PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eulalio Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Krum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez comes into the arena with El party me llama blaring out of the sound system. Krum has chosen Viktor Krum will rock you as his entrance music. Viktor Krum will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gonzalez
vs
Krum

179 cm
32
175 lbs
14 - 13 - 2

180 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Eulalio Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Krum!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krum tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good exchange - Gonzalez coming out on top.
Krum misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Krum misses.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Krum.

Gonzalez drops Krum with a left and a right! Oh, Krum is hurt - Gonzalez dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Viktor Krum has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gonzalez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Krum knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gonzalez tries to advance to mount but can't.
Gonzalez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gonzalez controlling the position from side mount.
Gonzalez wants to control but Krum is keeping him busy.
Krum has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to move to mount but Krum blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Krum's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Krum is holding Gonzalez down, trying to stall.
Gonzalez advances to full mount.
Krum tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to control but Krum wriggling away.
Gonzalez avoids the attempt from Krum to control.
Gonzalez wants to control the pace but Krum is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krum sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Gonzalez trying to mount his opponent but Krum defends it.
Gonzalez controlling the pace.
Gonzalez trying to mount his opponent but Krum defends it.
Krum preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gonzalez passes to full mount!
Gonzalez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Krum is looking to escape.

Gonzalez working for a guillotine from mount but Krum is in no mood to give up.
Gonzalez tries to control but Krum wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez working Krum over with strikes here.
Krum tries to lock up and control but Gonzalez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gonzalez landing strikes from the mount and Krum is in trouble!
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krum tries to hold on but Gonzalez postures up.
Gonzalez trying to control but Krum is having none of it.
Krum is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez dominating with strikes here.
Krum in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eulalio Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Krum's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Krum scores with a head kick. Gonzalez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Krum lands a really nice looking cross but Gonzalez seems unphased.
A clash of legs there as Krum blocks the low kick.
Krum throws a front kick aimed at Gonzalez's knee but Gonzalez avoids it well.
Gonzalez missing with a left hand there. Krum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Gonzalez drives through and clinches with Krum against the cage.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Krum thows a body shot but no joy.

Krum has closed the distance and engaged Gonzalez in a clinch.
Krum can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzalez controls the action.
Gonzalez scores with a shot to the side of Krum's head.
Krum holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gonzalez tries to score a body lock takedown but Krum shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch on the inside from Krum fails to land.
Krum tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krum pushes Gonzalez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gonzalez blocks a body shot from Krum.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
Gonzalez tries to work over Krum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzalez blocks a body shot from Krum.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krum.

Gonzalez pulls guard.
Gonzalez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Krum is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gonzalez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gonzalez keeping moving, preventing Krum from controlling successfully.
Krum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gonzalez is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krum trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Viktor Krum.
Gonzalez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krum misses with a kick to the body.
Krum pushes Gonzalez away with a front kick.
Gonzalez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzalez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Krum connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Eulalio Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krum feints and then cracks Gonzalez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gonzalez down.
Gonzalez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes one on the button.
Krum swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looks to land a left hand but Krum moved out of range nicely.
Krum tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gonzalez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Krum instigates a clinch.
Krum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gonzalez gets through Krum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krum can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzalez controls the action.
Krum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krum trying to control the position but instead, Gonzalez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Krum into the cage.
Krum blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krum can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzalez controls the action.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krum throws a low kick, looking for Gonzalez's leg but Gonzalez calmly moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Krum. That's going to slow Gonzalez down.
Krum misses with a body kick.
Good leg kick by Krum there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Gonzalez pushes Krum up against the cage in a clinch.
Krum taking a breather.
Krum takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Krum walks away with a smile on his face. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Krum checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Krum showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Viktor Krum's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Krum throws a leg kick which misses Gonzalez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzalez tries to avoid it.
Krum explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Krum checks a leg kick nicely.
Krum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Krum connects with a leg kick. Gonzalez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krum scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Viktor Krum seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krum is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez ducks right into an uppercut from Krum.
Krum pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Gonzalez gets a double leg takedown into Krum's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krum is trying to control the position but Gonzalez postures up.
Gonzalez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Krum's guard.

Gonzalez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gonzalez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez controlling the action here.
Gonzalez wants to control but Krum is keeping him busy.

Krum is defending against the submission attempts here by Gonzalez.

Gonzalez seems to be working for a kimura but Krum defends the submission attempt.
Krum is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gonzalez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gonzalez's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez rolls, trying to escape but Krum keeps control of the position.
Krum trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Krum really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez wants to escape the position.
Gonzalez rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Gonzalez tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Krum has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Krum is trying to control. Gonzalez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gonzalez tries to roll over but Krum keeps him under control.
Gonzalez is working hard here to advance position.
Krum is looking to stall here but Gonzalez recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krum wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.

Gonzalez has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Krum should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Gonzalez has tightened it up now! Krum should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Eulalio Gonzalez!
Eulalio Gonzalez thanked the fans post fight for their support.