Roman Zentsov (russian: Роман Зенцов, ) (born September 10, 1973 in

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) is a retired

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fighter who has competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major

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organization based in

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, and BodogFIGHT. Zentsov has an overall 18-12-0 record in

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Mixed martial arts career

Zentsov is part of the Red Devil Sport Club (team) and has trained extensively with

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, PRIDE's Heavyweight champion since he joined the group in 2005. In 2007 Fedor began to also spar heavily with young heavyweight

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, while Roman has trained in St. Petersburg primarily over the past couple years. Roman's head coach is a

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champion Ruslan Nagnibeda.

Personal life

Zensov hopes to unite all radical Russian right-wing organizations under the banner of one nationalist movement, mobilize the Russian nation on the basis of having external enemies, and to create a national-socialist state. Through his organization, Soprotivlenie ("Resistance"), Zentsov has been known to promote sports as a means of fighting alcoholism, while at the same time being a means of recruiting individuals into right-wing nationalist organizations, such as Demunshkin's SS.Mareš, et al. Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats. Routledge Press, 2018, accessed at https://books.google.com/books?id=hNNyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT145&lpg=PT145&dq=Roman+Zentsov&source=bl&ots=xeBrLVXL7-&sig=ACfU3U0JteMtYR7N5fE2fpBiKT1scfe7Gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYvqXA5O3oAhUVhXIEHQC5Ao44KBDoATACegQIBxAw#v=onepage&q=Roman%20Zentsov&f=false His upper left arm has a tattoo of the

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Championships and Accomplishments

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**M-1 MFC Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) **2000 M-1 MFC European Championship Tournament Runner up **2000 M-1 MFC World Championship Tournament Semifinalist *2 Hot 2 Handle **2H2H 3: Hotter Than Hot Tournament Semifinalist

Mixed martial arts record

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Professional boxing record

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References

External links

Roman Zentsov's profile on www.m1mixfight.com.
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Boxing RecordPRIDE profile (in English)
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