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Mikhail Ilyukhin (born November 21, 1966) is a retired Russian
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and
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who competed in the
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division. He competed in both Fighting Network Rings, and
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, and was a prominent member of Russia Top Team, where he trained with the likes of
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,
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, and
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. At
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, Ilyukhin lost by stoppage to
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. He won his last fight at K-1 – Hero's Lithuania against Jordanas Poskaitis on November 26, 2005. It appears that following the demise of the Russia Top Team Ilyukhin has retired.


Career


IAFC & RINGS

After a successful career in sambo, Ilyukhin debuted in the professional wrestling promotion Rings in 1994, submitting
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in his first match. He would become a part of the Rings Russia team, along with
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, Andrei Kopylov and
Nikolai Zouev Nikolai Nikolayevich Zouev (; 20 May 1958 – 21 May 2022) was a Russian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division. Career He had a background in sambo (martial art), sambo and freesty ...
. One year later, he had his first contact in MMA represented Rings Russia in the International Absolute Fighting Council (IAFC)'s Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship. He won the event tournament by submitting six opponents on a row, five of them by Achilles hold and in roughly one minute each. Only three months after, he returned to IAFC for a similar format, and his performance seemed to follow close. He made short work of his first two opponents with an armbar and a guillotine choke, submitted kickboxer
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by digging his chin into Igor's eye from dominant position, and skipped a match when teammate Achmed Sagidgusenov threw the fight for him. However, at the finals Ilyukhin would meet Brazilian jiu-jitsu exponent Ricardo Morais, an apprentice of Carlson Gracie who outweighed Mikhail by almost 70 Ib. The Russian unexpectedly dominated the first segments of the match, hitting repeated headbutts and punches through Morais's
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until swelling shut one of his eyes, but he made the mistake of standing up, and it allowed the Brazilian to
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him and take his back. After a long series of elbow strikes to Ilyukhin's spine, Morais locked a
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and got the win. Despite the loss, the bout against Morais gained him fame in the Brazilian
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scene, and he got a spot in the first event of Universal Vale Tudo Fighting, which was coincidentally hosted in Japan. He faced another against another Carlson Gracie trainee, the debutant Carlos Barreto, still heavier yet more similar to him in weight. The bout ended in the second round with Ilyukhin submitted again by rear naked choke. Months after, Ilyukhin participated in
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's MMA S-Cup event and was pitted against
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fighter Mestre Hulk, who was known for his tournament victory against Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion
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. The Russian won the match using the already known chin submission. Back in Rings, Ilyukhin had a vale tudo rules match in 1996 against Adilson Lima, a Carlos Gracie, Jr. trainee who had been famously defeated twice by Vovchanchyn in the first IAFC tournament. The match started slow, with Lima taking down Illukhin and mounting him, but the Russian escaped thanks to a failed
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attempt. Illyukhin gained a yellow card by illegally grabbing the ropes in order not to be taken down again, yet he managed to take down the Brazilian himself and almost finished him with an ankle hold before the end of the time. The match was declared a draw, but Lima and his cornermen
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protested the result and demanded another round, which Rings chairman
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and referee Yuji Shimada eventually had to concede. The fight was restarted for a heated contest, as Lima attacked Illyukhin at the handshake and grabbed the ropes himself while Mikhail threw an illegal
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, and it featured yet another controversial moment when Shimada stopped the match to a submission win for Lima before Illyukhin surrendered. Mikhail returned to MMA format in 1999 facing
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Heavyweight Champion
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. The American, as a decorated wrestler, managed to stop Ilyukhin's insistent takedowns and push him against the ring ropes, almost making him fall through them at one point. After brawling on the clinch for most of the match, Illyukhin secured an arm with his back against the turnbuckle and dropped for a
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, but the referee intervened to reposition them on the center of the ring. In the process, the Russian visibly advanced the hold, and once restarted the fight, he completed it and Couture was forced to tap out. The win was immediately contested by Couture, but nothing come out of the complain. In 1999, Ilyukhin was selected to compete in Rings' first MMA tournament, King of Kings 1999. He defeated his two first opponents,
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's teammate
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and HOOKnSHOOT tournament winner
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, and then faced
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fighter
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at the block's finals. The bout saw Sobral earning a yellow card for intentionally throwing Mikhail over the top rope, as well as the Russian attempting takedowns and boxing in order to try to hold his own. After the judges ruled a draw, an overtime was called; Mikhail performed a standing
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entry, but Sobral skillfully reversed it to an
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and got the win. Ilyukhin also took part in the next edition of the tournament in 2000, facing Tsuyoshi Kohsaka in the first round. Although the bout looked to be back and forth, Kohsaka landed a striking combination in the second round which knocked Mikhail out, eliminating him from the event.


Pride

Ilyukhin took part in a special match against
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in
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in 2003. He was heavily challenged for the bout, finding himself outweighed by an excess of 60 lb and being also 12 years older than Jackson, but he chose to fight nonetheless. Initially, the Russian was successful in bringing Jackson to the ground and threatening him with submissions, including a Kimura that almost succeeded, but his opponent powered out and started scoring strikes. Ilyukhin was knocked down and gained a yellow card for crawling under the ropes, and received further hits in his next attempt to go to the ground. Ultimately, after avoiding a
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by the Russian, Jackson gained
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and threw knees to the head and liver, making Ilyukhin tap out.


After retirement

After retirement Ilyukhin became prezident of Tula regional public organization "Sambo Federation" and was included into coaching stuff of Russian sambo team. Ilyukhin was awarded the title of Honored Coach of the Russian Federation in 2014 and at the same year he founded "Sport club of Ilyukhin" in Tula


Championships and accomplishments

* Fighting Network Rings **1997 Rings Mega Battle Tournament Runner up **2001 Rings Openweight Championship Tournament semifinalist *International Absolute Fighting Council **IAFC Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship Tournament Winner **IAFC Absolute Fighting Championship Tournament Runner Up *
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** Russian sambo championship 1995 gold medalist ** World sambo championship 1995 bronze medalist


Mixed martial arts record

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Mikhail Ilyukhin's MMA Record of Fight Matrix
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyukhin, Mikhail Living people 1966 births Russian male mixed martial artists Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Russian sambo practitioners Sportspeople from Tula, Russia Mixed martial artists utilizing sambo