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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, and holds notable wins over Mark Kerr, Yuki Kondo, Gilbert Yvel, Kazushi Sakuraba and Gary Goodridge.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Mixed Martial Arts Career 2 Championships and accomplishments 2.1 Mixed Martial Arts 2.2 Mixed Martial Arts Record 3 Kick Boxing Record 4 See also 5 External links 6 Videos

Igor Vovchanchyn was born in Zolochiv, Ukraine in 1973. Igor was world renowned for his fierce fighting skills, and Knockout power.

Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn began fighting in MMA since the first Warrior's Honor tournament and then inaugral International Absolute Fighting Council tournament in Moscow on September 25, 1995. The event consisted of a grueling 32 man 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 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.

• PRIDE World Grand Prix 2000 runner-up
• Mr. Strong Guy 1996 winner
• Ukranian Octagon winner (1996)
• International Fighting Championship 1 winner (1996)
• AROC 3 winner (1997)
• Absolute Fighting Championship 3 winner (1997)
• World ValeTudo Championship 5 winner (1998)

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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

Russian Kick Boxing Champion 60 Fights, 58 Wins, 2 Losses

Won World Kick Boxing Championship in Moscow, 1995.

• List of male mixed martial artists

• Sherdog stats, images and video interviews with Igor

• Igor vs. Gary Goodridge
• Igor vs. Crocop
• Highlight Video of Igor Vovchanchyn