Ruslan Karaev

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ruslan Karev is a Russian kick boxer. He was born 19 May 1983.

He is ranked 16th amongst kickboxers by centralkickboxing.org.

He is ranked 8th amongst K-1 fighters by k-1fans.com (as of 11 December 2006).

Statistics
Ruslan Karaev (Руслан Караев)

Real name	Руслан Караев
Nickname	{{{nickname}}}
Weight	95 kg (210 lbs.)
Nationality	Ossetian
Birth date	May 19, 1983
Birth place	Vladikavkaz/North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Style	Kick-Boxing
Boxing record
Total fights	171
Wins	162
Wins by KO	126
Losses	9
Draws	0
No contests	0

1 K-1 Chronology of fights
2 Career
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] K-1 Chronology of fights

7 wins, 2 KO, 3 losses,

Date	Event	Opponent	Result
17 June 2005	Super Fight, World Grand Prix in Hiroshima, Japan	Ray Sefo	Lost. Karaev's team threw in the towel after 30 seconds (TKO)
13 August 2005	Quarterfinal, Mayhem at The Mirage, Las Vegas, U.S.A.	Freddy Kemayo	Won by KO. Spinning back-kick 1min 22sec (official KO at 1:39)
13 August 2005	Semifinal, Mayhem at The Mirage, Las Vegas, U.S.A.	Azem Maksutaj	Won. 30-25, 30-26, 30-24,unanimous
13 August 2005	Final, Mayhem at The Mirage, Las Vegas, U.S.A.	Scott Lighty	Won. 29-28 unanimous
23 September 2005	Final Elimination in Osaka, Japan	Rickard Nordstrand	Won. 30-29, 30-27, 30-27,unanimous
19 November 2005	Quarterfinal, World Grand Prix Final in the Tokyo Dome, Japan.	Musashi	Lost. 4 rounds scoring
29 April 2006	Super Fight, Mayhem at The Mirage II, USA GP, Las Vegas	Stefan Leko	Won. 29-27, 29-27, 28-27, unanimous.
3 June 2006	Super Fight, World Grand Prix in Seoul, South Korea	Ray Sefo	Lost. KO at 1:47.
12 August 2006	Super Fight, Battle at the Bellagio V. GP, Las Vegas, Nevada US	Dewey Cooper	Won. 30-26, unanimous.
30 September 2006	Final Elimination in Osaka, Japan	Badr Hari	Won. KO after 51 seconds.
2 December 2006	Final Tokyo, Japan	Glaube Feitosa	Lost. KO after a half minute.

Karaev's November 19 2005 loss to Musashi stunned the audience and commentators, who appeared to universally believe Karaev had won the fight. During the post fight interview, Musashi stated that he believed could not have won without knocking down or knocking out Karaev.