Igor Vovchanchyn: 'I'm a businessman now. I won't come back'

Cool video. The guy was a hardcore.
Can’t stand that song though.

Bad ass. that sums it up. great video.

I respect his decision. Good 4 him. Thank you Igor, for all the fights and the memories. And 4 KOing Gary Goodridge. That was SWEET!

Matt Hughes’ HIT SQUAD gym opened today. Also, Sherk says he’ll never fight in Cali.

Always an entertaining fighter. The first knockout shown is one of my all-time favorites. He knocked the guy out with the first punch, but then his him with three more as the guy fell on his face. Classic.

That dude was hardcore back in the day. I remember him facing “the polar bear” John Varelans. Who is Varelans?? Imagine a Tim Sylvia look alike, except dumber, fatter, slower, less skilled and even more ackward.

Igor must of leg kicked Varelans about 50 times in a early UFC bout before crumbling under his 350 pound frame. Marco Ruas did the same thing to Varelans. Some will never learn.

On the other end. Igor has had some sick KO’s…..but Cro Cop did deliver him 1 hell of a highlight reel leg kick KO!!!!

Dam he put every one in that video on queer street.

Dam he put every one in that video on queer street.

Igor actually got me in to MMA. Him vs. Kerr popped my MMA cherry. Some MMAmania trivia.

YO MANIA,

I don’t know if you heard yet but ICON SPORT stripped Robbie Lawler today of his Middleweight title, due to his constant cancellation of fights. The number one contender Kala “Kolohe” Hose will face Phil Baroni for the title on March 15. I saw the press conferrence on KHON 2 News Hawaii, a FOX affliate. It should be a a great fight.

That dude was hardcore back in the day. I remember him facing “the polar bear” John Varelans. Who is Varelans?? Imagine a Tim Sylvia look alike, except dumber, fatter, slower, less skilled and even more ackward.

Igor must of leg kicked Varelans about 50 times in a early UFC bout before crumbling under his 350 pound frame. Marco Ruas did the same thing to Varelans. Some will never learn.

On the other end. Igor has had some sick KO’s…..but Cro Cop did deliver him 1 hell of a highlight reel leg kick KO!!!!

It’s Paul Varelans, not John, and Igor didn’t fight him in the UFC, the fought in the IFC. Varelans had himself a pretty brutal knockout of Cal Worsham via elbows in his UFC debut, back before there were weight classes. Although his leg kick knockout by Marco Ruas was priceless.

I never seen that guy fight before. He has some extremely fast and heavy hands.

John…..dont know WTF I was thinking. Yeah Paul Vsarelans. Yeah, poor old polar bear dont have much to show for in his highlight reel. I guess the Worsham fight was his best

I didnt mean Varelans and Igor. I said that Igor had a bunch of viscous KO’s…..BUT Cro Cop gave Igor a leg kick KO to remember

Sensible guy – knows where he is in life and where he doesn’t need to be.

There are some other guys that should probably take a lesson from Igor.

Although I do have to say, seeing the video of him jogging with Zenstov and Fedor got my hopes up for a bit.

Igor Vovchanchyn got alot of people into mma, one of the most exciting explosive fighters ever, i guess theres a time to hang it up

mma legend i hope he goes down in the hall of fame of mixed martial arts

Igor will go down as a legend IMO. He had the fastest hands for a heavyweight back in the day. He gave us many memroble moments.
Igor was the 1st top 10 fighter that Rampage ever fought…Rampage went on to destroy him, body slamming him numerous amounts of time and he ended that fight with a vicous body shot(G n P) to the floating ribs that forced Igor to tap.

That was one of my favorite matches of all time. Why is he wearing a PRIDE belt in that picture. Actual the gold Pride belt is a tournament belt and I dont recall him ever winning a Grand Prix.

That dude was hardcore back in the day. I remember him facing “the polar bear” John Varelans. Who is Varelans?? Imagine a Tim Sylvia look alike, except dumber, fatter, slower, less skilled and even more ackward.

Igor must of leg kicked Varelans about 50 times in a early UFC bout before crumbling under his 350 pound frame. Marco Ruas did the same thing to Varelans. Some will never learn.

On the other end. Igor has had some sick KO’s…..but Cro Cop did deliver him 1 hell of a highlight reel leg kick KO!!!!

Was in the ifc
and he dropped varelans mainly with punches

Igor will go down as a legend IMO. He had the fastest hands for a heavyweight back in the day. He gave us many memroble moments.
Igor was the 1st top 10 fighter that Rampage ever fought…Rampage went on to destroy him, body slamming him numerous amounts of time and he ended that fight with a vicous body shot(G n P) to the floating ribs that forced Igor to tap.

That was one of my favorite matches of all time. Why is he wearing a PRIDE belt in that picture. Actual the gold Pride belt is a tournament belt and I dont recall him ever winning a Grand Prix.

Russian vale tudo tournament championship

Ice cold we will miss you man

Russian vale tudo tournament championship

What r u talking about dude? He is pictured above holding the Gold Pride Grand Prix Championship belt, but I dont ever recall him winning any Grand Prix’s. Since when did they start giving out Pride belts for winning a Russian Vale Tudo tournament?

I saw that video a little over a year ago and that’s what got me watching MMA fights. That dude was kick-ass!

I watched him fight a few times back in the day, he’s about 5 ’9 or so and about 200 lbs without cutting anyweight, I always thought he should have been in a lighter weight class.. He reminds me of fedor just smaller and without fedors elite ground skills.

Vovchanchyn no stop!, Vovchanchyn no stop!

HE’s A MONSTER! hope he dont retire!

Those bare knuckle fights are crazy. This guy was hardcore. It’s good to see a fighter use his head and know when to quit…..and also to headbutt

Igor really kicks ass!!!

awesome tribute to one of the best and most exciting fighters. he will be greatly missed in the world of mma. best wishes to him in his new business career.

I’m a tad obsessed with this man’s ability on the mat and his attitude outside the ring. He is “the man”. I took this clip and added it to myspace. http://www.myspace.com/tamtam11271971

baddest dude

one of the best …Good for him

Hey man er ist für mich der beste Fighter und größtes Vorbild es tut mir schon im herzen weh das er nicht mehr kämpft…aber er hattee eine Super Zeit Igor you are the BEST!!! =)

58-3-0 kickboxing record with 47 KO’s, 48-10-0 mma record, undefeated in unrecorded illegal pit fights.

Igor is THE MAN!

In his prime he was UNDEFEATABLE!

I like how his style evolved over time too.
IMO the most entertaining fighter ever…
He was a nice guy outside the ring too.

i dont want him to come back…he was good when he was young and to have him come back now and make shame for him self for us is not fair…well my sum up is=igor took on man 2 to 3 times his weight and size and that should tell u alot about him..not the best but… apart from the rest!! for him to come back and get K.O because of age would be like a big slap to a fans face,because we know by video prove he was one of the best and no young upcoming mma fighter can change that!!!!