Sergej Maslobojev
Sergej Maslobojev(born May 22, 1987) is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist, boxer and kickboxer, currently signed with GLORY.[1]
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Born | Sergej Maslobojev May 22, 1987 Klaipėda, Lithuania |
Other names | Kuvalda |
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) |
Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14.8 st) |
Division | Light-Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Vilnius, Lithuania (Kickboxing) Ridgecrest, California (MMA) |
Team | Champion's House (Kickboxing) Flawless MMA (MMA) |
Years active | 2005 - present |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 10 |
Wins | 7 |
By knockout | 3 |
Losses | 3 |
By knockout | 1 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 37 |
Wins | 32 |
By knockout | 21 |
Losses | 5 |
By knockout | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 17 |
Wins | 11 |
By knockout | 4 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 1 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 4 |
By disqualification | 1 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
He is the current WAKO World Heavyweight K-1 champion, and the former two time King of Kings Heavyweight champion. At the amateur level, Maslobojev has won medals at both the European and World WAKO Amateur tournaments.
As of 1 August 2020, he is ranked the #5 light-heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.[2]
Personal life
Maslobojev saw kickboxing when he was a child, but only started training at the age of 18. He was impressed by Mirko Filipović, Wanderlei Silva and Remigijus Morkevičius.[3]
He is a professional Kickboxer and previously fought out of Sparta Fight gym in Lithuania, Vilnius city. In 2018 Sergej opened a brand new gym named Champion's House by Sergej Maslobojev and is working there as one of the owners, influencers and personal coach. He has his own brand "KUVALDA Team" that is quite famous in Lithuania. He regularly participates in various charity events, visits orphanage homes, rehabilitation centers for adults, imprisonment institutions for infants, children with oncologic diseases in hospitals, is a member of UNICEF, organizes seminars in the Lithuanian Armed Forces and open training sessions for people who want to get to know martial arts.[4]
Kickboxing career
Early career
Maslobojev made his professional debut against Steve Hooper in May 2007, when the two fought for the WKA Heavyweight Championship. The fight went into the tenth round, after which Sergej won by knockout. In his next fight, Maslobojev won the Baltic Muay Thai Light Heavyweight title, with a decision win over Kristaps Zile. After defeating Ricardo van den Bos, he entered the 2011 KOK European Heavyweight Grand Prix. He scored a first round knockout of Vasile Popovici in the quarterfinal and a third round knockout of Martynas Knyzelis in the semifinal, and faced Mindaugas Sakalauskas in the finals. Maslobojev beat Sakalauskas by knockout in the fifth round.[5]
Maslobojev went on a 2-2 run over his next four fights, before challenging the reigning WKN Heavyweight champion Vladimir Mineev at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 15. Mineev won the fight by majority decision.[6]
King of Kings
For his next fight, Maslbojev was scheduled to fight Lukasz Butkiewicz, at the KOK World GP 2014 in Gdańsk.[7] He won the fight by a second-round knockout.[8] He followed this up with a fight against Pavel Voronin,[9] whom he beat by knockout as well. He would go on to win four of his next five fights, losing only to Roman Kryklia, before fighting Robert Dorin for the KOK Heavyweight Championship. Sergej won the fight by unanimous decision.
After winning the KOK title, Maslobojev went on an eight fight, two year winning streak, during which he earned decision wins over Gokhan Gedik, Oleg Primachev[10] and Thomas Bridgewater,[11] as well as stoppage wins over Antonio Plazibat,[12] Chaiyo Sitteacherjulun, Stanislav Voytenko, Carlos Ulberg and Bruno Susano.[13] This run culminated in a title fight with Stéphane Susperregui for the WAKO World K-1 Heavyweight title. Maslobojev defeated won by a fourth-round TKO, after Susperregui's corner was forced to throw in the towel.[14] This winning streak was ended by Ondrej Hutnik at Yangames Fight Night 5, when the two of them fought for the WKN European Oriental Rules heavyweight title, with Hutnik winning a majority decision.[15]
ONE Championship
In his next fight, Maslobojev was scheduled to fight Petros Vardakas for the KOK Heavyweight title. Maslobojev knocked Vardakas out in the second round, and won the KOK title for the second time in his career.[16]
Following a TKO victory against Noureddine Ajnaou at KOK`55 World Series,[17] Maslobojev signed with ONE Championship. He made his organizational debut at |ONE Championship: Grit and Glory, in a rematch with Antonio Plazibat. Maslobojev won the rematch by unanimous decision.[18] In his second fight with ONE, he fought Florent Kaouachi at ONE Championship: Pursuit of Power, and won by unanimous decision.[19]
Moving away from ONE Championship, Maslobojev earned a unanimous decision against Rafael de Souza[20] and a stoppage win against Fraser Weightman.
GLORY
In the second part of 2019, Maslobojev signed with GLORY. He was scheduled to make his debut against John King at Glory 68.[21] King later withdrew, and Maslobojev was rescheduled to fight Bahram Rajabzadeh at Glory 69: Düsseldorf.[22] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[23]
Maslobojev was next scheduled to fight a rematch with Fraser Weightman at Glory 73.[24] The fight fell through, as Weightman was unable to gain a visa to fight in China.[25] He was next set to face the K-1 heavyweight champion Roel Mannaart at Glory 75: Utrecht.[26] Sergej won the fight by TKO, breaking Roel's jaw in the first round.[27]
Titles
Professional
- 2007 WKA Heavyweight Championship
- 2009 Baltic Muay Thai Light Heavyweight Championship
- 2011 KOK Europe Heavyweight Grand Prix Winner
- 2015 European Union of Martial Sports Kickboxing Light Heavyweight World Championship
- 2015 KOK Heavyweight Championship
- 2017 WAKO World K-1 Heavyweight Championship
- 2017 KOK Heavyweight Championship
Amateur
Boxing
- 2012 Bigger’s Better 17 Heavyweight Tournament Winner
- 2013 Bigger’s Better 26 Heavyweight Tournament Winner
Kickboxing record
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32 Wins (21 (T)KO's, 11 decisions), 5 Losses
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Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown | ||
17 matches | 11 wins | 6 losses |
By knockout | 4 | 1 |
By submission | 6 | 4 |
By decision | 1 | 0 |
By disqualification | 0 | 1 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 11–6 | Nicolai Garbuz | TKO | MMA Bushido 77 - Fighting Championship in Vilnius | May 3, 2019 | 1 | Vilnius, Lithuania | ||
Win | 10–6 | Alexei Gureev | KO (punch) | VFC - Verdict Fighting Championship 1 | February 11, 2012 | 1 | 3:44 | Moscow, Russia | |
Win | 9–6 | Rimgaudas Kutkaitis | Submission (armbar) | RF 6 - Real Fights 6 | October 18, 2009 | 1 | 1:24 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Win | 8–6 | Valdas Pocevicius | Decision (unanimous) | RF 6 - Real Fights 6 | October 18, 2009 | 3 | 5:00 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Loss | 7–6 | Jeff Monson | Submission (north-south choke) | CW 11 - Decade | March 29, 2009 | 2 | 1:30 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
Win | 7–5 | Colin Laird | KO (knee and punches) | Cage Rage Contenders - Ireland vs. Belgium | May 3, 2008 | 1 | N/A | Dublin, Ireland | |
Win | 6–5 | Szilvester Silbont | Submission (rear-naked choke) | CFC 2 - Cage Fighters Championships 2 | February 24, 2008 | 1 | 3:48 | London, England, United Kingdom | |
Win | 5–5 | Colin Sexton | Submission (heel hook) | GR 23 - Goshin Ryu 23 | February 23, 2008 | 1 | 3:20 | England, United Kingdom | |
Loss | 4–5 | Bruno Carvalho | DQ (illegal kick) | The Zone FC - The Zone | February 9, 2008 | 3 | 1:30 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
Win | 4–4 | Tim McCrory | Submission (guillotine choke) | MPR 1 - Money Power Respect 1 | January 27, 2008 | 1 | 1:36 | England, United Kingdom | |
Win | 3–4 | Dave Daubney | KO (knees) | GR 22 - Goshin Ryu 22 | November 24, 2007 | 1 | 2:09 | England, United Kingdom | |
Win | 2–4 | Kevin Thompson | Submission (kimura) | WIW 4 - War in Workington 4 | August 11, 2007 | 2 | N/A | Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | |
Loss | 1–4 | Romualds Garkulis | Submission (armbar) | WFCA - Gladiators Fight 8 | May 13, 2007 | N/A | N/A | Riga, Latvia | |
Loss | 1–3 | Michael Ettl | Submission (armbar) | CFS 1 - Cage Fight Series 1 | April 28, 2007 | 1 | 3:08 | Graz, Austria | |
Loss | 1–2 | Atte Backman | TKO | FF 18 - Fight Festival 18 | May 13, 2006 | 1 | 2:25 | Helsinki, Finland | |
Loss | 1–1 | Andrejs Zozulja | Submission (guillotine choke) | WFCA - Gladiators Fight 5 | April 23, 2006 | 1 | 0:45 | Riga, Latvia | |
Win | 1–0 | Raymond Mihalyov | Submission (armbar) | WFCA - Gladiators Fight 2 | February 5, 2006 | 1 | 2:07 | Riga, Latvia |
Professional boxing record
'7 Wins (3 knockouts, 4 decisions), 3 Losses, 0 Draws[34] | |||||||
Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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Win | 7-3 | Tambwe Djeko | KO | 2 (2) | 2013-11-22 | Liepaja, Latvia | Bigger’s Better 26: final. |
Win | 6-3 | Przemyslaw Stepien | TKO | 2 (2) | 2013-11-22 | Liepaja, Latvia | Bigger’s Better 26: semifinal. |
Win | 5-3 | Eugen Buchmuller | KO | 2 (2) | 2013-11-22 | Liepaja, Latvia | Bigger’s Better 26: quarterfinal. |
Loss | 4-3 | Mairis Briedis | KO | 2 (3) | 2012-12-14 | Riga, Latvia | Bigger’s King: semifinal. |
Win | 4-2 | Konstantin Gluhov | UD | 3 (3) | 2012-12-14 | Riga, Latvia | Bigger’s Better King: quarterfinal. |
Win | 3-2 | Wojciech Jastrzebski | UD | 3 (3) | 2012-11-16 | Andrichrow, Poland | Bigger’s Better 17: final. |
Win | 2-2 | Konstantin Airich | SD | 3 (3) | 2012-11-16 | Andrichrow, Poland | Bigger’s Better 17: semifinal. |
Win | 1-2 | Alexej Mogylewskij | UD | 3 (3) | 2012-11-16 | Andrichrow, Poland | Bigger’s Better 17: quarterfinal. |
Loss | 0-2 | Konstantin Gluhov | SD | 3 (3) | 2012-05-25 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Bigger’s Better 12: quarterfinal. |
Loss | 0-1 | Constantin Bejenaru | UD | 3 (3) | 2011-09-23 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Bigger’s Better 7: quarterfinal. |
See also
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- HERO’S 2016 IN VILNIUS
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