PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Angelov (ranked 1890 p4p, 257 weight class) and Edgar Gonzalez (ranked 2036 p4p, 277 weight class). Peter Angelov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edgar Gonzalez's chin.

Angelov
vs
Gonzalez

186 cm
30
178 lbs
16 - 14 - 1

178 cm
28
170 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Determined

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 16 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Angelov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edgar Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Angelov has Gonzalez up against the cage in a clinch.
Angelov with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzalez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Angelov prevents it.
Gonzalez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Angelov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonzalez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Angelov landing knees to the head.
Gonzalez tries to score a body lock takedown but Angelov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Peter Angelov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edgar Gonzalez.
Angelov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gonzalez looks winded!
Angelov lands a knee to the head.
Angelov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Angelov lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Angelov lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angelov landing knees to the head.
Angelov lands a knee to the body.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.
Angelov lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.
Angelov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Angelov lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angelov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov stops a takedown attempt from Gonzalez.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Angelov crunches a lovely knee into Gonzalez's ribcage.
Angelov working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Angelov.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Angelov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Angelov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Angelov landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Angelov.
Gonzalez trying to control the position but instead, Angelov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gonzalez into the cage.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Angelov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Angelov working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
Angelov lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Angelov.
Angelov with a knee to the head.
Angelov landing knees to the head.
Angelov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonzalez stalling in the clinch but Angelov improves position.
Gonzalez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Angelov.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov lands a shot to the body.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Angelov scores a nice knee to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
Angelov landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Angelov dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Angelov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gonzalez, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Angelov - that landed with a thud.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Angelov lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
Angelov crunches a lovely knee into Gonzalez's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angelov landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Angelov obliges.
Peter Angelov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Angelov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov scores a nice knee to the body.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Angelov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Angelov working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
Angelov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov crunches a lovely knee into Gonzalez's ribcage.
Angelov working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
Angelov lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
Angelov landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Angelov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angelov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzalez is defending well for now.
Gonzalez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Angelov to keep the fight standing.
A knee to the head by Angelov.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzalez can do to turn this around?

Gonzalez pulls guard effortlessly.

Angelov stands and steps away. Gonzalez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Angelov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonzalez's hands.

Angelov clinches up against the cage.
Gonzalez has Angelov pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Angelov manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov lands a knee to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Angelov scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angelov lands a knee to the head.
Angelov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Angelov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Angelov.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Angelov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Angelov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Angelov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Angelov tries to land knees in the clinch but Gonzalez avoids the damage to the body.
Angelov working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Angelov lands a knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knees to the body from Angelov.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Angelov stands there with Gonzalez around his waist. Gonzalez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Peter Angelov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edgar Gonzalez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Angelov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Angelov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Angelov.
Gonzalez looking to stall.
Angelov landing knees to the body.
Gonzalez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Angelov scores a nice knee to the body.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Angelov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Angelov.
Angelov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Angelov lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Angelov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Angelov gets a clinch.
Angelov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzalez trying to control the position but instead, Angelov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gonzalez into the cage.
Angelov landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Gonzalez pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Angelov is now in half guard.
Angelov wants to stand up but Gonzalez is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez is trying to control but Angelov passes into side control!
Gonzalez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Angelov has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Angelov tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Peter Angelov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Angelov with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Gonzalez clinches up against the cage.
Gonzalez avoiding damage as Angelov throws knees to the body.

Gonzalez wants the takedown. Angelov is fighting it off but Gonzalez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Angelov's guard against the cage.
Gonzalez with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Angelov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gonzalez cracks Angelov with a solid left hand.

Gonzalez has gone for a leg lock! Angelov slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gonzalez's guard.

Angelov is looking to stand up but Gonzalez won't let him.
Angelov stopping the sweep attempt from Gonzalez.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Angelov wants to stand up but Gonzalez is controlling him.
Gonzalez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzalez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gonzalez looking to pass the guard.
Gonzalez lands a couple of digs.

That's four 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.
Gonzalez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Angelov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gonzalez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Peter Angelov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but Angelov keeps it at a distance.

Angelov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gonzalez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Angelov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzalez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Angelov lands a nice knee to the body.
Edgar Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter Angelov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Angelov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Angelov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Angelov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Angelov!
Peter Angelov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.