To be fair I think Ilyukhin (sp) cheated to win the fight with a chin to the eye.
Was watching the first Absolute MMA championship on Youtube when I noticed a very young Igor Vovchanchyn competing in the tournament.
That got me to look up Igor's record ( http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Igor-Vovchanchyn-300 ). The dude went on 36 fight unbeaten streak(32 straight wins before a NC to Mark fckin Kerr), impressive no matter which way you cut it. Igor was only 5'8 205lbs fighting mostly heavyweights. Had he cut to/fought in his natural weight class(WW maybe?) and competed in a division with guys his size we might be talking about Igor as GOAT..
With the nauseating amount of "Goat threads" on sherdog, how come Igor is rarely or never mentioned?
Side note - I find it funny BJ gets all kind of props on here for fighting a HW Machida when Igor did it his whole career. And Igor's opponents were TRUE heavyweights, not some blown up middleweight..
War Igor!!
I don't think he could have made 185. He was 5'9 but was fucking thick. I think LHW would be more suited to him. He always looked like he had to eat a lot & keep extra fat on to stay a heavyweight.
I mean, you can say that...Yeah, but in hindsight we're talking about juiced to the gills Mark Coleman who was way bigger/stronger than Igor. that'd be like Stipe beating up Woodley..
Yeah, but in hindsight we're talking about juiced to the gills Mark Coleman who was way bigger/stronger than Igor. that'd be like Stipe beating up Woodley..
Well, at least you highlighted the most tedious debate in MMA.
This infatuation with who is the GOAT is like a disease.........and an infatuation.
Both fighters had the luxury of fighting in their weight class. Igor was fighting giants...Igor was great but not at the level of Fedor/GSP so i'd disagree TS.
Both fighters had the luxury of fighting in their weight class. Igor was fighting giants...
Both fighters had the luxury of fighting in their weight class. Igor was fighting giants...
Penn fought way, way, way superior competition. Like, its an embarrassment to compare their records. The two used to get compared a lot back in the day. Cringeworthy stuff