargas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Troyer defends well.
Troyer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas wants to sweep here but Troyer controlling him for the moment.
Troyer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Vargas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troyer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vargas trying to control the position here.
Vargas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Troyer dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Troyer misses with a leg kick
and Vargas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Troyer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vargas checks it well.
Troyer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Troyer is looking to clinch.
Troyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Angus Troyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Vargas.
Vargas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vargas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vargas cracks Troyer with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Troyer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Troyer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Troyer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Troyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vargas misses with a series of wild punches.
Troyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Troyer tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Troyer throws a push kick but Vargas slaps the foot to one side.
Vargas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Troyer.
Vargas misses with a hook. Troyer ducked under it nicely.
Vargas tries to land a front kick but Troyer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vargas throws a leg kick
and Troyer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Vargas misses the target.
Troyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Troyer.

Vargas tries to keep at a distance but Troyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Troyer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Troyer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vargas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Troyer misses with an elbow strike.
Vargas avoids the elbow strike from Troyer, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Vargas as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer misses with an elbow strike.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Troyer misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Vargas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Troyer lands a damaging elbow.

Vargas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vargas blocks a head kick by Troyer.
Vargas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vargas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Troyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Vargas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Troyer.
Troyer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Troyer avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vargas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Troyer counters with a leg kick.
Vargas scores with the left hand. Troyer knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vargas.
Troyer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vargas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Troyer misses with a kick to the body.
Troyer throws the kick towards the body but Vargas avoids it.
Troyer throws a leg kick but Vargas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vargas, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Vargas.
Troyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Vargas is just out of range.
Vargas misses with a series of wild punches.
Vargas swats away the attempt to clinch by Troyer.
Troyer digs a good hook to Vargas's body.
Vargas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vargas scores with a one two! Troyer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Troyer looks to land a combination but Vargas avoids it well.
Vargas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer tries to clinch but Vargas is having none of it.
Troyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
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!
Troyer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vargas throws a low kick but Troyer avoids it.
Troyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Troyer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Troyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Vargas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Troyer checks a low kick from Vargas.
Troyer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Troyer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vargas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Troyer dives in and grabs Vargas's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vargas pushes down on Troyer's head and hops out.
An inside leg kick lands from Troyer.
Vargas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Troyer.
Troyer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alex Vargas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vargas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Troyer manages to avoid it.
Vargas swats away the attempt to clinch by Troyer.
Vargas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vargas.
Troyer misses with a low kick.
Vargas thows a body shot but no joy.
Vargas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vargas throws a series of punches but Troyer avoids them all with ease.

Troyer looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Vargas!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Troyer looking to ground and pound but Vargas is blocking nicely.
Vargas wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Vargas is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Troyer there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Vargas working to try and regain half guard.
Vargas is trying to stand up.
Troyer punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vargas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Troyer wants to control the pace but Vargas is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vargas is working to get back to half guard.
Troyer misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Troyer with the ground and pound from mount.
Vargas tries to hold on but Troyer postures up.
Vargas is trying to stand.
Troyer misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Troyer throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Vargas regains half guard.
Vargas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Vargas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
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 Troyer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vargas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Alex Vargas has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Troyer throws a head kick but Vargas moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vargas. Troyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vargas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vargas checks a leg kick nicely.
Troyer is looking to wear down Vargas with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Troyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A good leg kick by Troyer.
Troyer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Angus Troyer did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Back to the action!

Troyer moves into the clinch.
Vargas can't find room to land a body shot as Troyer controls the action.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Troyer has him pressed against the cage.
Vargas goes for a takedown attempt but Troyer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Troyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Troyer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vargas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Troyer.
Troyer moves in looking to clinch but Vargas pushes him off.

Vargas closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Troyer's guard.
Vargas preventing the sweep.
Troyer has Vargas pulled in close to control his posture.
Vargas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Vargas wants to control from the top but Troyer keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas is stalling in the full guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Vargas.
Vargas misses the shot to the body.
Vargas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vargas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vargas throws a leg kick that misses.
Troyer doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Troyer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vargas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vargas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Troyer checks a leg kick nicely.
Troyer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Troyer throws a leg kick but Vargas checks it.
Troyer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vargas but Vargas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A nice leg kick lands there from Troyer.
Alex Vargas seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Troyer tries a low kick but Vargas avoids it.
Vargas shoots in for a takedown but Troyer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vargas throws a low kick, looking for Troyer's leg but Troyer calmly moves out of range.
Vargas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Troyer tries to clinch
and Vargas counters with a straight right hand.
Vargas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troyer can pounce on him.
Troyer scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troyer avoids the body shot from Vargas.
Vargas with a hook.
Vargas moves out of range as Troyer throws a body kick.

Vargas tries to keep at a distance but Troyer has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Troyer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troyer goes for a takedown attempt but Vargas pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vargas moves out of range of the leg kick from Troyer.
Vargas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Troyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Troyer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Vargas checks a leg kick.
Vargas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vargas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Vargas swinging wildly here.
Vargas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Troyer shoots in for a takedown but Vargas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angus Troyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vargas connects with an inside leg kick.
Troyer shoots in looking for a takedown but Vargas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Troyer's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troyer misses with a head kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vargas missing with a left hand there. Troyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Troyer tries to score with a low kick but Vargas moves his leg out of the way.
Vargas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Troyer can pounce on him.
A good leg kick by Vargas.
Troyer wants to slow Vargas down by chopping away at his legs.
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!
Troyer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vargas is able to avoid easily.
Troyer blocks a leg kick.
Vargas just misses with a punch to the body.
Troyer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vargas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vargas looks to land a combination but Troyer avoids it well.
Vargas throws a leg kick which misses Troyer's front leg but catches the back leg as Troyer tries to avoid it.
Troyer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Troyer throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Alex Vargas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Troyer throws a wild body kick that Vargas sees coming a mile off.
Vargas takes a swing at Troyer's ribcage but misses.
Troyer scores with a head kick. Vargas tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Troyer blocks a low kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Vargas.
Vargas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Troyer's calf.
Troyer checks a leg kick.

Troyer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Vargas sprawls well initially but Troyer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Vargas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Troyer.
Vargas is controlling Troyer's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Troyer is pressing down on Vargas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vargas is holding on for now.
Vargas is trying to stand up here but Troyer is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas wants to control but Troyer is keeping busy.
Vargas is not content to let Troyer control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Vargas.
Troyer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troyer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Vargas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Troyer tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Vargas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troyer moves in looking to clinch but Vargas pushes him off.
Vargas misses with a hook.

Troyer has closed the distance and engaged Vargas in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Vargas.
Vargas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Troyer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Troyer missing with knees to the body.
Vargas lands with a left to the head.
Vargas managing to block the knees to the body from Troyer.
Vargas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vargas throws a head punch that misses.
Vargas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Troyer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Vargas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Angus Troyer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Troyer tries to land a knee to the head but Vargas blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Troyer misses with an elbow strike.
Vargas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vargas can't find room to land a body shot as Troyer controls the action.
Vargas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Troyer keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Troyer lands a body shot.
Troyer tries to throw a body punch but Vargas avoids it by throwing Troyer back against the cage.
Vargas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vargas tries to work over Troyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vargas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Troyer's elbow.
Vargas scores with a shot to the side of Troyer's head.
Vargas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas misses with a punch to the body.
Vargas is looking to control Troyer's arms but Troyer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vargas has his back to the cage.
Good body shot from Vargas.
Troyer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Troyer lands an elbow inside.
Vargas blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Vargas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troyer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vargas is out of range and Troyer settles back down.
Troyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vargas.
Troyer throws a one two combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Troyer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Troyer closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vargas tries to kick Troyer off but Troyer keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alex Vargas.
I think Vargas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 47:48
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Vargas!
Alex Vargas is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Alex Vargas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.