PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Ignatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nicotina Groove by SUBSONICA kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ignatov
vs
Romano

186 cm
28
186 lbs
13 - 5 - 2

176 cm
24
185 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 13 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Romano!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ignatov closes the distance and clinches.
Ignatov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Romanos head.
Ignatov managing to block the knees to the body from Romano.
We've been informed that Romano has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ignatov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignatov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ignatov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Romano lands a nice uppercut.
Romano lands a left hand.
Ignatov tries to work over Romano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romano misses with a knee to the head.

Romano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Romano throws out a loose jab but Ignatov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ignatov can pounce on him.
Romano swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ignatov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slow jab from Romano misses its intended target.
Ignatov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Romano's hands.
Romano looks to land a right hand but Ignatov moved out of range.
Ignatov scoring well with a low kick there.
Ignatov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Romano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ignatov wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ignatov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Romano catches Ignatov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ignatov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Romano takes a swing at Ignatov's ribcage but misses.
Ignatov doesn't manage to clinch there - Romano circles away.
Romano takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ignatov wants to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ignatov.
Romano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ignatov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romano throws a lazy right hand but Ignatov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romano looks to land a body kick but Ignatov moved away.
Ignatov moves out of range as Romano strikes.
Ignatov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romano.
Romano misses with a body kick.
Ignatov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romano missing with a left hand there. Ignatov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ignatov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ignatov blocks a jab.
Romano lands a jab to the head.
Ignatov misses with a series of wild punches.

Ignatov moves into the clinch.
Ignatov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ignatovs head.
Romano misses with some punches.
Romano wants to get back to striking at distance but Ignatov won't allow it.
Ignatov working aggressively here.
Ignatov lands an elbow inside.
Romano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ignatov lands an elbow inside that Romano shrugs off.

It looks like Samuel Romano has been cut.
Ignatov blocks a body shot from Romano.
Ignatov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Romano tries to work over Ignatov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romano throws a punch but it's blocked by Ignatov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Romano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ignatov blocking some punches.
Ignatov lands an elbow just above Romano 's eye.
Ignatov lands a nice elbow.
Romano pushes off an throws an elbow but Ignatov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ignatov.

Romano manages to break the clinch.
Romano throws a lazy right hand but Ignatov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Samuel Romano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ignatov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donk. Ignatov catches Romano right on the button with a cross.

Romano is rocked!
Ignatov throws a powerful right kick. Romano tried to block low but the kick was high! Romano was taken right off of his feet! Ignatov jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vladimir Ignatov!
A relieved looking Vladimir Ignatov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.