PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Vargas (ranked 244 p4p, 202 weight class) and Ryder Young (ranked 13 p4p, 11 weight class). Young has chosen Of Monsters and Men - Destroyer as his entrance music. Ryder Young acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Vargas
vs
Young

200 cm
35
270
25 - 10 - 0

197 cm
31
276
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryder Young!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a looping overhand right but Vargas ducks down to avoid it.
As Young tries to get set, Vargas tries to push him back and clinch up but Young manages to avoid the attempt.
Young throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Vargas counters by clinching up.
Vargas misses with a knee to the head.
Young looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young slowing the pace effectively.
Vargas looking to throw knees to the head but Young is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Young.
Our sources have told us that Vargas has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Arturo Vargas has been cut.
Vargas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young avoiding damage as Vargas throws knees to the body.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Vargas uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Young.
Good body shot from Young.
Young avoiding damage as Vargas throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Vargas working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vargas blocks it with crossed arms.
Vargas swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Young.
Vargas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vargas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Vargas pushes Young back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vargas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young blocks a body shot from Vargas.
Vargas misses with some punches.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Vargas.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Vargas gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Vargas.
Young leaning against his opponent.
Vargas tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Vargas gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ryder Young.
Vargas slips a straight right by Young.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Vargas ducks down to avoid it.
Vargas tries to counter by clinching up but Young breaks away and moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young tests Vargas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Vargas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Vargas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vargas.
Vargas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Young looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Young.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vargas.

Vargas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vargas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vargas blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Vargas.
Vargas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vargas lands a nice knee to the body.
Young looks winded!
Vargas lands with a light punch inside.
Vargas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vargas lands a body shot.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vargas scores a nice knee to the body.
Vargas lands a right hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vargas.
Vargas crunches a lovely knee into Young's ribcage.
Vargas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vargas with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vargas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Vargas.
Young misses with an elbow over the top.
Vargas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vargas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Ryder Young has been cut.
Vargas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Vargas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vargas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Vargas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Vargas sends Young crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Vargas is motioning to the referee to let Young up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Young swings away with a body shot that misses

and Vargas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Vargas drops Young with a big knee straight up the middle! Young is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Young is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vargas sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Young's defenses. It connects perfectly with Young's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arturo Vargas!
Our winner, Arturo Vargas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Ryder Young spoke after the fight, saying 'I don’t know mate. Someone said the pub was this way but I don’t see a fucking bar, do you?'.