Oh! nasty little fucker. Oh well maybe a martial move may help against him then..you could use the 'double back' to get out from there real fast then do your old stuff as he rises and turns back into you.But you wil have to race back into him as he does.

Try pulling your lead foot back behind your rear leg and change gloves left for right as you do (your in switch stance and out of range totaly) then do it again instantly so you then take your now lead right foot back behind your left foot and your backwards from the oringinal starting position by at least six feet..so long as the ropes arent there.(if they are, sit down in them and recosheea off them out on a new angle) You can do this "double back" on some accute angles if you practice it and you can be covered the whole way if your arms remain in front and just take each others positions out there as you retreat out on any angle,the only difference is the foot you go around swivels in one spot. Doing it only once and switching to go out of reach on his threatening side but landing on his off side and nailing him with weight as you land is a possiblitiy but very involved and has be initiated off one of his moves that you already know where he will end up.(so you've studied him and then you practice with another partner against the move).
But the original works for anyone safley.