Alan Taymurazovich Karaev (russian: Алан Таймуразович Караев; born May 19, 1977) is a Russian sumo wrestler and former

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

Biography

Karaev was born in

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, North Ossetia and graduated from

North Ossetian State University North Ossetian State University after K.L. Khetagurov (NOSU, russian: Северо-Осетинский государственный университет имени К. Л. Хетагурова, СОГУ; os, Хетӕгкаты Къоста� ...

. He became the amateur sumo world champion in 2002 and

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n national champion in 2003. He was also the world

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/ref> He made his debut in

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

on March 26, 2005 against veteran fighter

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at ''Hero's 1''. Goodridge was able to submit Karaev with a forearm choke in the first round. He returned to face Bob Sapp at ''

Hero's Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the ''K-1 Romanex' ...

'' 2 on July 6, 2005 and again lost in the first round, this time via

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. On September 17, 2005, he recorded the first win of his career when he knocked out

Tomohiko Hashimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler and former judoka and mixed martial artist, best known for his time with Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where he competed as a mainstay from 2000 to 2006. After working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent c ...

in seven seconds at ''GCM: D.O.G. 3''. This earned his a return to the K-1

promotion and he took on legendary kickboxer Jérôme Le Banner at '' K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!'' on New Year's Eve, 2005. Le Banner defeated Karaev via kicks to the body. His final fight came on February 4, 2006 when he submitted Koji Kanechika with an americana keylock at a MARS event.

Mixed martial arts record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karaev, Alan 1977 births Living people Russian male mixed martial artists Super heavyweight mixed martial artists North Ossetian sumo wrestlers Russian arm wrestlers Ossetian people People from Digorsky District World Games gold medalists World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games Mixed martial artists utilizing Sumo Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania North Ossetian State University alumni