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History · 1999 · UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion · Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov
From the tape · 24 Sep 1999

Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov

UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion · Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Result

Matt Hughes beat Valeri Ignatov

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
LightweightMain cardReferee · John McCarthy

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

MH
Red corner MattHughesHIT Squad · Hillsboro, Illinois
VSOn the tape
VI
Blue corner ValeriIgnatovShamrock 2000 · Sofia
Lightweight3 rounds24 Sep 1999
45-9
Record
1-2
5' 9"
Height
5' 9"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
HIT Squad
Gym
Shamrock 2000
Hillsboro, Illinois
From
Sofia
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action1 sub attempt
Matt Hughes23 sig landed
HEAD78%18 of 34BODY22%5 of 5LEGS0%0 landed
Valeri Ignatov1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 8BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
23 of 39
Sig.
strikes
1 of 8
4 of 5
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
1
Distance 4Clinch 0Ground 19
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 25:00 of action
Matt Hughes25 sig landed
HEAD56%14 of 26BODY44%11 of 11LEGS0%0 landed
Valeri Ignatov3 sig landed
HEAD33%1 of 4BODY67%2 of 2LEGS0%0 landed
25 of 37
Sig.
strikes
3 of 6
1 of 3
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 2Clinch 0Ground 23
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 2Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 35:00 of actionEnded 5:00
Matt Hughes29 sig landed
HEAD55%16 of 28BODY45%13 of 13LEGS0%0 landed
Valeri Ignatov3 sig landed
HEAD100%3 of 11BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
29 of 41
Sig.
strikes
3 of 11
0 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 7Clinch 2Ground 20
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

This bout went to a decision, but no judge’s card for it has reached our sources yet. Rather than draw an empty grid, the section says so; it fills in on its own when the record catches up.

Takedowns

Takedowns

Matt Hughes

The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.

2.95takedowns / 15 min
FightIQ read Efficient shot 2.95 takedowns per 15 minutes at 50% completion — +6pp on the field average.
Career ratesvs field average
TAKEDOWNS78
2.95 / 15m+0.81 vs field
ATTEMPTS66
5.90 / 15m+0.64 vs field
ACCURACY73
50%+6pp vs field
SUB ATT71
1.20 / 15m−0.10 vs field

Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Matt Hughes vs Valeri Ignatov.

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