Igor Vovchanchyn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Igor Vovchanchyn
Occupation	MMA Fighter
Date Of Birth	Aug 6, 1973(1973-08-06)
Age	51
Birthplace	Ukraine
Country	Ukraine
Horoscope	Leo

Igor Vovchanchyn Biography

Igor Vovchanchyn is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on August 6, 1973 in Ukraine, Ukraine. Retired Ukranian heavyweight competed in over 60 professional MMA and kickboxing bouts.

He suffered a guillotine choke submission at the hands of Alistair Overeem on June 26, 2005.

Vovchanchyn was born in the settlement of Fesky, in the Zolochevsky district to his father Yaroslav Iosifovich and his mother Kladiya Michaylovna. Vovchanchyn said that growing up, he caused trouble and got into street fights and different kinds of mischief. Due to his antics, there was a popular story in circulation, that whenever Igor became upset, the villagers would ring a bell in the center of town which would alarm everyone to stay in their houses until Igor calmed down. Vovchanchyn later stated that this story was just a joke, although there was a bell in the center of town. At age 17, he moved to Kharkiv and began competing in track and field, running the 100m dash and throwing the discus. Due to his love for fighting, he later moved to boxing under trainer Oleg Ermakov. In 1993, he met Eugenia Borschevskaya, general secretary of the All Eurasian Kickboxing Federation. After taking up kickboxing, he later went to Denmark to compete at the World Kickboxing Amateur Championships with the Ukrainian national team, where he became the world champion that same year. Vovchanchyn also won the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) kickboxing championship in 1994.

In late 1995, Vovchanchyn transitioned from a successful kickboxing career to MMA after being invited to participate at Honour of the Warrior in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In this 8-man tournament, Vovchanchyn knocked out his first two opponents before losing via submission to Ukrainian Sambist Andrey Besedin in the final.

He was born in Zolochiv, Ukraine.

Igor Vovchanchyn Net Worth

Igor Vovchanchyn is one of the richest MMA Fighter from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Igor Vovchanchyn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began his MMA career in 1995 after dominating professional kickboxing.

He was a three-time Absolute Fighting Championship winner and one-time IFC Championship winner.

Igor Yaroslavovych Vovchanchyn (vov-CHUN -chin, Ukrainian: Ігор Ярославович Вовчанчин ; born August 6, 1973) is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, who competed in early no holds barred MMA contests. After making his professional MMA debut in 1995, he won nine openweight mixed martial arts tournaments (back when tournament format required 3 to 4 consecutive bare-knuckle fights during the same night,) 3 superfights, holds the second longest unbeaten streak in MMA (at 37 fights,) and is the second most successful MMA fighter ever by number of wins achieved by way of knockout. A stand-up striker throughout most of his career, he is widely considered one of the MMA legends, Ukrainian authorities created a MMA tournament named after him, the Igor Vovchanchyn Cup.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Igor Vovchanchyn height 5 ft 8 in Igor weight 205  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Igor Vovchanchyn Dating?

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Vovchanchyn had been considered the top fighter in the sport for some years, and as commentators Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten stated, he was likely the favorite to win the tournament. In the opening round he defeated Japanese professional wrestler Alexander Otsuka by decision and, in a rematch with Gary Goodridge, decisively won by knockout in an entirely stand-up fight. He reached the final of the PRIDE 2000 Openweight Grand Prix.

Facts & Trivia

Igor Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Igor Vovchanchyn celebrates birthday on August 6 of every year.

He ended the year on a high note; showing great grappling expertise against Valentijn Overeem at PRIDE 18, escaping from heel hook attempts and slipping his own heel hook for the tap out, ending 2001 with a mixed record in PRIDE – going 3-2.

Why did Igor Vovchanchyn retire?

Although he was rumored to fight at PRIDE 34 against Wanderlei Silva, Vovchanchyn retired at age 32, citing multiple injuries, including a right hand that remained seriously affected as of 2008. It has been speculated that due to this injury, his last few performances in his career were passive.

How tall is Igor Vovchanchyn?

5′ 9″