Ignashov, Alexey Viktorovich

Alexey Ignashov
Alexey Ignashov
general information
Full name	Alexey Viktorovich Ignashov
Nickname	"Red Scorpion" ( eng. Red Scorpion )
Citizenship	Belorussia
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	;
Accommodation	Moscow, Russia
Growth	194 cm
Weight category	over 100 kg
Team	Club Chinook (1995-2006), ; Balmoral Lee Gar (since 2006), Red Scorpion (2010 - present), Synergy Sports Club (“Red Scorpion team”, (2012 - present)
Style	Muay Thai kickboxing
Statistics in mixed martial arts
Fight	3
Victories	one
Defeats	one
Not held	one
Kickboxing stats
Fight	107
Victories	85
• knockout	41
Defeats	21
Not held	one

Alexey Ignashov ( Belor. Alaksei Viktaravich Іgnnashok ; January 18, 1978 ), a nickname in the ring "Red Scorpion" , Belarusian tayboxer in heavyweight champion, eight-time world champion in Thai boxing, two-time European champion and Eurasian champion, master sports of international class of the Republic of Belarus.

Content

Fighter

From 1993 to 1996, he studied at the Higher Professional School of Builders in Minsk (carpenter, woodworker, woodworker).

In 1996, he received the specialty of a martial arts trainer at the Belarusian State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1998 he became a master of sports of international class. He received his first higher education at the International Humanitarian and Economic Non-State Institute of the Republic of Belarus (psychologist-historian). From 2012 to 2016 he studied at the Moscow Financial and Industrial University "Synergy" (sports management).

Since 1992, Ignashov was engaged in enhanced physical training in various sports sections.

In 1994, he began to practice Thai boxing (Muay Thai) at the Shintyao Sports Club. The first trainer is Igor Borisovich Garadilov (SK “Sintyao”). In 1998, Ignashov came to the legendary coach Andrei Sergeyevich Gridin (IC “Chinuk”). “At age 14, I realized that I want to be strong both physically and spiritually. In my current understanding, I lived then not quite correctly. Of course, I did not think that I would become a champion. I just wanted to be a strong and good guy, so I started to train. At the age of 16, I saw a Thai boxing lesson conducted by Andrei Gridin. In my opinion, he is the “father” and founder of Thai boxing in Belarus. I really liked this fight. ”

For the first time Ignashov entered the world arena in 1998. In July 1999, he won the world title in Thailand in the prestigious WMC version in a fight with the Swede Jörgen Krut. In October of that year, Ignashov fought the legendary Rob Kaman in his farewell match. The decision of the judges went to the Dutchman, although Rob himself raised Ignashov’s hand after the fight.

In 2000, burst into the most prestigious world league of boxing - K-1. Ignashov won the qualifying tournament in Minsk, defeating Ukrainian Sergey Arkhipov in the final. At the next stage of the selection in Yokohama, Alexey lost to the more experienced Englishman Matt Skelton.

Nevertheless, Ignashov was able to gain a foothold at the world level and in 2001-2004 he firmly entered the top ten best heavyweights of the planet. During this period, he defeated such famous fighters as Nicholas Pettas, Bjorn Bregg, Peter Arts, Mike Bernardo, King Arthur Williams, and others. The first to knock out Semmy Schilt and Badra Hari. During his speeches at K-1, Alexey twice entered the final "eight" of the world grand prix, becoming a semifinalist in 2001 and a quarter-finalist in 2003 (this year he was considered the main favorite after the triumph at the qualifying tournament in Paris).

In 2005, Ignashov injured his knee in a fight against Bjorn Braggie and he had some decline in his performances in the ring. From 2006 to 2011, Alexey lived and trained in New Zealand and represented the Balmoral LiGar club under the guidance of coach Lolo Hamuli. In 2009-2010, Ignashov returned to the big ring for fights with the strongest fighters Sammy Schilt and Badr Hari (both of them won in previous years). This time Alex lost.

After a difficult life period, when alcohol appeared in his life, Alexei became a very religious person - he often goes to church and attends a monastery on Mount Athos. In his homeland in Belarus, Ignashov is friends with the rector of the church in the village of Bolshoy Stickilovo near Minsk. There, in the military-patriotic camp, he gives hand-to-hand combat lessons for teenagers ^[1] .

Alexei spent his last fight at the age of 40 with Bosnian Jivad Poturak at the Bellator 196 tournament in Hungary and won by a decision of the judges ^[2] .

Specialists of the martial arts world note that Alex is an incredibly emotionally stable athlete. The former psychologist of the Chinook club, where Ignashov trained, described his emotional state at the moment when the whole team was nervous before the fight, as absolutely balanced: I walk and get nervous, and he sits, picks his nose: Now I’ll go beat, then I’ll go something else- I'll do something. " ^[3]

At the peak of his career, Alex held ten professional fights per year, which is considered a very high result. The legendary Peter Aerts , as Ignashov himself admitted, called him crazy for this.

Of the famous representatives of the world of martial arts, at one time or another, Alexei trained with Sam Greco, Sergey Kharitonov, the Gracie brothers, Zabit Samedov , Bob Sapp , Alexander Ustinov, all black rugby players and others.

During his appearances at K-1 tournaments in Japan, Ignashov was incredibly popular among fans - especially women. One day after the tournament, a tragedy almost happened - the fans stuck around Alexei and began to tear his clothes into pieces, and the girls began to try to touch his body parts. One of the Japanese women was waiting for him at the hotel with a hotplate and cooked him borsch. Another fan specially came to live in Belarus, studied Russian for six months in the hope of meeting Alexei. But at that time he already lived in New Zealand. According to polls by the Japanese public, Alexey’s popularity was second only to Peter Aertss’s popularity.

Now, in addition to training, Alexey plays water polo ^[4] .

“Scorpio” is especially known for knee kicks that it used in knockouts with Nicholas Pettas and Carter Williams.

Currently lives and trains in Moscow, in the sports club of the University of Synergy (Red Scorpion team). Trainers - Andrey Sergeyevich Gridin and Anatoly Ivanovich Lis.

Titles

Amateur titles

1999 Thai Boxing Championships by IAMTF +91 kg
2001 IAMTF Thai Boxing World Championship +91 kg

Professional titles

European Champion 1998. According to WPKL (Spain)

- World Champion 1999. According to IAMTF (Thailand)

-Champion of Europe 1999. According to WAKO (Kiev)

-Champion Eurasia among professionals in 1999 (Minsk)

-World Champion among professionals in 1999. According to WMC (Thailand)

- World champion among professionals in 1999. According to Iska (Spain)

- World Champion among professionals in 2000 (Netherlands) according to ISKA

-World Professional Champion 2000 (Italy) WPKL

-World Champion among professionals in 2000 (Minsk), according to WMC

World Champion among professionals in 2000 (France) according to Iska

- World Champion among professionals in 2015 (Greece, Athens) according to WKN

-Champion Grand Prix K-1 2001 (France)

-Champion Grand Prix K-1 2003 (Nagoya)

Fighting statistics

Kickboxing

84 wins (41 by knockout, 43 by the decision of the judges), 21 losses
date	Result	Enemy	A place	Way	Round	Time
2015-04-26	Victory	Antonis Tzoros	The Battle ^[5] , Athens , Greece	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
2013-11-09	Defeat	Badr Hari	Legend-2 "Invasion" , Moscow , Russia	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
2013-02-22	Victory	Martynas Knizelis	Knockout Show, Moscow , Russia	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
2012-10-27	Defeat	Thomas Hron	Nitrianska Noc Bojovnikov, Nitra , Slovakia	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
2012-10-20	Victory	Zinedine Hamer-Lain	Tatneft Arena World Cup 2012 Final, Kazan , Russia	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
2012-07-07	Victory	Cornelius Rus	Superkombat World Grand Prix III 2012, Super Fight, Varna , Bulgaria	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
2012-05-12	Defeat	Ali Tsenik	Fight Code Dragons Final 32, Prestige Fight, Budapest , Hungary	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
05.02.2011	Victory	Roman Kleibl	Fight Code Rhinos Series, Nitra , Slovakia	Р \ С	3	Three o'clock
11.12.2010	Defeat	Thomas Hron	It's Showtime, Athens , Greece	P \ C (4-1)	3	Three o'clock
05.21.2010	Victory	Freddie Kemayo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest, Bucharest , Romania	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
05.21.2010	Victory	Mindaugas Sakalauskas	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest, Bucharest , Romania	Tko	one	1:57
04/03/2010	Defeat	Badr hari	K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama, Yokohama , Japan	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
10/23/2009	Victory	Ron Sparks	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination, Arad , Romania	KO (Right hi-kick)	2	2:50 am
10/17/2009	Defeat	Sammy Schilt	Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights, Amsterdam , Netherlands	Р \ С (unanimous)	3	Three o'clock
06.26.2009	Defeat	Freddie Kemayo	Gala International Multi-boxes à Coubertin, Paris , France	TKO (stop by doctor, shin injury)	four	Two o'clock
05/16/2009	Defeat	Roman kleibl	K-1 ColliZion 2009 Mlada Boleslav, Mlada Boleslav , Czech Republic	P \ C (after an additional round)	four	Three o'clock
02/28/2009	Victory	Jevad Poturak	K-1 Hungarian GP 2009 in Budapest, Budapest , Hungary	P \ C	four	Three o'clock
10/05/2008	Victory	Björn Bregi	KO Events “Tough Is Not Enough”, Rotterdam , Netherlands	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
03/30/2008	Victory	Young Ri Yu	HAN 2008 Series 1, Seoul , Republic of Korea	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
02/09/2008	Defeat	Gregory Tony	KO World Series 2008 Auckland , New Zealand	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
02.24.2007	Victory	Attila Karach	K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Budapest , Hungary	KO (left kick)	one	2:02
08/12/2006	Victory	Imani lee	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II, USA	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
05/13/2006	Defeat	Gokhan Saki	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Amsterdam , The Netherlands	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
05/13/2006	Victory	Peter Vondrachek	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Amsterdam , The Netherlands	KO (forehand)	2	2:08
02/25/2006	Victory	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Budapest , Hungary	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
09/23/2005	Defeat	Remy Bognaski	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Osaka , Japan	P \ C	four	Three o'clock
05/27/2005	Defeat	Noboru Uchida	2005 K-1 World Grand Prix Paris , France	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
04/30/2005	Defeat	Peter Graham	Battle of The Anzacs II, New Zealand	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
02/13/2005	Defeat	Bjorn Breggi	Alkmaar, the Netherlands	TKO (Knee injury)	3	Three o'clock
11/06/2004	Victory	Pavel Slavinski	K-1 Titans 2004 , Japan	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
09/25/2004	Defeat	Kaoklai Canorsing	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 , Japan	P \ C	four	Three o'clock
07/16/2004	Victory	Josip Bodrozic	Kings of Oceania 2004 Auckland , New Zealand	KO	one
06/06/2004	Victory	King Arthur Williams	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Nagoya , Japan	KO	one	1:48
05/20/2004	Victory	Sammy Schilt	It's Showtime 7, Netherlands	KO (knee kick)	one	1:20
04/11/2004	Victory	Cyril Diabaté	It's Showtime, Netherlands	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
03/27/2004	Victory	Carter Williams	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Saitama , Japan	KO (Knee strike)	2	2:42
01/24/2004	Victory	Marc de Wit	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 Marseille	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
12/06/2003	Defeat	Peter Arts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 , Japan	P \ C	four	Three o'clock
10/31/2003	Victory	Josip Bodrozic	K-1 Final Fights Stars War Zagreb , Croatia	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
11.10.2003	Victory	Mike bernardo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Osaka , Japan	KO (kick to the right + foot to the right)	2	2:21
13.07.2003	Victory	Jean Nortier	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Fukuoka , Japan	KO (low kick)	one	2:49
06/14/2003	Victory	Kirill Abidi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Paris , France	Tko	3	0:20
06/14/2003	Victory	Alexander Ustinov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Paris , France	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
06/14/2003	Victory	Pavel Mayer	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Paris , France	KO	3
06.08.2003	Victory	Badr hari	It's Showtime - Amsterdam , Netherlands	KO (forehand)	3	Two to five
10/5/2002	Defeat	Stefan Leko	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Saitama , Japan	P \ C	four	Three o'clock
07/14/2002	Victory	Peter Arts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Fukuoka , Japan	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
05/25/2002	Victory	Björn Braggie	2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Paris , France	KO (kick)	five	2:12
02.24.2002	Victory	Nobu hayashi	K-1 Dutch 2002 Grand Prix Arnheim , The Netherlands	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
12/08/2001	Defeat	Francisco Filho	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 , Japan	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
12/08/2001	Victory	Nicholas Pettas	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Japan	KO (knee to the head)	2	1:21
10/21/2001	Defeat	Jeral Venetian	It's Showtime - Original, The Netherlands	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
07/20/2001	Victory	Lloyd van dames	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Nagoya , Japan	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
07.20.2001	Victory	Andrew Thomson	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Nagoya , Japan	KO (backhand)	one	1:46
07/20/2001	Victory	Petar Maistorovich	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Nagoya , Japan	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
04/21/2001	Victory	Paris Vassilikos	K-1 Italian Grand Prix 2001 Milan , Italy	Tko	3
02/04/2001	Defeat	Stefan Leko	K-1 Dutch Grand Prix 2001, Netherlands	disqualification	five	Three o'clock
12/12/2000	Victory	Lloyd van Dams	It's Showtime-Christmas Version	Tko
08/20/2000	Defeat	Matt Skelton	K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Yokohama , Japan	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
06/24/2000	Victory	Sergey Arkhipov	K-1 Belarusian Grand Prix 2000 Minsk , Belarus	P \ C	3	Three o'clock
06/24/2000	Victory	Sergey Matkin	K-1 Belarusian Grand Prix 2000 Minsk , Belarus	KO	2	2:01
06.24.2000	Victory	Darius Grilauskas	K-1 Belarusian Grand Prix 2000 Minsk , Belarus	KO	one	2:32
2000	Victory	Mark russell	ISKA World Heavyweight Title Fight, Milan , Italy	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
03.2000	Victory	Yorgen Kruty	WMC World title Muay Thai, Minsk , Belarus	P \ C	five	Three o'clock
01.23.2000	Victory	Harry Guft	Amsterdam , Netherlands	Р \ С	five	Three o'clock
10.24.1999	Defeat	Rob Kaman	It's Showtime, Amsterdam , Netherlands	Р \ С	five	Three o'clock
07.1999	Victory	Yorgen Kruty	WMC World Muay Thai Title, Rangsit Stadium, Bangkok	KO	2
1998	Victory	Remy Bonjasky	Muay Thai Fighting Night (WPKL), Poland	Р \ С	five	Three o'clock

MMA

1 win (1 KO), 1 loss
date	result	enemy	tournament	as	round	time
05/22/2004	Defeat	Shinske Nakamura	K-1 MMA-ROMANEX, Japan	Р \ С	2	1:51
3/14/2004	Victory	Doctor Death Steve Williams	K-1-Beast 2004	KO (knee)	one	0:22
12/31/2003	Not held	Shinske Nakamura	K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite !!, Japan	not counted	3	1:19

Notes

↑ "His brains are now not occupied with partying and rest." The legend K-1 from Belarus will hold the first battle in three years (Russian) . Tribuna.com. Date of treatment January 2, 2019.
↑ Bellator 196. Ignashov defeated Poturaka (Rus.) . Tribuna.com. Date of treatment January 2, 2019.
↑ “Ignashov is practically disabled. Gur is constantly being treated. ” What star fighters pay for success (Russian) . Tribuna.com. The appeal date is January 2, 2019
↑ Alexey Ignashov: “A Japanese woman was waiting for me in a hotel with a gas stove to cook borscht” (Rus.) . Tribuna.com. The appeal date is January 2, 2019.
↑ WKN Greece | Ignashov is Back! 'Diamond Lady' Kalergi on the Top at 'The Battle' by Stefanos Konstantinidis

Links

Official profile of A. Ignashov in K-1
Ignashov Alexey on the website of the club "Chinuk"
A. Ignashov on the site k1fights.net
Ten-time Thai boxing world champion Alexei Ignashov from Minsk returns to the ring ... (not available link)
"Red Scorpion" in the home interior. Interview with Alexey Ignashov

[1] "His brains are now not occupied with partying and rest." The legend K-1 from Belarus will hold the first battle in three years (Russian) . Tribuna.com. Date of treatment January 2, 2019.

[2] Bellator 196. Ignashov defeated Poturaka (Rus.) . Tribuna.com. Date of treatment January 2, 2019.

[3] “Ignashov is practically disabled. Gur is constantly being treated. ” What star fighters pay for success (Russian) . Tribuna.com. The appeal date is January 2, 2019

[4] Alexey Ignashov: “A Japanese woman was waiting for me in a hotel with a gas stove to cook borscht” (Rus.) . Tribuna.com. The appeal date is January 2, 2019.

[5] WKN Greece | Ignashov is Back! 'Diamond Lady' Kalergi on the Top at 'The Battle' by Stefanos Konstantinidis