Sergei Kharitonov
Sergei Kharitonov was born in Plesetsk, Russia on August 18th, 1980 and is the MMA Fighter. At the age of 43, Sergei Kharitonov biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sergei Valerievich Kharitonov (born August 18, 1980) is a Russian Heavyweight mixed martial artist and former kickboxer currently competing for Bellator MMA, M-1 Global, and GLORY.
He has competed in Japanese MMA companies such as PRIDE Fighting Championships, DREAM (Both in Japan), and Strikeforce, which was headquartered in the United States, and has been a professional MMA fighter since 2000. Kharitonov has participated in two major mixed martial arts tournaments and one major kickboxing tournament.
He wins over former EliteXC Middleweight Champion Murilo Rua, former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem, and former UFC Heavyweight Champions Andrei Arlovski and Fabrcio Werdum. According to GLORY, Kharitonov is the world's most popular Heavyweight kickboxer.
Personal life
Kharitonov and his partner Natalya have one child.
Mixed martial arts career
Sergei started being interested in sports as a child, despite his father's being taught first by his father. Following an incident where a drunken adult passer-by broke up a scuffle between Sergei and another child by raising Sergei in the air, striking him in the chest and cutting his eyebrow with that punch, Kharitonov began training boxing seriously when he was ten or eleven years old. Sergei may not have been striking a grounded opponent, according to the guy, who justified his behavior by arguing that he should not have been attacking a grounded opponent.
Kharitonov began learning Combat Sambo at the age of 16. Sergei started participating in hand-to-hand combat (simplified version of Combat Sambo) and MMA during his time at the Airborne Troops Academy. After Kharitonov graduated from the academy, Vladimir Pogodin, the Russian Top Team's coach, welcomed him to join the team. Sergei was invited to be Fedor Emelianenko's sparring partner, who taught him several ground combat skills, including striking on the ground and submissions at first. Sergei continued to compete in various Russian MMA tournaments, and in October 2003, he made his debut in the Pride Fighting Championships, one of the world's top MMA clubs at that time.
Sergei works with the Russian national boxing and Sambo corpses, as well as some freestyle wrestlers. He also started adding Muay Thai training to his regime, and even borrowed some elements from karate, according to him.
Sergei Kharitonov worked in Kiriee, Russia, under Russian coach Mikhail Illoukhine (Russian: ил лин). Due to a large number of heavyweight MMA fighters available there, Ilyukhin chose Kirieevsk as their training base. Sergei's most notable traits, according to him, were his willpower and unpredictability in the ring. He started training with the Golden Glory fight team in the Netherlands in September 2007.
Sergei competes in Combat Sambo for the Ryazan Desantnik (Paratrooper) club, rather than competing in MMA and boxing.
Sergei had a fruitful career as a heavyweight wrestler in the Pride Fighting Championships, winning 8–3–0. Kharitonov has struggled with persistent injuries to his upper back and shoulders, as shown by his win over Fabrcio Werdum, in which his right shoulder was strained and injured almost a minute into the match, and in his loss to Alistair Overeem, where an awkward fall dislocated his shoulder.
On September 9, 2006, Kharitonov defeated Alexander Emelianenko at Pride's Final Conflict Absolute 2006.
On February 24, Kharitonov defeated Mike Russow at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas.
Alistair Overeem of Kharitonov TKO in the first round of the Hero's 10: Middleweight Tournament Final tournament on September 17, 2007, avenging a previous defeat.
On September 23, 2008, Kharitonov's next fight was scheduled to be against Mighty Mo at DREAM 6. Mighty Mo was forced to cancel due to a back injury, but Mighty Mo was compelled to leave due to a back injury. Mighty Mo's replacement was Jimmy Ambriz. Sergei gained by strikes in the first round. In a North/South Choke, Jeff Monson secured Sergei. The Russian tried punching his way out, but was forced to tap for the first time in his career.
Sergei made his debut on February 12, 2011 when he signed a contract to fight for Strikeforce. In the first round of Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand Prix qualifying, he met former UFC Heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. Sergei beat Andrei Arlovski in the first round, losing by a single point. In the next round, Sergei met Josh Barnett, who beat Brett Rogers on June 18, 2011 at Strikeforce: Dallas. In the first round, he was disqualified by submission.
He submitted John Delgado by keylock at the MMA: Russian Open Championship in St.Petersburg, Russia, on June 1, 2012. Kharitonov has signed with M-1 Global and Oleg Taktarov's Fight Star MMA Promotion and is scheduled to meet Travis Wiuff in December 2013. The fight didn't come to an end, but Kharitonov defeated Alexey Kudin at M-1 Challenge in Surgut, Russia, on November 15 of that year, defeating him by TKO (punches) in the second round.
Sergei defeated Tyler East by second-round TKO at Tech-Krep Battle Championship - Prime on March 21, 2014.
On November 11, 2014, Kharitonov was scheduled to face Satoshi Ishii in a Battle in the Celestial Empire. However, Ishii did not recover from the match due to injury. Instead, he met Kenny Garner in the third round of the tournament, with Kharitonov winning by doctor stoppage in the third round.
On November 15, 2013, Kharitonov met Alexei Kudin in the M-1 Challenge 43. In the second round, he defeated him by TKO.
In the 3 round, Kharitonov defeated Kenny Garner at M-1 Challenge 53.
He triumphs over Kenny Garner in the first round of M-1 Challenge 59 via TKO on July 3, 2015.
On February 3, 2016, it was reported that Kharitonov had joined Bellator. On Nov. 4, 2016, Kharitonov made his debut against Javy Ayala at Bellator 163. In the first round, he was disqualified due to a knockout.
On March 31, 2017, Kharitonov defeated Chase Gormley at Bellator 175. In the first round, he was able to win the fight by being knocked out.
On October 12, 2018, Kharitonov met Roy Nelson in the Bellator 207 co-main event. In round one, he defeated the opposition by being knocked out.
Kharitonov signed a new multi-fight deal with Bellator, as well as a headlined Bellator 215 against Matt Mitrione on February 15, 2019. Unfortunately, the game came to a close in just 15 seconds into the first round after Mitrione made an accidental groin strike, and Kharitonov was unable to continue.
On August 24, 2019, Kharitonov met Mitrione in an instant rematch at Bellator 225. In the second round, he won via TKO.
On November 14, 2019, Kharitonov headlined Bellator 234 against Linton Vassell. In the second round, he lost by TKO.
Fernando Rodrigues Jr. was defeated by Kharitonov at the World Total Kombat Federation 5 on February 23, 2020. He defeated WTKF Heavyweight Championship in the second round by a knockout.
In May 2020, Kharitonov was supposed to face Linton Vassell in a match, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 7, 2020, Kharitonov met Oli Thompson at the MFP Parus Fight Championship. He was able to win the first round after a knockout.
On August 20, 2021 at Bellator 265, Kharitonov defeated Cheick Kongo. In round two, he lost the fight by a back-naked choke.
On November 6, 2021, Kharitonov defended his Parus FC Heavyweight Championship against Fábio Maldonado at a Parus FC match. In the first round, he won via TKO.
On January 28, 2022 at EFC 44, Kharitonov, as a replacement for Antônio Silva, met Tyrone Spong. In the second round, he won by a technical knockout.