- Source: Roman Zentsov
Roman Zentsov (Russian: Роман Зенцов, pronounced [rɐˈman zʲɪnˈʐəf]) (born September 10, 1973 in Bryansk) 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 "宮本武蔵" (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
2H2H 3: Hotter Than Hot Tournament Semifinalist
Mixed martial arts record
Professional boxing record
See also
List of male mixed martial artists
References
External links
Roman Zentsov's profile on www.m1mixfight.com.
Professional MMA record for Roman Zentsov from Sherdog
Boxing Record
PRIDE profile (in English) Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
PRIDE profile (in Japanese)