Ruslan Karaev

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Руслан Караев
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Ruslan Karaev (Russian: Руслан Караев; born May 19, 1983) is a professional Ossetian kickboxer and martial artist. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion.cite web
url=http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm
title="Karaev captures K-1 Asia GP; Bonjasky, Samedov also win in Taiwan"
last=DiPietro
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accessdate=2007-07-14
publisher=K-1 grand Prix Website] He is currently living in Tokyo, Japan and training at Ihara Dojo Gym.

Biography & 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 a controversial extra round split decision.

On June 23, 2007 at K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam he suffered his third consecutive KO loss to 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.

Titles

* 2008 K-1 World GP in Taipei Champion
* 2007 K-1 World GP Finals participant
* 2006 K-1 World GP Finals participant
* 2005 K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas Champion
* 2003 Amateur Kickboxing World Championship Champion
* 2003 Amateur Kickboxing Europe Championship Champion
* 2002 Amateur Kickboxing Europe Championship Finalist

Kickboxing record

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style="text-align: center" colspan=8|12 Wins (7 (T) KO's, 5 decisions), 6 Losses
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2008-12-06

flagicon|TUR Gokhan Saki
K-1 World GP 2008 Final, Tokyo, Japan



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2008-09-27
yes2Win
flagicon|GER Chalid Arrab
K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16, Seoul, Korea
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
2
2:30
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07/13/2008
yes2Win
flagicon|RUS Aleksandr Pitchkounov
K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
KO (Left hook)
1
2:03
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07/13/2008
yes2Win
flagicon|KOR Young Hyun Kim
K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
TKO (Doctor stoppage)
1
0:15
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07/13/2008
yes2Win
flagicon|JPN Tatsufumi Tomihira
K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
KO (Punches)
3
2:20
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03/09/2008
yes2Win
flagicon|JPN Hiromi Amada
Magnum16, All Japan Kickboxing, Tokyo, Japan
KO (Punches)
3
2:06
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06/23/2007
no2Loss
flagicon|NED Melvin Manhoef
K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam, Holland
KO (Punch)
1
0:31
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03/04/2007
no2Loss
flagicon|MAR Badr Hari
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama, Japan
KO (Punch)
2
2:46
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12/02/2006
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Glaube Feitosa
K-1 World GP 2006 Finals, Japan
KO (High kick)
1
1:11
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09/30/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|MAR Badr Hari
K-1 World GP 2006 Final Eliminations, Japan
KO (Right punch)
1
0:52
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08/12/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|USA Dewey Cooper
K-1 World GP 2006 in Las Vegas II, United States
Decision
3
3:00
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06/03/2006
no2Loss
flagicon|NZL Ray Sefo
K-1 World GP 2006 in Seoul, Korea
KO (Right hook)
1
1:42
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04/29/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|GER Stefan Leko
K-1 World GP 2006 in Las Vegas, United States
Decision
3
3:00
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11/19/2005
no2Loss
flagicon|JPN Musashi
K-1 World GP 2005 Finals, Japan
Decision (Ext. R)
4
3:00
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09/23/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|SWE Rickard Nordstrand
K-1 World GP 2005 Final Eliminations, Japan
Decision
3
3:00
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08/13/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|USA Scott Lighty
K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II, United States
Decision
3
3:00
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08/13/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|ALB Azem Maksutaj
K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II, United States
Decision
3
3:00
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08/13/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|FRA Freddy Kemayo
K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II, United States
KO (Spinning back Mid-kick)
1
1:39
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06/17/2005
no2Loss
flagicon|NZL Ray Sefo
K-1 World GP 2005 in Hiroshima, Japan
TKO
1
0:37
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ee also

*K-1
*List of K-1 events
*List of male kickboxers
*List of kickboxing organizations

External links

* [http://www.k-1.co.jp/ K-1 Official website]
* [http://www.k-1fans.com/ K-1 World Community - All videos, photos and all about K-1]
* [http://www.k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=276 K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Ruslan Karaev]

References