Artur Kyshenko ( Ukrainian: Артур Кишенко, born November 14, 1986) is a Ukrainian

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, fighting out of Kyshenko Gym. He is the 2015

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80 kg Tournament World Champion and K-1 World MAX 2008 Finalist. He was ranked as the #1 Welterweight in the world by Combat Press from September 2017 until February 2020, when he transitioned into boxing. He had been continually ranked in the welterweight top ten by Combat Press since September 2014. On 24 July 2019, Kyshenko was suspended for 4 years by National Anti-Doping Agency of France (AFLD) after testing positive for prohibited substances.

Kickboxing career

Early career

Artur started boxing at age eleven, turning to

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a year later at the Captain Odesa gym in his home town of

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where he was trained by the Romanian Ukrainian Pavel A. Bătrînu. In 2003, aged just 16, he entered the IMFA Amateur Muaythai World Championships held in

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finishing with a bronze medal in the category. He followed this up the next year by winning a gold medal in the I.F.M.A. European championships and becoming Fighting Arts world champion. He was quickly becoming Ukraine's most promising young fighter and his winning of two national championships in 2005 and 2006 reinforced this view.

K-1

It was not until 2006 that Artur became known internationally, making his K-1 MAX debut at the K-1 East Europe MAX 2006 event. Artur won the event in

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in dominating fashion, stopping all three opponents on the night to book his place at a reserve fight at K-1 MAX's premier event. He also won gold on the amateur circuit – this time coming top of the 71 kg at the I.F.M.A. World Championships held in

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. He then made an appearance at the K-1 World MAX 2006 Final defeated the wily veteran and multiple world champion Rayen Simson in their reserve match. 2007 was another useful year for Artur who made a number of victorious appearances at K-1 MAX events including an elimination fight win over K-1 MAX Seoul champion Su Hwan Lee at the

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which meant he qualified for the quarter-finals stages of the K-1 MAX 2007 final. Artur made the semi-finals defeating the hardhitting

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before losing to former champ and Japanese kickboxing legend Masato by KO despite being ahead on the judges score cards early on in the bout. He finished the year by winning gold for the second year in a row at the I.F.M.A World Championships. Artur returned to K-1 action the next year defeating

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and

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at elimination fights to make the final 4 in Tokyo. He met reigning MAX champion

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in the semi-finals outworking the heavily favoured Dutchman to claim an extension round victory and face the previous year's finalist Masato in a rematch. Artur performed excellently in the final bout dropping Masato in the second but as he was unable to press his home his advantage the match went into an extension round which the local fighter won by a

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– a result some felt should never have gone into an extra round as the Ukrainian may have done enough over three rounds to have claimed victory. He entered the final again the following year destroying

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in the final 16 before losing to

in the quarter-finals. Of recent Artur has been on somewhat of a recent downward spiral with reports of the 5'11 Ukrainian having difficulties making the 70 kg weight limit and a mixed patch of results which saw victories over

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and Marcus Öberg being tempered with defeats to the un-fancied Hinata Watanabe and Mohammed Khamal – the latter costing him a quarter final place at the K-1 World MAX Final 2010. He has also switched gyms, moving from Captain Odesa in Ukraine to Mike's Gym in

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at the tail-end of 2010. Kyshenko has been on a roll with his new gym, picking up wins against strong opposition such as

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and

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. Even though Kyshenko's stance is mostly orthodox, many claim that due to the recent change of gyms, he is now a dual-stance, as seen in his fight against Gago Drago. (Editor's note: dual-stance meaning he uses both the orthodox and south-paw stance.) He made short work of Chris Ngimbi in the quarter-finals of the '' K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final'' before outpointing

in the semis, in the fourth match of their rivalry. He was then KO'd by his stable mate

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in the final in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012.

It's Showtime and other promotions

Kyshenko lost to Abraham Roqueñi via a controversial split decision at ''Enfusion Live: Barcelona'' in Barcelona, Spain on March 9, 2012. He also missed the contracted weight of 70 kg/154 lb by 2.5 kg/5.5 lb. Kyshenko defeated Denis Makouski via TKO due to injury in round one at ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2013 in Vilnius'', Lithuania on April 27, 2013, to win the KOK -71 kg title. He competed in the -71 kg tournament at the ''Legend Fighting Show'' in Moscow, Russia on May 25, 2013, facing

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in the semi-finals. He defeated

via an extra round unanimous decision the semi-finals but was injured in the bout and could not fight in the final, replaced Alim Nabiev. He signed with Glory in November 2013 to compete in their -77 kg/170 lb welterweight division. At the ''KOK World Grand Prix 2013'' in Magdeburg, Germany on November 23, 2013, Kyshenko dropped Syrian-German journeyman Baker Bakarat with a body kick before winning by a TKO due to a cut in round one. In his promotional debut with Glory, Kyshenko took a unanimous decision over Kenmun at '' Glory 13: Tokyo'' in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013. He knocked out Wen Jindo with a first round high kick at ''Hero Legends'' in Jinan, China on December 3, 2014. He lost to Karapet Karapetyan by unanimous decision on the '' Glory 14: Zagreb''

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on March 8, 2014. He was scheduled to fight

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at ''Legend 3: Pour Homme'' in Milan, Italy on April 5, 2014 but conceded that he would be unable to make the contracted weight of -71 kg/156 lb and was replaced by his stablemate Murthel Groenhart. Kyshenko was scheduled to fight Radoslaw Paczuski during 2014 KOK WGP in Gdnask. He won the fight by TKO, after Radoslaw's corner threw in the towel in the third round. He fought with King of Kings again two months later, when he took on Andrei Leuştean. He defeated Andrei by unanimous decision.

Kunlun Fight

Kyshenko fought Bai Jinbin during Kunlun Fight 18. He won the fight with a right hook KO. He won his second fight with Kunlun Fight as well, by knocking Jonatan Oliveira out in the third round. Kyshenko beat Dmitry Valent during Kunlun Fight 25 by split decision. After winning his next three fights against Cédric Tousch, Ruben Lee and

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, Kyshenko participated in the 2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg tournament. He defeated Eyevan Danenberg by KO in the semifinals, and Dmitry Valent by KO in the finals. After winning the tournament, Kyshenko would extend his winning streak to 18 straight fights without a loss. He defeated

by an extra round decision at Kunlun Fight 43, Jonatan Oliveira by decision at Kunlun Fight 45,

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by TKO at Kunlun Fight 48, Zakaria Baitar by TKO at Kunlun Fight 60, Gabriele Casella by decision at Kunlun Fight 62, Constantino Nanga by KO at Rumble Of The Kings, Andrey Chekhonin by KO at Kunlun Fight 68, and Timur Aylyarov by TKO at Kunlun Fight 74. During MAS Fight Ling Shan Grand Prix, Kyshenko took part in a three on one match. He fought consecutively a round with each of the three opponents including

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, with a win being awarded to either him or one of his opponents, should a KO be scored. The fight ended in a draw since no one managed a KO.

Arena Fight

Kyshenko fought

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for the Arena Fight Middleweight Kickboxing Title in June 2019. He beat Lidon by a unanimous decision.

Doping suspension

On 5 March 2021, it was announced that the Arena Fight Championship stripped its middleweight title from Artur Kyshenko and installed Yohan Lidon as champion after Kyshenko failed a doping test. The Ukrainian was suspended by National Anti-Doping Agency of France (AFLD) until July 24, 2023.

Titles

Professional *2015 Kunlun Fight -80kg Tournament World Champion *2013

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-71 kg champion *2012 K-1 Rising ~ K-1 WORLD MAX 2012 runner up *2011 It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" runner up *2008 K-1 World MAX Final runner up *2006 K-1 East Europe MAX champion *2004 Fighting Arts world champion Amateur *2010

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Combat Games in Beijing, China -71 kg *2007 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -71 kg *2006 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -71 kg *2006 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships in Odesa, Ukraine -71 kg *2005 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships in Odesa, Ukraine -75 kg *2004 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -67 kg *2004 I.F.M.A. European Muay Thai Championships *2003 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan -63.5 kg

Professional boxing record

Professional kickboxing record

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K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Tournament This is a list of events held and scheduled by the K-1, a Japanese kickboxing promotion. The first event, K-1 Sanctuary I, took place on March 30, 1993, at Kōrakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Since its inception, K-1 events were organized by the Fi ...

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, , KO (Left hook) , , 1 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2007-10-03 , , Loss , , align=left, Masato , , K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Semi-finals , ,

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, , Decision (Majority) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2006-05-10 , , NC , , align=left, Ibrahim Tamazaev , , W.B.K.F. European title @ Club "Arbat" , ,

, , No contest (Head butt) , , 1 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-03-29 , , Win , , align=left, Aleksander Demchenko , , Fight Club Arbat , ,

, , TKO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-03-10 , , Win , , align=left, Marius Buzinskas , , K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Final , ,

, , TKO (Corner stoppage) , , 1 , , 1:42 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-03-10 , , Win , , align=left, Jurij Bulat , , K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Semi-finals , ,

, , TKO (Doctor stoppage) , , 3 , , 1:16 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-03-10 , , Win , , align=left, Egidijus Brandisauskas , , K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Quarter-finals , ,

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Amateur kickboxing record

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, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 4 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-12-05 , , Win , , align=left, Dias Kassenov , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Final , ,

, , Decision , , 5 , , 2:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-12-02 , , Win , , align=left, Alex Schmidt , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi-finals , ,

, , Decision , , 5 , , 2:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-11-27 , , Win , , align=left, Ghader Mirshamsi , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter-finals , ,

, , TKO (Referee stoppage) , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-06-07 , , Win , , align=left, Karim Bezouh , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Final , ,

, , TKO (No show) , , 1 , , 0:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-06-05 , , Win , , align=left, Mohamed Rahhaoui , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi-finals , ,

, , TKO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-06-03 , , Win , , align=left, Dias Kassenov , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter-finals , ,

, , KO (Punch) , , 4 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-06-02 , , Win , , align=left, Constantin Țuțu , , W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, 1st round , ,

, , TKO (Low kicks) , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-04-02 , , Win , , align=left, Oleksandr Medvedev , , 11th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships , ,

, , , , , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2005-04-03 , , Win , , align=left, Dmytro Kirpan , , 10th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships , ,

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