Matt Hughes, Unanimous decision, 3 rounds.
Walking in
Matt Hughes
UFC debut. No tape.
Valeri Ignatov
Record0-1
Strikes landed / min0.67
Strike defence28%
Takedowns / 15 min0.00
Takedown defence0%
Only 14 fighters on record in the two years to 1999 at Lightweight, too few to rank anyone against. The rates are real, the ranking would not be.
What happened
Matt HughesValeri Ignatov
77/117Sig. strikes7/25
124/164Total strikes45/64
5/9Takedowns0/0
0Sub attempts1
Target
48/88Head5/23
29/29Body2/2
Position
13/27Distance5/22
2/5Clinch2/2
62/85Ground0/1