Vasily Shish

Vasily Shish
Born	(1982-08-07) August 7, 1982
Other names	Torero
Nationality	Belarus
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division	Middleweight Welterweight Super Lightweight
Style	Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Minsk, Belarus
Team	Chinuk Gym (2004-present) Gym "Kick Fighter" (1996-2003)
Trainer	D.Pyastski

Kickboxing record
Total	51
Wins	37
By knockout	17
Losses	12
Draws	2

Mixed martial arts record
Total	1
Wins	0
Losses	1

Amateur career
Total	71
Wins	60
Losses	11
last updated on: June 4, 2011

Vasily "Torero" Shish (born 7 August 1982) is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for the Chinuk Gym. He is a five time world and five time European Muaythai and kickboxing champion who has won titles at both amateur and professional level.^[1] Vasily has fought for several notable promotions such as K-1 MAX and (the now defunct) Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague.^[2]

Career/Biography

Growing up in Minsk, Vasily joined the famous Gym "Kick Fighter" in 1996 where he studied Muay Thai alongside future world champions such as Andrei Kulebin, Aliaksei Pekarchyk and Dmitry Shakuta. In 1998 he won his first title as an amateur at the I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Spain, winning a gold medal in the -51 kg category aged just 15 years old, also winning the honour of "best technique".^[3] The next year he went to the world championships in Bangkok where he won a bronze medal competing against much more experienced fighters. In 1999 he was part of the Belarus team which won an incredible eight gold medals (out of twelve) in the Thai-boxing section at the W.A.K.O. world championships. What was even more impressive was that seven of the winners came from Vasily's Kick Fighter gym.^[4]

In 2000 Vasily won his first pro title (I.K.F. world) by defeating American Richard Kostuck in less than 40 seconds in Minsk. He carried on in an excellent year by winning a gold medal at the amateur European Muaythai championships before finishing the year with a gold medal in Sydney at the World Cup in Martial Arts event. Between 2001 and 2003 Vasily won more amateur and pro world and European titles with the I.A.M.T.F., I.S.S/Brute Force, W.A.K.O. and World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) organizations, moving up in weight and relinquishing his I.K.F. world title as he did so. By 2003 Vasily sought more competitive matches joining the newly created Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague where he would be given the chance to fight world champions every event. Things did not go exactly as planned for Vasily and he only had two fights with the organization – losing both.^[5]

By 2004 Vasily had parted from his long time gym "Kick Fighter" after seven years and joined the rival Chinuk Gym in Minsk. With his new gym he had the opportunity to make up for his disappointing SuperLeague performances after being called up by the then world's biggest kickboxing organization K-1 to take part in an elimination match for the 2005 K-1 MAX final. Vasily faced a daunting task in Tokyo, with the reigning champion Buakaw Por.Pramuk standing in the way of a place of the final 8. After three rounds it was clear that Vasily had no chance of upsetting the odds on favorite, losing every round in a third round unanimous decision loss.

Since his K-1 MAX appearance Vasily has been on the fringes of the kickboxing scene, taking many fights across the border in Russia with the highlight being holding the W.B.K.F. European title between 2006 and 2007. He has also made a number of appearances on smaller European promotions such as Klash and Janus Fight with limited success, wins against Paolo Balicha and Michal Hansgut being nullified by defeats against Aalviar Lima, Paulo Balicha and Fadi Merza.

Titles

Professional

2006-07 W.B.K.F. European champion (0 title defences)
2003 W.K.N. Muaythai super lightweight world champion -66.7 kg
2002 I.S.S./Brute Force world champion
2000 I.K.F. Pro Muaythai super lightweight world champion -62.2 kg (0 title defences - vacated)

Amateur

2002 W.A.K.O. European championships in Jesolo, Italy -67 kg
2002 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Cyprus -67 kg^[6]
2001 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -63.5 kg^[7]
2000 World Cup in Martial Arts in Sydney, Australia -63.5 kg^[8]
2000 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Athens, Greece -63.5 kg^[9]
1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italy -63.5 kg
1999 I.A.M.T.F. World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -63.5 kg^[10]
1998 I.A.M.T.F. European championships in Calafell, Spain -51 kg^[11]

Professional Kickboxing Record

37 Wins (17 (T)KO's), 12 Losses, 2 Draws^[12]

Fight was for W.F.C. junior middleweight world title -69.85 kg.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2008-04-20	Loss	Fadi Merza	Fight Night Vienna^[13]	Vienna, Austria	Decision	3	3:00
2007-12-15	Loss	Paulo Balicha	Swiss Las Vegas II^[14]	Basel, Switzerland	Decision	3	3:00
2007-10-26	Loss	Aalviar Lima	KlasH III "Show of No Mercy"^[15]	Sibiu, Romania	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-03-21	Loss	Konstantin Sbitov	Fight Club Arbat^[16]	Moscow, Russia	TKO
Loses W.B.K.F. European title -71 kg.
2006-11-06	Win	Nikolai Koreneev	BARS - European Welterweight Championship '06^[17]	Moscow, Russia	Decision (Majority)	8	3:00
Wins W.B.K.F. European title -71 kg.
2006-11-06	Win	Artur Shamkhalov	Ufa Fight Night^[18]	Ufa, Russia	KO	5
2006-07-21	Loss	Petr Nakonechnyi	S-1 European Elimination - Round 1	Russia	Decision	3	3:00
2006-06-21	Draw	Kumar Zhaliev	Fight Club Arbat^[19]	Moscow, Russia	Decision Draw	3	3:00
2006-03-10	Loss	Petr Nakonechnyi	K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Super Fight	Vilnius, Lithuania	Ext.R Decision (Majority)	4	3:00
2005-11-19	Loss	Yassine Benhadj	Janus Fight 2005, Semi Final^[20]	Padova, Italy	Decision	3	3:00
2005-11-19	Win	Michal Hansgut	Janus Fight 2005, Quarter Final	Padova, Italy	KO (High Kick)	2
2005-10-26	Draw	Alen Ofoyo	Fight Club Arbat^[21]	Moscow, Russia	Decision Draw	3	3:00
2005-09-30	Loss	Farid Khider	Kings of Muaythai: Belarus vs Europe^[22]	Minsk, Belarus	Decision	5	3:00
Fight was for W.K.N. Muay Thai super lightweight European title -66.7 kg.
2005-09-24	Win	Paulo Balicha	Fight Night Winterthur^[23]	Winterthur, Switzerland	TKO	4
2005-06-15	Loss	Alexei Krasko	Fight Club Arbat^[24]	Moscow, Russia	Decision	3	3:00
2005-05-04	Loss	Buakaw Por. Pramuk	K-1 World MAX 2005 World Tournament Open	Tokyo, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2005 Championship Final.
2004-10-27	Win	Alexandr Demchenko	Fight Club Arbat^[25]	Moscow, Russia	KO
2004-10-26	Win	Elbrus Dzhumakov	Russian Muaythai League^[26]	Moscow, Russia	KO	3
2004-05-19	Win	Sergey Zemnevich	Fight Club Arbat^[27]	Moscow, Russia	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2003-09-27	Loss	Chris van Venrooij	SuperLeague Germany 2003	Wuppertal, Germany	Decision	5	3:00
2003-05-10	Loss	Eddy Saban	SuperLeague Austria 2003	Vienna, Austria	Decision	5	3:00
2002-12-19	Win	Petr Nakonechnyi	Belarus vs Ukraine^[28]	Bilohirsk, Ukraine	Decision	5	3:00
2002-00-00	Win		Brute Force Challenge^[29]	Pattaya, Thailand	Decision	5	3:00
Wins I.S.S/Brute Force Muaythai world title.
2002-09-14	Win	Baker Barakat	Night of KO^[30]	Sopot, Poland	KO	3
Wins W.K.N. Muaythai super lightweight world title -66.7 kg.
2002-00-00	Win	James Cook	Belarus vs USA^[31]	New York, NY, USA	Decision	5	3:00
2000-00-00	Win		Belarus vs Australia^[32]	Sydney, Australia	KO
2000-06-29	Win	Kongdej Ratanachot	Russia vs Thailand^[33]^[34]	Novosibirsk, Russia	Decision	5	3:00
2000-00-00	Win	Parynya Dongtiamsee	Belarus vs Thailand^[35]	Minsk, Belarus	Decision	5	3:00
2000-01-14	Win	Richard Kostuck	USA vs Belarus^[36]	Minsk, Belarus	TKO (Doc Stop/Cut by Elbow)	1	0:38
Wins I.K.F. Pro Muaythai super lightweight world title -62.2 kg.

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Mixed Martial Arts Record

MMA Record

0 Wins, 1 Loss

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2006-08-23	Loss	Dzhabar Askerov	Belorechensk Fight Night 2^[37]	Belorechensk, Russia	Submission	1