Kickboxing vs Wrestling ... Igor Vovchanchyn dominates Mark Kerr

In the world of MMA, something incredible happens every day. Fights in the ring bring together fighters of different style, invoice, character and physical strength. Fights between diverse fighters make MMA fans from all over the world clap their hands. The spectators go crazy with the fights, when each of the opponents goes to the end without sparing their strength.
One of such famous fights took place on September 12, 1999. Fighters such as Igor Vovchanchyn and Mark Kerr met in one ring. Ukrainian fighter Ihor Vovchanchyn was considered a legend of mixed martial arts. His sports career began in the 1990s in Kharkiv. Already at the age of 20, Igor managed to win his first title of world champion in kickboxing according to IAKSA. Three years later, Vovchanchyn became the champion of the WWC heavyweight tournament, and two years later he won two more MMA tournaments.
#mma #igorvovchanchyn #markkerr

[@jonasseorum5471]

The Rock vs Usyk directed by Benny Safdie? What did we do to deserve this.

[@livingbeing1113]

Kerr was a monster and great athlete, but he never liked fighting, hurting and getting hurt. Igor was a bad matchup at that point, a tank who hit like a cannon and knew how to handle himself vs grapplers. Vovchanchyn was an animal, one of my absolute favorite, an emotionless killer, truly "ice cold".

[@Byronic_Man]

Yeah, typical Russian

[@user-wh7qi5rc2b]

​@@Byronic_Man He is UKRAINIAN!!!

[@Adam-dh3jc]

First of all Igor isn’t Russian and Kerr being a beast, sure anyone who takes as much steroids as he did would be a beast 😂

[@BA0701]

Igor and Kerr were both absolute monsters in the cage/ring, I don't know if we've seen cleaner faster shots in MMA, ever, and Igor had absolute dynamite in his hands, a dream matchup in any era. Any other era, this fight would have been considered a "super fight". Both very humble people, and possibly two of the nicest people to ever fight in MMA.

[@sixthrees333333]

Both legands and humble men 😊

[@nessnake123]

Imagine if Kerr was a striker, he surely can throw punches and kicks bu he was never a striker. The most impressive about this fight is how Vovchanchyn threw his best punches and but didnt stop Kerr. Mark Kerr was a monster.

[@janetdear6429]

💪 awesome, and yes please for more videos on these two fighters, great video thanks 💖😁

[@DNZKH]

Ooh yeahhh! best regards from Ukraine!🥊

[@michalkrawiec8570]

Are you still there?😂

[@YOURMOMCALLSME]

Whatever khokhol. Go ask the U.S. for another hundred billion.

[@santraloyuncu3935]

well done, loved coming across this!

[@princerellikofhell3097]

Igor great kickboxer! 💯✨

[@michalkrawiec8570]

😂😂😂

[@user-dx4lj5bu7v]

​@@michalkrawiec8570 keep crying

[@michalkrawiec8570]

@@user-dx4lj5bu7v Keep dreaming

[@omarsheikh4222]

Vovchanchyn is for me the best p4p#1.

[@michalkrawiec8570]

😂😂😂

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Pride changed their rules regarding knees and kicks to the heads of downed opponents after Pride 12, where Vovchanchyn and Kerr's first fight occurred. Starting in Pride 13, soccer kicks and knees to the head of grounded fighters were not only legal, but seemed to be encouraged!

[@hia5235]

Knees to the head were illegal at the time of their first fight actually. Was legal for the second fight though.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@hia5235 That's exactly what my comment stated. They became legal AFTER their first fight, which took place at Pride 12...

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

@@Fluoride_Jones And that made Pride so much better.

[@nickeverything4433]

Kinda ironic, knees to the head is how Igor lost to Coleman. Full circle.

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

@@nickeverything4433 What's ironic and full circle about it? The coleman fight was just one of many, Igor had dozens of fights after where he won some and lost some. Just like any fighter is was aware he could lose or win a fight any night, be it by punches, knees, submissions, etc. There was nothing ironic or full circle about it.

[@boeos]

Oh how I miss the Pride days, When both fighters were Legends in their own rights. Mark Kerr was a beast, but unfortunately on borrowed time, too many daemons in his personal life getting in the way. Vovchanchyn what can you say the guys one of the greatest.

[@alexsellers7769]

He was at the end of all the painkillers and roids.

[@hia5235]

Igor was more athletic and explosive than Kerr was. These were the early days of MMA: both guys knew only a single style.

[@Stopvotingdemocrat]

the knees were illegal

[@ramazanmumsuz4928]

Need to watch this again

[@meryemun1387]

Always fun to watch

[@breezywriter6572]

That first fight was in the Mark Kerr documentary, wasn’t it?

[@jallen3556]

yes

[@ramazanakbacak8139]

good vibe coming out from your vids

[@02_kadir]

Great one!!!

[@ipeka1002]

This shapes blew my mind.

[@zeroryoko1974]

What ai wrote this script?

[@arkalonalan]

Igor was a scary fighter. Hard to wrestle him without getting your face smashed

[@ahmetyetgin4927]

Hugely magnificent!

[@tahababa4440]

I am just here for the comments. Come on guys - lets get this going

[@erhan7769]

This is the real stuff 💯

[@kemalgumus5438]

Love this..

[@thefnaffan2]

This was a great fight.

[@ardaguzel7631]

This vid to the top pls

[@emirbuyurkan9713]

When is the next vid coming out?

[@SerhatZeren-eo3fj]

Magical and fanastic

[@Emrebabapro38]

About to head out and walk the dog then came across this vid lol. random but fun

[@JohnnyButtons]

Igor was Fedor before Fedor lol.

[@johndicksonkaraoke2554]

If I Recall Mark Kerr was the UFC 14 15 Heavyweight Tournament Champion, Mark Coleman was the UFC Heavyweight Champion and then lost the UFC HW Title to Maurice Smith.

[@hasanbarantas9939]

Can you do more of this?

[@Red23165]

Thank ❤

[@yasirdogan295]

fabulous 😍😍

[@aaronwrxn5109]

What a Legend ( Vovchancyn Igor) el "mata gigantes"...

[@aliaksoy-pg9fg]

This actually is very good

[@user-bb4or5jk9r]

Mark Kerr is the real smashing pumpkin.

[@emindemirarslan9557]

Are you filming this with your phone or how?

[@arifhikmetozakkas2981]

🥃 cheers to this

[@rogersantiago2707]

Nice fight

[@futbolistan716]

that was cool

[@sirinyldrm]

distracts me from work this vid hehe

[@magoodada]

Igor was the best undersized heavyweight. Dc took that over

[@oskardumitrashchuk6167]

🔥

[@higuys316]

all stay tuned for me doing something dope like that

[@n1mand]

5:51 the knees were illegal.

[@tekiny04yigit93]

The sound of the video is so so I'd say

[@arzumensimova724]

It's always fun seeing how excited you get about new things

[@sayitkaan-di9ig]

💯✅👏

[@selimegunduz40]

It's ok.worth a sub? not sure. but worth a comment 👏👏 well deserved hehe

[@rvanmmmdov5287]

wow

[@peteramarillo8952]

Its wasn't domination!!!! Kerr was on top 90% of the fight. The first fight was declared a draw. Because igor delivered an illegal knee to kerrs head while he was on all fours.

[@PedrikoGunso]

The first fight Igor did most of the damage. Kerr in the top position didn't do any significant ground and pound. He was done after the first knee of Igor (first one was legal) Anyway yes the first fight was declared a no contest. But in the second one Igor won. I respect Mark Kerr because he is a legend and his first eleven wins thought most of them weren't against top fighters, he won a lot of fights so fast and easy. But he didn't have the fighting spirit that many fighters like Igor have. When the fight got hard he just stayed on top and didn't try to ground and pound or improve position, look his fight with Heath Herring

[@bjk8288.]

와우 ~ ^^

[@kirietatong5161]

Lucky no headbud

[@Mrclean431]

Maaaybe the worst comentary ive ever heard.

[@miracyigit7297]

This probably makes most people happy, but everyones perspective is different. I love this vid

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

Mark Kerr in Japan lose a lot he's not UFC Kerr in Pride and can't performed well in Japan he seems lost in the Ring a Cage fighter.

[@Davuk572]

Omg

[@judahsoremy9857]

10:19 "Vovchanchyn counterattacks; throwing two successful pockets". So yeah, this particular variety of inbred commentary really adds a level of befitting analyzation to the "sport" of mixed-martial-arts.

[@peteramarillo8952]

This video is highly biased

[@onurgarip8851]

not my style

[@lxccii]

Firrrrrrst 🎉

[@510wn]

Your commentary is awful.

[@Zhenis0895]

Igor vovchanchin is would die yuong

[@Mike-fj9si]

This commentary is doo doo

[@flipflop4396]

Dude throws a hook, commentator calls it a jab 😅

[@sengelsengit5370]

Back to work now - bye

[@peterpuig1507]

Not an American

[@jallen3556]

Kerr barely trained for this fight and was also in poor physical condition.

[@meissnerflux]

They rematched when Kerr was in better shape and 15lbs or so lighter than the first fight.

[@jallen3556]

@@meissnerflux And lost again. Why was Kerr refusing to fight? He would rather wrestle. He could have destroyed Heath Herring with ground and pound but didn't do it.

[@meissnerflux]

@@jallen3556 yes.my point is thar Igor was too much of a fighter on various levels for Kerr to handle, even though Kerr was an animal . Igor had a solid closed guard and elusiveness , clever w strikes from the bottom, etc , and . It took a fresh Coleman over 20 minutes to put a tired Igor into danger in the Finals of the Grand Prix , (and with knees to back of head... ). Interesting point about Kerr and Herring. I could see Kerr,who's double leg TD was superb, possibly winning at least on points and some GnP, because Heaths take down defense was not very good , even though his sub defense was excellent vs Big Nog and others ... Like you said,The right strategy might have yielded Kerr the win vs heath... Ironically , same with Igor vs Herring, but opposite strategy... Igor chose to take down the larger Herring several times , but could have won had he kept it standing more, IMO.

[@jallen3556]

@@meissnerflux it was just really frustrating watching kerrs flights because he would have them on the ground and then just laid and prayed.

[@jallen3556]

@meissnerflux you know a lot more about fighting than I do. I remember becoming a Mark Kerr fan after seeing his fights in the UFC. I remember renting a tape from Blockbuster and was just intrigued by his athleticism and how well spoken he was. And then I saw is documentary at Best Buy and couldn't believe it because I remembered who he was. After that I bought every single Pride DVD and watched everything I could about kerr. I watched the smashing machine so many times it destroyed the dvd. True story. And I'm actually Facebook friends with him on facebook.

[@victornice858]

Igor, the Ukrainian!

[@victornice858]

Oh, he was an Asskicker Also, practising Christian His prime, he was the Bomb Tom!

[@timcollins3794]

Kerr was never a legend.

[@nessnake123]

he is now