Alexey Ignashov

Alexey Ignashov
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Born (1978-01-18) 18 January 1978 (age 46)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Other namesThe Red Scorpion
NationalityBelarusian
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight117 kg (258 lb; 18.4 st)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleMuay Thai, Kickboxing
Fighting out ofAuckland, New Zealand
TeamChinuk Gym (1995–2006)
Balmoral Lee Gar (2006–present)
TrainerLollo Heimuli
Andrei Gridin
Horia Rădulescu (part-time)
Years active1997–2018
Kickboxing record
Total108
Wins86
By knockout41
Losses22

Alexey Ignashov (Belarusian: Аляксей Ігнашоў; born 18 January 1978) is a Belarusian former 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] As of 2011 he is living in Auckland, New Zealand, and training at Balmoral Lee Gar Gym under Lollo Heimuli.[2]

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 as 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'd 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 he competed in his 99 official fight while winning with Freddy Kemayo. He made his comeback after one year at 12 May 2012 in Budapest Hungary losing a decision against Ali Cenik.

He defeated Zinedine Hameur-Lain via decision in Kazan, Russian on 20 October 2012.[3] Just a week later, he was defeated by Tomáš Hron by unanimous decision at Nitrianska Noc Bojovnikov in Nitra, Slovakia.[4]

He was scheduled to fight Benjamin Adegbuyi on 10 November 2012 in Craiova, Romania, in the quarter-finals of the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination.[5][6] Unfortunately, due a broken finger he had to pull out of the event.[7]

On 23 February 2013, he defeated the overmatched Martynas Knyzlis on points in Moscow, Russia.[8]

Ignashov had his rubber match with Badr Hari at Legend 2: Invasion in Moscow on 9 November 2013, losing by unanimous decision in yet another lackluster fight.[9][10][11]

Ignashov was slated to fight Andonis "Wrangler" Tzoros in Greece for the WKN K-1 Super Heavyweight Championship on 26 April 2015.[12] Ignashov defeated Tzoros and won the WKN title via decision.

Titles

Professional

Amateur

  • 1999 I.A.M.T.F. Amateur Muay Thai World Championships Gold -91 kg
  • 1997 European Amateur Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion Gold -91 kg

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)
86 Wins (41 (T)KOs, 43 Decisions), 22 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2018-05-30 Loss Romania Valentin Bordianu Zhara Fight Show Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2018-04-06 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Dževad Poturak Bellator Kickboxing 9 Hungary Decision (Split) 3 3:00
2015-04-26 Win Greece Antonis Tzoros The Battle[13] Athens, Greece Decision 3 3:00
Wins the WKN International K-1 Rules Super-heavyweight Championship.
2013-11-09 Loss Morocco Badr Hari Legend 2: Invasion Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2013-02-22 Win Lithuania Martnyas Knyzlis Knockout Show Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00
2012-10-27 Loss Czech Republic Tomáš Hron Nitrianska Noc Bojovnikov Nitra, Slovakia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-10-20 Win Algeria Zinedine Hameur-Lain Tatneft Arena World Cup 2012 Final Kazan, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-07-07 Win Romania Corneliu Rus SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2012, Super Fight Varna, Bulgaria Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-05-12 Loss Turkey Ali Cenik Fight Code Dragons Final 32, Prestige Fight Budapest, Hungary Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2011-02-05 Win Czech Republic Roman Kleibl Fight Code Rhinos Series Nitra, Slovakia Decision 3 3:00
2010-12-11 Loss Czech Republic Tomáš Hron Yiannis Evgenikos presents: It's Showtime Athens Athens, Greece Decision (4–1) 3 3:00
2010-05-21 Win France 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 Lithuania Mindaugas Sakalauskas K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest Quarter Finals Bucharest, Romania KO 1 1:57
2010-04-03 Loss Morocco Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-10-24 Win United States Ron Sparks K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination Arad, Romania KO (Right High Kick) 2 2:13
2009-10-17 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-06-26 Loss France Freddy Kemayo Gala International Multi-boxes à Coubertin Paris, France TKO (Doctor Stoppage/Shin Injury) 4 2:00
2009-05-16 Loss Czech Republic Roman Kleibl K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2009-02-28 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Dževad Poturak K-1 Rules Tournament 2009 in Budapest Budapest, Hungary Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2008-10-05 Win Switzerland Björn Bregy K.O. Events "Tough Is Not Enough" Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2008-03-30 Win South Korea Yang Rae Yoo The Khan 1 Seoul, South Korea Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2008-02-09 Loss France Gregory Tony KO World Series 2008 Auckland Auckland, New Zealand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-02-24 Win Hungary Attila Karacs K-1 European League 2007 Hungary Budapest, Hungary KO (Left Cross) 1 2:02
2006-08-12 Win United States 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 Turkey Gokhan Saki K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Semi Finals Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-05-13 Win Czech Republic Petr Vondráček K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Quarter Finals Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Cross) 2 2:08
2006-02-25 Win Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge K-1 European League 2006 in Budapest Budapest, Hungary Decision 3 3:00
2005-09-23 Loss Netherlands 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 Japan Noboru Uchida K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris Paris, France Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2005-04-30 Loss Australia Peter Graham K-1 Battle of Anzacs II Auckland, New Zealand 2nd Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2005-02-13 Loss Switzerland Bjorn Bregy Mix Fight Gala Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Knee Injury) 3 3:00
2004-11-06 Win Poland Paul Slowinski Titans 1st Kitakyushu, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-09-25 Loss Thailand 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 Croatia Josip Bodrozic Kings of Oceania 2004 Auckland, New Zealand KO 1 N/A
2004-06-06 Win United States Arthur Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan KO (Low Kicks) 1 1:48
2004-05-20 Win Netherlands Semmy Schilt It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left Knee Strike) 1 1:20
2004-04-11 Win France Cyrille Diabate MT ONE Saint-Pierre, Réunion Decision 5 3:00
2004-03-27 Win United States Carter Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama Saitama, Japan KO (Knee Strike) 2 2:42
2004-10-31 Win Belgium Marc de Wit K-1 Marseilles 2004 World Qualification Marseilles, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-12-06 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2003-10-31 Win Croatia Josip Bodrozic K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2003-10-11 Win South Africa Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination Osaka, Japan KO (Right Punch and Right Low Kick) 2 2:21
Qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2003.
2003-07-13 Win South Africa Jan Nortje K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Low Kicks) 1 2:49
2003-06-14 Win France 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 Russia Alexander Ustinov K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris Semi Finals Paris, France Decision (Split) 3 3:00
2003-06-14 Win Czech Republic Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris Quarter Finals Paris, France KO 3 N/A
2003-06-08 Win Morocco Badr Hari It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Cross) 3 2:55
2002-10-05 Loss Germany 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 Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00
2002-05-25 Win Switzerland Björn Bregy K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Paris Paris, France KO (Kick) 5 2:12
2002-02-24 Win Japan Nobu Hayashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2001-10-21 Loss Brazil Francisco Filho K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-10-21 Win Denmark Nicholas Pettas K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Right Knee) 2 1:21
2001-10-21 Loss Netherlands Jerrel Venetiaan It's Showtime - Original Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2001-07-20 Win Netherlands 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 South Africa Andrew Thomson K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya Semi Finals Nagoya, Japan KO (Left Punch) 1 1:46
2001-07-20 Win Switzerland Petar Majstorovic K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya Quarter Finals Nagoya, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-04-21 Win Greece Paris Vasilikos K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Milan, Italy TKO (Jaw Injury) 3 3:00
2001-02-04 Loss Germany Stefan Leko K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands DQ 5 3:00
2000-12-12 Win Netherlands Lloyd van Dams It's Showtime - Christmas Edition Haarlem, Netherlands TKO (Exhaustion) 5 3:00
2000-08-20 Loss England Matt Skelton K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama Quarter Finals Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2000-06-24 Win Belarus Sergey Arhipov K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Final Minsk, Belarus TKO 3 N/A
Wins K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 and qualifies for K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Yokohama.
2000-06-24 Win Russia Sergei Matkin K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Semi Finals Minsk, Belarus KO 2 2:01
2000-06-24 Win Lithuania Darius Grilauskas K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 Quarter Finals Minsk, Belarus KO 1 2:32
2000-06-04 Win Belgium Marc de Wit Night of Revenge Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2000-05-06 Win England Mark Russell Oktagon Milan, Italy N/A N/A N/A
Retains I.S.K.A. World Heavyweight title.
2000-03-13 Win Sweden 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 Netherlands 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 Netherlands Rob Kaman It's Showtime - It's Showtime Haarlem, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
1999-07-29 Win Sweden Jörgen Kruth Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO 2 N/A
Wins W.M.C. Muay Thai Heavyweight World title.
1998-04-26 Win Netherlands Remy Bonjasky W.P.K.L. Muay Thai Fight Night Libiąż, Poland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes
Amateur Muay Thai record (Incomplete)
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
1999-03-13 Win Sweden Jorgan Himmerstall I.A.M.T.F World Muay thai Championships, final Bangkok, Thailand
Wins I.A.M.T.F World Muay thai Championships Gold medal (-91 kg).
1999-03-11 Win Romania Daniel Ghiţă I.A.M.T.F World Muay thai Championships, semi final Bangkok, Thailand Decision 4 2:00
1999-03-10 Win Czech Republic Luboš Vaňata I.A.M.T.F World Muay thai Championships, quarter final Bangkok, Thailand
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
3 matches 1 win 1 loss
By knockout 1 0
By submission 0 1
No contests 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 1–1 (1) Japan Shinsuke Nakamura Submission (forearm choke) K-1 MMA ROMANEX 22 May 2004 2 1:51 Saitama, Japan
Win 1–0 (1) United States Steve Williams KO (knees) K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata 14 March 2004 1 0:22 Niigata, Japan
NC 0–0 (1) Japan Shinsuke Nakamura NC (overturned) K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! 31 December 2003 3 1:19 Nagoya, Japan

See also

References

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