Sergey Kharitonov
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| Sergei Kharitonov | |
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| Nickname | The Russian Troop Strongest Man |
| Height | 194cm |
| Weight | 110kg |
| Born | Aug 18th, 1980 |
| Fighting out of | Moscow, Russia |
| Town of birth | Arhangelsk, Russia |
| Fighting style | Sambo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 6 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 0 |
Sergei Kharitonov (IPA: s̺ʲɛr̠'gɛj xar̪ʲi'tonəf; Russian: Сергей Харитонов) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major MMA organization based in Japan.
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[edit] Biography
Sergei Kharitonov graduated from a high school with a specialization in music (accordion). Prior to enlisting in the Russian Army, Sergei graduated from a paratroopers academy in Ryazan, Russia. Kharitonov credits the academy with giving him psychological skills he relies on during his fights.
He remains on the active duty while training full time with the Russian Top Team. Sergei is supposedly having a feud with Fedor Emelianenko after Fedor transferred from Russian Top Team to Red Devil Sport Club, and Kharitonov decided to stay with RTT.
Kharitonov sometimes gets confused with his full namesake Sergey Haritonov, a much less prominent mixed martial arts fighter from Estonia.
[edit] Martial arts background and training regimen
Sergei started being interested in sports when he was still in kindergarten, being taught at first by his father. Kharitonov started training seriously when he was ten-eleven years old. At the age of sixteen, he started studying Combat Sambo. Sergei remains primarily a Combat Sambo fighter, although he combines it with elements of Judo and hand-to-hand combat system known as "Rukopashni boi" (meaning literally hand-to-hand combat in Russian). It's a system taught in the Russian army, which essentially is a simplified form of Combat Sambo. Sergei became a Champion of Russia's elite forces in this fighting system.
Sergei used to train with Fedor Emelianenko, who taught him the ground fighting techniques, including striking on the ground and submissions.
Currently, Sergei Kharitonov trains in Kirieevsk, Russia, under coach Mikhail Ilyukhin (Russian: Михаил Илюхин). Ilyukhin chose Kirieevsk as their training base due to a large number of heavyweight MMA fighters available there. According to him, key elements of Sergey's success are his willpower and unpredicability in the ring.
[edit] Career
[edit] Boxing
Sergei started his Amateur Boxing Career in 2000. He tried to get into the Russian Olympic Boxing team but got injured in the semi finals during a live boxing tv event. Instead he competed for Tajikistan in 2004 Asian Games where he won a silver medal. Kharitonov earned a shot at that year’s Olympics, representing former Tajikistan (the former Soviet republics often have ethnic Russians on their teams) but passed on the chance to instead fight in the Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
[edit] PRIDE
Sergei has a successful career as a heavyweight fighter in the PRIDE Fighting Championship, with an overall PRIDE record of 7-3-0. As of late 2005, Kharitonov has struggled with ongoing injuries to his upper back and shoulders, evident in his victory against Fabricio Werdum, in which his right shoulder was strained and injured nearly a minute into the bout, and in his loss to Alistair Overeem, where an awkward fall dislocated his shoulder.
Kharitonov lost to Aleksander Emelianenko at Pride's Final Conflict Absolute 2006 on Sept 9 2006.
[edit] Record
| Date | Outcome | Opponent | Event | Method | Round, time | Notes |
| 9/10/2006 | Loss | Aleksander Emelianenko | PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute | TKO (Strikes) | Round 1, 6:45 | |
| 2/26/06 | Loss | Alistair Overeem | PRIDE 31 - Dreamers | TKO (Knees) | Round 1, 5:13 | |
| 10/23/2005 | Win | Fabricio Werdum | PRIDE 30 - Fully Loaded | Decision (Split) | Round 3, 5:00 | |
| 8/20/2005 | Win | Peter Mulder | Rings - Lithuania | Submission (Armbar) | Round 1 | |
| 6/26/2005 | Win | Pedro Rizzo | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 | TKO (Strikes) | Round 1, 2:02 | |
| 2/20/2005 | Win | Mu Bae Choi | PRIDE 29 - Fists Of Fire | KO (Punches) | Round 1, 3:24 | |
| 8/15/2004 | Loss | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | PRIDE Final Conflict 2004 | Decision (Unanimous) | Round 2, 5:00 | |
| 6/20/2004 | Win | Semmy Schilt | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004 | TKO (Punches) | Round 1, 9:19 | |
| 4/25/2004 | Win | Murilo Rua | PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 | KO (Punches) | Round 1, 4:14 | |
| 2/1/2004 | Win | Cory Peterson | PRIDE 27 - Inferno | Submission (Armbar) | Round 1, 1:23 | |
| 10/5/2003 | Win | Jason Suttie | PRIDE Bushido 1 | Submission (Armbar) | Round 1, 2:25 | |
| 2/20/2003 | Win | David Shvelidze | TORM 8 - Tournament of Real Men 8 | Submission | Round 1, 1:00 | |
| 2/20/2003 | Win | Osmanli Vagabov | TORM 8 - Tournament of Real Men 8 | Submission | Round 1, 0:47 | |
| 8/11/2000 | Win | Roman Savochka | Brilliant 2 - Yalta's Brilliant 2000 | TKO (Hand Injury) | ||
| 8/11/2000 | Win | Viacheslav Kolesnik | Brilliant 2 - Yalta's Brilliant 2000 | TKO | ||
| 8/11/2000 | Win | Zamir Syrgabayev | Brilliant 2 - Yalta's Brilliant 2000 | Submission (Strikes) |
