Igor Zinoviev Career | MMA History Podcast

Ep 222 Igor Zinoviev Career Deep Dive DO NOT USES THIS FOOTAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION WE WILL STRIKE YOUR CHANNEL 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.  DO NOT USE THIS FOOTAGE, WITHOUT PERMISSION WE WILL STRIKE YOUR CHANNEL 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 being delayed 1 year 43:39 offering Royce Gracie a million to fight 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 getting 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 getting arrested 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 experience with Howard Stern 1:27:57 training 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 1:35:11 John Perretti ranking Igor Zinoviev as a fighter 1:37:22 Igor Zinoviev vs John Lober 1:45:24 thoughts on Igor Vovchanchyn 1:47:24 dealings with the 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 #igorzinoviev #ufc Please follow our channels on Follow the MMA History Team on Instagram: MMA Detective Mike Davis @mikedavis632  Co Host Joey Venti @aj_ventitre Records Keeper- Andrew Mendoza @ambidexstress Social Media Manager Andy Campbell @martial_mindset_ Thumbnails Julio Macedo @juliosemacento Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mmahistoryp... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3q8Ksfq... Apple Podcast MMA History Podcast YouTube    / @mmahistorypodcast   Outro song: Power - https://tunetank.com/t/2gji/1458-power Mike - The MMA Detective - @mikedavis632  Cash App - $mikedavis1231 Venmo - Mike-Davis-63 ZELLE: [email protected] / ph#: 773-491-5052 #MMA #UFC #NHB #MixedMartialArts #MMADetective #MikeDavis #MMAHistory #OldSchoolMMA #MMAPodcast #fightpodcast Thank You for your support