14 Facts About Ruslan Karaev

Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer.

Ruslan Karaev is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion.

Ruslan Karaev joined the Golden Glory's K-1 stable, training under Cor Hemmers.

Ruslan Karaev topped his performance of the night by a unanimous decision win over American Scott Lighty and was crowned the tournament champion.

Ruslan Karaev won the fight by unanimous decision and earned his first appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Finals.

Ruslan Karaev finished up his rookie year in K-1 on November 19,2005 at the Tokyo Dome, his quarterfinal opponent was Musashi.

Ruslan Karaev made it to the K-1 World GP 2006 Final after a Knocking Out win over Badr Hari Where he was knocked out in the first round by Glaube Feitosa.

In 2007 Ruslan Karaev suffered two more consecutive knockout losses to Badr Hari and Melvin Manhoef.

Ruslan Karaev missed his announced fight against Jerome Le Banner on September 29,2007 at K-1 World GP 2007 final elimination in Seoul, Korea, due to a traffic accident suffered several days before the match.

Ruslan Karaev knocked out all three of his opponents to secure a spot at the K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16.

Ruslan Karaev fought and knocked out Chalid Arrab in the second round to be given a spot in the quarterfinals of the K-1 World GP 2008 Final, against Gokhan Saki.

Ruslan Karaev again was not able to get past the quarterfinals after losing a decision.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Ruslan Karaev beat the new and current heavyweight champion, Keijiro Maeda by unanimous decision.

Ruslan Karaev was scheduled to fight Le Banner in April 2010, Yokohama, but that fight got cancelled because of an injured knee.