Gheorghe "The Carpathian Bear" Ignat (born December 11, 1983, in Suceava, Romania) is a mixed martial artist with a background in Greco-Roman Wrestling.

He is also the current Balkan champion, as well as winner of multiple Silver and Bronze Medals in numerous International Wrestling championships.

In 2010, Ignat fought for the first time in the cage at the MMA Promotion Gladiator Challenge that took place in San Jacinto, California, where defeated Ryan Varela.

Gheorghe gave up practicing contact sports and focused on deepening his Christian life, and he and Adriana started different social projects to help, vulnerable people.

He became co-owner of a business, Urspack, that produced paper packaging products but, more importantly, had a mission to provide good quality jobs to ex-prisoners who sought to start a new life after paying their debt to society.

Soon, Urspack's efforts for ex-prisoners extended beyond a job and included provided temporary housing, emotional/social support, and even food for these men until they could gain independence.

In 2019, Gheorge became Co-Founder and President of Fight For Freedom, a nonprofit organization based in his home town of Suceava that serves the north-east region of Romania with social services aimed at alleviating suffering and bringing transformative change to underserved and marginalized communities.

Through the 30-bed facility, Fight For Freedom provides shelter, food, clothing, and care services that improve the security, health, and dignity of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

In addition, Fight For Freedom mobilized resources to provide critical shelter, food, and care to refugees fleeing Ukraine into Romania.

In order to keep orphaned children safe from Russian soldiers who have engaged a systematic campaign of raiding orphanages in eastern Ukraine, abducting the children and removing them to undisclosed locations in Russia, the Ukrainian government launched a campaign to evacuate orphans from Ukraine to neighboring countries where they could be safe.