PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Lapis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toddy Ruch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lapis comes to the cage accompanied by Once Solemn . Toddy Ruch will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Lapis
vs
Ruch

178 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
176 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Red Square Supplements

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Lapis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toddy Ruch!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lapis moves into the clinch.

Lapis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donk. Lapis catches Ruch right on the button with a cross.
A nice combination there by Lapis.
Ruch ducks under a wild hook from Lapis.
Lapis misses with a few strikes there.
Lapis misses with an uppercut. Ruch saw that one coming.
Lapis misses with a series of wild punches.
Lapis throws a nice looking combination but Ruch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lapis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Ruch walks into a straight right hand from Lapis.
Lapis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ruch.
Lapis swings for the body but Ruch moves out of range.
Lapis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapis circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapis misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Lapis misses.
Ruch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ruch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruch misses with a looping left.
Ruch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lapis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Lapis pushes Ruch up against the cage in a clinch.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lapis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ruch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lapis misses with a combination
and Ruch counters with a nice uppercut.
Lapis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ruch backs up against the cage.
Ruch looks to land a left hand but Lapis moved out of range nicely.
Lapis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruch.
Lapis cracks Ruch with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ruch throws a series of punches but Lapis moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
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!

Lapis breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruch misses with an uppercut. Lapis saw that one coming.
Ruch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Ruch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Lapis rushes Ruch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lapis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lapis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ruch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lapis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ruch counters with a straight right hand.
Ruch throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lapis counters by clinching up.

Lapis breaks the clinch.
Ruch loads up on a big right hand but Lapis slips the punch.
Ruch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ruch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ruch stuns Lapis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Lapis takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lapis is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lapis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lapis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruch moves out of range as Lapis strikes.
Lapis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ruch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lapis moves out of range of the leg kick from Ruch.
Lapis misses with a double jab.
Ruch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lapis.
Ruch throws a right hand that Lapis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lapis also avoids with ease.
Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapis circles away quickly and effectively.

Lapis moves into the clinch.

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

Lapis gets a clinch.

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

Lapis pushes Ruch up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lapis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruch lands with an uppercut that bounces Lapis off the cage and back into range.
Ruch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ruch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lapis.
Lapis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lapis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ruch throws out a powerful jab.
Ruch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lapis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ruch back to the cage. Lapis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ruch misses with a leg kick.
Lapis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruch circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lapis takes one to the chin there.
Lapis throws a nice looking combination but Ruch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lapis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruch.
Lapis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ruch back to the cage. Lapis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lapis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ruch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrey Lapis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapis circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapis misses with the combination.

Lapis clinches.

Lapis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lapis throws a one two combo.
Ruch's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lapis connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruch scrambles back to his feet.
Lapis misses with a few strikes there.
Lapis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lapis 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.
Lapis moves out of range as Ruch strikes.
Lapis slips a jab from Ruch.
Ruch lands with a good body shot.
Lapis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lapis slips a jab and a cross from Ruch.
Lapis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Lapis pushes Ruch up against the cage in a clinch.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lapis.
Lapis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ruch 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.
Lapis throws a right hand that Ruch ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruch also avoids with ease.
Ruch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Lapis clinches up against the cage.
Ruch is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lapis to keep the fight standing.

Lapis breaks from the clinch.
Lapis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lapis blocks a jab.
Ruch jabs at Lapis's body.
Lapis tries to clinch up.
Lapis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapis circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruch lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lapis lands a glancing blow to the side of Ruch's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruch throws a series of punches but Lapis avoids them all with ease.
Ruch throws a head kick that misses.
Ruch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lapis.
Sloppy strikes from Lapis. Those never looked like landing.
Lapis throws out a loose jab but Ruch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruch fails to land with a series of punches.
Ruch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ruch misses the shot to the body.
Ruch works the jab nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Lapis.

Lapis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ruch, pushing him back against the cage.

Lapis breaks from the clinch.

Lapis closes the distance and clinches.

Lapis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lapis avoids the body shot from Ruch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapis misses with a two punch combination.
Andrey Lapis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lapis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Lapis breaks from the clinch.

Lapis rushes Ruch and presses him up against the cage.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lapis misses with the combination.
Lapis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruch throws a hook but Lapis avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Ruch. That snapped Lapis's head back.
Ruch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lapis's head backwards.
Lapis missing with a left hand there. Ruch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruch dodges the punch combination from Lapis.
Ruch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Ruch lands.
Jab, jab by Lapis - just one landing.
Ruch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ruch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ruch misses with a few strikes there.
Ruch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Lapis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ruch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lapis manages to avoid it.
Lapis lands a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lapis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruch.
Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lapis circles away quickly and effectively.
Lapis misses with a two punch combination.
Toddy Ruch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lapis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruch circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Toddy Ruch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lapis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lapis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lapis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ruch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lapis.
Lapis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lapis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruch looks to land a left hand but Lapis moved out of range nicely.
Ruch looks to land a combination but Lapis avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Lapis.
Ruch throws the left hand but Lapis avoids the punch easily.
Lapis throws a combination that misses
and Ruch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lapis throws out a loose jab but Ruch uses good head movement to avoid it.

Lapis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Lapis breaks the clinch.
Ruch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Ruch misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapis misses with the combination.
A jab from Ruch misses.

Lapis drives through and clinches with Ruch against the cage.

Lapis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lapis.
Ruch takes a swing at Lapis's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Ruch misses.
Lapis fails to land with a series of punches.

Lapis clinches up against the cage.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ruch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruch throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lapis moves into the clinch.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Ruch.

Lapis rushes Ruch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Lapis does no damage.
Ruch connects with a looping right hand.
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!
A nice combination there by Lapis.
A big left from Lapis misses.
Ruch scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lapis scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Ruch - just one landing.
Lapis lands with a nice body punch.
Ruch misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lapis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lapis walks into a jab.
Ruch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lapis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lapis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lapis moves into range and clinches up with Ruch.

Lapis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lapis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lapis checks a leg kick.
Ruch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lapis has time to react.

Lapis is rocked!
Ruch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ruch dodges the punch combination from Lapis.
Ruch throws a series of strikes that have Lapis backpedaling.
Oh Lapis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruch scores with a nice head shot.
Ruch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ruch cracks Lapis with a hook to the temple - Lapis is on wobbly legs here! Ruch swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Lapis falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Ruch wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Toddy Ruch!