Woah.Shitdog posted an article about him today and then I went down a rabbit hole finding out what he's been up to. Turns out he runs a restaurant. Here's the most recent pic I could find of him. Look at those mits!
Try wearing a yelp shirt and being a cunt in this restaurant.
His hands are why he doesn't fight anymore. He broke them too many times (not surprising considering that ridiculous punching power in a 190lb frame, let alone the angles of the Russian hooks). Right before Pride sold they had him matched up with Vanderlei, but UFC scrapped it after the purchase. That would have been a badass fight.Woah.
Those hands can sell Hamburger Helper!
"The food is horrible. The atmosphere is worse. The wait staff is inattentive except for one of them that actually spat on my shoe. I was also mugged in the bathroom and they took all of my money. 5 out of 5 stars. Highly recommend. Will dine again. Or my children will apparently die."
Cliffs?
he met him doing a seminar there. Can’t recall if he went to his restaurant or not. I’m sure he’ll jump in here and tell the story.
Thumb tilted 45 degrees down. So awkward, yet so devistating. Fedor throws that same punch. Vovchanchyn and Fedor are apparently really good friends too. It would be interesting to hang out with them. I'd imagine stoic faces, very limited talking. Great times had by all.
I remember watching the IPKL event. I bought it on dvd back in the day. Bas was one of the commentators and didn't knkw who vovchanchyn was, and he kept referring to him as "that igor guy." By the end of the night he knew who he was.
I had a bootleg video of that...probably off the DVD
Agreed.
IDK what anyone says...nobody does color analysis like the Bas Man
Fuck yeah. Great personality, hilarious, amd extremely knowledgeable. He and quadros were an awesome duo. I could have done without the Canadian guy they brought in, but he grew on me.
I was living there after my son was born there, me and his mom went out to dinner at an event that she was invited to, turned out the chef was him, I kept staring and asked if she knew who he was.... She said that he was a former fighter turned chef, I went and spoke with him, he was SUPER amazing, one of my favorite fighters of all time.
Did you speak ukrainian, Russian or english with him? What city was the restaurant in? Anything to elaborate on your convo with him? Like something he said that was either hilarious, or something that stood out? I've always been intrigued by his personality since he said very little in interviews, so I have no idea what the guy is like (similar to fedor).
My Russian was/is awful (my 8 year old son is fluent in both). My not wife (should've married her) played my translator.... I just mentioned that I was a huge fan, I trained BJJ under Royce and one of his BB's, said that his Pride fights were legendary, and that's really it. He was extremely gracious and kind, talked with her for a bit (she is a former prima in the National Ukrainian dance company, and her father was high level military), that's really it.... Whole conversation was about 5 minutes.
Was igor even at the grace table or was jon just told to tell him to move for shits and giggles?
He was at the Gracie table, he didn't know.... Funny thing is that Royce wouldn't have remotely cared, they were just making Jon do it to break his balls.
