K1 Kickboxing

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Karaev

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We have picked the best fights from Ruslan Karaev with K1 rules only.

Biography and Career

On August 13, 2005 Ruslan Karaev made his K-1 tournament debut at K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas as a virtual unknown. In quarter finals Karaev faced Freddy Kemayo of France and won the bout by 1 round spinning back kick KO that caught Kemayo in the midsection. In the semifinals, Karaev faced muay thai stylist Azem Maksutaj, what was later acknowledged as one of the greatest battles of K-1 history. He topped his performance of the night by a unanimous 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 the replacement fighter of four time World Champion Ernesto Hoost who had to pull out due to a leg injury. 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, his quarterfinal opponent was Musashi. Ruslan lost the fight by an extra round decision.

Karaev made it to the K-1 World GP 2006 Final after a Knocking Out win over Badr Hari Where he was knocked out in the first round by Glaube Feitosa.

In 2007 Karaev suffered two more consecutive knockout losses to Badr Hari and Melvin Manhoef.

Ruslan missed his announced fight against Jerome Le Banner on September 29, 2007 at K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination in Seoul, Korea, due to a traffic accident suffered several days before the match.

After caring for his sick mother Ruslan came back to K-1 in July 2008 in the K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei tournament. Karaev knocked out all three of his oppoenents to secure a spot at the K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16. He fought and knocked out Chalid Arrab in the second round to be given a spot in the quarterfinals of the K-1 World GP 2008 Final, against Gokhan Saki. Ruslan again was not able to get passed the quarterfinals after losing a decision.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Karaev beat the new and current heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda by unanimous decision.

In his fourth appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals he was knocked out in the first round in a 3rd match against Badr HAri

Titles

• 2008 K-1 World GP in Taipei champion.
• 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas II champion.
• 2003 Amateur Kickboxing World champion.
• 2003 Amateur Kickboxing European champion.
• 2002 Amateur Kickboxing European tournament finalist.

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Ruslan Karaev vs Hesdy Gerges
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Ruslan Karaev vs Keijiro Maeda
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Ruslan Karaev vs Gökhan Saki
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Ruslan Karaev vs Chalid Arrab
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Ruslan Karaev vs Aleksander Pichkunov
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Ruslan Karaev vs Young Hyun Kim
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Ruslan Karaev vs Tatsufumi Tomihira
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Ruslan Karaev vs Hiromi Amada
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Ruslan Karaev vs Melvin Manhoef
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Ruslan karaev vs Badr Hari
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Ruslan Karaev vs Glaube Feitosa
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Ruslan karaev vs Badr Hari
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K-1 / Kickboxing Record

13 Wins (7 (T) KO’s, 6 decisions), 9 Losses

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2009-12-05	Loss	Badr Hari	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final	Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right Hook)	1	0:38	13-9
2009-10-17	Loss	Hesdy Gerges	Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	13-8
Fight was for WFCA World (K-1 rules) Super Heavyweight (+95 kg) title.
2009-09-26	Win	Keijiro Maeda	K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16	Seoul, Republic of Korea	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	13-7
2008-12-06	Loss	Gokhan Saki	K-1 World GP 2008 Final	Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	12-7
2008-09-27	Win	Chalid Arrab	K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16	Seoul, Korea	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	2	2:30	12-6
2008-07-13	Win	Aleksandr Pitchkounov	K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei	Taipei City, Taiwan	KO (Left hook)	1	2:03	11-6
Wins K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei championship.
2008-07-13	Win	Young Hyun Kim	K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei	Taipei City, Taiwan	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	1	0:15	10-6
2008-07-13	Win	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei	Taipei City, Taiwan	KO (Left hook)	3	2:20	9-6
2008-03-09	Win	Hiromi Amada	Magnum16, All Japan Kickboxing	Tokyo, Japan	KO (Punches)	3	2:06	8-6
2007-06-23	Loss	Melvin Manhoef	K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Left hook)	1	0:31	7-6
2007-03-04	Loss	Badr Hari	K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama	Yokohama, Japan	KO (Right Cross)	2	2:46	7-5
2006-12-02	Loss	Glaube Feitosa	K-1 World GP 2006 Final	Tokyo, Japan	KO (High kick)	1	1:11	7-4
2006-09-30	Win	Badr Hari	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round	Osaka, Japan	KO (Right punch)	1	0:52	7-3
2006-08-12	Win	Dewey Cooper	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, NV	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	6-3
2006-06-03	Loss	Ray Sefo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul	Seoul, Korea	KO (Right hook)	1	1:42	5-3
2006-04-29	Win	Stefan Leko	K-1 World GP 2006 in Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	5-2
2005-11-19	Loss	Musashi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Ext. R Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00	4-2
2005-09-23	Win	Rickard Nordstrand	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka – Final Elimination	Osaka, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	4-1
2005-08-13	Win	Scott Lighty	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, NV	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	3-1
Wins K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II championship.
2005-08-13	Win	Azem Maksutaj	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, NV	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	2-1
2005-08-13	Win	Freddy Kemayo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II	Las Vegas, NV	KO (Spinning back Mid-kick)	1	1:39	1-1
2005-06-17	Loss	Ray Sefo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hiroshima	Hiroshima, Japan	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	1	0:37	0-1