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Ukraine
Kharkiv
Igor Vovchanchyn
"
Ice Cold
"
AGE
51
/
Aug 6, 1973
HEIGHT
5'8"
/
172.72 cm
WEIGHT
205 lbs
/
92.99 kg
ASSOCIATION
Team Vovchanchyn
CLASS
Light Heavyweight
Wins
56
KO
/
TKO
41
73%
SUBMISSIONS
7
13%
DECISIONS
8
14%
Losses
10
KO
/
TKO
3
30%
SUBMISSIONS
4
40%
DECISIONS
3
30%
N/C
1
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Kazuhiro Nakamura
Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005
Aug / 28 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
5:00
loss
Alistair Overeem
Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005
Jun / 26 / 2005
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
1:20
win
Yuki Kondo
Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005
Apr / 23 / 2005
Decision (Unanimous)
Minoru Toyonaga
3
5:00
win
Kazuo Takahashi
Pride 29 - Fists of Fire
Feb / 20 / 2005
KO (Punch)
Minoru Toyonaga
1
1:10
win
Sergey Terezimov
WOP - Water of Peresvit
Dec / 04 / 2004
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
1:35
win
Katsuhisa Fujii
Pride - Bushido 5
Oct / 14 / 2004
KO (Punch and Soccer Kick)
Yuji Shimada
1
4:02
win
Dan Bobish
Pride 27 - Inferno
Feb / 01 / 2004
TKO (Punches)
Minoru Toyonaga
2
1:45
loss
Mirko Filipovic
Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003
Aug / 10 / 2003
KO (Head Kick)
Yuji Shimada
1
1:29
win
Bob Schrijber
It's Showtime - Amsterdam Arena
Jun / 08 / 2003
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
4:05
loss
Quinton Jackson
Pride 22 - Beasts From The East 2
Sep / 29 / 2002
TKO (Rib Injury)
Daisuke Noguchi
1
7:17
loss
Heath Herring
Pride 19 - Bad Blood
Feb / 24 / 2002
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
win
Valentijn Overeem
Pride 18 - Cold Fury 2
Dec / 23 / 2001
Submission (Heel Hook)
Keiji Shiozaki
1
4:35
win
Ricardas Rocevicius
Rings Lithuania - Bushido Rings 3
Nov / 10 / 2001
TKO (Leg Kicks)
2
N/A
loss
Mario Sperry
Pride 17 - Championship Chaos
Nov / 03 / 2001
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Keiji Shiozaki
1
2:52
win
Masaaki Satake
Pride 15 - Raging Rumble
Jul / 29 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Okabayashi
3
5:00
win
Gilbert Yvel
Pride 14 - Clash of the Titans
May / 27 / 2001
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Akira Okabayashi
1
1:52
loss
Tra Telligman
Pride 13 - Collision Course
Mar / 25 / 2001
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Okabayashi
3
5:00
win
Mark Kerr
Pride 12 - Cold Fury
Dec / 23 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
3
5:00
win
Nobuhiko Takada
Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun
Oct / 31 / 2000
TKO (Submission to Punches)
Yuji Shimada
2
3:17
win
Enson Inoue
Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors
Aug / 27 / 2000
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Akira Okabayashi
1
10:00
win
Daijiro Matsui
Pride 9 - New Blood
Jun / 04 / 2000
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
Akira Okabayashi
1
5:03
loss
Mark Coleman
Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals
May / 01 / 2000
TKO (Submission to Knees)
Yuji Shimada
2
3:09
win
Kazushi Sakuraba
Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals
May / 01 / 2000
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Akira Okabayashi
1
15:00
win
Gary Goodridge
Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals
May / 01 / 2000
TKO (Punches)
Akira Okabayashi
1
10:14
win
Alexander Otsuka
Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round
Jan / 30 / 2000
Decision (Unanimous)
Yuji Shimada
1
15:00
win
Francisco Bueno
Pride FC - Pride 8
Nov / 21 / 1999
KO (Punches)
Yuji Shimada
1
1:23
NC
Mark Kerr
Pride FC - Pride 7
Sep / 12 / 1999
No Contest (Illegal Knees)
Yuji Shimada
2
4:36
win
Carlos Barreto
Pride FC - Pride 6
Jul / 04 / 1999
Decision (Split)
Akira Okabayashi
3
5:00
win
Vepcho Bardanashvili
InterPride 1999 - Heavyweight Final
May / 08 / 1999
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
1
N/A
win
Vladimir Solodovnik
InterPride 1999 - Heavyweight Final
May / 08 / 1999
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Akira Shoji
Pride FC - Pride 5
Apr / 29 / 1999
Decision (Unanimous)
Akira Okabayashi
2
10:00
win
Edson Carvalho
WVC 7 - World Vale Tudo Championship 7
Feb / 02 / 1999
TKO (Punches)
1
3:16
win
Aloisio Freitas Neto
WVC 6 - World Vale Tudo Championship 6
Nov / 01 / 1998
TKO (Submission to Punches)
1
7:26
win
Gary Goodridge
Pride FC - Pride 4
Oct / 11 / 1998
TKO (Punches)
Takumi Adachi
1
5:58
win
Nick Nutter
WVC 5 - World Vale Tudo Championship 5
Feb / 03 / 1998
KO (Knee)
1
0:14
win
Elias Rodrigues
WVC 5 - World Vale Tudo Championship 5
Feb / 03 / 1998
TKO (Submission to Punches)
1
10:35
win
Tulio Palhares
WVC 5 - World Vale Tudo Championship 5
Feb / 03 / 1998
TKO (Submission to Punches)
1
5:35
win
Nick Nutter
IAFC - 1st Absolute Fighting World Cup Pankration
Nov / 12 / 1997
TKO (Submission to Headbutts)
1
24:42
win
Mikhail Avetisyan
IAFC - 1st Absolute Fighting World Cup Pankration
Nov / 12 / 1997
Decision (Split)
1
35:00
win
Valery Pliev
IAFC - 1st Absolute Fighting World Cup Pankration
Nov / 12 / 1997
TKO (Submission to Punches)
1
7:13
win
Yuri Mildzikhov
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Russian Open Cup 3
Aug / 29 / 1997
TKO (Forfeit)
1
0:00
win
Igor Gerus
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Russian Open Cup 3
Aug / 29 / 1997
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Vasily Kudin
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Russian Open Cup 3
Aug / 29 / 1997
TKO (Submission to Leg Kicks)
1
N/A
win
Dimitry Panfilov
COS - Cup of Stars
May / 23 / 1997
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Aslan Hamza
COS - Cup of Stars
May / 23 / 1997
KO (Knee)
1
N/A
win
Leonardo Castello Branco
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 2: Day 2
May / 02 / 1997
Decision (Split)
1
35:00
win
Sergey Bondarenko
Disco 2000 - No Rules Championship
Nov / 30 / 1996
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Igor Akhmedov
DNRF - Ukrainian Octagon 2
May / 01 / 1996
Submission (Choke)
1
N/A
win
John Dixson
IFC 1 - Kombat in Kiev
Mar / 30 / 1996
TKO (Exhaustion)
1
9:10
win
Paul Varelans
IFC 1 - Kombat in Kiev
Mar / 30 / 1996
KO (Punches)
1
6:20
win
Fred Floyd
IFC 1 - Kombat in Kiev
Mar / 30 / 1996
TKO (Submission to Strikes)
1
13:14
win
Igor Akhmedov
UCMAL - Ukrainian No Rules Championship 1996
Mar / 09 / 1996
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
1
N/A
win
Yuri Zhernikov
UCMAL - Ukrainian No Rules Championship 1996
Mar / 09 / 1996
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Matrosov Matrosov
UCMAL - Ukrainian No Rules Championship 1996
Mar / 09 / 1996
TKO (Punches)
1
N/A
win
Igor Gerus
DNRF - Ukrainian Octagon
Mar / 01 / 1996
TKO (Punches)
1
1:41
win
Sergey Sheremet
DNRF - Ukrainian Octagon
Mar / 01 / 1996
KO (Punch)
1
1:27
win
Oleg Tischenko
DNRF - Ukrainian Octagon
Mar / 01 / 1996
KO (Punch)
1
0:05
win
Roman Tikunov
MPS - Mr. Powerman Sekai 1996
Jan / 28 / 1996
KO (Punch)
1
N/A
win
Sergei Bondarovich
MPS - Mr. Powerman Sekai 1996
Jan / 28 / 1996
KO (Head Kick)
1
N/A
win
Nikolai Yatsuk
MPS - Mr. Powerman Sekai 1996
Jan / 28 / 1996
KO (Punch)
1
N/A
loss
Mikhail Ilyukhin
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1
Nov / 25 / 1995
Submission (Chin in the Eye)
1
6:30
win
Adilson Lima
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1
Nov / 25 / 1995
TKO (Broken Nose)
1
1:51
win
Adilson Lima
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1
Nov / 25 / 1995
KO (Kicks and Punches)
1
0:56
win
Sergei Akinin
IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 1
Nov / 25 / 1995
TKO (Broken Arm)
1
2:40
loss
Andrei Besedin
UCMAL - Warrior's Honour 1
Oct / 14 / 1995
Submission (Kneebar)
1
1:12
win
Sergei Bondarovich
UCMAL - Warrior's Honour 1
Oct / 14 / 1995
TKO (Punches)
1
0:18
win
Alexander Mandrik
UCMAL - Warrior's Honour 1
Oct / 14 / 1995
TKO (Submission to Punches)
1
3:06
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