Sergei Valerievich Kharitonov (, ; born August 18, 1980) is a Russian

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and former

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. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, Kharitonov has previously fought in Japanese MMA organizations

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(Both in

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, and GLORY. Kharitonov has competed in two major mixed martial arts tournaments and one major kickboxing tournament. He holds notable wins over former EliteXC Middleweight Champion

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, former K-1 Champion

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, former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion

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, and former UFC Heavyweight Champions

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and

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Biography

Sergei Kharitonov was born on August 18, 1980, in

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, (now

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). His parents were very athletic: Sergei's mother was a volleyball coach, and his father at various times studied boxing, skating, football, and long distance marathon running. Under their influence, Sergei was very active physically while growing up. Kharitonov graduated from a high school with a specialization in

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(

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). Following the advice of his parents as well as his own dreams, Sergei went to the

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, and enlisted in the

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after finishing the academy. Kharitonov credits the army and the academy with giving him psychological skills he relies on during his fights. Until resigning from the military in the late 2010s, Sergei remained on the

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while training full-time. His military rank is

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. Kharitonov sometimes gets confused with his full namesake Sergey Haritonov, a much less prominent mixed martial arts fighter from

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Mixed martial arts career

Martial arts background

Sergei started being interested in sports when he was still in

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, being taught at first by his father. Kharitonov started training boxing seriously when he was ten or eleven years old, following an incident when a drunken adult passer-by broke up a scuffle between Sergei and another boy by lifting Sergei in the air, hitting him in the face and cutting his eyebrow with that punch. The man justified his behavior by saying that Sergei should not have been hitting a grounded opponent. At the age of sixteen, Kharitonov started studying

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. During his studies in the Airborne Troops Academy, Sergei started competing in hand-to-hand combat (simplified form of Combat Sambo) and MMA. After Kharitonov graduated from the Academy, he was contacted by Vladimir Pogodin, the manager of the Russian Top Team, who invited him to join the club. At first, Sergei was invited to be

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partner, who taught him many

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techniques, including striking on the ground and

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. Sergei kept competing at various Russian MMA competitions, and in October 2003 he debuted in Pride Fighting Championships, one of the top two leading MMA organizations in the world at that time. Sergei trains with the Russian national boxing and Sambo teams, as well as some freestyle wrestlers. He also recently added

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training to his regimen, and, according to him, he even borrows some elements from

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. Sergei Kharitonov trained in Kirieevsk,

, under coach Mikhail Illoukhine (). Ilyukhin chose Kirieevsk as their training base due to a large number of heavyweight MMA fighters available there. According to him, key elements of Sergei's success are his willpower and unpredictability in the ring. As of September 2007 he recently began training with the Golden Glory fight team in the Netherlands. In addition to competing in MMA and boxing, Sergei competes in

for the

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''Desantnik'' (''Paratrooper'') club.

PRIDE

Sergei had a successful career as a heavyweight fighter in the

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, with an overall Pride record of 8–3–0. As of late 2005, Kharitonov has struggled with ongoing injuries to his upper back and shoulders, evident in his victory against

, in which his right shoulder was strained and injured nearly a minute into the bout, and in his loss to

, where an awkward fall dislocated his shoulder. Kharitonov lost to

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at Pride's Final Conflict Absolute 2006 on September 9, 2006. Kharitonov scored a win against Mike Russow at PRIDE 33 in

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on February 24.

K-1 Hero's

On September 17, 2007, Kharitonov TKO's Alistair Overeem in the first round in the ''Hero's 10: Middleweight Tournament Final'' event, avenging a previous loss.

DREAM

Kharitonov's next fight was scheduled to be against Mighty Mo at

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on September 23, 2008. However Mighty Mo was forced to withdraw due to a back injury. Jimmy Ambriz was Mighty Mo's replacement. Sergei scored a win in the first round by submission via strikes. At Dream 8

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secured Sergei in a North/South Choke. The Russian tried punching his way out but was soon forced to tap for the first time in his career.

Strikeforce

Sergei signed a deal to fight for

and made his debut on February 12, 2011. He faced former UFC Heavyweight champion

in the opening round of Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand-Prix. Sergei defeated Andrei Arlovski by knockout in the first round. Sergei faced

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, who defeated

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on June 18, 2011, at Strikeforce: Dallas, in the next round. He lost via submission in the first round.

Post-Strikeforce

On June 1, 2012, he submitted John Delgado by keylock at the MMA: Russian Open Championship in St.Petersburg, Russia. Kharitonov has signed with M-1 Global and Oleg Taktarov's Fight Star MMA Promotion and was expected to fight

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in December 2013. This fight did not materialize, but on November 15 of that year Kharitonov faced Alexey Kudin at M-1 Challenge in Surgut, Russia and defeated him by TKO (punches) in the second round. In his next appearance, Sergei defeated Tyler East via second-round TKO at Tech-Krep Fighting Championship - Prime on March 21, 2014. Kharitonov was expected to face

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on November 11, 2014, at M-1 Challenge 53: Battle in the Celestial Empire. However, Ishii withdrew from the bout due to injury. He instead faced Kenny Garner at the event, which took place on November 25, with Kharitonov winning via doctor stoppage in the third round.

M-1 Global

Kharitonov faced

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on November 15, 2013, at M-1 Challenge 43. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. Kharitonov beat Kenny Garner at M-1 Challenge 53 on November 25, 2014, via TKO (doctor stoppage) in 3 round. In the rematch he wins over Kenny Garner again on July 3, 2015, at M-1 Challenge 59 via TKO in the first round.

Bellator MMA

On February 3, 2016, it was announced that Kharitonov had signed with Bellator. Kharitonov made his debut against

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on November 4, 2016, at Bellator 163. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round. Kharitonov faced

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at Bellator 175 on March 31, 2017. He won the fight via knockout in the first round. Kharitonov faced Roy Nelson in the Bellator 207 co-main event on October 12, 2018. He won the fight via knockout in round one. After the Nelson fight, Kharitonov signed a new multi-fight contract with Bellator and headlined Bellator 215 against

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on February 15, 2019. Unfortunately, the bout ended in a No Contest just 15 seconds into the first round after Mitrione landed an accidental groin strike and Kharitonov was unable to continue. Kharitonov faced Mitrione in an immediate rematch six months later at Bellator 225 on August 24, 2019. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. Kharitonov headlined Bellator 234 against

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on November 14, 2019. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Kharitonov faced Fernando Rodrigues Jr. at World Total Kombat Federation 5 on February 23, 2020. He claimed the WTKF Heavyweight Championship via second-round knockout. Next, Kharitonov was supposed to rematch

in May 2020, but the bout was scrapped due to the

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. Kharitonov faced

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at MFP Parus Fight Championship on November 7, 2020. He won the fight via first-round knockout. Kharitonov faced

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on August 20, 2021, at

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. He lost the fight via a rear-naked choke in round two.

Parus FC

Kharitonov defended his Parus FC Heavyweight Championship against

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at an Parus FC event on November 6, 2021. He won the bout via TKO in the first round.

Eagle FC

Kharitonov, as a replacement for Antônio Silva, faced

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on January 28, 2022, at EFC 44. He won the fight by technical knockout in the second round.

MMA Series

Kharitonov returned after a year and half break from MMA to face Tiago Cardoso on September 23, 2023 at MMA Series 72, winning the bout via TKO stoppage in the first round.

Kickboxing

K-1

Since signing with team Golden Glory Breda in July 2007, Sergei has been in the Netherlands training with some of the best standup fighters in the world. After his loss to Jeff Monson in April, the decision was made to make the last fight on his Dream contract a K-1 match at the

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on December 5. On November 28, K-1 announced that his opponent would be Daniel Ghita in the second reserve match of the Grand Prix. Ghita was originally scheduled to face Kharitonov's teammate

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, who had to withdraw due to an injury. Ghita defeated Kharitonov by TKO (right low kick) in the third round. Kharitonov fought Takumi Sato at the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul. Kharitonov won by KO in the first round. On December 11 at the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Final Sergei was defeated by

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by TKO (punches) in the first round. Kharitonov faced Samoan kickboxer Mighty Mo at the ''United Glory World Series Finals'' in

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on May 28, 2011. He won via KO in the first round. On March 23, 2012, Kharitonov met Mark Miller at United Glory 15 in Moscow, and won by KO (right hook) in the first round.

Glory

He lost to

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at the opening round of the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam held at '' Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. Verhoeven was leading the judges' scorecards after the first two, two-minute rounds and so was given the victory. He was set to fight

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at '' Glory 10: Los Angeles'' in Ontario, California, United States on September 28, 2013 but the Frenchman withdrew after suffering a neck injury. Kharitonov defeated

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via unanimous decision at '' Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in

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, on October 12, 2013. The Jérôme Le Banner fight was rescheduled for '' Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament'' in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013. Kharitonov won by unanimous decision. He lost to Anderson "Braddock" Silva via UD the semi-finals of the '' Glory 16: Denver - Heavyweight Contendership Tournament'' in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014. Replacing Pat Barry who withdrew from the fight for undisclosed reasons, Kharitonov was scheduled to face Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at '' Glory 17: Los Angeles'' in

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, on June 21, 2014. Kharitonov then also withdrew, citing a finger injury, and was replaced by

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. On October 11, 2014, at the W5 Grand Prix in Moscow, Kharitonov again faced Silva, winning the rematch by second-round TKO.

Boxing

Kharitonov started his Amateur Boxing Career in 2000. He tried to get into the Russian Olympic Boxing team but got injured in the semi-finals during a live boxing TV event. Instead he competed for

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in 2003 at the Central Asian Games where he won a silver medal. Kharitonov earned a shot at that year’s Olympics, representing former Tajikistan (the former Soviet republics often have ethnic Russians on their teams) but passed on the chance to instead fight in the Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. Kharitonov nearly qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the

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. In the final he was defeated by Uzbekistan's

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. In the fall of 2004 he competed in the Russian Boxing Championship and placed second. Sergei could not fight in the final match due to an injury. Kharitonov defeated Danny Williams on September 11, 2020, in his professional boxing debut.

Personal life

Kharitonov and his wife Natalya have one child.

Championships and accomplishments

Boxing

* 2003

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silver medalist * 2004

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silver medalist * 2007 Russian Championship silver medalist.

Mixed martial arts

*MMA Series **MMSR Heavyweight Championship (One time) *Modern Fighting Pankration **MFP Heavyweight Championship (One time) *MFP Parus Fight Championship **Parus FC Heavyweight Championship (One time) ***One successful title defense *World Total Kombat Federation **WTKF Heavyweight Championship (One time) *

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** PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist *

**Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist *Other **Tournament of Real Men 8 champion. **Brilliant 2 – Yalta's Brilliant 2000 champion.

Kickboxing

*W5 **W5 World Heavyweight Championship

Other

* Six times champion

Hand-to-hand combat fight. *

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champion. *

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champion. * Three times champion

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combat fight. * Three times champion Russian combat Hand-to-hand fight. * World Universal Fight

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champion. * Two times Russian Free Fight champion

Mixed martial arts record

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, TKO (soccer kick and punches) , PRIDE FC: Critical Countdown 2005 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:02 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 11–2 ,

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, KO (punches) , PRIDE 29: Fists of Fire , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:24 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 10–2 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 5–0 , Osman Vagabov , Submission (rear-naked choke) , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:47 , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Sergey Kaznovsky , Submission , IAFC: Mega-Sphere Cup 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Roman Savochka , TKO (hand injury) , rowspan=3, Brilliant 2: Yalta's Brilliant 2000 , rowspan=3, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:11 , rowspan=3,

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