PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugeny Lapik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spartan
vs
Lapik

185 cm
28
180 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

180 cm
30
170 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leo Spartan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eugeny Lapik!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Lapik checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Spartan closes the distance and clinches.
Lapik tries to circle away but Spartan has him pinned against the cage.
Lapik is trying to break the clinch but Spartan is controlling him.
Spartan lands a left hand.

Lapik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lapik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartan moves away.
Spartan checks the leg kick.

Spartan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lapik looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lapik is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Spartan cracks Lapik with a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spartan misses with the ground and pound.

Spartan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Lapik misses with a body kick.
Spartan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spartan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spartan scores with a shot to the side of Lapik's head.
Good body shot from Spartan.
Spartan lands with a right to the head.
Good body shot from Spartan.
Lapik looks winded!

Spartan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spartan shoots in and bounces Lapik off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spartan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Spartan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Spartan wants to control from the top but Lapik keeps moving.
Spartan distracts Lapik with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Spartan won't allow Lapik to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lapik is proving hard to escape from.
Spartan wants to control from the top but Lapik keeps moving.
Lapik has momentary wrist control but Spartan slips an elbow through the middle.
Lapik wants to sweep but no luck.
Spartan landing with the ground and pound.
Spartan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spartan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lapik's head.
Spartan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lapik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lapik keeping moving, preventing Spartan from controlling successfully.
Spartan throws a big elbow that misses.
Spartan wanted to stand there but Lapik had control of the position.
Spartan 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.
Lapik lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Spartan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lapik is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Lapik tries to land a front kick but Spartan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spartan moves out of range of the body kick from Lapik.

Spartan instigates a clinch.
Spartan scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spartan.
Spartan is trying to maintain a safe position but Lapik gets an underhook and turns Spartan into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Spartan as the two fighters clinch.
Spartan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapik can't break the clinch.

Spartan manages to break the clinch.
Eugeny Lapik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Spartan clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spartan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lapik's efforts to push away.
Spartan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lapik has had enough of the clinch but Spartan keeps him there for the moment.
Spartan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lapik tries to break the clinch but Spartan is controlling the position.

Spartan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lapik throws a low kick, looking for Spartan's leg but Spartan calmly moves out of range.

Spartan has closed the distance and engaged Lapik in a clinch.
A short right from Spartan on the inside.
Spartan is pushing Lapik up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spartan lands a right hand.
Spartan lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Spartan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Spartan clinches with his opponent.
Lapik wants to break free but Spartan has control.
Lapik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lapik tries to circle away but Spartan has him pinned against the cage.

Lapik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leo Spartan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lapik throws a push kick but Spartan slaps the foot to one side.

Lapik gets tackled into the cage by Spartan. Spartan maintains the clinch.
Spartan scores with a shoulder strike.
Spartan effectively controlling the action here.
Lapik is trying to push Spartan away but Spartan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Spartan breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Spartan gets a clinch.
Lapik wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spartan has him pressed against the cage.
Spartan connects with a knee to the head.
Spartan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spartan gets through Lapik's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lapik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spartan lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spartan breaks from the clinch.
Lapik misses with a leg kick
and Spartan counters with an inside leg kick.

Spartan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Spartan working over Lapik with some ground and pound. Lapik looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Spartan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lapik knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lapik gets full guard.
Spartan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lapik can do to turn this around?
Lapik working a defensive guard here.
Spartan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lapik trying to control the position.
Spartan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lapik works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spartan postures up and lands a big shot to Lapik's brow.
Spartan working some strikes from top position.

Lapik pushes Spartan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lapik throws out a leg kick but Spartan moves out of range and Lapik only half commits.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spartan closes the distance and clinches.
Spartan looking to throw knees to the head but Lapik is blocking nicely.
Spartan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lapik backwards.
Lapik wants to break free but Spartan has control.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lapik wants to break free but Spartan has control.
Leo Spartan has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Spartan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spartan closes the distance and pushes Lapik back into the cage.
Spartan can't find room to land a body shot as Lapik controls the action.
Spartan keeps control of Lapik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lapik breaks the clinch.

Lapik tries to keep at a distance but Spartan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lapik wants to break free but Spartan has control.
A short left from Spartan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapik can't break the clinch.
Lapik is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spartan.
Spartan'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.
Lapik is trying to break free.
Spartan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spartan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spartan lands an uppercut.
Spartan works on Lapik's body with a couple of short punches.

Spartan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Spartan drives through and clinches with Lapik against the cage.
Spartan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lapik backwards.
Spartan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lapik backwards.
Lapik has had enough of the clinch but Spartan keeps him there for the moment.

Lapik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spartan clinches up with Lapik and pushes him back against the cage.
Spartan scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spartan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lapik is breathing heavily.
Spartan pushes Lapik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spartan lands a hook to the side of the head.

Lapik is rocked!
Spartan tries to work over Lapik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lapik is still on wobbly legs! Can Spartan finish him?
Spartan has Lapik pressed against the cage, preventing Lapik from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spartan lands with a short shot to the head.
Spartan keeps control of Lapik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Spartan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lapik seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from Spartan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Spartan.

Spartan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spartan looking to score a takedown here. Lapik is defending well but Spartan drives through and ends up in Lapik's guard.
Spartan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lapik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spartan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Spartan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Spartan moves into range and clinches up with Lapik.
Nice body punch from Spartan - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Spartan.
Lapik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A shot in the inside from Spartan.
Spartan lands a nice uppercut.
Spartan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lapik wants to get back to striking at distance but Spartan won't allow it.
Lapik wants to break the clinch but can't.

Spartan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lapik throws a leg kick but Spartan moved away.
Eugeny Lapik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Spartan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spartan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Spartan breaks from the clinch.
Lapik misses with an uppercut

and Spartan moves into the clinch.
Spartan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Spartan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spartan ducks under a wild hook from Lapik.
Lapik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Spartan.
A clash of legs there as Spartan blocks the low kick.
Lapik looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lapik throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Spartan blocks a low kick nicely.
Lapik misses with an uppercut. Spartan saw that one coming.
Spartan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lapik gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Spartan gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Spartan!
An out of breath Leo Spartan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.