Aleksandr Pitchkounov

Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Born	May 6, 1979 (age 42); Perm, Russian SFSR, USSR
Native name	Александр Николаевич Пичкунов
Nationality	Russia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb; 16.2 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kyokushin Karate
Team	Ichigeki Plaza
Trainer	Jayson Vemoa; Fai Falamoe
Rank	Black belt in Kyokushin kaikan
Years active	1999–2009
Kickboxing record
Total	17
Wins	12
By knockout	5
Losses	3
By knockout	2
Draws	2

Aleksandr N. Pitchkounov^[1] (Russian: Александр Николаевич Пичкунов; born May 6, 1979) is a former Russian heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1. He was the runner up at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii and K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei^[2] tournament.

Background[]

Pitchkounov began training in Kyokushin kaikan at age of 13 in 1993. He became a black belt in 1999 and started training kickboxing a year later after being interested by watching K-1-competitions. He finished third place in the 7th World Open Karate Tournament in Japan at the age of 20. During the tournament competition he knocked out Nicholas Pettas with a head kick.

Career[]

Pitchkounov made his K-1 debut in May of 2004, defeating Seth Petruzelli via TKO. After picking up two more wins in other promotions, he returned in 2005, defeating French fighter Rani Berbachi via decision. On November 19, 2005 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Tokyo Final, Pitchkounov faced Pat Barry. The two fought to a draw, and had a rematch five months later, with Pitchkounov winning a close decision.

In 2007, he returned to face Japanese fighter Hiraku Hori. Pitchkounov defeated Hori after three knockdowns in the first round, all with punches.

In the quarterfinals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii, he faced another Japanese fighter in Tatsufumi Tomihara. He won via third-round KO. In the semi-finals, he faced Pat Barry for a third time, winning a more clear-cut unanimous decision.

In the final, Pitchkonouv faced Samoan Mighty Mo. The fight was highly exciting; Pitchkonouv scored an early knockdown from a wheel kick to the head, before being knocked down twice with barrages of punches from the Samoan. In the third round, Pitchkonouv was dropped again from a series of hooks, but rose again. After getting dropped a fourth time in the fight with a overhand right, the fight was stopped.

Pitchkonouv fought twice more in 2007, defeating Tsuyoshi Nakasako and losing to Doug Viney via unanimous decision. He returned to K-1 in 2008, facing Chalid Arrab, whom he defeated via a close decision. After a decision over Nobu Hayashi in the quarterfinals, he faced Canadian MMA fighter Vaughn Anderson in the semi-finals. Greatly outmatching his opponent in size, Pitchkonouv won via first-round KO. In the finals of the 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix in Taipei, he faced fellow Russian Ruslan Karaev. After an errant low blow in the first round, Karaev knocked out Pitchkonouv with a left hook.

Titles[]

2008 K-1 World GP in Taipei Finalist
2007 K-1 World Grand Prix in Hawaii Runner-Up

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)[]

Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei title.
12 Wins (5 (T)KO's, 7 Decisions), 3 Losses (2 (T)KO's, 1 Decisions), 2 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
2008-07-13	Loss	Ruslan Karaev	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei, final, Taipei, Taiwan	KO (Left hook)	1	2:03
2008-07-13	Win	Vaughn Anderson	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei, semi finals, Taipei, Taiwan	KO	1	2:58
2008-07-13	Win	Nobu Hayashi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei, quarter finals, Taipei, Taiwan	Decision (Unanimous)	Ext.R.	3:00
2008-04-13	Win	Chalid Arrab	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Decision (Split)	2 Ext.R.	3:00
2007-08-11	Loss	Doug Viney	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas, semi finals, Las Vegas, United States	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-08-11	Win	Tsuyoshi Nakasako	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas, quarter finals, Las Vegas, United States	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-04-28	Loss	Mighty Mo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii, final, Hawaii, United States	KO (Punches)	3	0:46
Fight was for K-1 World USA GP in 2007 title.
2007-04-28	Win	Patrick Barry	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii, semi finals, Hawaii, United States	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2007-04-28	Win	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii, quarter finals, Hawaii, United States	KO	3	1:00
2007-03-04	Win	Hiraku Hori	K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	KO	1	2:27
2006-04-29	Win	Patrick Barry	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
2005-11-19	Draw	Patrick Barry	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Tokyo, Japan	Draw (Split)	3	3:00
2005-09-23	Win	Rani Berbachi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka - Final Elimination, Osaka, Japan	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
2005-08-20	Win	Hiriwa Terangi	Ichigeki Japan 2005, Japan	KO	1	2:53
2005-03-19	Win	Cyrille Diabate	Ichigeki Paris 2005, France	Decision (Unanimous)	4	3:00
2004-05-30	Win	Seth Petruzelli	Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle, Tokyo, Japan	TKO	2	2:18

External links[]

References[]

^ NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas
^ DiPietro, Monty. "Karaev captures K-1 Asia GP; Bonjasky, Samedov also win in Taiwan". K-1 grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

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[1] NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas

[Karaev_captures_K-1_Asia_GP;_Bonjasky,_Samedov_also_win_in_Taiwan-2] DiPietro, Monty. "Karaev captures K-1 Asia GP; Bonjasky, Samedov also win in Taiwan". K-1 grand Prix Website. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-14.

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