Comments on All about Russian MMA - Fedor Emelianenko,M-1 Global,M1 Global,UFC,Randy Couture,PRIDE FC: Interview with MMA, Pride and kickboxing legend Ig...

great fighter!huge respect!

2008-06-03T17:02:00.000+03:00

great fighter!huge respect!

ok, STFU bout boxing vs. mma. much respect to "ice...

2008-04-24T20:32:00.000+03:00

ok, STFU bout boxing vs. mma. much respect to "ice cold" igor vovchanchyyn, one of the greatest fighters in history.

Almost 60 fights on record and most of them bare-k...

2008-02-11T11:44:00.000+02:00

Almost 60 fights on record and most of them bare-knuckle... and who knows how many more went un-recorded? It's no great surprise that Vovchanchyn suffers this sort of injury.

It's a shame that one of the true greats is done for good and sad that he will probably never have the recognition he so greatly deserves among those new to MMA.

Vovchanchyn was a superb fighter and is rightly co...

2008-02-11T03:25:00.000+02:00

Vovchanchyn was a superb fighter and is rightly counted as one of the all time greats. His ever-evolving and constantly changing game was sometimes not noticed when his stunning punching power stole the spotlight.

He seems like a nice guy too. I hope his restaurant continues to be successful. Maybe if I ever go to the Ukraine I can eat there.

BTW, studies on MMA concussions and rib damage suggest that you are far less likely to get a concussion and the ones that do happen are on average much less serious than in boxing, which stands to reason, because boxing is purely punching. Rib damage seems to be much greater in boxing as well. I don't know if any studies on knee damage have been done for MMA fighters yet, but I would imagine that it is not nearly as bad as freestyle or folkstyle wrestling or judo.

Cool blog btw.

Boxing is still more dangerous because boxers suff...

2008-02-11T02:31:00.000+02:00

Boxing is still more dangerous because boxers suffer concussions more often. Boxers also hurt and break their hands in fights and they also get multiple facial and body injuries like nasty cuts, broken cheek bones, jaw, broken ribs and orbital bones yet they still continue to fight. I generaly believe boxers punch much harder than MMAists or kickboxers.

So where are you from, anonymous?

2008-02-10T16:47:00.000+02:00

So where are you from, anonymous?

The thing is that we don't know anything about hea...

2008-02-10T15:15:00.000+02:00

The thing is that we don't know anything about health danger of MMA yet. I mean, the sport is so young that there is not enough information. We get it only when the guys with a 15-20 years of career will start to retire.

Vovchanchyn is a true mma legend and a class-act a...

2008-02-10T15:12:00.000+02:00

Vovchanchyn is a true mma legend and a class-act all the way. Watching his HL got me into mma and now I'm one of the more feared strikers in my country and weight division. We all love you, Igor.

It's always been widely agreed that MMA has far mo...

2008-02-10T08:18:00.000+02:00

It's always been widely agreed that MMA has far more bone and muscle injuries than boxing, but that boxing has far more serious, life changing injuries like concussions and other brain injuries.

So sad he won't make it in a ring. True legend!!

2008-02-10T02:42:00.000+02:00

So sad he won't make it in a ring. True legend!!