Igor Vovchanchyn
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| Igor Vovchanchyn | |
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname | Ice Cold |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Born | June 8, 1973 |
| Fighting out of | Kharkov, Ukraine |
| Town of birth | Zolochiv, Ukraine |
| Fighting style | Kickboxing |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 45 |
| By knockout | 24 |
| By submission | 14 |
| Losses | 9 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
Igor Yaroslavovich "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn (Russian: Игорь Ярославович Вовчанчин. June 8, 1973-) is a Mixed Martial Arts USSR - born fighter. He has had an accomplished career in the PRIDE Fighting Championships.
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[edit] Biography
Igor Vovchanchyn was born in Zolochiv, Ukraine in 1973. The little town in which he grew up had a bell that would ring if Igor was angry or drunk to warn people to lock themselves inside their houses. He was interested in track events when he was a student. Igor was world renowned for his fierce fighting skills.
[edit] Mixed Martial Arts Career
Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn began fighting in MMA since the first International Absolute Fighting Council tournament in Moscow on September 25, 1995. The event consisted of a grueling tournament in which the winner would have to fight five times in one night. Vovchanchyn won three fights: he faced Adilson Lima twice, (Lima's corner man, Rickson Gracie, complained about the prohibited status of the blow which Vovchanchyn knocked Lima out with, a kick while Lima's knees were on the ground) winning his first fight by knockout, the second the contested knockout vs. Lima, and the third match, against vs. Lima, via technical knockout caused by a broken nose. The fourth fight he lost to Mikhail Illoukhine with an illegal "Chin in Eye" submission. Vovchanchyn continued to fight mainly in the IAFC until switching to PRIDE fighting championship for Pride 4. He won his first match in Pride Fighting Championships with a TKO win over Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge. After defeating Kazushi Sakuraba (Sakuraba's corner threw in the towel after the first round due to exhaustion after a 90 minute match with Royce Gracie), Igor came in 2nd place in the prestigious 2000 PRIDE Grand Prix. Igor Vovchanchyn is a celebrated PRIDE fighter with victories over Mark Kerr, Valentijn Overeem, and Gilbert Yvel.
[edit] Record
[edit] Kickboxing Record
60 Fights 58 Wins 2 Losses
[edit] MMA Record
- IFC 1 winner (1996)
- AROC 3 winner (1997)
- AFC 3 winner (1997)
- WVC 5 winner (1998)
- PRIDE GP 2000 2nd place
[edit] Recent Fight Record
| Date | Outcome | Opponent | Method | Event | Round, time | Notes |
| 8/28/2005 | Loss | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2005 | Round 2, 5:00 | |
| 6/26/2005 | Loss | Alistair Overeem | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 | Round 1, 1:20 | |
| 4/23/2005 | Win | Yuki Kondo | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 | Round 3, 5:00 | |
| 2/20/2005 | Win | Yoshiki Takahashi | KO (Punch) | PRIDE 29 - Fists Of Fire | Round 1, 1:10 | |
| 12/4/2004 | Win | Sergey Terezimov | Submission (Heel Hook) | WOP - Water of Peresvit | ||
| 10/14/2004 | Win | Shamoji Fujii | KO | PRIDE Bushido 5 | Round 1, 4:02 | |
| 2/1/2004 | Win | Dan Bobish | TKO (Strikes) | PRIDE 27 - Inferno | Round 2, 1:45 | |
| 8/10/2003 | Loss | Mirko Filipović | KO (Head Kick) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 | Round 1, 1:29 | |
| 6/8/2003 | Win | Bob Schrijber | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | It's Showtime - Amsterdam Arena | Round 2, 4:05 | |
| 9/29/2002 | Loss | Quinton Jackson | Submission (Injury) | PRIDE 22 - Beasts From The East 2 | Round 1, 7:17 | |
| 2/24/2002 | Loss | Heath Herring | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 19 - Bad Blood | Round 3, 5:00 | |
| 12/23/2001 | Win | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (Heel Hook) | PRIDE 18 - Cold Fury 2 | Round 1, 4:35 |
