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 K-1
BIOGRAPHY
On August 13, 2005 Ruslan Karaev entered the K-1 tournament, "Mayhem in
Mirage" in Las Vegas a virtual unknown. In quarter finals Karaev quickly
established his presence when he faced Freddy Kemayo of France and won the
bout with 1 round KO by a spinning back kick what caught Kemayo in the
midsection.
The semifinal round of the event Karaev faced muay thai stylist Azem
Maksutaj in what was later acknowledged as one of the greatest battles in
the history of K-1. He topped his performance of the night by a decision
win over American Scott Lighty and was crowned the tournament champion.
On September 23, 2005 at the K-1 World GP Final Eliminations in Osaka
Dome, Japan he faced Rickard Nordstrand from Sweden. Ruslan won the fight by unanimous decision and earned his
first appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Finals.
Ruslan finished up his rookie year in K-1 on November 19, 2005 at the
Tokyo Dome, Karaev's quarterfinal opponent was Musashi. Ruslan lost the
fight by a controversial extra round split decision.
In 2006 he came back to Las Vegas to fight this time in a
Superfight vs other Vegas Tournament Champion and K-1 veteran Stefan
Leko, beating him on points. Later he would visit this city again to
win a local fighter Dewey Cooper.
He accessed to the World Grand Prix 2006 Finals again winning Badr
Hari in the Eliminations, but lost in the quarterfinals vs a
great fighter as Glaube Feitosa is.
In 2007 he hadnīt very good luck and lost some fights in a
row, versus great top dutchmen as Badr Hari
and Melvin Manhoef. Furthermore he had to recover from a traffic
accident suffered several days before Final Eliminations, even he
had some familiar problems, so this wasnīt a good year at all.
Anyway in 2008 he came back very strong becoming K-1 Asia GP
in Taipei Champion winning all by KO and the same result in
Eliminations vs Chalid Arrab, but in the Final he couldnīt defeat
Gokhan Saki in a close fight. We know he will get good results in
his next fights and 2009 will be a great year for him!
With only 24 years old.. there are a lot of success coming in the
near future for this champion.
RuslanKaraev.com will keep you updated!
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