Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov — UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov

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UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion

Friday, September 24, 1999 · Lake Charles · Louisiana

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Result

Matt Hughes def. Valeri Ignatov

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · John McCarthySource · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Matt HughesRound 3Valeri Ignatov

29 / 41Sig. strikes3 / 11

71%Accuracy27%

47 / 59Total strikes15 / 23

0Knockdowns0

0 / 1Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

—Control—

5.8Pace / min0.6

—Control share—

Matt Hughes

Targethead 55% · body 45% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 24% · clinch 7% · ground 69%

Valeri Ignatov

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeMatt Hughes landed 29 significant strikes to 3.Striking edgeMatt Hughes struck at 71% accuracy to 27%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace upMatt Hughes's significant-strike pace moved +16% from R2 to R3, 5.8 against 5.0 per minute.
Phase shiftMatt Hughes's ground share of landed strikes moved -23 pts, to 69% on the ground against 24% at distance.
Accuracy shiftValeri Ignatov's significant-strike accuracy moved -23 pts, 27% against 50%.
Target shiftValeri Ignatov's head share of landed strikes moved +67 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Matt Hughes

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Valeri Ignatov

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

77Matt Hughes sig. strikes

7Valeri Ignatov sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+200%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Valeri Ignatov)