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Vyacheslav "Slava" Vasilevsky is a Russian mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

who competes in the light heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Vasilevsky has amassed an impressive 13–1 win-loss record. He is the inaugural M-1 Global

M-1 Global

M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...

Light Heavyweight World Championship.

Biography and career

Vasilevsky was born and raised in the Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

n closed town of Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai

Zelenogorsk is a closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It was formerly known as Krasnoyarsk-45 and was involved in enriching uranium for the Soviet nuclear program...

. He began training in judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

at age 9, ultimately becoming the junior judo champion of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

, earned national youth judo championship medals, and becoming the judo champion of Siberia as an adult. By age 19, he was training in boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

and combat sambo

Sambo (martial art)

Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word "SAMBO" is an acronym for SAMooborona Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as "self-defense without weapons". Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the Soviet Red Army to improve their hand to hand...

, and his success in combat sambo led to invitations to compete in MMA. With just 10 days of preparation, he won a first-round submission victory over Ladislav Zak with a rear naked choke

Rear naked choke

The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...

hold.

His next fight was against Spaniard Daniel "The Gladiator" Tabera

Daniel Tabera

Daniel Tabera is a Spanish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Tabera has competed all over Europe - and sporadically in North America - in the likes of M-1 Global, Bellator Fighting Championships and KSW.-Early...

which he lost by unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

. Vasilevsky has gone undefeated since that 2008 fight, amassing nine victories in a row, three each by technical knockout, submission, and judges' decision.

Vasilevsky's road to the 2010 M-1 Global

M-1 Global

M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...

light heavyweight championship bout was not easy. It began with a hard fought split decision

Split decision

A split decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which two of the three judges score for the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other...

victory over Sergey Guzev. Two other bouts in the selection – against Xavier "Professor X" Foupa-Pokam

Xavier Foupa-Pokam

Xavier Foupa-Pokam is a French mixed martial artist from Paris. Foupa-Pokam is best known for his brief career in the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their middleweight division, and his long career in British MMA with promotions such as BAMMA and Cage Rage...

and Shamil Tinagadjiev. – went into the third round, though he also achieved a first-round victory over Alihan Magomedov. By contrast, none of Tomasz Narkun's professional fights have gone beyond the first round. The difference in experience between Narkun and Vasilevsky has been touted as potentially significant in their title bout on December 10.

Vyacheslav Vasilevsky defeated Tomasz Narkun via second round TKO at M-1 Challenge XXII to become the inaugural M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.
Declined from a belt at light weight, moved to the middle weight. April 28 in St. Petersburg on the M-1 Challenge XXV: Zavurov vs. Enomoto be deterred by the belt be afraid Viktor Nemkov

Viktor Nemkov

Viktor Nemkov is a Russian Combat Sambo competitor and mixed martial artist. Nemkov is a multiple time Combat Sambo champion and is also among the youngest champions in the nation.-Background:...

and Vinny Magalhaes

Vinny Magalhães

Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...

Bellator Fighting Championships

Vasilevsky joins Bellator after an incredibly successful career in Russia where "Slava" compiled a dominating 15-1 record. Currently riding a 14-fight win streak, the 23-year-old prodigy will be fighting at middleweight in the Bellator cage. The two-time Sambo World Champion has had success at light heavyweight but feels at home at 185 pounds and immediately adds more world-class depth to the Bellator middleweight roster.

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
- M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Championship (first)
- M-1 Selection 2010 Light Heavyweight Championship

Sambo

Combat Sambo
- Champion of Europe in Combat Sambo (one time)
- Champion of World in Combat Sambo (two time)

Vyacheslav Slava Vasilevsky is managed by Sam Kardan of KDojo MMA and trains under Murat Keshtov at KDojo MMA in Fairfield, NJ

Mixed martial arts record

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Robert Jocz

Robert Jocz is a Polish mixed martial artist. He fights in the Middleweight division and has competed for numerous European MMA promotions, like BOTE, M-1, KSW, Ultimate Glory and The Cage. Robert has earned the reputation of a tough fighter, because he has never been finished for the most of his...

|Decision (unanimous)

Unanimous decision

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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|align=center|14-1
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Tomas Kuzela
|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke

Rear naked choke

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|Fedor Emelianenko Cup
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|align=center|4:04
|Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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Enoc Solves
|Decision (unanimous)

Unanimous decision

|Sambo-70 vs. Team Spain
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Moscow, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|12-1
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Andy Sidaminou
|TKO (punches)
|BF - Baltic Challenge
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:23
|Kaliningrad, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|11-1
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Tomasz Narkun

Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Narkun has won all of his professional fights by submission. He is the M-1 Global Western Europe champion in his weight division.-Career:Weighing in at...

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

Championship
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Shamil Tinagadjiev
|Decision (unanimous)

Unanimous decision

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

Selection Final
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|Win
|align=center|9-1
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Xavier Foupa-Pokam

|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke

Rear naked choke

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|Sambo-70 / M-1 Global - Sochi Open European Championships
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|align=center|3
|align=center|1:58
|Sochi, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|8-1
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Alihan Magomedov
|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke

Rear naked choke

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|M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 3
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:21
|Kiev, Ukraine
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|Win
|align=center|7-1
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Kstovo

Kstovo is a town and the administrative center of Kstovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, southeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: -History:...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|align=center|6-1
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Sergey Guzev
|Decision (split)

Split decision

|M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Round 2
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kiev, Ukraine
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|Win
|align=center|5-1
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Artur Korchemny
|Submission (Punches)
|M-1 Challenge 20 - 2009 Finals
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:20
|St. Petersburg, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|4-1
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Pavel Nohynek
|TKO (punches)
|Gladiator - 2009
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|align=center|2
|align=center|2:02
|Prague, Czech Republic
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|Win
|align=center|3-1
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Abdula Mutalimov
|TKO (punches)
|M-1 Challenge - 2009 Selections 2
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:29
|St. Petersburg, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|2-1
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Akhmed Guseinov
|Decision (unanimous)

Unanimous decision

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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|align=center|1-1
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Daniel Tabera

|Decision (unanimous)

Unanimous decision

|FOL - Team Europe vs. Team Russia
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Perm, Russia
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|Win
|align=center|1-0
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Ladislav Zak

Ladislav Žák

Ladislav Žák was a Czech architect, painter, architectural theorist and teacher. He was an important exponent of the Czech functionalist architecture in the 1930s, later he devoted himself mainly to landscape architecture...

|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke

Rear naked choke

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|Gladiator - Gladiator of Milovice
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:56
|Milovice

Milovice

Milovice may refer to several Czech villages:* Milovice * Milovice u Hořic* Milovice * Milovice...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Sherdog
Sherdog is an American website devoted to the sport of mixed martial arts . The site is a member of the Crave Online network and provides MMA related content for ESPN.com.- History :...

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