Sergei Kharitonov

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Sergei Kharitonov

2008
Born Sergei Valerievich Kharitonov
(1980-08-18) August 18, 1980
Plesetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Other names Paratrooper, The Russian Mercenary
Nationality Russian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 122.2 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb)
Division Heavyweight (1)
Reach 76 in (193 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Boxing, Sambo
Fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team Russian Top Team (2002–2007)
Baku Fires (Boxing Team)
Golden Glory (2007 – present)[1]
Rank International Master of Sport in Boxing
Years active 2000–present (MMA)
Kickboxing record
Total 8
Wins 5
By knockout 3
Losses 3
By knockout 2
Mixed martial arts record
Total 25
Wins 20
By knockout 10
By submission 9
By decision 1
Losses 5
By knockout 2
By submission 2
By decision 1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: December 21, 2013
Sergei Kharitonov
Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Men's Boxing
Central Asian Games
Silver 2003 Dushanbe +91 kg
Asian Amateur Championships
Silver 2004 Puerto Princesa +91 kg
Russian Championships
Silver 2004 Samara +91 kg

Sergei Valerievich Kharitonov (Russian: Серге́й Валерьевич Харитонов, Sergey Valerievich Haritonov, Russian pronunciation: [sʲerˈɡʲej xarʲiˈtonəf]) (born August 18, 1980) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer.[2] He has previously fought in Japanese MMA organizations Pride Fighting Championships and Dream, and Strikeforce, which was based in the United States.

Kharitonov has competed in two major mixed martial arts tournaments and one major kickboxing tournament. He holds notable wins over Murilo Rua, Semmy Schilt, Pedro Rizzo, Fabricio Werdum, Mike Russow, Alistair Overeem, Jimmy Ambriz, Tatsuya Mizuno, and Andrei Arlovski.

Biography

Sergei Kharitonov was born on August 18, 1980 in Plesetsk, Russian SFSR, (now Russia). His parents were very athletic: Sergei's mother was a volleyball coach, and his father at various times studied boxing, skating, football, and long distance marathon running. Under their influence, Sergei was very active physically while growing up.

Kharitonov graduated from a high school with a specialization in music (accordion). Following the advice of his parents as well as his own dreams, Sergei went to the Airborne troops academy in Ryazan, Russia, and enlisting in the Russian Airborne Troops after finishing the academy. Kharitonov credits the army and the academy with giving him psychological skills he relies on during his fights.

Sergei remains on the active duty while training full-time with the Russian Top Team. His wife's name is Natalia.[3]

Kharitonov sometimes gets confused with his full namesake Sergey Haritonov, a much less prominent mixed martial arts fighter from Estonia.

Mixed martial arts career

Martial arts background

Sergei started being interested in sports when he was still in kindergarten, being taught at first by his father. Kharitonov started training boxing seriously when he was ten or eleven years old, following an incident when a drunken adult passer-by broke up a scuffle between Sergei and another boy by lifting Sergei in the air, hitting him in the face and cutting his eyebrow with that punch. The man justified his behavior by saying that Sergei should not have been hitting a grounded opponent.[4]

At the age of sixteen, Kharitonov started studying Combat Sambo. During his studies in the Airborne Troops Academy, Sergei started competing in hand-to-hand combat (simplified form of Combat Sambo) and MMA. After Kharitonov graduated from the Academy, he was contacted by Vladimir Pogodin, the manager of the Russian Top Team, who invited him to join the club. At first, Sergei was invited to be Fedor Emelianenko's sparring partner, who taught him many ground fighting techniques, including striking on the ground and submissions. Sergei kept competing at various Russian MMA competitions, and in October 2003 he debuted in Pride Fighting Championships, one of the top two leading MMA organizations in the world at that time.

Sergei trains with the Russian national boxing and Sambo teams, as well as some freestyle wrestlers. He also recently added Muay Thai training to his regimen, and, according to him, he even borrows some elements from karate.[4]

Sergei Kharitonov trained in Kirieevsk, Russia, under coach Mikhail Illoukhine (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 Sergei's success are his willpower and unpredicability in the ring. As of September 2007 he recently began training with the Golden Glory fight team in Holland.

In addition to competing in MMA and boxing, Sergei competes in Combat Sambo for the Ryazan Desantnik (Paratrooper) club.[3]

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 2003 at the Central Asian Games where he won a silver medal.[5] 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.

He nearly qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he was defeated by Uzbekistan's Rustam Saidov. In the fall of 2004 he competed in the Russian Boxing Championship and placed second. Sergei could not fight in the final match due to an injury.[4]

Pride

Sergei had a successful career as a heavyweight fighter in the Pride Fighting Championship, with an overall Pride record of 8–3–0. 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 Alexander Emelianenko at Pride's Final Conflict Absolute 2006 on September 9, 2006.

Kharitonov scored a win against Mike Russow at Pride 33 in Las Vegas on February 24.

K-1 Hero's

On September 17, 2007, Kharitonov TKO's Alistair Overeem in the first round in the Hero's 10: Middleweight Tournament Final event, avenging a previous loss.

Dream

Kharitonov's next fight was scheduled to be against Mighty Mo at Dream 6 on September 23, 2008.[6] However Mighty Mo was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. Jimmy Ambriz was Mighty Mo's replacement. Sergei scored a win in the first round by submission via strikes. At Dream 8 Jeff Monson secured Sergei in a North/South Choke. The Russian tried punching his way out but was soon forced to tap for the first time in his career.

Kickboxing

Since signing with team Golden Glory Breda in July 2007, Sergei has been in Holland training with some of the best standup fighters in the world. After his loss to Jeff Monson in April, the decision was made to make the last fight on his Dream contract a K-1 match at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final on December 5. On November 28, K-1 announced that his opponent would be Daniel Ghita in the second reserve match of the Grand Prix. Ghita was originally scheduled to face Kharitonov's teammate Chalid Arrab, who had to withdraw due to an injury. Ghita defeated Kharitonov by TKO (right low kick) in the third round.

Kharitonov fought Takumi Sato at the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul. Kharitonov won by KO in the first round.

On December 11 at the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Final Sergei was defeated by Singh Jaideep by TKO (punches) in the first round.

Kharitonov faced Samoan kickboxer Mighty Mo at the United Glory World Series Finals in Moscow on May 28, 2011. He won via KO in the first round.

On March 23, 2012, Kharitonov met Mark Miller at United Glory 15 in Moscow, and won by KO (right hook) in the first round.

He lost to Rico Verhoeven at the opening round of the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam held at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. Verhoeven was leading the judges' scorecards after the first two, two-minute rounds and so was given the victory.[7][8]

He was set to fight Jérôme Le Banner at Glory 10: Los Angeles - 2013 85kg Slam in Ontario, California, United States on September 28, 2013[9][10] but the Frenchman withdrew after suffering a neck injury.[11][12]

Kharitonov defeated Daniel Sam via unanimous decision at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on October 12, 2013.[13][14][15][16]

The Jérôme Le Banner fight was rescheduled for Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[17] Kharitonov won by unanimous decision.[18][19]

Strikeforce

Sergei signed a deal to fight for Strikeforce and made his debut on February 12, 2011. He faced former UFC Heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in the opening round of Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand-Prix. Sergei defeated Andrei Arlovski by knockout in the first round. Sergei faced Josh Barnett, who defeated Brett Rogers on June 18, 2011 at Strikeforce: Dallas, in the next round. He lost via submission in the first round.

Other MMA Organizations

On June 1, 2012, he submitted John Delgado by keylock at the MMA: Russian Open Championship in St.Petersburg, Russia. Kharitonov has signed with M-1 Global and Oleg Taktarov's Fight Star MMA Promotion and was expected to fight Travis Wiuff in December, 2013. This fight did not materialize, but on November 15 of that year Kharitonov faced Alexey Kudin at M-1 Challenge in Okrug, Russia and defeated him by TKO (punches) in the second round.

Personal life

Kharitonov and his wife Natalya have a son named Alexander.[20]

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 20–5 Alexey Kudin TKO (punches) M-1 Challenge 43 November 15, 2013 2 4:56 Surgut, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 19–5 John Delgado Submission (keylock) MMA: Russian Open championship June 1, 2012 1 0:34 St.Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 18–5 Josh Barnett Submission (arm triangle choke) Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov September 10, 2011 1 4:28 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 18–4 Andrei Arlovski KO (punches) Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva February 12, 2011 1 2:49 East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17–4 Tatsuya Mizuno KO (knee and punches) [[Dynamite!! 2010]] December 31, 2010 1 1:25 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 16–4 Jeff Monson Submission (north–south choke) Dream.8 April 5, 2009 1 1:42 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 16–3 Jimmy Ambriz Submission (punches) Dream.6 September 23, 2008 1 2:15 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 15–3 Alistair Overeem KO (punch) Hero's 10 September 17, 2007 1 4:21 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 14–3 Mike Russow Submission (armbar) Pride 33 February 24, 2007 1 3:46 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 13–3 Alexander Emelianenko TKO (punches and knees) Pride Final Conflict Absolute September 10, 2006 1 6:45 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 13–2 Alistair Overeem TKO (knees) Pride 31 February 26, 2006 1 5:13 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 13–1 Fabricio Werdum Decision (split) Pride 30 October 23, 2005 3 5:00 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12–1 Peter Mulder Submission (armbar) Rings Russia: CIS vs. The World August 20, 2005 1 6:16 Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11–1 Pedro Rizzo TKO (soccer kick and punches) Pride Critical Countdown 2005 June 26, 2005 1 2:02 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 10–1 Choi Mu-Bae KO (punches) Pride 29 February 20, 2005 1 3:24 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 9–1 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Decision (unanimous) Pride Final Conflict 2004 August 15, 2004 2 5:00 Saitama, Saitama, Japan Pride 2004 HW GP Semifinal
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9–0 Semmy Schilt TKO (punches) Pride Critical Countdown 2004 June 20, 2004 1 9:19 Saitama, Saitama, Japan Pride 2004 HW GP Quarterfinal
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8–0 Murilo Rua KO (punches) Pride Total Elimination 2004 April 25, 2004 1 4:14 Saitama, Saitama, Japan Pride 2004 HW GP Opening Round
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7–0 Cory Peterson Submission (armbar) Pride 27 February 1, 2004 1 1:23 Osaka, Osaka, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6–0 Jason Suttie Submission (armbar) Pride Bushido 1 October 5, 2003 1 2:25 Saitama, Saitama, Japan
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5–0 David Shvelidze Submission (heel hook) TORM 8: Tournament of Real Men 8 February 20, 2003 1 1:00 Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4–0 Osmanli Vagabov Submission (rear naked choke) TORM 8: Tournament of Real Men 8 February 20, 2003 1 0:47 Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3–0 Roman Savochka TKO (hand injury) Brilliant 2: Yalta's Brilliant 2000 August 11, 2000 1 3:11 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2–0 Viacheslav Kolesnik TKO (punch) Brilliant 2: Yalta's Brilliant 2000 August 11, 2000 1 1:26 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1–0 Zamir Syrgabayev Submission (punches) Brilliant 2: Yalta's Brilliant 2000 August 11, 2000 1 2:43 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
5 Wins (3 (T)KO's), 3 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2013-12-21 Win France Jérôme Le Banner Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 5-3
2013-10-12 Win England Daniel Sam Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 4-3
2012-12-31 Loss Netherlands Rico Verhoeven Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam Tournament, First Round Saitama, Japan Decision 2 2:00 3-3
2012-03-23 Win United States Mark Miller United Glory 15 Moscow, Russia KO (right hook) 1 1:59 3-2
2011-05-28 Win United States Mighty Mo United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals Moscow, Russia KO (right uppercut) 1 1:59 2-2
2010-12-11 Loss India Singh Jaideep K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final Tokyo, Japan TKO (punches) 1 2:58 1-2
2010-10-02 Win Japan Takumi Sato K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, South Korea KO (punches and knee) 1 2:50 1-1
2009-12-05 Loss Romania Daniel Ghiţă K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (right low kick) 3 0:36 0-1

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Championships and accomplishments

Boxing

Mixed martial arts

  • PRIDE Fighting Championship
    • PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist
  • Strikeforce
    • Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist
  • Other
    • Tournament of Real Men 8 champion.
    • Brilliant 2 – Yalta's Brilliant 2000 champion.

Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kharitonov finds new life in HERO'S". ESPN/Sherdog. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-12. 
  2. ↑ "Fight Finder: Sergei Kharitonov". Sherdog. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sergei Kharitonov answers the questions from his fans." (in Russian). Retrieved 2007-04-06. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Sergey Kharitonov: I want to try on the championship belt." (in Russian). Retrieved 2007-04-06. 
  5. ↑ CentralAsianGames2003
  6. ↑ DREAM.6 official card
  7. ↑ GLORY 4 Tokyo Grand Slam Tournament Match-Ups Set
  8. ↑ DREAM 18 / GLORY 4 Tokyo Live Results
  9. ↑ GLORY 10 Los Angeles: Middleweight Tournament
  10. ↑ Glory 10 set for Ontario, CA with 4-man middleweight tournament
  11. ↑ Jerome Le Banner Pulls Out of GLORY 10 Due to Neck Injury
  12. ↑ Jerome Le Banner out of Glory 10 with injury
  13. ↑ GLORY 11 Full Event Card
  14. ↑ Glory 11 fight card finalized with 6 bout under card including Michael Mananquil vs. Troy Sheridan re-match
  15. ↑ GLORY 11 Chicago Live Results and Discussion
  16. ↑ Glory 11 Results and Recap
  17. ↑ Raymond Daniels replaces Marc de Bonte in Glory 13 welterweight tournament
  18. ↑ GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers
  19. ↑ Glory 13 Results and Recap
  20. ↑ http://kharitonov.mmaru.de/

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