PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Ignatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ignatov
vs
Shamrock

186 cm
25
186 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

180 cm
21
179 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignatov missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatov slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shamrock scores with a jab. Ignatov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bobby Shamrock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ignatov is out of range.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Ignatov moves away and avoids it.
Ignatov scores with a jab to the body.
Ignatov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Ignatov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Shamrock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ignatov connects with a leg kick. Shamrock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ignatov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shamrock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Ignatov.
Ignatov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock throws out a loose jab but Ignatov uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Shamrock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ignatov doesn't seem phased though.
Ignatov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a right hand
and Ignatov counters with a low kick, right behind Shamrock 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ignatov manages to avoid it.
Ignatov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Shamrock misses the target.
Ignatov scores with a one two! Shamrock had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ignatov lands a nice shot that snaps Shamrock's head back.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ignatov is out of range.
Ignatov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shamrock throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Ignatov counters with a head kick.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Ignatov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ignatov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shamrock misses with a hook
and Ignatov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ignatov is out of range.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ignatov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shamrock looks winded!
Good leg kick by Ignatov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shamrock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ignatov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Ignatov is out of range.
Shamrock throws an off balance right hand
and Ignatov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shamrock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ignatov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shamrock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Ignatov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ignatov feints and then cracks Shamrock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shamrock down.
Ignatov cracks the inside of Shamrock's front leg.
Ignatov scores with a leg kick.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Ignatov counters with a leg kick.
Ignatov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shamrock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ignatov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ignatov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shamrock misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shamrock thinking.

Ignatov moves into range and clinches up with Shamrock.
Ignatov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ignatov tries to land a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks with his arms.
Shamrock is trying to force a seperation but Ignatov has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ignatov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ignatov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock is looking to break free of the clinch but Ignatov has double underhooks.
Ignatov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
Shamrock is trying to break the clinch but Ignatov has him pressed against the cage.
Ignatov misses with a knee strike.
Shamrock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shamrock 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 Shamrock can turn it around.
Shamrock working hard to break the clinch.
Shamrock has had enough of the clinch but Ignatov keeps him there for the moment.
Ignatov throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Ignatov - that landed with a thud.
Ignatov digs a right hand underneath Shamrock's ribcage. Shamrock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ignatov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shamrock avoiding damage as Ignatov throws knees to the body.
Ignatov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shamrock tries to break free but Ignatov pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ignatov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ignatov throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ignatov misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Ignatov.
Shamrock wants to break free but Ignatov has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Ignatov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Ignatov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shamrock misses with a hook.
Ignatov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shamrock.
Ignatov throws a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Ignatov. Beautiful body shot.
Shamrock misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatov counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ignatov. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignatov slips under a jab.
Good leg kick by Ignatov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shamrock throws a hook but Ignatov avoids it easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Shamrock in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Shamrock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock takes a swing at Ignatov's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Shamrock throws a right hand that misses
and Shamrock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Ignatov moves out of range.
Ignatov is looking to wear down Shamrock with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shamrock throws a lazy uppercut
and Ignatov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shamrock is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ignatov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shamrock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatov.
Shamrock is breathing heavily.
Ignatov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shamrock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatov.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut
and Ignatov counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Ignatov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ignatov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shamrock can do to turn this around?
Shamrock takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ignatov lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bobby Shamrock has been cut.
Ignatov lands with a left to the head.
Shamrock wants to break free but Ignatov has control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatov digs a right hand underneath Shamrock's ribcage. Shamrock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ignatov tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A frustrated look appears on Shamrock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ignatov lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock has had enough of the clinch but Ignatov keeps him there for the moment.
Ignatov lands a nice knee to the body.
Ignatov working Shamrock over with knees to the body.
Ignatov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ignatov throws an elbow that misses.
Shamrock working hard to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ignatov.
Ignatov lands with a right to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ignatov obliges.
Vladimir Ignatov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ignatov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ignatov missing with knees to the body.
Ignatov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shamrock is defending well for now.
Shamrock working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ignatov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shamrock.
Good body shot from Ignatov.
A right hook to the body lands for Ignatov.
Still in the clinch, Ignatov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ignatov trying to land knees to the body.
Ignatov lands a shoulder strike.
Shamrock tries to break the clinch but Ignatov is controlling the position.
Ignatov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ignatov tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock tries to break free but Ignatov pushes him back against the cage.
Ignatov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ignatov lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatov trying to land knees to the body.
Shamrock is trying to break the clinch but Ignatov is controlling him.
Shamrock managing to block the knees to the body from Ignatov.

Shamrock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ignatov defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatov counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Ignatov lands a big head kick that sends Shamrock tumbling to the mat! Ignatov takes a step backwards and waves Shamrock back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Shamrock is rocked!
Ignatov stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shamrock is still on wobbly legs! Can Ignatov finish him?
Vladimir Ignatov is winning the standup battle so far.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Ignatov! Shamrock is backing up but he can't get away as Ignatov lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Shamrock and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vladimir Ignatov!
A victorious Vladimir Ignatov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.