PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yevgeny Ignatov (ranked 360 p4p, 696 weight class) and Peguero Jean Philippe (ranked 55 p4p, 106 weight class). Philippe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chant vaudou haitien kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ignatov
vs
Philippe

189 cm
29
194
17 - 10 - 0

187 cm
30
193
23 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yevgeny Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Peguero Jean Philippe!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philippe tries to move into range but Ignatov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Peguero Jean Philippe has been cut.
Philippe misses with a wild body shot.
Ignatov jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Philippe throws a body shot but no joy.
Ignatov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philippe.
Ignatov looks to score with a jab to the body but Philippe is just out of range.
Philippe has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ignatov.
Ignatov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Ignatov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ignatov scores with a hook to the body.
Philippe throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignatov.
Philippe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ignatov's elbow.
Ignatov cracks Philippe with a nice body shot.
Ignatov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ignatov throws a head punch that misses.
Ignatov lands a hook that snaps the head of Philippe backwards.
Ignatov misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Philippe.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ignatov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ignatov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philippe.

Philippe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ignatov has closed the distance and engaged Philippe in a clinch.
Ignatov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Philippe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Philippe prevents a body shot from Ignatov.
Ignatov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Philippe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignatov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philippe.

Philippe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Philippe, as that shot connected.
Philippe throws out a loose jab but Ignatov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Peguero Jean Philippe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatov ducks under a wild hook from Philippe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philippe throws a shot from downtown. Ignatov moves away and avoids it.
Philippe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatov counters with a straight right hand.
Ignatov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Philippe takes a step back to recover.
Ignatov misses with a body kick.
A big left from Philippe misses.

Ignatov lands a left and a right that send Philippe crashing to the mat, dazed. Ignatov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Ignatov darts in and clinches Philippe up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ignatov.

That has opened up Peguero Jean Philippe's cut even more.
Ignatov lands with a right to the head.

Philippe is rocked!
Philippe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ignatov.
Philippe is still on wobbly legs! Can Ignatov finish him?

Philippe breaks from the clinch.
Philippe throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Philippe seems to have recovered his senses.

Ignatov has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Philippes head.
Ignatov can't find room to land a body shot as Philippe controls the action.
Ignatov blocking some punches.
Ignatov blocks an uppercut.
Ignatov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Philippe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ignatov blocks a body shot from Philippe.
Ignatov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Ignatov.
Philippe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ignatov backwards.
Ignatov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignatov tries to throw a body punch but Philippe avoids it by throwing Ignatov back against the cage.
Ignatov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ignatov scores with a shot to the side of Philippe's head.

Philippe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Philippe misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatov counters with a huge left! Philippe is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ignatov isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Philippe from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ignatov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yevgeny Ignatov!
Yevgeny Ignatov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.