Alexey Ignashov

Alexey Ignashov
Born Alaksiej Ihnašou
January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18) (age 34)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Other names The Red Scorpion
Nationality Belarusian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 117 kg (260 lb; 18.4 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Muay Thai
Fighting out of Auckland, New Zealand
Team Balmoral Lee Gar (2006- )
Chinuk Gym (1995-2006)
Trainer Lollo Heimuli
Andrej Hrydzin
Years active 1997–present
Kickboxing record
Total 99
Wins 80
By knockout 41
Losses 19
By knockout 2
Mixed martial arts record
Total 3
Wins 1
By knockout 1
Losses 1
By submission 1
No contests 1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: December 16, 2010

Alexey "The Red Scorpion" Ignashov (Belarusian: Аляксей Ігнашоў; born, January 18, 1978) is a Belarusian Super Heavyweight kickboxer. He is a four-time Muay Thai World champion, K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris and K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya tournament champion.[1] He is currently living in Auckland, New Zealand and training at Balmoral Lee Gar Gym under Lollo Heimuli.[2]

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Biography

He is best known for his knee strikes, notably used to score knockout wins over Badr Hari, Semmy Schilt, Nicholas Pettas, and Carter Williams. Ignashov is considered by his fans to be one of the most talented and technically sound heavyweight kickboxers in the world. However, he is also considered by many frustratingly inconsistent, occasionally appearing lackluster or inactive in the ring, such as in his K-1 Final quarterfinal match against Peter Aerts in 2003. He suffered a knee injury in a fight against Bjorn Bregy in 2005. Since then, his performance has diminished.

Ignashov trained in the Chinuk gym for 11 years, before immigrating to New Zealand in 2006.

He has beaten the best kickboxers in the world, including decision wins over three times K-1 champions Remy Bonjasky and Peter Aerts and knockout highlight reel wins over two currently best kickboxers in the world Semmy Schilt and Badr Hari. He has also fought legendary Rob Kaman, losing by decision, but after that fight Rob gave the trophy to Ignashov. Despite all those huge wins, he has lost some bouts where he was a huge favorite. He was TKO only two times, each time because of injury, against Bjorn Bregy in 2005 and in his 2009 bout against 2003 French Kickboxing champion Freddy Kemayo.

After 5 years of being out of the major ring events Iggy was granted his wish to return to K-1 in April 2010 against Badr Hari, having one of the best chins in the sport. However he was very inactive in the ring and lost by unanimous decision. He was heavily criticized by the fans after the fight. Ignashov announced that he wants to have a rubber match with Badr Hari after he has a few more K-1 fights to get used to the big ring again. Just recently competing in his 99 official fight while winning with Freddy Kemayo.

Titles

Professional:

Amateur

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
80 Wins (41 (T)KO's, 38 Decisions), 19 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2011-02-05 Win Roman Kleibl Fight Code Rhinos Series Nitra, Slovakia Decision 3 3:00
2010-12-11 Loss Thomas Hron Yiannis Evgenikos presents: It’s Showtime Athens Athens, Greece Decision (4-1) 3 3:00
2010-05-21 Win Freddy Kemayo K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Semi Finals Bucharest, Romania Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Despite victory could not continue in tournament due to injury.
2010-05-21 Win Mindaugas Sakalauskas K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Quarter Finals Bucharest, Romania KO 1 1:57
2010-04-03 Loss Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-10-24 Win Ron Sparks K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination Arad, Romania KO (Right High Kick) 2 2:15
2009-10-17 Loss Semmy Schilt Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-06-26 Loss Freddy Kemayo Gala International Multi-boxes à Coubertin Paris, France TKO (Doctor Stoppage, Shin Injury) 4 2:00
2009-05-16 Loss Roman Kleibl K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mlada Boleslav Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2009-02-28 Win Dzevad Poturak K-1 Rules Tournament 2009 in Budapest Budapest, Hungary Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2008-10-05 Win Bjorn Bregy K.O. Events "Tough Is Not Enough" Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2008-03-30 Win Yang Rae Yoo The Khan 1 Seoul, South Korea Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2008-02-09 Loss Gregory Tony KO World Series 2008 Auckland Auckland, New Zealand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-02-24 Win Attila Karacs K-1 European League 2007 Hungary Budapest, Hungary KO (Left Cross) 1 2:02
2006-08-12 Win Imani Lee K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Quarter Finals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Split) 3 3:00
Despite victory could not continue in tournament due to injury.
2006-05-13 Loss Gokhan Saki K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Semi Finals Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-05-13 Win Peter Vondrachek K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Quarter Finals Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Cross) 2 2:08
2006-02-25 Win Gary Goodridge K-1 European League 2006 in Budapest Budapest, Hungary Decision 3 3:00
2005-09-23 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka – Final Elimination Osaka, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2005.
2005-05-27 Loss Noboru Uchida K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris Paris, France Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2005-04-30 Loss Peter Graham K-1 Battle of Anzacs II Auckland, New Zealand 2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2005-02-13 Loss Bjorn Bregy Mix Fight Gala Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Knee Injury) 3 3:00
2004-11-06 Win Paul Slowinski Titans 1st Kitakyushu, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-09-25 Loss Kaoklai Kaennorsing K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Final Elimination Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Split) 4 3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2004.
2004-07-16 Win Josip Bodrozic Kings of Oceania 2004 Auckland, New Zealand KO 1
2004-06-06 Win Arthur Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan KO (Low Kicks) 1 1:48
2004-05-20 Win Semmy Schilt It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left Knee Strike) 1 1:20
2004-04-11 Win Cyrille Diabate MT ONE Saint-Pierre, Réunion Decision 5 3:00
2004-03-27 Win Carter Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama Saitama, Japan KO (Knee Strike) 2 2:42
2004-10-31 Win Marc de Wit K-1 Marseilles 2004 World Qualification Marseilles, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-12-06 Loss Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2003-10-31 Win Josip Bodrozic K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2003-10-11 Win Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Osaka, Japan KO (Right Punch & Right Low Kick) 2 2:21
Qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2003.
2003-07-13 Win Jan Nortje K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Low Kicks) 1 2:49
2003-06-14 Win Cyril Abidi K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris Final Paris, France TKO (Corner Stoppage) 3 0:20
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination.
2003-06-14 Win Alexander Ustinov K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris Semi Finals Paris, France Decision (Split) 3 3:00
2003-06-14 Win Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris Quarter Finals Paris, France KO 3
2003-06-08 Win Badr Hari It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Cross) 3 2:55
2002-10-05 Loss Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final Elimination Saitama, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2002.
2002-07-14 Win Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00
2002-05-25 Win Bjorn Bregy K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Paris Paris, France KO (Kick) 5 2:12
2002-02-24 Win Nobu Hayashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2001-10-21 Loss Francisco Filho K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-10-21 Win Nicholas Pettas K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Knee) 2 1:21
2001-10-21 Loss Jerrel Venetiaan It's Showtime - Original Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2001-07-20 Win Lloyd van Dams K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya Final Nagoya, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
Wins K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2001.
2001-07-20 Win Andrew Thomson K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya Semi Finals Nagoya, Japan KO (Left Punch) 1 1:46
2001-07-20 Win Petar Majstorovic K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya Quarter Finals Nagoya, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-04-21 Win Paris Vasilikos K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Milan, Italy TKO (Jaw Injury) 3 3:00
2001-02-04 Loss Stefan Leko K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands Disqualification 5 3:00
2000-12-12 Win Lloyd van Dams It's Showtime - Christmas Edition Haarlem, Netherlands TKO (Exhaustion) 5 3:00
2000-08-20 Loss Matt Skelton K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2000-06-24 Win Sergey Arhipov K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Final Minsk, Belarus TKO 3
Wins K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama.
2000-06-24 Win Sergei Matkin K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Semi Finals Minsk, Belarus KO 2 2:01
2000-06-24 Win Darius Grilauskas K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Quarter Finals Minsk, Belarus KO 1 2:32
2000-06-04 Win Marc de Wit Night of Revenge Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2000-05-06 Win Mark Russell Milan, Italy
Retains I.S.K.A. World Heavyweight title.
2000-03-13 Win Jörgen Kruth Night Club "Reaktor" Minsk, Belarus Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Retains W.M.C. Muay Thai Heavyweight World title.
2000-01-23 Win Harry Hooft Day Of No Mercy Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
Wins W.P.K.L Muay Thai 86.13 kg European title.
1999-10-24 Loss Rob Kaman It's Showtime - It's Showtime Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
1999-07-29 Win Jörgen Kruth Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO 2
Wins W.M.C. Muay Thai Heavyweight World title.
1999 Win Daniel Ghiţă IFMA World Muay thai Championships, semi final Bangkok, Thailand Decision 4 2:00
1998 Win Remy Bonjasky W.P.K.L. Muay Thai Fight Night Poland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 1-1 Shinsuke Nakamura Submission (forearm choke) K-1 MMA ROMANEX 02004-05-22 May 22, 2004 2 1:51 Saitama, Japan
Win 1-0 Steve Williams KO (knees) K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata 02003-12-31 December 31, 2003 1 0:22 Niigata, Japan
NC 0-0 Shinsuke Nakamura KO (knee) K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! 02002-12-31 December 31, 2002 3 1:19 Nagoya, Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fighter profile". http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/fighter/alexey_ignashov.htm. 
  2. ^ "Alexey Ignashov Interview". http://www.fansofk1.com/article?aID=978&Category=1. 

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