The biography of the good Ivanov
Briefly about the Fighter of the Good Ivanov: All about the fighter biography, career and statistics of the UFC ULTMATE FIGHTING Championship UFC Fighting Championship confidently occupying a leading position in the MMA world, being one of the most rating and fascinating competitions of a modern digital era. The stronger charismatic fighters now play an important role in the popularization of tournaments of this organization, among whom you can meet representatives of various world martial arts and students of leading schools.
In this article, the Bulgarian Ivanov will be subjected to our review, participating in the fights of UFC championships in the heavy weight category to kg. Childhood, family, parents, early years of life and the beginning of a sports path of good was born on October 9 in Bulgaria, the city of Sandanski. He began to engage in martial arts from the early years of his life: this happened on the instruction of the father, who was the champion of the country in sambo.
In addition to sambo, the Bulgarian athlete was also actively practiced in judo and took part in various prestigious competitions: he took prizes in the internal tournaments of Bulgaria junior, youth, adult tournaments, in M and M and M years he won the bronze and gold of the World Sambo Championship, and in M and M and M and M and M and Gold of the European Championship in Europe.
categories to kg and from above kg. The most memorable event of those years can be called the victory of the European fighter over Fedor Emelianenko: as part of the semifinal match at the World Sambo Championship. He was then helped to prevail 4 points and the subsequent successful retention in the finale of the good then without problems defeated the German opponent, Janos Stefan and naturally took the gold medal.
The beginning of the speeches in professional organizations in the world of professional mixed martial arts of the good Ivanov began in his native Bulgaria: there he spent 3 fights: 2 victories and 1 failed battle. In the first match, at the Sengoku 9 event, Bulgarian met with the experienced Japanese veteran of Kazuyuki Fujita and managed to go out the winner at the expense of a separate judicial decision and seriously injured both hands during the meeting.
The transition to Bellator in March GO announced the signing by the European athlete an agreement with Bellator. In a debut duel to rivals, Bulgarian went to William Penn, whom he eventually defeated by a technical knockout in the first round. Further, the good one met with Zak Jensen: an impressive performance using excellent boxing equipment, excellent speed, accuracy of shock combinations allowed him to give the audience an interesting file and become a confident winner of that confrontation.
True, this fight was held at the tournament in Russia. The successful performances of Bulgarin in professional ring were then discontinued for a period of 21 months: the reason was the serious knife wound received by Ivanov during the brawl in the bar. Having lost a large amount of blood and even having visited a coma, the European athlete subsequently still managed to get out of an unpleasant situation and begin a gradual physical restoration.
The scar from this injury still flaunts on the fighter's chest. Then, Bulgarian participated in the Tenth Season of the Grand Prix in the framework of the heavy weight category, reached the decisive final stage and suffered the first defeat in his career: the former champion of Bellator, Alexander Volkov, successfully reception from his back and was able to bring the fight to his triumph.
In a debut duel for the title of world champion in a heavy division, the goodness met with a laughing Rama and achieved victory by applying the strangling reception of Gilliotin in the third round. The first defense of the captured title took place on October 17 of the same year: at a WSOF Ivent against Derrick Mehman, victory by technical knockout in the second round.
Further, the Bulgarian warrior successfully conducted 2 more successful defense of the title, overcoming Josh Copland and Sean Jordan, respectively, in the first case, the confident triumph of the unanimous decision of the judges, in the second - the technical knockout in the first segment. In the debut, the goodness came out against the former champion of Junior Dos Santos and was defeated by a unanimous judicial decision.
After that, 3 matches followed, during which Bulgarin won once and capitulated twice: first passed the Australian Tai Tuyvas, and then with a separate verdict of judges lost to Derrika Lewis and Augusto Sakay. The anthropometry of the Good Ivanov fighter acts within the framework of the heavy weight category and has the appropriate physical parameters for this division: growth in cm, the scope of hands on cm, weight near kg.
Statistics at the time of February, the statistical indicators of Ivanov’s good in MMA are as follows: 23 fights.