On March 21 in Krasnodar, on the arena of five-thousandth Sports palace "OLIMP", sports show - the GFC & Tech-KREP Fighting Championship tournament will take place: "PRIME" which headliner there is a known Russian heavyweight Sergey Kharitonov.
Within tournament 9 duels by rules MMA and K-1 between fighters from Russia, Ukraine, Holland and the USA will take place. Action will be broadcast on the air on TV channels "RUSSIA 2", "Fight club", and as on sportbox.ru portal
Sergey Kharitonov began professional career of the fighter of MMA in 2000, but became known to general public thanks to the bright performances in the Japanese organization Pride Fighting Championships under which banner it debuted in 2003. Acting under the auspices of legendary promotion within four years, Kharitonov carried out 11 duels, having written down into the account of 8 victories and having become the semifinalist of Gran-pri of PRIDE 2004. Including, to them such known fighters, as Murilyo Hua, Sammy Shilt, Pedro Jizzo and Fabricio Verdum were prostrate. After PRIDE disorder Kharitonov continued performances on the K-1 HERO tournaments, K-1Dynamite and DREAM, and in 2011 took part in the Grand Prix of heavyweights of Strikeforce. Having knocked out in Andrey Arlovsky's first circle, Sergey Kharitonov left in the second, having lost to suffocation to future finalist of Gran-pri, Josh Barnett. After Strikeforce purchase by the Zuffa company, the heavy division of promotion was disbanded – the part of fighters passed into UFC, and the part was released on free bread. Later Sergey told that received from UFC management the offer which decided to refuse as didn't count it to satisfying own interests. At the moment Sergey Kharitonov acts under banners of the Russian mma-promotions and as the kickboxing industry, Glory World Series takes part in tournaments of the world leader.
As for Sergey Kharitonov's rival, his name becomes known soon. According to organizers, them there is a skilled foreign fighter.
Also within tournament duels by rules MMA and K-1 with participation of the best representatives of the Krasnodar fight clubs will take place: the world champion in a kickboxing of 2011, MSMK - Anatoly Moiseyev, Champion of Europe on Thai boxing - Roman Gundarenko, the champion of the South of Russia on fighting sambo - Murat Tlyarukov and already known to the Krasnodar viewer, the age fighter of MMA - Nikolay Syutkin from Anapa, won a brilliant victory over the young rival on June 2 in Krasnodar.
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