Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Karaev
Руслан Караев
Хъараты Руслан
Born Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev
May 19, 1983 (1983-05-19) (age 28)
Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR,
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other names Russian Machine Gun,
Pride of Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 100 kg (220.5 lb; 15.7 st)
Division Heavyweight
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Moscow, Russia
Team Golden Glory
Ihara Dojo
Marupro Gym
Trainer Cor Hemmers
Years active 2005 – present
Kickboxing record
Total 22
Wins 13
By knockout 7
Losses 9
By knockout 6
Amateur career
Total 169
Wins 160
By knockout 125
Losses 9
Other information
Website http://www.ruslankaraev.com/
last updated on: December 5, 2009

Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev (Russian: Руслан Савельевич Караев, Ossetic: Хъараты Савелийы фырт Руслан; born May 19, 1975) is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion.[1] He is currently living in Tokyo, Japan and training at Ihara Dojo Gym. He joined the Golden Glory's K-1 stable, training under Cor Hemmers.

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Biography and career

On August 13, 2005 Ruslan Karaev made his K-1 tournament debut at K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas as a virtual unknown. In quarter finals Karaev faced Freddy Kemayo of France and won the bout by 1 round spinning back kick KO that caught Kemayo in the midsection. In the semifinals, Karaev faced muay thai stylist Azem Maksutaj, what was later acknowledged as one of the greatest battles of K-1 history. He topped his performance of the night by a unanimous decision win over American Scott Lighty and was crowned the tournament champion.

On September 23, 2005 at the K-1 World GP Final Eliminations in Osaka Dome, Japan he faced Rickard Nordstrand from Sweden the replacement fighter of four time World Champion Ernesto Hoost who had to pull out due to a leg injury. Ruslan won the fight by unanimous decision and earned his first appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Finals.

Ruslan finished up his rookie year in K-1 on November 19, 2005 at the Tokyo Dome, his quarterfinal opponent was Musashi. Ruslan lost the fight by an extra round decision.

Karaev made it to the K-1 World GP 2006 Final after a Knocking Out win over Badr Hari Where he was knocked out in the first round by Glaube Feitosa.

In 2007 Karaev suffered two more consecutive knockout losses to Badr Hari and Melvin Manhoef.

Ruslan missed his announced fight against Jerome Le Banner on September 29, 2007 at K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination in Seoul, Korea, due to a traffic accident suffered several days before the match.

After caring for his sick mother Ruslan came back to K-1 in July 2008 in the K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei tournament. Karaev knocked out all three of his opponents to secure a spot at the K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16. He fought and knocked out Chalid Arrab in the second round to be given a spot in the quarterfinals of the K-1 World GP 2008 Final, against Gokhan Saki. Ruslan again was not able to get past the quarterfinals after losing a decision.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Karaev beat the new and current heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda by unanimous decision.

In his fourth appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals he was knocked out in the first round in a 3rd match against Badr Hari.

Ruslan Karaev was scheduled to fight Le Banner in April 2010, Yokohama, but that fight got cancelled because of an injured knee. Karaev got replaced by Tyrone Spong.

Titles

Professional

Amateur

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
13 Wins (7 (T) KO's, 6 decisions), 9 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2009-12-05 Loss Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Hook) 1 0:38 13-9
2009-10-17 Loss Hesdy Gerges Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 13-8
Fight was for WFCA World (K-1 rules) Super Heavyweight (+95 kg) title.
2009-09-26 Win Kyotaro K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Seoul, Republic of Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 13-7
2008-12-06 Loss Gokhan Saki K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 12-7
2008-09-27 Win Chalid Arrab K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 Seoul, Korea TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 2:30 12-6
Wins K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei championship.
2008-07-13 Win Aleksandr Pitchkounov K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei Taipei City, Taiwan KO (Left hook) 1 2:03 11-6
2008-07-13 Win Young Hyun Kim K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei Taipei City, Taiwan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 1 0:15 10-6
2008-07-13 Win Tatsufumi Tomihira K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei Taipei City, Taiwan KO (Left hook) 3 2:20 9-6
2008-03-09 Win Hiromi Amada Magnum16, All Japan Kickboxing Tokyo, Japan KO (Punches) 3 2:06 8-6
2007-06-23 Loss Melvin Manhoef K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 1 0:31 7-6
2007-03-04 Loss Badr Hari K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Cross) 2 2:46 7-5
2006-12-02 Loss Glaube Feitosa K-1 World GP 2006 Final Tokyo, Japan KO (High kick) 1 1:11 7-4
2006-09-30 Win Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round Osaka, Japan KO (Right punch) 1 0:52 7-3
2006-08-12 Win Dewey Cooper K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, NV Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 6-3
2006-06-03 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul Seoul, Korea KO (Right hook) 1 1:42 5-3
2006-04-29 Win Stefan Leko K-1 World GP 2006 in Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 5-2
2005-11-19 Loss Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Tokyo, Japan Ext. R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 4-2
2005-09-23 Win Rickard Nordstrand K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka - Final Elimination Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 4-1
2005-08-13 Win Scott Lighty K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, NV Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 3-1
Wins K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II championship.
2005-08-13 Win Azem Maksutaj K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, NV Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2-1
2005-08-13 Win Freddy Kemayo K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, NV KO (Spinning back Mid-kick) 1 1:39 1-1
2005-06-17 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima Hiroshima, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 0:37 0-1

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ DiPietro, Monty. ""Karaev captures K-1 Asia GP; Bonjasky, Samedov also win in Taiwan"". K-1 grand Prix Website. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-14. 

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