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Bahadir Sari
Turpal Tokaev (born 20 November 1984) is Russian kickboxer and actor of Chechen descent. Also known as Bahadir Sari and Theodore Sariyev, ISKA oriental kickboxing rules heavyweight world champion in 2010. Biography and career He was Kazakhstan captain of national Muay Thai team, winning medals at practically all the competitions he participated. He fought for Kazakhstan under name of Teodor Sariyev, fought for Turkey under name of Bahadir Sari and now fighting and living in Russia under the name of Turpal Tokaev. Titles *2018 WKF Superheavyweight World Champion (+96.5 kg) Champion *2017 Tatneft Arena World Cup 2017 (+80 kg) Champion *2010 ISKA Oriental Rules Heavyweight World Champion -96.4 kg *2009 ISKA Oriental Rules Heavyweight Turkish Champion *2009 WKN World Grand Prix Turkey Tournament Champion *2006 WMC King's Cup Champion *2006 IFMA World Championship Runner Up *Championship of Kazakhstan 2005, 2006 *International Tournament for President Cup Kazakhst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chechen People
The Chechens (; ce, Нохчий, , Old Chechen: Нахчой, ''Naxçoy''), historically also known as ''Kisti'' and '' Durdzuks'', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." They refer to themselves as Nokhchiy (pronounced ; singular Nokhchi, Nokhcho, Nakhchuo or Nakhtche). The vast majority of Chechens today are Muslims and live in Chechnya, a republic of Russia. The North Caucasus has been invaded numerous times throughout history. Its isolated terrain and the strategic value outsiders have placed on the areas settled by Chechens has contributed much to the Chechen community ethos and helped shape its national character. Chechen society has traditionally been egali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Stoforidis
Giannis Stoforidis ( Greek: Γιάννης Στοφοριδης; born 8 May 1989) is a Greek kickboxer currently fighting in ONE Championship. He has also fought in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, Glory, Enfusion and OSS Fighters. Kickboxing career SuperKombat In 2013, Stoforidis entered the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix after impressing in the SuperKombat New Heroes. Previously, he has won the SUPERKOMBAT Tryouts (heavyweight division) in Athens, Greece on January 26, 2013. Finally, he qualified for the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination''. Stoforidis beat Mathieu Kongolo by third round TKO at the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination'' in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013. He competed in the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final'' in Galați, Romania on December 21, 2013, losing to Redouan Cairo via TKO due to a broken hand in the semi-finals. Glory Stoforidis was scheduled to face Anderson Silva at '' Glory 41: Holland'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-1 Fighting Network Scandinavian Qualification 2007
This is a list of events held and scheduled by the K-1, a kickboxing promotion based in Hong Kong. The first event, K-1 Sanctuary I, took place on March 30, 1993 at Kōrakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 2023 events 2022 events 2021 events 2020 events 2019 events 2018 events 2017 events 2016 events 2015 events 2014 events 2013 events 2012 events 2011 events 2010 events 2009 events 2008 events 2007 events 2006 events 2005 events 2004 events 2003 events 2002 events 2001 events 2000 events 1999 events 1998 events 1997 events 1996 events 1995 events 1994 events 1993 events ;Legend : : : ;Sources: See also * List of K-1 champions * List of It's Showtime (kickboxing) events This is a list of events held and scheduled by the It's Showtime, a kickboxing and mixed martial arts organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The list consists of all the official It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Corbett
Nathan "Carnage" Corbett (born 23 October 1979) is a retired Australian Muay Thai kickboxer, color commentator for Lion Fight Promotions on CBS Sports and feature author at Fightmag. He is a former 11-time Muay Thai World Champion. Hailing out of the Urban Fight Gym, Gold Coast Corbett was the World Muaythai Council (WMC) Cruiserweight World champion, the K-1 Scandinavia 2007 tournament champion, the World Boxing Council Muaythai (WBC Muaythai) Cruiserweight World Champion and former World Kickboxing Network (WKN) Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion (including three defenses). Biography and career Nathan Corbett started practicing martial arts with karate at the age of 14, which then led him to shoot boxing and Muay Thai. Corbett turned professional in 1997 and rose to national prominence in 2002 when he defeated Australian legend Scott 'The Cannon' Bannon with a slicing right elbow. He then followed up this strong performance with a 1st-round KO win over Clifton Brown of Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Leko
Stefan Leko (born June 3, 1974) is a German heavyweight kickboxer. He is the current WKA Super-Heavyweight world champion in kickboxing, and former Muay Thai world heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world super-heavyweight champion, WMTA, WKN, IKBO, IKBF, and WKA world champion, K-1 European Grand Prix 1998 champion, 1999 K-1 Dream champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas tournament champion. He fights out of Team Golden Glory in Breda, Netherlands under Cor Hemmers. Since 2011 Stefan Leko is coached and managed by Tom Trautsch and won two Heavyweight World Champion Titles. Biography and career Backstory and summary Stefan Leko began karate at the age of 7. He was discovered by Klaus Waschkewitz of Masters Gym ten years later when he was 17. While being instructed by Waschkewitz, Leko won several World titles and four K-1 tournaments. His nickname "Blitz" means lightning in German. Stefan left Masters Gym in 2005 and currently belongs to the Team Golden Glor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriques Zowa
Henriques Zowa (born August 19, 1981) is an Angolan-Dutch professional kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Simson Gym in Almere, Netherlands. Career He challenged Nathan Corbett for his WKN World Heavyweight (-96.6 kg/213 lb) Muay Thai Championship at ''Total Carnage IV'' in Gold Coast, Australia on December 14, 2013, and lost the fight by second round TKO. Titles *Kickboxing ** K-1 Canarias 2005 Tournament Champion *Boxing ** Bigger's Better King 2011 Tournament Runner up Kickboxing record (Incomplete) , - bgcolor= "#FFBBBB" , 2017-10-29 , , Loss , , align=left, Murat Aygun , , WFL: Manhoef vs. Bonjasky, Final 16 , , Almere, Netherlands , , Decision , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2013-12-14 , , Loss , , align=left, Nathan Corbett , , Total Carnage IV , , Gold Coast, Australia , , TKO (Left elbow) , , 2 , , 1:47 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2011-07-16 , , Loss , , align=left, Andrei Stoica , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redouan Cairo
Sergiano Herbert Cairo (born 29 November 1982), better known as Redouan Cairo is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting in the Superkombat Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 Superkombat World Grand Prix Tournament Runner-up. Also a Mixed martial artist, he is a former WAKO-Pro world cruiser heavyweight K-1 rules -94.1 kg champion. He is ranked #10 light heavyweight kickboxer of the world by Liverkick.com. Career Cairo was two times WAKO-Pro champion, intercontinental in 2011 and world in 2013. He became WAKO-Pro K-1 rules Intercontinental Champion against Andrei Stoica after five round of fighting. They had a rematch on Superkombat event in Podgorica, Montenegro on February 25, 2012. Originally, it was announced that Stoica defeated Cairo via decision after 3 rounds. However, SK officials overturned the decision to a no contest as the judges actually scored the bout a majority draw. Stoica had also caused controversy by referring to Cairo as "the nigger" in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara, Turkey
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman Empire, Roman province with the Galatia (Roman province), same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattians, Hattian, Hittites, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatians (people), Galatian, Hellenistic civilization, Greek, Achaemenid Empire, Persian, Ancient Rome, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamig Athakishiyev
Zamig Athakishiyev is an Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...i- Turkish kickboxer. Titles *2011 WBKF European title (91 kg) champion *2010 RMO Istanbul tournament champion *2010 Wako European (91 kg k-1) finalist Kickboxing record See also * List of heavyweight boxing champions * List of male kickboxers References External links * K-1 World Grand Prix Selection 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Athakishiyev, Zamig 1986 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erhan Deniz
Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz (born July 28, 1985, in Pendik, Istanbul) is a Turkish heavyweight kickboxer, who fights out of Mejiro Gym (Amsterdam) and Global Gym (Istanbul). His nickname comes from his passion on pit bull dogs. Career Deniz began training in boxing at 10 years old before switching to Muay Thai. He has been to Thailand several times with the Turkish national team for season camps. He first came to prominence when he won the Pro Tournament Ring Masters, a four-man tournament held at the Haldun Alagas Sport Hall in Umraniye, Istanbul on May 25, 2007. He defeated Hasan Gul in the semi-finals and then Eyup Kuscu in the final to become the Heavyweight Champion of Turkey. He made his debut with the K-1 promotion in August 2007 at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong'', where he defeated South Korean ssireum fighter Kim Dong-Wook in a reserve match for the 8-man Grand Prix taking part on that night. On November 2, 2007, Deniz took part in the Grand Prix at '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age. Erzurum has winter sports facilities and hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade. Name and etymology The city was originally known in Armenian as Karno K'aghak' ( hy, Կարնոյ քաղաք), meaning city of Karin, to distinguish it from the district of Karin ( Կարին). It is presumed its name was derived from a local tribe called the Karenitis. Darbinian, M. "Erzurum," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, vol. 4, p. 93. An alternate theory contends that a local princely family, the Kamsarakans, the Armenian off-shoot of the Iranian Kārin Pahlav family, lent its name to the locale that eventually bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
