Igor Bugaenko (born 1981), also known as Ihar Buhaenka, is a Belarusian

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, who has been professionally competing since 2008. He is the former SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion, and two-time

Tatneft Tatneft (russian: публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) ...

Arena World Cup winner, in 2008 and 2014. He was ranked as a top ten middleweight between March 2015 and July 2021.

Kickboxing career

Tatneft Cup winner

Bugaenko began his professional career with Tatneft Cup, entering both the 2008 and 2009 edition of the tournament. He won the 2008 edition with a first-round TKO of Elvin Abbasov in the finals, but lost both the semifinal bout against Semen Shelepov and the 3rd place fight against

Sergei Lascenko Serhiy Lashchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Лащенко; 21 June 1987 – 8 April 2015), also spelled as Sergii Lashchenko and Sergei Lascenko, was a Ukrainian kickboxer. He was a K-1 and Superkombat Heavyweight. Lashchenko won the Superko ...

in the 2009 edition. After losing to Lascenko, Bugaenko went on the worst run of his career, losing five of his next seven fights, four times by stoppage. This poor run of form was snapped at the Tatneft Cup 2013 event, when he scored a first round knockout of

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SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship

He defeated

Lorenzo Javier Jorge Lorenzo Javier Jorge (born 2 July 1984 in Tacoronte, Spain), also known as Jorge Loren, is a retired Spanish professional kickboxer and K-1 veteran. Loren was the Super Cruiserweight Champion of the Superkombat Fighting Championship. He is also ...

on November 9, 2013 in a SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Title Eliminator bout and challenged

Bogdan Stoica Bogdan Cristian Stoica (born January 28, 1990) is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer, and former wushu practitioner. He is currently signed to ONE Championship. Stoica is also one-time SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion, one-tim ...

for his Cruiserweight Championship. Fight happened at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, and Bugaenko won the title after three round by unanimous judges decision. Bugaenko earned a place in the 2014 Tatneft Arena Middleweight tournament with decision wins over Vladimir Toktasynov and Martin Pacas in the 1/8 and quarterfinals respectively. He won the semifinal bout against Valentin Slavikovskiy and the final bout against Alexander Vezhevatov in the same manner - by an extra round decision.

Win in Croatia

During the Obračun u Ringu 13 event, Bugaenko participated in the VVWS 95 kg elimination tournament. He defeated Stefan Anđelković by unanimous decision in the semifinals and

Pacôme Assi Pacôme Assi (born 25 February 1981) is a Ivorian-French kickboxer and Europe Kick Boxing Champion. He made his K-1 debut in 2009 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Lodz. Career He lost to Ondřej Hutník by unanimous decision at ''Nitrianska Noc B ...

by TKO in the finals, to earn a place in the main VVWS tournament. Bugaenko faced Claudiu Istrate in the semifinals of the main tournament, and won the fight by unanimous decision. He won the tournament title with a first-round stoppage of Alexandru Burduja.

Absolute Championship Berkut

After this tournament win, Bugaenko his next seven fights, all by decision, including notable victories against

Redouan Cairo Sergiano Herbert Cairo (born 29 November 1982), better known as Redouan Cairo is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting in the Superkombat Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 Superkombat World Grand Prix Tournament Runner-up. Also a Mixed ...

Luis Tavares Luis Tavares (born 8 September 1991) is a Dutch-Cape Verdean kickboxer. He is the former Enfusion Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight champion. He is ranked as the second best light heavyweight by Combat Press as of September 2022, and second ...

Hicham El Gaoui Hicham El Gaoui is a Dutch- Moroccan kickboxer and K-1 fighter who competes in the cruiserweight division. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten middleweight kickboxer between November 2021 and March 2022, peaking at #4. Titles *World Fighting ...

and

Freddy Kemayo Freddy Kemayo (born May 6, 1982) is a French heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three-time French Kickboxing Champion. Biography and career Kemayo joined Faucon Gym in 1999 and has been training there under Bingo and Richard Roudy ever since. In 200 ...

. At ACB KB 15, he fought

Artem Levin Artem Valeryevich Levin (russian: Артё́м Вале́рьевич Ле́вин; born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the former Glory ...

for the inaugural ACB KB Middleweight title. Levin won the fight by decision.

Later career

After his failed title bid, Bugaenko was scheduled to fight Mikhail Chalykh at Zhara Fight Show. He won the fight by decision. At the October 2019 Fair Fight event, he lost to

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by an extra round decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

*SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship **SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Championship -92 kg/202.8 lb (One time; current) *Tatneft Cup ** Tatneft Arena World Cup 2014 (+80 kg) Winner **Tatneft Arena World Cup 2008 (+80 kg) Winner *Venum Victory World Series ** 2015 VVWS -95 kg Tournament Champion ** 2015 VVWS -95 kg Elimination Tournament Champion

Kickboxing record

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References

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