PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Yevgeny Ignatov (ranked 3956 p4p, 24134 weight class) and Jay Mendelson (ranked 488 p4p, 665 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ignatov
vs
Mendelson

189 cm
20
224
2 - 2 - 0

198 cm
20
205
1 - 4 - 0

Great low kicks
Very strong

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yevgeny Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Mendelson!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Mendelson.
Mendelson loads up on a big right hand but Ignatov slips the punch.
Ignatov throwing a counter right hand but Mendelson manages to avoid it.
Ignatov throws a hook but Mendelson blocks it.

Ignatov has closed the distance and engaged Mendelson in a clinch.
Ignatov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendelson's efforts to push away.
Mendelson blocks an uppercut.
Ignatov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Jay Mendelson has been cut.
Ignatov gets through Mendelson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ignatov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mendelson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mendelson blocks a body shot from Ignatov.
Ignatov lands a right hand.
Ignatov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ignatov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mendelson looks winded!
Ignatov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ignatov lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Ignatov - that landed with a thud.
Ignatov is leaning against Mendelson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Ignatov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mendelson or not.
Ignatov scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Ignatov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ignatov.
Ignatov lands a body shot.
Mendelson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ignatov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mendelson can turn it around.
Ignatov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ignatov pushes Mendelson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ignatov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mendelson backwards.
Ignatov is leaning against Mendelson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Ignatov.
Ignatov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ignatov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mendelsons head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatov pushes Mendelson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Ignatov.
A right handed body shot lands from Ignatov.
Ignatov lands with a short shot to the head.
Ignatov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ignatov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Ignatov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov pushes Mendelson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Mendelson is rocked!
Ignatov is struggling to control the position.
Mendelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Ignatov finish him?
Ignatov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mendelson or not.
A short uppercut from Ignatov.
Ignatov breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Mendelson with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Mendelson looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Mendelson get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yevgeny Ignatov!
Our winner, Yevgeny Ignatov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Jay Mendelson had this to say: '5.25'.