Oleg Taktarov
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| Oleg Taktarov | |
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| Nickname | The Russian Bear |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | August 26, 1967 |
| Town of birth | Sarov, Russia |
| Fighting style | Sambo, judo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 9 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 2 |
Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Олег Николаевич Тактаров; born August 26, 1967, in present-day Sarov, Russia) is a Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Maurice Smith and David "Tank" Abbott. Taktarov is remembered for being calm during fights and for using a variety of rarely seen, acrobatic takedown moves. He has never been submitted in an MMA match.
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[edit] Biography
Between UFC 5 (where he lost to Dan Severn) and UFC 6 (where he won the tournament, beating David "Tank" Abbott in the finals), Taktarov lived and trained with Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den fighting team.[1]. Taktarov started his American training with Gene LeBell, Jovany Varela and Gokor Chivichyan.
[edit] UFC career
Takatarov entered the UFC 5 tournament, losing to eventual champion Dan Severn by TKO. The fight was stopped by the referee because of profuse bleeding above Taktarov's eye due to a cut caused by knees from Severn.
Taktarov returned at UFC 6 where, in the semifinal bout, Anthony Macias was brought in to replace Patrick Smith due to injury. The fight ended in 9 seconds with Taktarov submitting Macias via front choke. Taktarov went on to defeat David "Tank" Abbott by rear naked choke to win the UFC 6 tournament.
Taktarov, being reigning champion, was set up to fight Ken Shamrock in UFC 7 for the Superfight title. The fight had a 30 minute time limit and went into three minutes of overtime, finishing as a draw at 33 minutes.
[edit] Acting career
After temporarily retiring from mixed martial arts, Taktarov focused on his acting career, and starred in the movies 15 Minutes, Bad Boys II, 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, Air Force One, and the 2002 version of Rollerball. He also appeared in the first episode of season 3 of Alias entitled The Two [2] He has also appeared in a few Russian productions, and was cast in a few upcoming releases for 2007, such as We Own the Night.[3] Taktarov also released several instructional Sambo videos and has made an instructional video with Vladimir Vasiliev entitled Russian Mega Fighting.[4]
[edit] Return to mixed martial arts
Prior to making a successful comeback to the sport in 2007, Taktarov's last bout was in 1998. Taktarov announced in an online radio interview in November of 2007 his plans to return to MMA with BodogFIGHT.[5] He won his debut match against John Marsh at 33 seconds into the 2nd round of the match by submission (kneebar). He then fought UFC 14 and UFC 15 heavyweight champion Mark Kerr, again winning by kneebar.
[edit] MMA record
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round, Time | Notes |
| Win | Mark Kerr | Submission (kneebar) | YAMMA - Pit Fighting 1 | 4/11/2008 | 1 1:55 | |
| Win | John Marsh | Submission (kneebar) | BodogFIGHT - USA vs. Russia | 11/30/2007 | 2 0:33 | |
| Win | Moti Horenstein | Submission (kneebar) | NF-National Freesparring | 2/21/1998 | N/A | |
| Win | Mick Tierney | Submission (kneebar) | NF-National Freesparring | 2/21/1998 | N/A | |
| Loss | Gary Goodridge | KO | PRIDE 1-PRIDE 1 | 10/11/1997 | 1 4:57 | |
| Win | Sean Alvarez | KO (punches) | Pentagon Combat-Pentagon Combat | 9/27/1997 | 1 0:52 | |
| Win | Chuck Kim | Submission (guillotine choke) | WFF-World Fighting Federation | 2/14/1997 | 1 0:23 | |
| Loss | Renzo Gracie | KO (kick and punch) | MARS-Martial Arts Reality Superfighting | 11/22/1996 | 1 1:02 | |
| Draw | Marco Ruas | Draw | WVC 2-World Vale Tudo Championship 2 | 11/10/1996 | 1 31:12 | |
| Win | Joe Charles | Submission (kneebar) | WVC 1-World Vale Tudo Championship 1 | 8/14/1996 | 1 4:42 | |
| Loss | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision (Lost Points) | Pancrase-Truth 5 | 5/16/1996 | 1 15:00 | |
| Loss | Dan Severn | Decision (Unanimous) | UU 95-Ultimate Ultimate 1995 | 12/16/1995 | 1 30:00 | |
| Win | Marco Ruas | Decision (Unanimous) | UU 95-Ultimate Ultimate 1995 | 12/16/1995 | 1 18:00 | |
| Win | Dave Beneteau | Submission (Achilles Hold) | UU 95-Ultimate Ultimate 1995 | 12/16/1995 | 1 1:15 | |
| Draw | Ken Shamrock | Draw | UFC 7-The Brawl in Buffalo | 9/8/1995 | 1 33:00 | For UFC Superfight title |
| Win | David "Tank" Abbott | Submission (rear naked choke) | UFC 6-Clash of the Titans | 7/14/1995 | 1 17:45 | Won UFC 6 Tournament |
| Win | Anthony Macias | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 6-Clash of the Titans | 7/14/1995 | 1 0:09 | |
| Win | Dave Beneteau | Submission (Front Choke) | UFC 6-Clash of the Titans | 7/14/1995 | 1 0:57 | |
| Loss | Dan Severn | TKO (Cut) | UFC 5-The Return of the Beast | 4/7/1995 | 1 4:21 | |
| Win | Ernie Verdicia | Submission (Choke) | UFC 5-The Return of the Beast | 4/7/1995 | 1 2:23 | |
| Win | Maxim Kuzin | Submission (Choke) | White Dragon - Day Three | 10/23/1993 | 1 1:11 | |
| Win | Artur Almaev | TKO (Corner stoppage) | White Dragon - Day Two | 10/22/1993 | 1 4:25 | |
| Win | Vaskas Hilma | Submission (Choke) | White Dragon - Day Two | 10/22/1993 | 1 0:24 |
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| Previous winner Dan Severn |
UFC 6 Tournament winner |
Next winner Marco Ruas |
