PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Vargas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Hawking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawking has chosen Shady Lane as his entrance music. Stephen Hawking has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vargas
vs
Hawking

181 cm
19
153 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

168 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Vargas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stephen Hawking!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawking tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawking doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vargas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hawking tries to clinch up.
Hawking wants to clinch.
Hawking defending well as Vargas loads up on a big left hand.
Hawking displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vargas throws out the jab.
Vargas missing with a left hand there. Hawking was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Hawking moves into the clinch.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vargas or not.
A head punch on the inside from Vargas fails to land.
Hawking lands an elbow that stopped Vargas in his tracks for a moment.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Hawking.
Vargas is breathing heavily.
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!
Hawking crunches a lovely knee into Vargas's ribcage.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking lands a good knee to the midsection. Vargas won't want to take too many of those.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands an elbow inside.
Hawking presses Vargas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jorge Vargas has been cut.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Hawking.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawking lands an elbow inside that Vargas shrugs off.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking digs a right hand underneath Vargas's ribcage. Vargas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawking lands an elbow just above Vargas 's eye.
Hawking working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vargas tries to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling the position.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Hawking lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vargas or not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hawking lands an elbow inside that Vargas shrugs off.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hawking lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Hawking lands a good knee to the midsection. Vargas won't want to take too many of those.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hawking works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hawking presses Vargas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vargas misses with a punch on the inside.
Vargas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Vargas lands with a left to the head.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Hawking presses Vargas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Vargas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.
Vargas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
Hawking lands a hook that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Hawking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vargas has a couple of punches blocked by Hawking.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hawking misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vargas.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vargas's efforts to push away.
Vargas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vargas tries to circle away but Hawking has him pinned against the cage.
Hawking blocks a body shot from Vargas.
Hawking lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawking struggles to land a body shot inside as Vargas controls his hands.
Hawking trying to land knees to the body.
Vargas swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawking uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vargas misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vargas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawking won't allow it.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Hawking - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hawking.
Vargas tries to circle away but Hawking has him pinned against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Hawking.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Vargas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawking tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawking avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hawking is looking to clinch.

Hawking has managed to clinch.
Hawking lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vargas is trying to force a seperation but Hawking has the dominant position.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hawking lands an elbow inside that Vargas shrugs off.
Vargas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Vargas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vargas waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hawking.
Vargas misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hawking dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Vargas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hawking lands with a slapping head kick.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vargas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hawking takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vargas misses the jab.

Hawking clinches up with Vargas and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hawking lands an elbow inside.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawking lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawking lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Hawking - that landed with a thud.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawking.
Vargas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hawking lands a good knee to the midsection. Vargas won't want to take too many of those.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vargas misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawking lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawking prevents Vargas from breaking the clinch.

Vargas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawking tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hawking moves out of range of the strikes.
Vargas keeps the fight on the outside.

Hawking clinches up against the cage.
Hawking lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vargas.
Vargas takes a shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking scores with a shoulder strike.
Stephen Hawking seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Vargas working hard to break the clinch.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vargas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vargas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hawking lands a good knee to the midsection. Vargas won't want to take too many of those.
Vargas lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawking backwards.
Hawking throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hawking has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawking prevents Vargas from breaking the clinch.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Hawking scores with a knee to the head.
Hawking cracks Vargas with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.
Vargas tries to break free but Hawking pushes him back against the cage.
Vargas is trying to break free.
Hawking lands an elbow just above Vargas 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking takes a shot to the head.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch but Hawking keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Hawking.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking lands a knee to the head.
Hawking scores with a shoulder strike.
Vargas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vargas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Hawking with a knee to the head.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vargas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hawking lands an elbow that stopped Vargas in his tracks for a moment.
Hawking 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.
Hawking tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vargas avoiding damage as Hawking throws knees to the body.
Vargas lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawking backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Vargas is trying to break free.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawking lands an elbow just above Vargas 's eye.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hawking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vargas.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawking prevents Vargas from breaking the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hawking.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch but Hawking keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Vargas breaks from the clinch.
Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vargas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Vargas tries to keep at a distance but Hawking has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking lands an uppercut.
Hawking blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Hawking.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawking.

Vargas manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vargas throws a hook but Hawking blocks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawking looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hawking tries to clinch up.
Vargas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hawking ducks under a wild hook from Vargas.
Hawking tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vargas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hawking pushes Vargas up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vargas's defenses.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the body.
Vargas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vargas tries to break free but Hawking pushes him back against the cage.
Vargas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hawking showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jorge Vargas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawking ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hawking wants to clinch up but Vargas keeps it at a distance.
Vargas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stephen Hawking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vargas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch but Vargas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hawking drives through and clinches with Vargas against the cage.
Vargas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vargas is trying to break free.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hawking blocks an uppercut.
Hawking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vargas's efforts to push away.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hawking.
Vargas managing to block the knees to the body from Hawking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking trying to land knees to the body.
Vargas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hawking backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Vargas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawking crunches a lovely knee into Vargas's ribcage.
Hawking prevents Vargas from breaking the clinch.
Vargas struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawking controls his hands.
Good body shot from Hawking.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vargas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawking won't allow it.
Hawking scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vargas misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawking has Vargas pressed against the cage, preventing Vargas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Hawking trying to land knees to the body.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hawking rushes Vargas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hawking.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hawking digs a right hand underneath Vargas's ribcage. Vargas let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Hawking lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawking landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Hawking.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.
Hawking misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vargas is trying to force a seperation but Hawking has the dominant position.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
A shot in the inside from Vargas.
Vargas tries to break free but Hawking pushes him back against the cage.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vargas working hard to break the clinch.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vargas has a couple of punches blocked by Hawking.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the body.
Hawking has Vargas pressed against the cage, preventing Vargas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Hawking.

Vargas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Hawking lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vargas.
A frustrated look appears on Vargas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawking lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hawking scores with a hook to the body.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Hawking 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.
A right hand to the body from Vargas.
Hawking is leaning against Vargas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vargas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawking lands an elbow that stopped Vargas in his tracks for a moment.
Hawking missing with knees to the body.
Hawking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vargas's efforts to push away.
Vargas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Vargas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vargas lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Hawking.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawking digs a right hand into Vargas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vargas's gas tank.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hawking.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.

Vargas breaks the clinch.
Hawking ducks under a wild hook from Vargas.
Hawking wants to clinch up but Vargas keeps it at a distance.
Hawking tries to clinch up.
Vargas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawking wants to clinch up but Vargas keeps it at a distance.

Hawking gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hawking lands an elbow inside.
Vargas takes an elbow to the temple.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch but Hawking keeps him there for the moment.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Vargas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Vargas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hawking really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Vargas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hawking moves into range and clinches up with Vargas.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking has Vargas pressed against the cage, preventing Vargas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hawking comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vargas tries to circle away but Hawking has him pinned against the cage.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hawking lands with a right to the head.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vargas's efforts to push away.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawking lands a body punch.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas takes a shot to the head.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Vargas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vargas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Hawking lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Hawking on the inside.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Vargas tries to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling the position.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawking missing with knees to the body.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawking tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vargas avoids it.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hawking fails in his attempt to clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Vargas.
Vargas keeps the fight on the outside.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch but Vargas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vargas looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawking is just out of range.
Hawking tries to clinch up.
Hawking tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Vargas lands a nice shot that snaps Hawking's head back.
Hawking ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Hawking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Hawking gets a clinch.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking lands a body shot.
Hawking lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Hawking.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hawking.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a nice elbow.
Hawking tries to land knees in the clinch but Vargas avoids the damage to the body.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawking is leaning against Vargas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hawking using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Vargas working hard to break the clinch.
Hawking lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vargas is looking to break free of the clinch but Hawking has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Hawking as the two fighters clinch.
Vargas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vargas tries to circle away but Hawking has him pinned against the cage.
Hawking lands an elbow that stopped Vargas in his tracks for a moment.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vargas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawking won't allow it.
Hawking lands an elbow just above Vargas 's eye.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking lands a shoulder strike.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawking has Vargas pressed against the cage, preventing Vargas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hawking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vargas's efforts to push away.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Hawking stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from Hawking.
Hawking digs a right hand into Vargas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vargas's gas tank.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking lands an elbow just above Vargas 's eye.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawking lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Hawking.

Vargas manages to break the clinch.
Hawking doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.

Vargas tries to keep at a distance but Hawking has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hawking creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vargas's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawking comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hawking moves into range and clinches up with Vargas.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Vargas is trying to force a seperation but Hawking has the dominant position.
Vargas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from Hawking.
Hawking throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Vargas managing to block the knees to the body from Hawking.

Vargas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawking with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vargas to score with a decent uppercut.
A jab from Vargas misses.

Hawking rushes Vargas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Hawking lands an elbow inside that Vargas shrugs off.
Vargas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawking won't allow it.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.
Hawking has Vargas pressed against the cage, preventing Vargas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hawking lands a right hand.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch but Hawking keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas misses with a punch to the body.
Hawking pushes Vargas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hawking putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vargas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Hawking dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Vargas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Vargas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawking sizes up Vargas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab from Vargas misses.
Vargas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawking.
A shot to de liver by Hawking. Beautiful body shot.
Vargas throws a looping overhand right but Hawking ducks down to avoid it.
Vargas looks to throw the jab but Hawking is out of range.
Vargas throws a right and a left that Hawking avoids nicely.
Hawking tries to clinch but Vargas moves out of range.

Hawking moves into the clinch.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Vargas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawking comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawking lands a body shot.
Hawking creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vargas's defenses.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vargas tries to break free but Hawking pushes him back against the cage.
Hawking is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hawking presses Vargas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hawking lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawking lands a damaging elbow.
Hawking stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hawking lands a nice knee to the body.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vargas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vargas is trying to force a seperation but Hawking has the dominant position.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vargas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hawking lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vargas backwards.
Hawking scores with a shot to the side of Vargas's head.
Hawking lands a good knee to the midsection. Vargas won't want to take too many of those.
Hawking keeps control of Vargas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vargas can't break the clinch.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hawking lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vargas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hawking digs a right hand underneath Vargas's ribcage. Vargas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hawking softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vargas misses with a body shot.

Hawking darts in and clinches Vargas up against the cage.
Jorge Vargas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking crunches a lovely knee into Vargas's ribcage.
Hawking tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Vargas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vargas throws a shot from downtown. Hawking moves away and avoids it.

Hawking moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawking.
Hawking softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.

Vargas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hawking moves in looking to clinch but Vargas pushes him off.
Hawking tries to clinch but Vargas is having none of it.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vargas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawking bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawking doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Vargas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hawking.
Hawking is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vargas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawking tries to clinch up but Vargas circles away and keeps his distance.
Vargas circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawking doesn't manage to clinch there - Vargas circles away.
Vargas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hawking is looking to clinch.

Hawking darts in and clinches Vargas up against the cage.
Vargas wants to break free but Hawking has control.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hawking obliges.
Vargas tries to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling the position.
Hawking works on Vargas's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawking lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hawking.
Vargas is trying to break the clinch but Hawking is controlling him.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Hawking - that landed with a thud.
Hawking utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Vargas manages to break the clinch.
Hawking tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vargas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vargas missing with a left hand there. Hawking was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hawking walks into a straight right hand from Vargas.

Hawking moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawking prevents Vargas from breaking the clinch.
Vargas wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawking won't allow it.
Hawking landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vargas managing to block the knees to the body from Hawking.
Vargas blocks the elbow strike.
Vargas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawking lands an uppercut.
Hawking lands a nice shot to the body.
Vargas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawking has him pressed against the cage.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch but Hawking keeps him there for the moment.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hawking lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Hawking.
Hawking unloads a knee to the mid-section. Vargas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hawking.
A body shot lands from Vargas.
Hawking scores a nice knee to the body.
Vargas lands a nice uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Vargas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vargas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Hawking.
Vargas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawking landing knees to the body.
Vargas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vargas.
Hawking lands a knee to the body.
Hawking working Vargas over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Hawking comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hawking winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 44:50
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 44:50
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Hawking!
Stephen Hawking is the new featherweight champion!