Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive

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Ep 222 Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive
Igor Zinoviev made a name for himself at Extreme Fighting 1 when he defeated Mario Sperry. Zinoviev went on to Fight Frank Sgamrock for a world title and quietly disappeared from the world of combat sports.
The low profile Zinoviev has had a lot of questions in regards to his training, background and what he has done since leaving the sport.
Zinoviev address’s everything in this interview
Joining us is friend of the show John Perretti who was the matchmaker credited for the start of what is referred to as the “modern era” of mixed martial arts (a phrase he also coined); Perretti is the sole reason for this interview taking place.
Ep 222 Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive.
0:00 Lytes out intro
0:19 Joey Venti’s guest introduction
0:49 interview start
2:40 serving 2 years in Russian Military
5:31 coming to the United States to fight
19:26 John Perretti’s first thoughts on Igor Zinoviev
21:55 underground fight record
23:33 making a cast out of cement
25:39 finding a boxing gym to train at
28:18 training with Work the Russian Red Devils
30:16 thoughts on Oleg Taktarov
31:40 Amar Suloev
32:05 experience with John Donahue
33:32 atmosphere at Gene LeBell’s gym
35:03 rolling with Gokor Chivichyan
37:39 training with John Perretti
40:00 Igor Zinoviev vs Royce Gracie “cancelled bout”
40:49 Extreme Fighting delayed 1 year
43:39 offering Royce Gracie $1M
46:01 evolution of fighting styles
49:01 Igor Zinoviev vs Harold German
53:04 Igor Zinoviev vs Mario Sperry
56:53 career injuries
58:02 rolling with Ryan Conforti
1:02:42 criticized in black belt magazine
1:05:12 early Jiu jitsu tournaments in California
1:07:46 Igor Zinoviev vs Steve Faulkner
1:10:38 add after Extreme fighting 2
1:12:56 John Perretti goes to jail
1:14:45 Jeffrey Epstein’s bodyguard
1:21:46 Igor Zinoviev vs Enson Inoue
1:27:09 Howard Stern
1:27:57 Randy Couture and Matt Lindland
1:30:30 Anti Smoking ad billboard
1:31:17 Valeri Ignatov
1:31:33 bringing Sambo to Extreme Fighting
1:35:13 ranking Igor Zinoviev as a fighter
1:37:22 Igor Zinoviev vs John Lober
1:45:24 Igor Vovchanchyn
1:47:24 dealings with Emelianenko brothers
1:48:42 fighters learning from losses
1:51:27 training with John Perretti
1:54:07 hurting back jumping out of a helicopter
1:55:25 relationship with John Perretti
2:03:35 Igor Zinoviev vs Osami Shibuya
2:05:20 dealing with Jason DeLucia
2:07:56 shoulder surgery
2:08:08 Igor Zinoviev vs Frank Shamrock
2:14:25 UFC didn’t pay for medical bill
2:16:38 rolling with Vlad Matyushenko
2:17:36 rolling with Eddie Bravo
2:22:51 almost fighting Renzo Gracie after argument
2:25:14 rolling with Tim Kennedy
2:26:07 Yuri Vaulin story
2:29:06 thoughts on old school vs modern training
2:32:12 not inviting John Perretti to go spearfishing
2:32:39 interview wrap up
2:32:49 outro/ closing thoughts
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