About Roman Zentsov
Born 1973. Roman Zentsov is a Russian boxer and thai boxer.
Roman Pavlovich Zentsov (, ; born September 10, 1973) is a retired Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter who has competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major MMA organization based in Japan, and BodogFIGHT. Zentsov has an overall 18-12-0 record in mixed martial arts, and 2-1-0 record in boxing.
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 Muay Thai 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.
His upper left arm has a tattoo of the kanji words "宮本æ¦è”µ" (the samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi).
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
Mixed martial arts record Loss
Lee Sang-Soo Submission (triangle choke) M-1 Challenge 6: Korea
South Korea Win
Daniel Tabera Decision M-1 Challenge 2: Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia Loss
Mike Russow Submission (north/south choke) Yarennoka!
Saitama, Japan Loss
Branden Lee Hinkle Decision (unanimous) BodogFIGHT: Alvarez vs. Lee
Trenton, New Jersey, United States Win
Kristof Midoux TKO (corner stoppage) BodogFIGHT: Clash of the Nations
St. Petersburg, Russia Win
Lee Sang-Soo Decision (unanimous) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. Korea
N/A Win
Kristof Midoux TKO (punches) BodogFIGHT: St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia Win
Lee Min Jin Submission (guillotine choke) M-1: Mix-Fight Tournament
Russia Win
Gilbert Yvel KO (punch) PRIDE FC: Total Elimination Absolute
Osaka, Japan 2006 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix Alternate Bout. Win
Pedro Rizzo KO (Punch) PRIDE 31: Dreamers
Saitama, Japan Win
Ibragim Magomedov TKO (punches) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. France
St. Petersburg, Russia Loss
FabrÃcio Werdum Submission (triangle armbar) PRIDE FC: Final Conflict 2005
Saitama, Japan Loss
Antoine Jaoude TKO (injury) Euphoria: Road to the Titles
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Loss
Travis Wiuff TKO (cut) Euphoria: Russia vs. USA
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Loss
Michael Knaap KO (punches)
Amsterdam, Netherlands Win
Bob Schrijber Submission (choke) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 6
St. Petersburg, Russia Won the M-1 MFC Heavyweight Championship. Win
Andrey Jangolenko TKO (submission to punches) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. Ukraine
St. Petersburg, Russia Win
Thomas Rahders TKO (punches) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 5
St. Petersburg, Russia Win
Alessio Sakara Decision M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 4
St. Petersburg, Russia Win
Michailis Deligiannakis KO FFG: Heracliones Fight Night
Crete, Greece Win
Rafael Comes TKO (punches) M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 3
St. Petersburg, Russia Loss
Alistair Overeem Submission (americana)
Rotterdam, Netherlands Win
Bashir Guliev TKO (kick) M-1 MFC: Exclusive Fight Night 4
St. Petersburg, Russia Loss
Chalid Arrab KO M-1 MFC: Russia vs. the World 2
St. Petersburg, Russia Loss
Moise Rimbon Submission (neck crank)
Rotterdam, Netherlands Win
Dave van der Veen TKO (punches)
Rotterdam, Netherlands Loss
Joop Kasteel Submission (shoulder lock) MillenniumSports: Veni Vidi Vici
Veenendaal, Netherlands Win
Herman van Tol KO (head kick) M-1 MFC - World Championship 2000
St. Petersburg, Russia 2000 M-1 MFC World Championship Tournament Semifinal. Loss
Andrei Arlovski TKO (punches) M-1 MFC - European Championship 2000
St. Petersburg, Russia 2000 M-1 MFC European Championship Tournament Final. Win
Gennadiy Matsigora Submission (guillotine choke) M-1 MFC - European Championship 2000
St. Petersburg, Russia 2000 M-1 MFC European Championship Tournament Semifinal.
Professional boxing record
10 Feb 2005 W 2-1 Konstantin Iganskly Kentaur Club, Moscow, Russian Federation TKO 3 16 Jul 2003 W 1-1 Sergei Tretiakov Conti Casino, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation TKO 3 24 Jul 2002 L 0-1 Sergey Dychkov TBC, Vitebsk, Belarus KO 3
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Russian mixed martial artists
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Roman Zentsov was born on 10 September 1973 in Bryansk.
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Roman Zentsov is a boxer and thai boxer.
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Roman Zentsov is Russian.
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