Home Events UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov · UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion Lightweight · 3 rounds · Card
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UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion
Friday, September 24, 1999 · Lake Charles · Louisiana
Full card → Result Matt Hughes def. Valeri Ignatov Method Unanimous Decision Round · time Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Matt Hughes 77/117 · Valeri Ignatov 7/25 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Matt Hughes 124/164 · Valeri Ignatov 45/64 Scorecards Not on file Analysis Round-by-round (3 rounds) Result Matt Hughes def. Valeri Ignatov
Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Official scorecards —
No scorecard on file for this decision This bout reached the judges — Unanimous Decision — but the archive holds no judges’ scores for it. That is a coverage gap, not an absent decision, and it is tracked in the scorecard coverage register . No score is estimated here.
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
R1 R2 R3
Matt Hughes Round 3 Valeri Ignatov
29 / 41 Sig. strikes 3 / 11
71% Accuracy 27%
47 / 59 Total strikes 15 / 23
0 Knockdowns 0
0 / 1 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub. attempts 0
— Control —
5.8 Pace / min 0.6
— Control share —
Matt Hughes
Target head 55% · body 45% · leg 0%
Phase distance 24% · clinch 7% · ground 69%
Valeri Ignatov
Target head 100% · body 0% · leg 0%
Phase distance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%
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Fight summary
77 Matt Hughes sig. strikes
7 Valeri Ignatov sig. strikes
3 rounds observed
+200% largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Valeri Ignatov)
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 3 rounds · PropSports round stats 77 / 117 Sig. strikes 7 / 25
66% Accuracy 28%
124 / 164 Total strikes 45 / 64
0 Knockdowns 0
5 / 9 Takedowns 0 / 0
0 Sub attempts 1
0:00 Control 0:00
48 Head 5
29 Body 2
0 Leg 0
Matt Hughes Valeri Ignatov
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1
Tale of the tape 45-9-0 Record 1-2-0
25 Age —
5'9" Height 5'9"
73" Reach —
Switch Stance Orthodox
2.14 Sig. str./min 0.00
2.95 TD / 15 min 0.00
Matt Hughes 17-7 in archive
8 KO/TKO wins
5 Sub wins
76% Finish rate
Valeri Ignatov 0-1 in archive
0 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
— Finish rate
