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Roman Zentsov

Russian mixed martial arts fighter

Roman Zentsov (Russian: Роман Зенцов, pronounced:) (born September 10, 1973 in Bryansk) is a retired Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter who has competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major MMA organization based in *an, and BodogFIGHT. Roman has an overall 18-12-0 record in mixed martial arts, and 2-1-0 record in boxing.

His upper left arm has a tattoo of the kanji words "宮本武蔵" (the samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi).

Contents

  • 1 Mixed martial arts career
  • 2 Personal life
  • 3 Championships and Accomplishments
  • 4 Mixed martial arts record
  • 5 Professional boxing record
  • 6 See also
  • 7 References
  • 8 External links

Mixed martial arts career

Roman 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 Muay Thai champion Ruslan Nagnibeda.

Personal life

Zensov is a 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.

Championships and Accomplishments

  • M-1 Global
    • 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

Professional boxing record

See also

  • List of male mixed martial artists

References

    External links

    • Roman Zentsov's profile on www.m1mixfight.com.
    • Professional MMA record for Roman Zentsov from Sherdog
    • Boxing Record
    • PRIDE profile (in English)
    • PRIDE profile (in *anese)