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Biography
Professional heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka, currently competing for Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA. He has won championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in MMA Pride Fighting Championships (heavyweight champion 2003-2007), FIAS World Combat Sambo Championship (Heavyweight Champion 2002, 2005, 2007), and Russian Judo Federation National Championship (Bronze medal 1998, 1999).
Awards & recognition
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords · 2007
- 1997 European Sambo Championships
- 2002 World Sambo Championships
- 2005 World Sambo Championships
- 2007 World Sambo Championships
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- 2008 World Sambo Championships
- European Sambo Championships
- Honoured Master of Sports of Russia
- Master of Sports of International Class
- World Sambo Championships
