PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Ignashov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ace King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Big Chips. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ignashov
vs
King

194 cm
25
266 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

195 cm
23
282 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexey Ignashov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ace King!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a jab to the body
and Ignashov counters with a head kick.
King throws a hook but Ignashov avoids it easily.
Alexey Ignashov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

King pushes Ignashov up against the cage in a clinch.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
Ignashov throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignashov.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Ignashov backwards.

It looks like Alexey Ignashov has been cut.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it misses.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ignashov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignashov lands a damaging elbow.
Ignashov prevents a body shot from King.
King working aggressively here.
King tries to work over Ignashov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King avoids a wild elbow strike from Ignashov.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
Ignashov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignashov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ignashov missing with knees to the body.
Ignashov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
King looks gassed!
Ignashov with a knee to the head.
Ignashov lands a damaging elbow.
Ignashov lands a knee to the body.
Ignashov lands a damaging elbow.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Ignashov lands a knee to the head.
Ignashov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ignashov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
King takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King misses with the head strike.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
Ignashov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ignashov connects with a knee to the head.
Ignashov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ignashov.
Ignashov lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
King misses with the head strike.
Ignashov working King over with knees to the body.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Ignashov.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignashov connects with a knee to the head.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King lands a left hand.
King misses with a body punch.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ignashov prevents a body shot from King.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignashov.
King working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignashov.
King misses with the head strike.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Ignashov.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ignashov landing knees to the body.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
Ignashov lands a good knee to the midsection. King won't want to take too many of those.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King working aggressively here.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ignashov working King over with knees to the body.
Ignashov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov misses with an elbow strike.
King tries a body shot but Ignashov blocks it.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
Ignashov scores with a knee to the head.
King blocks the elbow strike.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ignashov blocks an uppercut.
Ignashov missing with knees to the body.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
King misses with some punches.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it misses.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignashov uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ignashov just misses with a elbow thrown towards King's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King blocks an elbow strike.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ignashov backwards.
A short right from King on the inside.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Ignashov controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ignashov.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Ignashov.
Nice body punch from King.
Ignashov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov misses with an elbow over the top.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Ignashov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignashov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignashov with a knee to the head.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Ignashov controls the action.
Ignashov with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Ignashov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Ignashov's cut.
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.

Ignashov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Ignashov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ignashov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Ignashov lands a knee to the body.
Ignashov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ignashov throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
King blocks an elbow strike.
Ignashov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King tries to throw a body punch but Ignashov avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Ignashov lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Ignashov working King over with knees to the body.
Ignashov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Ignashov throws a knee to the head but misses.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
King misses with the head strike.
Alexey Ignashov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ignashov trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from King on the inside.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Ignashov missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignashov lands a damaging elbow.
King blocks an elbow strike from Ignashov.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Ignashov.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ignashov blocking some punches.
King blocks an elbow strike.
A right hand to the body from King.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ignashov.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ignashov.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignashov pushes off an throws an elbow but King leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignashov.
Ignashov lands a nice knee to the body.
Ignashov missing with knees to the body.
King lands with a right to the head.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
Ignashov trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from King as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ignashov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
King tries to work over Ignashov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King lands with a light punch inside.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ignashov lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Ignashov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ignashov takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ignashov scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignashov.
Ignashov with a knee to the head.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ignashov blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignashov.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
King working aggressively here.
Ignashov lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Ignashov.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
A hook to the body from King.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it misses.
King misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
King avoids a wild elbow strike from Ignashov.
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ignashov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ignashov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knees to the body from Ignashov.
King misses with some punches.
Ignashov throws an elbow that misses.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ignashov crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Ignashov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignashov.
King cracks Ignashov with a nice body shot.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignashov.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ignashov misses with an elbow over the top.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Ignashov.
Ignashov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ignashov tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
Ignashov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Good body shot from King.
Ignashov tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from King on the inside.
Ignashov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
Ignashov landing knees to the head.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ignashov lands a knee to the head.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Ignashov controls the action.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ignashov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ignashov blocking some punches.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
Ignashov pushes off an throws an elbow but King leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ignashov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ignashov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from King.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Ignashov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Ignashov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ignashov scores with a head kick.
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Ignashov counters with a head kick. That will keep King thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
King misses with a hook.
Ignashov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ignashov throws a head kick that misses.
Ignashov darts in trying to clinch
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ignashov fails in his attempt to clinch.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King takes a swing at Ignashov's ribcage but misses.
King circles away from the clinch attempt
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ignashov wants to clinch
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ignashov scores with a head kick.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Ignashov's head back.
Ignashov wants to clinch.
Ignashov is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Ignashov closes the distance looking to clinch
and King counters with a straight right hand.
Ignashov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ignashov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it misses.
Ignashov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ignashov blocks a body shot from King.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Ace King has been cut.
King lands a shot to the body.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignashov uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King tries to throw a body punch but Ignashov avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
A short left from King.
King tries to work over Ignashov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Ignashov controls the action.
Ignashov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ignashov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
King dodges an elbow strike from Ignashov.
King misses with some punches.
King working aggressively here.
Ignashov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignashov lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignashov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ignashov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignashov.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow.
Ignashov blocks an uppercut.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ignashov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ignashov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Ignashov uses good head movement to avoid it.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Ignashov controls the action.
Ignashov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ignashov landing knees to the head.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ignashov's elbow.
King misses with some punches.
Ignashov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ignashov lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King tries to work over Ignashov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ignashov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ignashov.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignashov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from King.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ignashov tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Ignashov blocking some punches.
Ignashov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ignashov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King misses with some punches.
Ignashov scores with a knee to the head.
Ignashov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Ignashov.
King working aggressively here.
Ignashov throws an elbow but it misses.
Ignashov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignashov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alexey Ignashov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ignashov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ignashov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ignashov tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King misses with the head strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignashov.
Ace King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Ignashov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ace King.
I think Ignashov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexey Ignashov!