Aleksandr N. PitchkounovNSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas
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and kyokushin karateka competing in

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. He was the runner up at the

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and K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei tournament.

Background

Pitchkounov began training in Kyokushin kaikan at age of 13 in 1993. He became a black belt in 1999 and started training

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a year later after being interested by watching

-competitions. He finished third place in the 7th World Open Karate Tournament in Japan at the age of 20. During the tournament competition he knocked out

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with a head kick.

Career

Pitchkounov made his K-1 debut in May of 2004, defeating

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via TKO. After picking up two more wins in other promotions, he returned in 2005, defeating French fighter Rani Berbachi via decision. On November 19, 2005 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Tokyo Final, Pitchkounov faced Pat Barry. The two fought to a draw, and had a rematch five months later, with Pitchkounov winning a close decision. In 2007, he returned to face Japanese fighter

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. Pitchkounov defeated Hori after three knockdowns in the first round, all with punches. In the quarterfinals of the

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, he faced another Japanese fighter in Tatsufumi Tomihara. He won via third-round KO. In the semi-finals, he faced Pat Barry for a third time, winning a more clear-cut unanimous decision. In the final, Pitchkonouv faced Samoan Mighty Mo. The fight was highly exciting; Pitchkonouv scored an early knockdown from a wheel kick to the head, before being knocked down twice with barrages of punches from the Samoan. In the third round, Pitchkonouv was dropped again from a series of hooks, but rose again. After getting dropped a fourth time in the fight with a overhand right, the fight was stopped. Pitchkonouv fought twice more in 2007, defeating Tsuyoshi Nakasako and losing to

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via unanimous decision. He returned to K-1 in 2008, facing

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, whom he defeated via a close decision. After a decision over Nobu Hayashi in the quarterfinals, he faced

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MMA fighter Vaughn Anderson in the semi-finals. Greatly outmatching his opponent in size, Pitchkonouv won via first-round KO. In the finals of the 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix in

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, he faced fellow Russian

Ruslan Karaev Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev (Karayev) (russian: Русла́н Саве́льевич Кара́ев, Ruslan Savelyevich Karayev; os, Хъараты Савелийы фырт Руслан, Qaraty Savelijy fyrt Ruslan; born May 19, 1983) is a Russ ...

. After an errant low blow in the first round, Karaev knocked out Pitchkonouv with a left hook.

Titles

*2008 K-1 World GP in Taipei Finalist * 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix in Hawaii Runner-Up

Kickboxing record (incomplete)

External links

Official K-1 website

References

1979 births Living people Russian male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers Russian male karateka Kyokushin kaikan practitioners Sportspeople from Perm, Russia Russian expatriates in Japan {{Russia-karate-bio-stub