PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yevgeny Ignatov (ranked 1807 p4p, 1361 weight class) and Bagel Boss (ranked 215 p4p, 162 weight class). Boss has chosen 6 Foot 7 Foot as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ignatov
vs
Boss

189 cm
35
194
28 - 23 - 0

184 cm
41
190
37 - 31 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yevgeny Ignatov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bagel Boss!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignatov blocks a head kick by Boss.
Ignatov slips a straight right by Boss.
Nice uppercut there from Boss.
Boss misses with a left hand
and Ignatov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Bagel Boss has been cut.
Ignatov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boss swings widly with a right hand
and Ignatov counters with a nice uppercut.
Boss throws a right hand that misses
letting Ignatov counter with a right hand.
Boss sizes up Ignatov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ignatov needs to keep his hands up - Boss had a free shot at his head there.
Boss thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ignatov if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boss delivers a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boss lands a head shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Boss finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ignatov throws a right hand that misses
and Boss counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ignatov moves out of range of the body kick.
Ignatov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Boss scoring well with a low kick there.
Boss throws a lazy right hand but Ignatov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ignatov jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ignatov defending well as Boss loads up on a big left hand.
A solid body kick from Ignatov.
Boss sizes up Ignatov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Boss lands with a good body shot.
Boss swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ignatov lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boss is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ignatov.
Boss looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ignatov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Boss throws a series of strikes that have Ignatov backpedaling.
Bagel Boss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boss throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ignatov counters with a series of strikes. Boss will be more careful next time no doubt.
Boss throws the left hand but Ignatov avoids the punch easily.
Boss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boss looks to land a right hand but Ignatov moved out of range.
Boss looks to land a right hand but Ignatov moved out of range.
Ignatov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boss throws a big shot that misses.
Ignatov is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boss misses with a straight left.
Boss misses with a lunging right hand
letting Ignatov counter with a right hand.
Boss misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Ignatov tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Boss - just one landing.
Boss tests Ignatov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ignatov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boss jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Ignatov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ignatov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boss lands a high kick!
Ignatov slips under a jab.
Ignatov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ignatov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Boss thuds a left hand into Ignatov's body.
Ignatov throws a hook but Boss blocks it.
Boss swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Boss misses with an attempted mid kick.
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!
Boss throws a leg kick
and Ignatov counters with a stiff right hand.
Ignatov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Boss throws a front kick aimed at Ignatov's knee but Ignatov avoids it well.
Ignatov jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A jab from Boss misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Ignatov misses its target.
Boss slips a jab from Ignatov.
The fighters circling - Boss throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bagel Boss dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bagel Boss's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Boss throws a jab when Ignatov was well out of range.
Boss throws a leg kick
and Ignatov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Boss gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Ignatov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Boss.
Ignatov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bagel Boss seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ignatov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boss.
Ignatov throws a quick counter kick to the body but Boss avoids it.
Boss misses with a shot to the body
and Ignatov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Boss is rocked!

That has opened up Bagel Boss's cut even more.
Boss throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatov counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Boss out cold! What a finish! Ignatov is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (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.