Alexey Ignashov

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Alexey Ignashov
Full name	Alaksiej Ihnašou
Nickname	The Red Scorpion
Nationality	Belarus
Date of birth	January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18) (age 30)
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarus
Fighting out of	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	117 kg (257.9 lb/18.4 st)
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Balmoral Lee Gar (2006-present) Chinuk Gym (1995-2006)
Trainer	Lollo Heimuli Andrej Hrydzin
Years active	11 (1997-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	88
Wins	74
By knockout	39
Losses	14
MMA record
Total	3
Wins	1
By knockout	1
Losses	1
No contests	1
Other information
Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Alexey "The Red Scorpion" Ignashov (born, January 18, 1978) is a Super Heavyweight Belarusian kickboxer and K-1 Superstar. 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, currently living and training in Auckland, New Zealand at Balmoral Lee Gar Gym under Lollo Heimuli.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Titles 3 Kickboxing record 3.1 MMA Record 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Biography

He is best known for his knee strikes, notably used to score knockout wins over Nicolas 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 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 was trained in a Muay Thai background with the Chinuk gym in Belarus, but has also branched out and trained in locales such as New Zealand and Japan.

Ignashov is considered to be an exceptionally technical kickboxer. His fans cite his technical style, beautiful knockouts, and calm demeanor in the ring among the reasons they enjoy watching his fights.

[edit] Titles

• 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix in Paris Champion
• 2001 K-1 World GP Nagoya Champion
• 2000 K-1 Belarus Grand Prix in Minsk Champion
• 2000 I.S.K.A. World Heavyweight Champion
• 2000 W.M.C. World Heavyweight Champion
• 1999 W.M.C. World Heavyweight Champion
• 1999 I.S.K.A. World Heavyweight Champion
• 1998 W.P.K.L. European Champion
• 1997 European Amateur Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion

[edit] Kickboxing record

74 Wins (39 (T)KO's, 35 decisions), 14 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
03/30/2008	Win	Jun Young	The KHAN 2008 Series 1, Seoul, Korea	Decision	3	3:00
02/09/2008	Loss	Gregory Tony	KO World Series 2008 Auckland, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
02/24/2007	Win	Attila Karacs	K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Hungary, Budapest	KO (Left straight punch)	1	2:02
08/12/2006	Win	Imani Lee	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II, USA	Split Decision	3	3:00
05/13/2006	Loss	Gokhan Saki	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
05/13/2006	Win	Petr Vondrachek	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Right straight punch)	2	2:08
02/25/2006	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 Hungary Grand Prix 2006 in Budapest, Hungary	Decision	3	3:00
09/23/2005	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka, Japan	Ext. R Decision	4	3:00
05/27/2005	Loss	Noboru Uchida	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris, France	Majority Decision	3	3:00
04/30/2005	Loss	Peter Graham	Battle of The Anzacs II, New Zealand	2 Ext.R Split Decision	5	3:00
02/13/2005	Loss	Bjorn Bregy	Alkmaar, Netherlands	TKO (Knee injury)	3	3:00
11/6/2004	Win	Paul Slowinski	K-1 Titans 2004, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/25/2004	Loss	Kaoklai Kaennorsing	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	Ext.R Split Decision	4	3:00
06/06/2004	Win	King Arthur Williams	K-1 World GP 2004 in Nagoya, Japan	KO	1	1:48
05/20/2004	Win	Semmy Schilt	It's Showtime 7, Netherlands	KO (Knees & Punches)	1	1:20
04/11/2004	Win	Cyrille Diabate	It's Showtime, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
03/27/2004	Win	Carter Williams	K-1 World GP 2004 in Saitama, Japan	KO (Knee strike)	2	2:42
01/24/2004	Win	Marc de Wit	K-1 France Grand Prix 2004 in Marseilles	Decision	3	3:00
12/06/2003	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
10/31/2003	Win	Josip Bodrozic	K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb, Croatia	Split Decision	5	3:00
10/11/2003	Win	Mike Bernardo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Osaka, Japan	KO (Right punch & Right kick)	2	2:21
07/13/2003	Win	Jan Nortje	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka, Japan	KO (Low kicks)	1	2:49
06/14/2003	Win	Cyril Abidi	K-1 World GP 2004 in Paris, France	TKO (Corner stoppage)	3	0:20
06/14/2003	Win	Alexander Ustinov	K-1 World GP 2004 in Paris, France	Split Decision	3	3:00
06/14/2003	Win	Pavel Majer	K-1 World GP 2004 in Paris, France	KO	3
06/08/2003	Win	Badr Hari	It's Showtime - Amsterdam ArenA, Netherlands	KO (Straight right punch)	3	2:55
10/05/2002	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Saitama, Japan	Ext.R Decision	4	3:00
07/14/2002	Win	Peter Aerts	K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan	Majority Decision	5	3:00
05/25/2002	Win	Bjorn Bregy	K-1 World GP 2002 in Paris, France	KO (Kick)	5	2:12
02/24/2002	Win	Nobu Hayashi	K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2002 in Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
12/08/2001	Loss	Francisco Filho	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/08/2001	Win	Nickolas Pettas	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Japan	KO (Right high kick)	2	1:21
10/21/2001	Loss	Jerrel Venetiaan	It's Showtime - Original, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
07/20/2001	Win	Lloyd van Dams	K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
07/20/2001	Win	Andrew Thomson	K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya, Japan	KO (Left punch)	1	1:46
07/20/2001	Win	Petar Majstorovic	K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
04/21/2001	Win	Paris Vassilikos	K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2001 in Milan, Italy	TKO (Jaw injury)	3
02/04/2001	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2001, Netherlands	Disqualification	5	3:00
12/12/2000	Win	Lloyd van Dams	It's Showtime-Christmas Edition	TKO (Exhaustion)
08/20/2000	Loss	Matt Skelton	K-1 World GP 2000 in Yokohama, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
06/24/2000	Win	Sergei Arkhipov	K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 in Minsk, Belarus	Decision	3	3:00
06/24/2000	Win	Sergei Matkin	K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 in Minsk, Belarus	KO	2	2:01
06/24/2000	Win	Darius Grilauskas	K-1 Belarus Grand Prix 2000 in Minsk, Belarus	KO	1	2:32
03/00/2000	Win	Jorgen Kruth	WMC Muay Thai World Title, Minsk, Belarus	Split Decision	5	3:00
01/23/2000	Win	Harry Hooft	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
10/24/1999	Loss	Rob Kaman	It's Showtime, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
07/00/1999	Win	Jorgen Kruth	WMC Muay Thai World Title, Rangsit Stadium, Bangkok	KO	2
1998	Win	Remy Bonjasky	Muay Thai Fight Night (WPKL), Poland	Decision	5	3:00

[edit] MMA Record

1 Win (1 (T)KO), 1 Loss
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
05/22/2004	Loss	Shinsuke Nakamura	K-1 MMA-ROMANEX, Japan	Submission (Forearm Choke)	2	1:51
03/14/2004	Win	Steve Williams	K-1-Beast 2004	KO (Knees)	1	0:22
12/31/2003	NC	Shinsuke Nakamura	K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!, Japan	No Contest	3	1:19

[edit] See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 events
• List of kickboxing organizations
• Muay thai

[edit] External links

• Official K-1 Alexey Ignashov profile
• Best K-1 Website on the net
• K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Alexey Ignashov