Issue 150
January 2017
Date: January 2000,
Location: Tokyo, Japan.
Igor Vovchanchyn was a force to be reckoned with. He had built up a fearsome reputation as a brawling machine.
His ferocity and power made him many peoples’ favorite to win Pride’s first openweight grand prix. For the first obstacle along his path to the final, ‘Ice Cold’ showed the Japanese crowd his billing was justified when he took out one of their own at a packed-out Tokyo Dome.
Alexander Otsuka was game, but couldn’t stand up to the Ukrainian’s power.
No one could... Until he met a little-fancied American named Mark Coleman in the final.
- 22/7 - Vovchanchyn’s first 22 fights were split across seven one-night tournaments.
- 42-2(1NC) - His record before the Pride Grand Prix.
