Volk Han is of Karata ethnicity and was the third child in the family.
16 Facts About Volk Han
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Volk Han won the USSR junior championship two years back to back, and placed fourth in the international Aliyev Cup.
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In 1981, upon beginning his two-year service in the USSR military, Volk Han switched to Sambo, and was immediately scouted by Viktor Lysenko for his team in Tula.
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Volk Han won the Kalinin international tournament, reserved to the highest practitioners of the sport.
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In 1992, Volk Han participated in RINGS's Mega Battle Tournament, but he was eliminated on the first round by Akira Maeda.
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The next year, after several wins against names like Chris Dolman, Mitsuya Nagai and Willie Williams, Volk Han took part in the next edition, eliminating Masayuki Naruse in the opening round before falling to teammate Nikolai Zouev in the second.
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Volk Han got a matchup closer in age and experience against Olympic freestyle alumni Zaza Tkeshelashvili in a special Russia vs Georgia fight, but again Volk Han won by submission with a guillotine choke.
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Volk Han resumed using unorthodox ground and pound from the knee-on-stomach position every time the fight hit the ground, but it was in a standing segment where he got the finish, overpowering the British kickboxer with combinations and injuring Hasdell's eye for a TKO victory.
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However, once in overtime, Volk Han took Hoffman down in the corner and stood over him landing punches until the end of the time, winning the decision.
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Volk Han has been out of competition since February 2002, but will return at the Lithuanian Bushido Association convention on 20 November 2004.
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When Sergei Kharitonov participated in HERO'S on 17 September 2007, he participated as Han's team, and Han himself came to Japan.
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Volk Han has served as the head instructor of the Russian Top Ten team for years, alongside Andrei Kopylov, and has coached names like Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko, Sergei Kharitonov, Karimula Barkalaev and two-time world sambo champion Suren Balachinskiy.
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Volk Han helped in building a mosque in his homeland, the Republic of Dagestan, with the fight money he earned from his RINGS career.
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Volk Han has been away from the competition since February 2002, but made a brief return at the Lithuanian Bushido Association tournament on 20 November 2004.
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Volk Han is credited into bringing martial art Sambo into Japanese popular consciousness.
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Volk Han himself has become a model for many fictitious sambo practitioners in popular media, including Heizo Onikawa from the manga "Tough", Wolf from video game "Battle K-Road" and Preston Ajax from video game Fighting Layer.