Stanoy Tabakov - a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 Sambo

Sambo

Sambo may refer to:*Sambo , a racial term for a person with mixed African and Native American heritage * Sambo , a martial art developed in the USSR* Sambo from The Story of Little Black Sambo, a book...

 and MMA

Mixed martial arts

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 fighter in Heavyweight

Heavyweight

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 division.
During the 2010 World Sambo Championships

2010 World Sambo Championships

The 2010 World Sambo Championships was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between the 4th and 8th of November, 2010.This tournament included competition in both sport Sambo, and Combat Sambo....

, held in Tashkent

Tashkent

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, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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 between the 4th and 8 November,Stanoy became silver medalist in Combat Sambo

Sambo

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 event, category +100. He was only defeated by the Russian

Russians

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 Kiril Sidelnikov, known as Baby Fedor.
On 18 December 2010, during the last for the year MMA Bulgarian MahFight XVIII event Stanoy Tabakov was defeated by Nedyalko Karadzhov in the first round, 4.01 min with TKO (punches).