1. Alexander Sarnavskiy is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.
43 Facts About Alexander Sarnavskiy
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Later, he was attracted by pankration and Alexander Sarnavskiy switched to hand-to-hand combat and combat sambo at the Saturn-Profi martial arts school.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy was led to this step by the example of a coach, Alexander Shlemenko.
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Midway through the first round, Alexander Sarnavskiy caught his opponent in a body triangle and peppered him with punches from behind.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy soon went for a rear naked choke, which forced the tapout from Kuptsov.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy then faced Karen Grigoryan in the next round, defeating him by split decision, advancing him to the final.
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Around the same time, Alexander Sarnavskiy was scheduled to face Artiom Damkovsky at the M-1 Eastern European Finals.
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Immediately, Alexander Sarnavskiy went after Kuku and went for a flying knee.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy's spinning back fist knocked Kuku down, before he hit Kuku with a barrage of punches to claim the knockout win.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy made his US MMA debut in Norfolk, Virginia on March 25,2011, on the televised portion of M-1 Challenge: Damkovsky vs Figueroa.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced late replacement Beau Baker and won the fight via submission in the second round.
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On June 19,2012, Alexander Sarnavskiy signed with Bellator, thus terminating the contract with M-1 Global.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy entered as a participant in the Bellator season seven lightweight tournament.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy lost the fight via split decision.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy defeated Tony Hervey on November 30,2012, at Bellator 82 via unanimous decision.
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In 2013, Alexander Sarnavskiy entered as a participant in the Bellator Season 8 Lightweight tournament.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Brazilian Kickboxer Thiago Michel in the quarter-finals on January 31,2013, at Bellator 87 and won via submission in the second round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy was scheduled to face David Rickels in the semifinals.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Marcus Davis on September 27,2013, at Bellator 101 in the quarterfinals of Bellator's Season Nine Lightweight Tournament.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Ricardo Tirloni in the semifinals and won via triangle choke in the first round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Will Brooks in the finals and lost via unanimous decision.
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An injury forced Campos out of the fight, Alexander Sarnavskiy eventually faced promotional newcomer Dakota Cochrane.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won the fight by submission in the first round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Marcin Held on April 10,2015, at Bellator 136.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy lost the fight via verbal submission in the third round and was released from the promotion.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Jesse Ronson on October 3,2015, at Abu Dhabi Warriors 3.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Murad Machaev on February 26,2016, at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 21.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Dmitry Bikrev on April 29,2016, at Fight Nights Global 46.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won the fight via submission in the second round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov on September 17,2016, at ACB 45: Silva vs Magomedsharipov.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy lost the fight by knockout in the second round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Ramazan Esenbaev on December 18,2016, at ACB 50: Rasulov vs Goltsov.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won thefight via TKO in the third round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Eduard Vartanyan on April 15,2017, at ACB 57: Payback.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy lost the fight via submission in the second round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Shamil Nikaev at ACB 80 on February 16,2018.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Aurel Pirtea on December 14,2019, at ACA 103.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won the bout, knocking out Aurel in the third round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won the bout via rear-naked choke at the end of the first round.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Rashid Magomedov on September 24,2021, at ACA 129: Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Magomedov.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Herdeson Batista on May 21,2022, at ACA 139.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy won the bout via TKO stoppage under a minute into the bout.
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Alexander Sarnavskiy faced Magomed Sulumov on February 23,2024, at AMC Fight Nights 123 for the AMC Lightweight Championship, despite being hurt in the first round, Alexander Sarnavskiy came back to win the title and the bout via rear-naked choke in the third round.