Shtyrkov, Ivan Vladimirovich

Born on September 6, 1988 in Khabarovsk . In 1993, he moved with his parents to Vladivostok , where his father took him to the sambo section, as he was involved in this sport in childhood. At the age of 10, he moved to Yekaterinburg , where he entered the Uralmash Sambo School. He graduated from the Russian State Pedagogical University (Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University).

The professional debut took place in the summer of 2015 in Yekaterinburg ^[2] .

Repeated winner of Russian sambo championships, won international tournaments and stages of the World Cup, winner of the World Cup.

Bronze medalist of the Russian Sambo Championships 2013 , 2016 and 2018 , in which he performed from Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk Region .

In May 2018, he was elected President of the Martial Arts Academy of the Russian Copper Company . ^[3]

In March 2019, Ivan Shtyrkov signed a contract with the UFC for four fights ^[4] . In June of the same year, when traces of prohibited substances were found in his doping tests, the contract with the organization was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties ^[5] .

In May 2019, he was present during clashes between supporters and opponents of the construction of the temple in Yekaterinburg ^{[6] [7]} . Shtyrkov expressed the position that for demolished fencing people should be punished ^[8] .

Since 2015, she has been performing in mixed martial arts . Spends all his fights in the RCC Boxing Promotions. He spent the first 11 fights in the heavyweight division, defeating among other such famous fighters as Jeff Monson , Antoniu Silva , Philip de Freice, Satoshi Ishii . After that he lowered to light heavyweight and won two victories - at first by unanimous decision over Christian M'Pumba ^[9] , and then, also by decision of the judges, he defeated Pole Marcin Lazars ^[10] . On May 5, 2018, he returned to heavy weight and fought against the Brazilian Geronimo dos Santos. The duel turned out to be very equal and difficult for both fighters - and, as a result, a draw by a majority of referees ^[11] .

On October 27, 2018, as part of the RCC promotion, Shtyrkov held another battle against the famous Brazilian Fabio Maldonado. The fight was held in an intermediate weight of 98 kg. Shtyrkov won the second round by technical knockout ^[12] .

On December 15, in Yekaterinburg, within the framework of the RCC5 show, Shtyrkov won in the first round by a painful hand on the hand of the Brazilian Tiago Silva ^[13] .

In June 2019, the UFC terminated the contract with a Russian fighter, as the World Anti-Doping Organization had claims for it. Frightened by the possible disqualification of a fighter, after a failed doping test, the American promotion stopped working with Shtyrkov ^[14] .

July 4, 2019 Ivan Shtyrkov signed a contract with the Japanese promotion Rizin ^[15] . Ivan spent his first fight in the new organization on July 28, 2019 in Saitam, defeating South Korean fighter Hong Kim. Ivan completely controlled the course of the battle and, as a result, the judges prematurely stopped the fight to protect the Korean athlete, who missed hard shots on the ground ^[16] .

• Russian Sambo Championship 2013 - 03!   ;
• Russian Sambo Championship 2016 - 03!   .
• Russian Sambo Championship 2018 - 03!   ;

Three days after the fight, Jeff Monson stated that the organizers of the battle behaved dishonestly. According to him, he could not fight at full strength due to a bicep injury, and warned the organizers in advance. However, at their insistence, Monson agreed to enter the ring, but to conduct only an indicative battle ^[17] .

• 2013 Russian Sambo Championship among men. Category up to 100 kg (unopened) (inaccessible link) . All-Russian Sambo Federation (March 10, 2013). Date of treatment February 29, 2016. Archived March 4, 2016.
• Ivan Shtyrkov / Ivan Shtyrkov (neopr.) . fighttime.ru. Date of appeal September 12, 2016.
• Shtyrkov, Ivan Vladimirovich (neopr.) . Sports Russia . Date of appeal April 25, 2019.