Aleksandr Pitchkounov

Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Born	May 6, 1979 (age 45); 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	Super Heavyweight
Style	Kyokushin Karate, kickboxing
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 super 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.

Biography and career

Pitchkounov began training in Kyokushin kaikan at age of thirteen 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 was the 3rd place in the 7th World Open Karate Tournament in Japan at the age of 20. He knocked out a very famous fighter Nicholas Pettas by a high kick (jodan mawashi geri)

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