My kickboxing fight?

ok i have a kickboxing fight in 11 days on the 23rd. now i train almost everyday and im in good shape , but my question is that in my last fight there wasnt a ring ( theres gonna be 1 this time ) but the dude kept runnin from me and he'd hit me run from me and so on , so now that i have a ring ( ive never faught in 1 before ) how much can they run from me ? like when i get them on the ropes they can't go anywhere can they ? cuz it just drives me crazy when they run , cause it like if your running then your gonna catch a beating . and if u dont wanna fight then u shudnt have stepped into the ring