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

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) is a retired Russian

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fighter who has competed in the

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, a major MMA organization based in Japan, and BodogFIGHT. Zentsov has an overall 18-12-0 record in

, and 2-1-0 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 Fedor Emelianenko, PRIDE's Heavyweight champion since he joined the group in 2005. In 2007 Fedor began to also spar heavily with young heavyweight Kirill Sidelnikov, 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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words "宮本武蔵" (the samurai warrior

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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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, Submission (triangle armbar) , PRIDE FC: Final Conflict 2005 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 6:01 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 10-8 , Antoine Jaoude , TKO (injury) , Euphoria: Road to the Titles , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:33 ,

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, , - , Loss , align=center, 10-6 , Michael Knaap , KO (punches) , 2H2H: 2 Hot 2 Handle , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:24 ,

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, , - , Win , align=center, 5-5 , Rafael Comes , TKO (punches) , M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:27 , St. Petersburg, Russia , , - , Loss , align=center, 4-5 ,

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, KO (head kick) , M-1 MFC - World Championship 2000 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:10 , St. Petersburg, Russia , 2000 M-1 MFC World Championship Tournament Semifinal. , - , Loss , align=center, 1-1 , Andrei Arlovski , TKO (punches) , M-1 MFC - European Championship 2000 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:18 , St. Petersburg, Russia , 2000 M-1 MFC European Championship Tournament Final. , - , Win , align=center, 1-0 , Gennadiy Matsigora , Submission (

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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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