Angel came out swinging at Alex with everything he had. It was immediately apparent to Alex that the guy had some form of hand to hand combat training. But what that appeared to be was likely a very limited "combative" course by ex special forces soldiers for hire.
Alex, of course adeptly dodged these strikes while countering with his own. The first of which was a solid jab, and cross to his opponent's face, followed by a lick to the liver. All three of which landed, Causing Angel to fall to his knees in shock at the power and damage that Alex had inflicted on him with a single combo.
Perhaps the man had never been hit for full force by a trained killer before, but it was abundantly clear to Angel that he had just entered a fight to the death with a man who knew how to use his power to the maximum limits of his ability.
