PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Angelov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Angelov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Angelov
vs
Davidson

186 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
168 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Peter Angelov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Davidson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidson misses with a body shot.
Angelov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Davidson gets tackled into the cage by Angelov. Angelov maintains the clinch.
Davidson is trying to drag Angelov to the mat but Angelov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Angelov managing to block the knees to the body from Davidson.

Angelov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davidson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Angelov circles away.
Davidson throws a hook but Angelov blocks it.
Angelov checks a leg kick.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Angelov moves in looking to clinch but Davidson pushes him off.
Angelov tries to clinch but Davidson moves out of range.
Angelov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Angelov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davidson keeps the fight on the outside.

Angelov moves into the clinch successfully.
Davidson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Peter Angelov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Davidson.

Angelov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Angelov tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angelov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davidson.
Davidson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Davidson throws a body shot but no joy.
Angelov takes one to the chin there.
Angelov wants to clinch up but Davidson keeps it at a distance.
Davidson throws a hook to the side of Angelov's head but Angelov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davidson misses with a looping left.
Davidson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Angelov moves away.
Angelov is looking for a counter combo.
Angelov tries to clinch up.
Angelov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davidson.
Angelov doesn't manage to clinch there - Davidson circles away.
Angelov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Davidson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Angelov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Davidson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Angelov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davidson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Davidson throws out a loose jab but Angelov uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Angelov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Angelov wants to clinch up but Davidson keeps it at a distance.
Davidson with the counter takedown but Angelov avoids it easily.
Angelov wants to clinch up but Davidson keeps it at a distance.
Angelov fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angelov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davidson looks to land a body kick but Angelov moved away.
Angelov ducks under a wild hook from Davidson.
Angelov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davidson's coach down at Kombat MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Davidson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Davidson thumps Angelov with a low kick.
Davidson throws a hook to the side of Angelov's head but Angelov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Angelov is looking to clinch but Davidson is avoiding it.
Davidson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Davidson keeps the fight on the outside.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davidson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Davidson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Angelov's head backwards.
Angelov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davidson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davidson cracks the inside of Angelov's front leg.
Angelov moves in looking to clinch but Davidson pushes him off.
Angelov is looking to clinch but Davidson is avoiding it.
Davidson throws a big counter head kick but Angelov avoids it with no problem.
Angelov wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angelov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davidson throws out a loose jab but Angelov uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Angelov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Angelov tries to clinch but Davidson moves out of range.
Angelov tries to clinch there but Davidson circles away.
Davidson throws a push kick but Angelov slaps the foot to one side.
Angelov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Angelov tries to clinch but Davidson is having none of it.
Angelov moves in looking to clinch but Davidson pushes him off.
Angelov tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Davidson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davidson.
Peter Angelov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davidson misses with a takedown attempt
letting Angelov counter with a right hand.
Angelov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Angelov tries to close the distance and clinch but Davidson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Angelov is looking to clinch.
Davidson misses with a kick to the body.
Angelov wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angelov moves out of range of the leg kick from Davidson.
Angelov moves in looking to clinch but Davidson pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davidson! But no joy.
Davidson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Angelov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davidson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Angelov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Angelov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davidson keeps the fight on the outside.
Angelov walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Angelov moves in looking to clinch but Davidson pushes him off.
It seemed like Davidson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Angelov tries to clinch up but Davidson circles away and keeps his distance.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davidson misses with an uppercut.
Angelov dodges the punch combination from Davidson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Davidson. Angelov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Angelov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davidson.
Angelov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Angelov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Angelov wants to clinch up but Davidson keeps it at a distance.
Davidson tries a quick counter leg kick but Angelov is wise to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Davidson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Davidson works over Angelov's head and body with a nice combination.
Davidson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davidson lands a glancing blow to the side of Angelov's head.
Angelov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davidson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Angelov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davidson swats away the attempt to clinch by Angelov.

Angelov has Davidson up against the cage in a clinch.

Angelov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Angelov tries to clinch up but Davidson circles away and keeps his distance.
Angelov tries to clinch up.
Davidson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Angelov ducks under a wild hook from Davidson.
Davidson misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Angelov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Angelov wants to clinch.
Davidson just misses with a punch to the body.
Angelov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Davidson misses with a double jab.
Angelov doesn't manage to clinch there - Davidson circles away.
Davidson throws a head kick that misses.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davidson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Davidson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Davidson prevents Angelov from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Davidson lands a nice short elbow.
Angelov wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Davidson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Davidson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Angelov's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Angelov's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Davidson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Angelov is bucking up trying to escape but Davidson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Angelov wants to try and get back to his feet.
Davidson with the ground and pound from mount.
Davidson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Angelov's face.

It looks like Peter Angelov has been cut.
Angelov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davidson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Davidson landing punches.
Mark Davidson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Davidson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Angelov tries to buck Davidson off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Peter Angelov's cut is getting worse.

Davidson is working for a guillotine from mount but Angelov frees his head quite easily.
Angelov is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Angelov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Davidson on the ground.
Davidson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Angelov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davidson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Angelov?
Davidson lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidson is landing with some decent strikes but Angelov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Angelov is rocked!

Peter Angelov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Angelov squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Davidson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Davidson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Davidson lands with some strikes.
Davidson with shots to the head and body - Angelov looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson is landing with some decent strikes but Angelov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Oh Angelov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Peter Angelov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Peter Angelov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mark Davidson!