PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Igor Ignatowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Lee told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Ignatowski
vs
Lee

170 cm
21
152 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

168 cm
27
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Wolfpack Blood Labs Q158-Q155

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Igor Ignatowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Lee!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignatowski moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ignatowski jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well.

Lee darts in and clinches Ignatowski up against the cage.
Ignatowski tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lee pushes Ignatowski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ignatowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Lee.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatowski's brow.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ignatowski is keeping busy.
Ignatowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Ignatowski blocks an uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Ignatowski lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignatowski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ignatowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Ignatowski works on Lee's body with a couple of short punches.
A knee to the head by Lee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatowski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ignatowski throws a head punch that misses.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Ignatowski.
Ignatowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Lee lands an elbow inside.
Ignatowski misses with a body punch.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Ignatowski avoids the damage to the body.
Ignatowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Ignatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ignatowski dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Ignatowski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Ignatowski dodges an elbow strike from Lee.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Ignatowski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatowski lands an uppercut.
Ignatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ignatowski scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
A short right from Ignatowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lee misses with an elbow over the top.
Ignatowski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ignatowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ignatowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Ignatowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ignatowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Lee.
Ignatowski lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Ignatowski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ignatowski digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Lee looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ignatowski lands a nice shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ignatowski's brow.
Nice body punch from Lee.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Lee looking to throw knees to the head but Ignatowski is blocking nicely.
Lee lands an elbow just above Ignatowski 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Ignatowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ignatowski lands a shot to the body.
Lee looks gassed!
Ignatowski lands a shoulder strike.
Ignatowski trying to stall but Lee improves his position.
Lee blocks a body shot from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Ignatowski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ignatowski managing to block the knees to the body from Lee.
Ignatowski can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Ignatowski working aggressively here.
Lee blocks a body shot from Ignatowski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ignatowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ignatowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ignatowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ignatowski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
A body shot lands from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski lands a nice uppercut.

Lee is rocked!
Lee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ignatowski.
Lee is still on wobbly legs! Can Ignatowski finish him?
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignatowski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ignatowski fails to land.
Lee seems to have recovered his senses.
Lee looking to slow down the pace here.
Ignatowski lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ignatowski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ignatowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ignatowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Ignatowski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatowski lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Ignatowski.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Ignatowski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lee throws a body punch but Ignatowski moves out of range.

Ignatowski pushes Lee up against the cage in a clinch.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ignatowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Ignatowski blocks an uppercut.
Ignatowski misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ignatowski scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Good body shot from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Ignatowski blocks the elbow strike.
Ignatowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Ignatowski lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ignatowski lands a body shot.
Ignatowski lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Ignatowski lands with a left to the head.
Ignatowski stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.

Ignatowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ignatowski has closed the distance and engaged Lee in a clinch.
Ignatowski misses with a knee to the head.
Ignatowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ignatowski digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ignatowski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatowski dips a shoulder and cracks Lee with a mighty uppercut! Lee falls back against the cage and Ignatowski unloads with a barrage of strikes! Lee is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ignatowski screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Ignatowski!