PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eugeny Lapik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Sterling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Sterling acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Lapik
vs
Sterling

180 cm
26
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eugeny Lapik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Sterling!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lapik is looking to land body kicks.
Lapik tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sterling is able to avoid easily.
Sterling fails to land with a series of punches.
Sterling waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lapik.
Lapik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sterling moves out of range of the body kick.
Sterling with a jab.
Lapik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No joy there for Sterling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sterling checks a leg kick.
Lapik wants to land a leg kick but Sterling is out of range.
Lapik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sterling punishes Lapik's body with a nice straight punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lapik, right into the meat.
Lapik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sterling moves away.
Sterling blocks the body kick.
Sterling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapik circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapik avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Lapik misses.
Lapik swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sterling looks to land a combination but Lapik avoids it well.
Lapik misses with a leg kick.
Lapik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sterling fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lapik on the side of the head.
Lapik misses with a few strikes there.
Lapik is looking to land body kicks.
Sterling checks a low kick from Lapik.
Sterling moves out of range as Lapik throws a body kick.
Sterling throws a series of punches but Lapik moves out of range.
Sterling missing with a left hand there. Lapik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lapik is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sterling.
Lapik tries to work over Sterling's front leg with a kick but Sterling checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lapik takes one to the chin there.
Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Sterling checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sterling scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lapik doesn't seem bothered though.
Lapik wants to land a leg kick but Sterling is out of range.
Lapik looking to land some kicks to the body here.
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!
Sterling avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lapik misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lapik slips under a jab.
Lapik throws a push kick but Sterling slaps the foot to one side.
Lapik misses with a body kick.
Lapik throws a push kick but Sterling slaps the foot to one side.
Sterling checks the leg kick.
Lapik takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sterling lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sterling throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sterling avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lapik misses with a double jab.
Lapik throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sterling misses with the combination.
A leg kick checked by Sterling.
Lapik swinging wildly here.
Sterling stalks Lapik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lapik's face. Lapik staggers backwards, shaken.
Sterling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sterling lands with a right hand.
Lapik looks to throw the jab but Sterling is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Sterling.
Sterling connects with the punch.
Lapik lands a jab.
Lapik tried to score with a low kick but Sterling checks it.
Sterling looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sterling lands a jab to the head.
Sterling blocks a jab.
Lapik misses with the combination.
Sterling throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lapik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Lapik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sterling thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eugeny Lapik will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lapik lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sterling has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sterling and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sterling throws a series of punches but Lapik avoids them all with ease.
Lapik misses with a two punch combination.
Sterling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapik circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapik fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sterling looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sterling lands a jab to the nose.
Eugeny Lapik is winning the standup battle so far.
Sterling lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lapik backs up against the cage.
Lapik throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lapik throws a right and a left that Sterling avoids nicely.
Eugeny Lapik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sterling throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lapik on the side of the head.
Lapik misses with a kick to the body.
Lapik throws a wild body kick that Sterling sees coming a mile off.
Lapik has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sterling throws a series of punches but Lapik avoids them all with ease.
Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Lapik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Eugeny Lapik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapik tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lapik throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sterling scores with a nice right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lapik.
A bone on bone clash there as Sterling blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Lapik misses.
Sterling darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lapik throws the kick towards the body but Sterling avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by Sterling as he connects with a hook.
Lapik misses with a kick to the body.
Lapik throws a body kick that misses.
Sterling loads up on a big right hand but Lapik slips the punch.
Sterling uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lapik looks for the body kick but Sterling saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Sterling.
Lapik cracks the inside of Sterling's front leg.
Lapik misses with a body punch
and Sterling counters with a one-two to the body.
Lapik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lapik is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lapik misses with a body shot.
Sterling looks to throw the jab but Lapik is out of range.
Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Sterling checks a leg kick nicely.
Lapik misses with a body kick.
Lapik lands a two punch combo.
Sterling blocks the body kick.
Lapik moves out of range of the strikes.
Lapik is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sterling throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lapik on the side of the head.
Sterling slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lapik throws a low kick, looking for Sterling's leg but Sterling calmly moves out of range.
Sterling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lapik slips under a jab from Sterling.
Lapik takes a swing at Sterling's ribcage but misses.
Sterling takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sterling checks a leg kick nicely.
Sterling checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sterling lands the left hand.
Good work by Sterling as he checks the leg kick.
Sterling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sterling lands with an uppercut that bounces Lapik off the cage and back into range.
Lapik throws a leg kick but Sterling checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapik fails to land with a series of punches.
Sterling keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lapik walks into a straight right hand from Sterling.
A telegraphed right hand from Sterling misses the target.
Sterling might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lapik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good work by Sterling as he checks the leg kick.
Lapik throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lapik throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sterling looks to land a combination but Lapik avoids it well.
Lapik throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lapik looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sterling checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lapik throws a push kick but Sterling slaps the foot to one side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sterling, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Eugeny Lapik will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Lapik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sterling moves away.
Sterling misses with a looping right.
Sterling uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lapik.
Lapik needs to keep his hands up - Sterling had a free shot at his head there.
Sterling throws a nice looking combination but Lapik bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lapik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sterling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sterling staying out of range there.
A big right from Sterling misses.
Sterling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lapik moves away.
Lapik misses with a wild body shot.
Lapik walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sterling checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sterling moves out of range as Lapik strikes.
Sterling takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lapik is looking to wear down Sterling with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapik gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lapik throws a push kick but Sterling slaps the foot to one side.
Lapik throws the kick towards the body but Sterling avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Sterling blocks the low kick.
An inside leg kick from Lapik misses.
Sterling avoids a kick to the body.
Lapik avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lapik walks into a jab.
Sterling loads up on a big right hand but Lapik slips the punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sterling checks a leg kick.
Lapik throws a low kick but Sterling moves out of range easily.
Sterling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lapik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lapik throws a low kick but Sterling moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Sterling checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sterling connects with a nice looking jab.
Lapik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sterling thuds his right hand into Lapik's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lapik misses with the combination.
Lapik throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lapik thuds his shin into the meat of Sterling's side.
Lapik throws a low kick but Sterling moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lapik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sterling.
Lapik looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lapik throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lapik misses with a two punch combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Sterling checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sterling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapik circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapik does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sterling checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sterling scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lapik finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sterling thuds his right hand into Lapik's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lapik throws a body kick that misses.
Sterling uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lapik has time to react.
Eugeny Lapik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lapik wants to land a leg kick but Sterling is out of range.
Lapik pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sterling is out of range and Lapik settles back down.
Sterling thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sterling looks to land a right hand but Lapik moved out of range.
Lapik misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lapik gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lapik misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sterling misses with a hook. Lapik ducked under it nicely.
Lapik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lapik fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sterling is out of range.
Sterling throws a lazy uppercut
and Lapik counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!
Lapik throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sterling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sterling checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lapik pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Joseph Sterling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sterling tests Lapik's chin there with a solid looking shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eugeny Lapik.
Well Lapik has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eugeny Lapik!