PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Gonzalez (ranked 2618 p4p, 337 weight class) and Pascual Perez (ranked 3211 p4p, 402 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Perez's choice of entrance music: Another One Bites The Dust. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gonzalez
vs
Perez

178 cm
29
170 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

184 cm
33
180 lbs
17 - 20 - 1

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edgar Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pascual Perez!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Perez is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Danga de danga de dang - Gonzalez scores with a four punch combination!
Gonzalez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that misses
and Perez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Gonzalez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Perez to the mat! Perez manages to get full guard.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Perez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Perez keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzalez controlling from the top position.
Perez looking for a sweep. Not yet Perez, not yet.

Gonzalez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gonzalez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Perez's head.
Gonzalez with a nice head shot there.
Perez keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.

Perez working for a triangle but Gonzalez defends it easily.
Gonzalez distracts Perez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Gonzalez content to stall in guard here.
Gonzalez stands up over Perez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Perez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gonzalez controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez cracks Perez with a solid left hand.
Perez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gonzalez is one step ahead there.
Gonzalez controlling from the top position.
Gonzalez wants to control from the top but Perez keeps moving.
Gonzalez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Perez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Gonzalez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gonzalez stopping the sweep attempt from Perez.
Gonzalez trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Perez controls Gonzalez momentarily but Gonzalez frees himself.

Gonzalez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gonzalez won't allow Perez to sweep him here.

Gonzalez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gonzalez wants to control from the top but Perez keeps moving.

That's four 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.
Gonzalez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Perez is looking for a triangle here but Gonzalez uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Perez tries to buck Gonzalez off but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Gonzalez landing strikes.
Gonzalez landing strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Perez tries to buck Gonzalez off but Gonzalez is having none of it.
Perez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gonzalez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perez keeps working.
Gonzalez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Perez's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Gonzalez dominated that 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.

Gonzalez scores with a nice right hand.

Gonzalez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gonzalez showed some decent athleticism there.
Perez trying to control from the bottom.

Gonzalez seems to be working for a kimura but Perez defends the submission attempt.
Gonzalez trying to control the action but Perez is working from the bottom.
Gonzalez tries to pass to full mount but Perez defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez trying to control from half guard but Perez is working away.
Edgar Gonzalez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez missing with punches from the bottom.
Perez has hold of Gonzalez's hands but Gonzalez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gonzalez is thwarting Perez's attempts to control the position.
Gonzalez passes to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Gonzalez.
Perez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perez can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez raining down shots from the mount!
Gonzalez scoring with strikes but Perez is staying in there.
Perez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gonzalez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Perez is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Perez is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez content just to control the position here.
Perez is desperately trying to improve his position but Gonzalez has a good base and remains in mount.
Perez tries to hold on but Gonzalez pushes him away.
Gonzalez scoring with strikes but Perez is staying in there.
Gonzalez with the ground and pound from mount.
Perez is still in real trouble! Can Gonzalez finish him?
Perez is in all sorts of trouble here.
A big strike lands for Gonzalez! That's really hurt Perez and he's turned his back - Gonzalez keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Gonzalez jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edgar Gonzalez!
Edgar Gonzalez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.