PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Lapis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmundo Edilhson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lapis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Once Solemn . Andrey Lapis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lapis
vs
Edilhson

178 cm
30
185 lbs
21 - 19 - 0

175 cm
37
168 lbs
27 - 23 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear
Voodoo Nutrition

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 21 - 19 - 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 27 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edmundo Edilhson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Edilhson moves into the clinch.
Lapis misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Lapis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lapis is looking to control Edilhson's arms but Edilhson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lapis has his back to the cage.
Edilhson lands a left hand.
Lapis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edilhson looking to throw knees to the head but Lapis is blocking nicely.
Edilhson trying to control the position but instead, Lapis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Edilhson into the cage.
Edilhson wants to get back to striking at distance but Lapis won't allow it.
Edilhson prevents the takedown attempt.
Edilhson throws an elbow but it misses.
Lapis just leaning against Edilhson, taking a breather.
Edilhson takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Lapis breaks from the clinch.
Edilhson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lapis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Edilhson misses the jab.
Lapis throws a big counter combination but Edilhson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edilhson dodges the punch combination from Lapis.
Edilhson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Edilhson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edilhson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lapis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lapis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Edilhson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Lapis.
Edilhson throws a right hand that Lapis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lapis also avoids with ease.
Edilhson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lapis.

Edilhson forces Lapis back against the cage and clinches.

Lapis breaks the clinch.
Edilhson slips under a jab.
Lapis misses with a double jab.
Edilhson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lapis dodges the punch combination from Edilhson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edilhson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Edilhson misses with a low kick.
Edilhson throws a wild body kick that Lapis sees coming a mile off.
Edmundo Edilhson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Edilhson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Edilhson takes the fight into the clinch.
Edilhson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrey Lapis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edilhson trying to land knees to the body.
Lapis swings wildly with an uppercut but Edilhson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edilhson prevents Lapis from breaking the clinch.

Lapis decides to pull guard.
Edilhson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Edilhson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lapis tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edilhson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lapis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Edilhson connects with a couple of short punches.
Edilhson won't allow Lapis to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Edilhson throws a big elbow that misses.
Edilhson throws an elbow that misses. Lapis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Edilhson's guard. Nice move by Lapis!

Edilhson keeping moving, preventing Lapis from controlling successfully.
Lapis looking to sit in guard and control but Edilhson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Edilhson trying to control but Lapis is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Edilhson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lapis pulls Edilhson in to control the position.

Lapis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Edilhson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Edilhson wants to control from the top but Lapis keeps moving.
Edilhson tries to free his leg and advance position but Lapis is retaining full guard.
Lapis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Edilhson throws a big elbow that misses.
Lapis looking to control.
Edilhson throws a strike but Lapis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Lapis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lapis preventing the sweep.
Lapis wants to control from the top but Edilhson keeps moving.
Lapis sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edmundo Edilhson 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.

A big left from Lapis misses.
A right-left combo lands from Lapis.
Lapis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lapis doesn't manage to clinch there - Edilhson circles away.
Lapis moves out of range as Edilhson throws a body kick.
Lapis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Edilhson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lapis lands a head shot.
Edilhson lands with a kick to the temple. Lapis shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lapis closes the distance and clinches.
Lapis lands with a right to the head.
Lapis slows down the pace here.
Lapis digs a right hand into Edilhson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Edilhson's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Lapis.
Edilhson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lapis.
Edilhson tries to land a knee to the head but Lapis blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edilhson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Edilhson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edilhson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Edilhson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Lapis does no damage.
Edilhson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lapis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Lapis moves into the clinch successfully.
Lapis tries to break free but Edilhson pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lapis as Edilhson tries to tie him up.
Lapis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Edilhson to keep the fight standing.
Lapis misses with the head strike.
Lapis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrey Lapis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edilhson prevents a body shot from Lapis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lapis lands a takedown into guard.

Edilhson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Andrey Lapis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lapis has managed to clinch.
Lapis struggles to land a body shot inside as Edilhson controls his hands.
Edilhson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lapis prevents Edilhson from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Lapis.
Lapis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Edilhson up against the cage.
Edilhson lands a body punch.

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

Lapis gets the takedown into side control.

Edilhson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lapis's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Lapis! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Edilhson has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Andrey Lapis!
A very excited looking Andrey Lapis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Edmundo Edilhson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Great fight "The Lone Wolf" Booker McQuade I managed to get you in an armbar the first fight but you won fair and square this time I will be back to get my title tho!'.