; Omsk, RSFSR, USSR) is a professional mixed martial arts fighter from Russia, current champion Bellator at welterweight.
Biography
Initially trained at the Sports and Youth Sports Club "Saturn-Profi" under the guidance of V.A. Zborovsky, today Andrei is a student of the champion Bellator and the most titled Russian middleweight Alexander Shlemenko. Conducting, like Shlemenko, his fights in a tough, aggressive, attacking manner, Andrey made his debut in professional mixed martial arts October 23, 2010 at the WAFC tournament in Vladivostok. Then it took him only 60 seconds to make Alexei Aranzaev surrender.
Second professional duel Andrei spent at the "Peoples' Friendship Cup" in Novosibirsk. His opponent was the experienced Anzor Kardanov, who at that time had an official record in MMA (3-3). But Koreshkov again needed only 2 minutes 3 seconds to knock out his opponent with a knee strike.
Next fight Andrey's was held on March 12, 2011, at the Fight Festival 30 tournament, which was held in the city of Helsinki. Andrei won by knockout, knee strike, 11 seconds into the first round.
On April 21, 2011, the Arena Moscow club hosted a bright sports and social event, the media partner of which was the Fighter TV channel. As part of the spring season of the S-70 League best fighters Sambo-70 schools met with the Spanish national team. Andrey was among them. In his duel against Abdul Dadaev, he won by armbar, in the first round. Andrey's next fight took place at the Mayor's Cup in Khabarovsk on May 7, 2011. Andrey in a stubborn fight, in the second round he defeated Eldad Levy by technical knockout.
And Andrey fought the sixth fight on May 28, 2011 in Vladivostok, where the traditional Mayor's Cup tournament was held, organized by the Far Eastern Federation of Modern Pankration and the RusFighters PSC with the support of the Vladivostok administration. Andrey Koreshkov competed against Todor Zheleznikov, a fighter from Bulgaria. Andrei won in the first round by technical knockout.
Contract with Bellator
Signing up with Bellator in 2012, Koreshkov won ahead of schedule the first two fights in new organization and took part in the Welterweight Grand Prix.
In the quarter-finals held on Bellator 74, his opponent was the American Jordan Smith. This fight was the first to come to a decision in Koreshkov's career. In the first round, Andrei prevailed in the stance, but at the end the American made two attempts to carry out chokeholds, which Omsk stopped. At the beginning of the second round, Smith managed to grab the back and spent most of the five minutes trying to "rear choke". Nevertheless, Koreshkov managed to get out of a dangerous situation and in the third round again impose his plan for the fight on his opponent. As a result, the judges gave the victory to the representative by unanimous decision Rusfighters (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) .
In the semi-finals of the Grand Prix, which took place on Bellator 78 The Spartan was opposed by a rather experienced opponent Marius Zharomskis. Andrei knocked him down in the first round with a left hook, after which he carried out a series of finishing blows. The referee stopped the fight, and Koreshkov won by technical knockout.
in the final ( Bellator 82) Andrey met the first champion Bellator welterweight - Lyman Good. In the first round, Koreshkov managed to knock down the American, but he could not finish the fight ahead of schedule. In the second round, Good was able to take the fight to the ground, where he had the initiative, but in the third round, Andrey again began to fight in his own manner and won by unanimous decision.
Table of performances
| Result | Record | Rival | Way | Event | Location | date | Round | Time | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Victory | 19-1 | USA flag Benson Henderson | unanimous decision | Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 02016-04-22 April 22, 2016 | 5 | 5:00 | Defended the Bellator Welterweight Championship |
| 19 | Victory | 18-1 | Flag of Brazil Douglas Lima | unanimous decision | Bellator 140: Lima vs. Koreshkov | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 02015-07-17 July 17, 2015 | 5 | 5:00 | Won Bellator welterweight title |
| 18 | Victory | 17-1 | USA flag Adam McDonough | unanimous decision | Bellator 122 | Temecula, California, USA | 02014-07-25 July 25, 2014 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 17 | Victory | 16-1 | US Flag Justin Baseman | KO (knee) | Bellator 118 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | 02014-05-02 02 May 2014 | 1 | 1:41 | |
| 16 | Victory | 15-1 | US flag Na-Shon Barrell | TKO (body kick and finishing) | Bellator 112 | Hammond, Indiana, US | 02014-03-14 March 14, 2014 | 1 | 0:41 | |
| 15 | Victory | 14-1 | US Flag David Gomez | unanimous decision | clash of empires 3 | Khabarovsk, Russia | 02013-12-15 December 15, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 14 | Defeat | 13-1 | USA Flag Ben Askren | TKO (strikes) | Bellator 97 | Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US | 02013-07-31 July 31, 2013 | 4 | 2:58 | Bellator welterweight title fight |
| 13 | Victory | 13-0 | US flag Lyman Hood | unanimous decision | Bellator 82 | Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US | 02012-11-30 November 30, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Welterweight Grand Prix Final |
| 12 | Victory | 12-0 | Flag of Lithuania Marius Žaromskis | TKO (punches) | Bellator 78 | Dayton, Ohio, US | 02012-10-26 October 26, 2012 | 1 | 2:14 | Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinals |
| 11 | Victory | 11-0 | US flag Jordan Smith | unanimous decision | Bellator 74 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | 02012-09-28 September 28, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Welterweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals |
| 10 | Victory | 10-0 | US flag Derrick Krantz | TKO (knee and punches) | Bellator 69 | Lake Charles, Louisiana, US | 02012-05-18 May 18, 2012 | 3 | 0:51 | |
| 9 | Victory | 9-0 | US flag Taiwan Howard | KO (strike) | Bellator 63 | Ancashville, Connecticut, USA | 02012-03-30 March 30, 2012 | 1 | 1:26 | Debut in Bellator |
| 8 | Victory | 8-0 | US Flag Casey Uskola | TKO (strikes) | FEFoMP - Battle of Empires | Khabarovsk, Russia | 02011-12-17 December 17, 2011 | 1 | 4:03 | |
| 7 | Victory | 7-0 | Flag of Lithuania Tadas Alexonis | Choking technique ("anaconda") | Union Of Veterans Of Sport - Russia vs. Europe | Novosibirsk, Russia | 02011-11-19 November 19, 2011 | 2 | 4:25 | |
| 6 | Victory | 6-0 | Flag of Bulgaria Todor Zheleznikov | TKO (strikes) | WAFC - Open Championship of Vladivostok | Vladivostok, Russia | 02011-05-28 May 28, 2011 | 1 | 3:46 | |
| 5 | Victory | 5-0 | Flag of Russia Eldad Levy | TKO (strikes) | WAFC - Mayor's Cup 2011 | Khabarovsk, Russia | 02011-05-07 May 7, 2011 | 2 | 3:47 | |
| 4 | Victory | 4-0 | Flag of Russia Abdula Dadaev | League S-70 - Sambo 70 vs. Spain | Moscow, Russia | 02011-04-21 April 21, 2011 | 1 | 1:28 | ||
| 3 | Victory | 3-0 | Flag of Brazil by Eduardo Conceição | KO (knee strike) | Fight Festival 30 | Helsinki, Finland | 02011-03-12 March 12, 2011 | 1 | 0:11 | |
| 2 | Victory | 2-0 | Flag of Russia Anzor Kardanov | KO (knee and kicks) | Union of Veterans of Sport - Cup of Friendship | Novosibirsk, Russia | 02010-12-04 December 4, 2010 | 1 | 2:03 | |
| 1 | Victory | 1-0 | Flag of Russia Alexey Aranzaev | Pain hold ("elbow lever") | WAFC - International Pankration Tournament 7 | Vladivostok, Russia | 02010-10-23 October 23, 2010 | 1 | 1:00 |
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- Someday, after many, many years ... when I will no longer be next to you, you will also look at the sunset, listen to the trees ... and maybe sometimes remember your old grandfather, - grandfather's voice murmured in a quiet stream. – Life is very expensive and beautiful, baby, even if at times it seems cruel and unfair to you... Whatever happens to you, remember: you have the most important thing - your honor and your human dignity, which no one can have take away, and no one can drop them except you ... Keep it, baby, and don't let anyone break you, and everything else in life is recoverable ...He rocked me like a small child in his dry and always warm arms. And it was so surprisingly calm that I was afraid to breathe, so as not to accidentally frighten away this wonderful moment when the soul warms up and rests, when the whole world seems huge and so extraordinarily kind ... when suddenly the meaning of his words hit me !!!
I jumped up like a disheveled chicken, choking with indignation, and, as luck would have it, I couldn’t find in my “rebellious” head the words I needed at that moment. It was so insulting and completely unfair! .. Well, why on such a wonderful evening he suddenly needed to start talking about that sadly inevitable thing that (even I already understood) would have to happen sooner or later ?!. My heart did not want to listen to this and did not want to accept such "horror". And it was completely natural - after all, all of us, even children, do not want to admit this sad fact to ourselves so much that we pretend that it will never happen. Maybe with someone, somewhere, sometime, but not with us... and never...
Naturally, all the charm of our wonderful evening disappeared somewhere and I no longer wanted to dream of anything else. Life again made me understand that, no matter how hard we try, not so many of us are truly given the right to dispose in this world ... The death of my grandfather really turned my whole life upside down in the literal sense of the word. He died in my baby arms when I was only six years old. It happened in the early sunny morning, when everything around seemed so happy, affectionate and kind. In the garden, the first awakened birds joyfully called to each other, merrily passing to each other last news. The rosy-cheeked dawn, softened by the last morning sleep, was just opening its eyes washed with morning dew. The air was fragrant with surprisingly "delicious" smells of a summer riot of flowers.
Life was so pure and beautiful! .. And it was by no means impossible to imagine that trouble could suddenly ruthlessly burst into such a fabulously wonderful world. She simply had no right to do so! But, it is not in vain that it is said that trouble always comes uninvited, and never asks permission to enter. So this morning she came to us without knocking, and playfully destroyed mine, which seemed to be well protected, affectionate and sunny Child's world, leaving only unbearable pain and a terrible, cold emptiness of the first loss in my life ...
This morning, my grandfather and I, as usual, were going to go to our favorite forest for strawberries, which I loved very much. I calmly waited for him on the street, when suddenly it seemed to me that a piercing icy wind blew from somewhere and a huge black shadow descended on the ground. It became very scary and lonely ... There was no one in the house except grandfather at that moment, and I decided to go see if something had happened to him.
Grandfather was lying on his bed very pale and for some reason I immediately realized that he was dying. I rushed to him, hugged him and began to shake, trying at all costs to return him back. Then she began to scream, calling for help. It was very strange - for some reason no one heard me and did not come, although I knew that everyone was somewhere nearby and should hear me for sure. I didn’t realize then that it was my soul screaming…
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After that, for a very long time I could not come to my senses, became withdrawn, and spent a lot of time alone, which upset all my relatives to the depths of my soul. But, little by little, life took its toll. And, after some time, I slowly began to get out of that deeply isolated state into which I plunged myself, and getting out of which turned out to be very, very difficult ... My patient and loving parents tried to help me as best they could. But with all their efforts, they did not know that I was no longer truly alone - that, after all my experiences, an even more unusual and fantastic world suddenly opened up to me than the one in which I had already lived for some time. . A world that surpassed in its beauty any imaginary fantasy, and which (again!) was given to me with its extraordinary essence by my grandfather. It was even more amazing than anything that had happened to me before. But for some reason, this time I no longer wanted to share this with anyone ...
Days followed days. In my Everyday life I was an absolutely normal six-year-old child who had her joys and sorrows, desires and sorrows, and such unrealistically rainbow childhood dreams ... I chased pigeons, loved to go to the river with my parents, played children's badminton with friends, helped, to the best of my ability , mother and grandmother in the garden, read her favorite books, learned to play the piano. In other words, she lived the most normal ordinary life of all small children. The only trouble was that by that time I already had two lives ... It was as if I lived in two completely different worlds: the first - it was our ordinary world, in which we all live every day, and the second - it was my own "hidden" world, in which only my soul lived. It was getting harder and harder for me to understand why what was happening to me wasn't happening to any of my friends?
I began to notice more often that the more I shared my “incredible” stories with someone from my environment, the more often I felt a strange alienation and unchildish wariness on their part. It hurt and it made me very sad. Children are curious, but they do not like the incomprehensible. They always try as quickly as possible to get to the bottom of what is happening with their childish mind, acting on the principle: “what is it and what does it eat with?” ... And if they cannot understand this, it becomes “alien” for their everyday environment and is very quickly fades into oblivion. That’s how “alien” I began to become little by little ...
I gradually began to realize that my mother was right in advising me not to tell my friends about everything. But I just couldn’t understand why they didn’t want to know this, because it was so interesting! So, step by step, I came to the sad realization that I must not be quite like everyone else. When I once asked my mother about this “on the forehead”, she answered me that I should not be sad, but on the contrary, I should be proud, because this is a special talent. To be honest, I couldn’t understand what kind of talent all my friends shied away from? .. But it was a reality and I had to live with it. Therefore, I tried to somehow adapt to it and tried to spread as little as possible about my strange “opportunities and talents” among my acquaintances and friends ...
Although sometimes it slipped against my will, as, for example, I often knew what would happen on a given day or hour with one or another of my friends and wanted to help them by warning about it. But, to my great surprise, they preferred not to know anything and got angry with me when I tried to explain something to them. Then I realized for the first time that not all people like to hear the truth, even if this truth could somehow help them ... And this discovery, unfortunately, brought me even more sadness.
Six months after my grandfather's death, an event took place which, in my opinion, deserves special mention. It was a winter night (and the winters in Lithuania were very cold at that time!). I had just gone to bed when I suddenly felt a strange and very soft "calling". It was like someone was calling me from somewhere far away. I got up and went to the window. The night was very quiet, clear and calm. The deep snow shone and shimmered with cold sparks throughout the sleeping garden, as if the reflection of many stars calmly wove its sparkling silver web on it. It was so quiet, as if the world had frozen in some strange lethargic dream...
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Andrey Andreevich Koreshkov(born August 23, 1990; Omsk, RSFSR, USSR) - professional mixed style fighter from Russia, current champion Bellator at welterweight.
Biography
Initially trained at the Sports and Youth Sports Club "Saturn-Profi" under the guidance of V.A. Zborovsky, today Andrei is a student of the champion Bellator and the most titled Russian middleweight Alexander Shlemenko. Conducting, like Shlemenko, his fights in a tough, aggressive, attacking manner, Andrey made his debut in professional mixed martial arts on October 23, 2010 at the WAFC tournament in Vladivostok. Then it took him only 60 seconds to make Alexei Aranzaev surrender.
Andrey had his second professional fight at the Peoples' Friendship Cup in Novosibirsk. His opponent was the experienced Anzor Kardanov, who at that time had an official record in MMA (3-3). But Koreshkov again needed only 2 minutes 3 seconds to knock out his opponent with a knee strike.
Andrey's next fight took place on March 12, 2011, at the Fight Festival 30 tournament, which was held in Helsinki. Andrei won by knockout, knee strike, 11 seconds into the first round.
On April 21, 2011, the Arena Moscow club hosted a bright sports and social event, the media partner of which was the Fighter TV channel. As part of the spring season of the S-70 League, the best fighters of the Sambo-70 school met with the Spanish national team. Andrey was among them. In his duel against Abdul Dadaev, he won by armbar, in the first round. Andrey's next fight took place at the Mayor's Cup in Khabarovsk on May 7, 2011. Andrey in a stubborn fight, in the second round he defeated Eldad Levy by technical knockout.
And Andrey fought the sixth fight on May 28, 2011 in Vladivostok, where the traditional Mayor's Cup tournament was held, organized by the Far Eastern Federation of Modern Pankration and the RusFighters PSC with the support of the Vladivostok administration. Andrey Koreshkov competed against Todor Zheleznikov, a fighter from Bulgaria. Andrei won in the first round by technical knockout.
Contract with Bellator
Signing up with Bellator in 2012, Koreshkov won the first two fights ahead of schedule in the new organization and took part in the Welterweight Grand Prix.
In the quarter-finals held on Bellator 74, his opponent was the American Jordan Smith. This fight was the first to come to a decision in Koreshkov's career. In the first round, Andrei prevailed in the stance, but at the end the American made two attempts to carry out chokeholds, which Omsk stopped. At the beginning of the second round, Smith managed to grab the back and spent most of the five minutes trying to "rear choke". Nevertheless, Koreshkov managed to get out of a dangerous situation and in the third round again impose his plan for the fight on his opponent. As a result, the judges gave the victory to the representative by unanimous decision Rusfighters (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) .
In the semi-finals of the Grand Prix, which took place on Bellator 78 The Spartan was opposed by a rather experienced opponent Marius Zharomskis. Andrei knocked him down in the first round with a left hook, after which he carried out a series of finishing blows. The referee stopped the fight, and Koreshkov won by technical knockout.
in the final ( Bellator 82) Andrey met the first champion Bellator welterweight - Lyman Good. In the first round, Koreshkov managed to knock down the American, but he could not finish the fight ahead of schedule. In the second round, Good was able to take the fight to the ground, where he had the initiative, but in the third round, Andrey again began to fight in his own manner and won by unanimous decision.
Table of performances
| Result | Record | Rival | Way | Event | Location | date | Round | Time | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Victory | 19-1 | Benson Henderson | unanimous decision | Bellator 153: Koreshkov vs. Henderson | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 02016-04-22 April 22, 2016 | 5 | 5:00 | Defended the Bellator Welterweight Championship |
| 19 | Victory | 18-1 | Douglas Lima | unanimous decision | Bellator 140: Lima vs. Koreshkov | Uncasville, Connecticut, US | 02015-07-17 July 17, 2015 | 5 | 5:00 | Won Bellator welterweight title |
| 18 | Victory | 17-1 | Adam McDonough | unanimous decision | Bellator 122 | Temecula, California, USA | 02014-07-25 July 25, 2014 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 17 | Victory | 16-1 | Justin Baseman | KO (knee) | Bellator 118 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | 02014-05-02 02 May 2014 | 1 | 1:41 | |
| 16 | Victory | 15-1 | Na-Shon Barrell | TKO (body kick and finishing) | Bellator 112 | Hammond, Indiana, US | 02014-03-14 March 14, 2014 | 1 | 0:41 | |
| 15 | Victory | 14-1 | David Gomez | unanimous decision | clash of empires 3 | Khabarovsk, Russia | 02013-12-15 December 15, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 14 | Defeat | 13-1 | Ben Askren | TKO (strikes) | Bellator 97 | Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US | 02013-07-31 July 31, 2013 | 4 | 2:58 | Bellator welterweight title fight |
| 13 | Victory | 13-0 | Lyman Good | unanimous decision | Bellator 82 | Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US | 02012-11-30 November 30, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Welterweight Grand Prix Final |
| 12 | Victory | 12-0 | Marius Zharomskis | TKO (punches) | Bellator 78 | Dayton, Ohio, US | 02012-10-26 October 26, 2012 | 1 | 2:14 | Welterweight Grand Prix Semifinals |
| 11 | Victory | 11-0 | Jordan Smith | unanimous decision | Bellator 74 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | 02012-09-28 September 28, 2012 | 3 | 5:00 | Welterweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals |
| 10 | Victory | 10-0 | Derrick Krantz | TKO (knee and punches) | Bellator 69 | Lake Charles, Louisiana, US | 02012-05-18 May 18, 2012 | 3 | 0:51 | |
| 9 | Victory | 9-0 | Taiwan Howard | KO (strike) | Bellator 63 |
victory over the former UFC champion and WEC strengthened Andrey Koreshkov's faith in his own strength. Now he can rightfully consider himself one of the best welterweights on the planet. What's next?
Despite the fact that it was Koreshkov who was considered the underdog of the recent battle with Benson Henderson, the Russian got a victory on points, which hardly caused anyone to doubt.
After the fight, the champion talked to reporters and answered a few questions about his fighting future.
Who does Koreshkov want to fight now? With ONE Championship Champion Ben Askren! This guy previously held the Bellator belt and defeated Andrey in 2013. It was he who inflicted the only defeat in his career on the representative of the Russian Federation. Now the student of Alexander Shlemenko offers his offender a revenge.
“Yes, of course, we are ready to fight him, and we are ready to kill him in a cage,” he answered a question about his potential fight with Askren.
However, Koreshkov currently has a contract with Bellator, and therefore his most likely opponents are representatives of this fighting organization. Welterweight Michael Page quickly caught Jeremy Holloway in a submission last weekend and thus got his ninth early victory in a career. However, Koreshkov is not at all impressed with this triumph.
“He didn’t fight tough guys,” Koreshkov said. This guy was too easy prey for him. He is not at the level of Page. Of course, I can fight Page and I will beat him.”
Evangelista Santos is another fighter who fought on the same night with Koreshkov, and he is also considered a possible opponent for Andrei.
“Today Santos looked very good,” said the champion. - And we would show him a good and spectacular battle. Before this fight, I thought that next time I would fight Brennan Ward if he wins. I would defend my title against him. But since Santos made an upset, I think now he can fight me.”
And, of course, ex-champion Douglas Lima can become another potential opponent of Koreshkov.
"Lima was injured and I was injured," Andrei said. - I had an injury and surgery on my shoulder. I think if we were both injured, then we are on an equal footing. I didn't fight for about a year, and neither did he. Everything is fair and I won. I've already proven everything I could prove."
Date of birth: 23.08.1990
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 77 kg.
Andrei Andreevich Koreshkov is a professional, albeit young, Russian fighter. He is engaged in mixed martial arts, in which he received high level skill. The welterweight athlete is considered one of the best in his weight category. Confirmation of this is the victory in the seventh season of Bellator.
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Biography and beginning sports career
Andrei was born in Russia. His hometown- Omsk. Here he attended the 69th gymnasium, which he graduated quite successfully. Today, the athlete is studying at the Siberian University of Culture and Sports. Faculty - cyclic complex coordination sports.
As for the sports career, Andrey Koreshkov began it with a passion for pankration, at the same time, hand-to-hand combat. The passion was able to grow into a professional hobby, as evidenced by the many awards and titles received in tournaments. For example, in the military hand-to-hand combat Andrei received the title of master of sports, and in pankration he became the world champion in 2010. Competitions were held in Poland. Also, the athlete received the championship in the First World Games ah on pankration, which were held in the same year in China.
Andrey began to train in the usual DYuSK, V.A. became his coach. Zborowski. But, today the mentor of the Russian athlete is the world famous person - Alexander Shlemenko. He not only became the champion of Bellator, but is also considered the most titled Russian athlete in average weight. From his new mentor, Andrei adopted the manner of fighting. He acts quite tough and aggressively, always leads an active attack on the enemy.
The debut of the young athlete took place on October 23, 2010. Then the WAFC tournament was held in Vladivostok. Andrey's rival was Alksey Arnazaev, who was forced to surrender after a minute of the competition. The second match, which is held on professional level, became another victory for the athlete. It was the "People's Friendship Cup", which was also held in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. Even despite the fact that now Andrey's opponent was more serious (he was the MMA record holder Anzor Kardanov), the fight ended in a knockout, where the novice fighter sent Anzor with a knee blow. The next fight took place almost six months later - March 12, 2011. The next battle ended with a knockout at 11 seconds of the first round. A well-practiced knee kick helped Andrey to win again. In 2011, two more victories by Andrey Koreshkov followed. He received the first on April 21, when he performed at a bright sporting event Arena Moscow. Then I had to fight with Abdul Dadaev, who represented the Spanish national team. Andrey applied a submission to his arm, which was how he was able to defeat the opponent in the first round. The second fight was held on May 7 at the Mayor's Cup. Koreshkov's opponent was Eldad Levi, whom he was able to send to a technical knockout in the second round. Andrey repeated his success at the same Mayor's Cup, which is held again on May 28 of the same year. Todor Zheleznikov became the opponent - that's enough famous fighter from Bulgaria, but this did not stop Koreshkov from finishing the fight by technical knockout in the first round, obtaining the desired victory.
Collaboration with Bellator
The successes of the young Andrei Koreshkov did not go unnoticed. Already in 2012, he signed a contract with the American sports organization Bellator. In the quarterfinals, which was held at Bellator 74, Andrey stood in the ring with American Jordan Smith. Despite the fact that the fight was quite protracted and controversial, the judges of the fight gave a unanimous victory to the Russian. In the semi-finals at Bellator 78, Andrey defeated Marius Zharomskis, and already in the final at Bellator 82, the young athlete defeated Lyman Good, who until now was considered the Bellator champion in his weight.
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Andrey Spartan Koreshkov - high professional fighter performing in mixed martial arts. After winning the 7th season of Bellator, he is considered one of the best welterweights. IN sports biography Andrei for 2018 has 21 wins with 3 defeats, and several times he knocked out an opponent in the first minutes of the battle.
Childhood and youth
Andrei Andreevich Koreshkov was born in Omsk on August 23, 1990. There he graduated from high school and became a student at the Siberian State University. physical education and sports, where he studies now, now in the magistracy.
The passion for wrestling began in a young man from ancient times. olympic style martial arts - pankration, at the same time he was engaged in the section of hand-to-hand combat. At first it was just a hobby for Andrey, but over time he began to demonstrate brilliant success and collect awards from various tournaments and championships.
martial arts
In 2010, Koreshkov won the world championship in pankration, which was held in Poland. Later, he took 1st place in the First World Games in China and received the title of Master of Sports in army hand-to-hand combat. The future champion began training at the local Sports Palace. At first, V. Zborovsky became his mentor, later he came under the leadership of the world famous coach, from which he adopted a peculiar manner of conducting a duel. The mentor taught him to aggressively attack the enemy, which made Andrei a dangerous fighter.
In MMA, the athlete made his debut in October 2010 at the WAFC tournament, which was held in Vladivostok. Alexey Arnazaev came out against Koreshkov, who surrendered 1 minute after the start of the battle. Andrei also won the next professional fight: although he ended up in the ring with an experienced athlete Anzor Kardanov, the young fighter managed not only to survive, but to win by knockout. Having improved the moment, the Spartan struck Anzor a strong beat knee, which decided the outcome of the battle.
Koreshkov used the same method in the next battle six months later, and again successfully - for the enemy, the fight ended in a knockout at 11 seconds of the 1st round. This win was followed by 2 more - at Arena Moscow he defeated Abdul Dadaev, and at the World Cup - Eldad Levy. In the next match, he knocked out the experienced representative of Bulgaria Todor Zheleznikov, again snatching victory at the very beginning of the fight.
The American organization Bellator drew attention to the young and promising athlete, and in 2012 Andrey signed a contract with her. Koreshkov's debut duel took place in the same year with american fighter Jordan Smith. This time there was no quick victory: the battle dragged on, the initiative passed from one to the other, but in the end the scales tipped in favor of the Russian.
After that, the athlete successfully went through the semi-final and final fights of Bellator 78. Having won the fight against Lyman Good, Andrey received the middleweight champion title according to the company.
The fight between Andrei Koreshkov and Ben AskrenThe winning streak was interrupted at the July tournament in 2013, when he became Koreshkov's rival. Andrey lasted 4 rounds, after which the fight ended with his technical knockout. In the semi-finals of Bellator 78, Spartan went against Marius Žaromskis, an experienced professional athlete, this time the victory went to the Russian.
After that, Koreshkov dealt with Justin Baseman and Adam McDonagh, securing access to the final against the Brazilian Douglas Lima.
Personal life
Andrew is married. Before that, he had a 3-year romance, but the relationship never reached the wedding that time. As a result, Alexander's girlfriend became the chosen one of the athlete, and in 2017 the fighter proudly posted in "Instagram" photos from a big wedding. He was not the first to announce the marriage to the public - first, the employees of the Omsk atelier, where the suit was sewn for the groom, spoke about the ceremony, and then Andrei's friend, Ivan Kolesnik, shared fresh pictures of the happy couple on the Web.
In the same year, the Koreshkovs became parents. The fighter named his son Sasha - according to him, for him this is a fateful name, and its owners at one time greatly helped him in life. Koreshkov was present at the birth of his wife and was the first to take the child in his arms. In an interview, he admitted that he also dreams of a daughter.
Andrei hopes that the children will follow in his footsteps and become athletes too. Now the fighter is at the peak of his sports career, and there is not enough time for his personal life, but the Spartan seeks to spend every free minute with his loved ones.
Andrey's height is 182 cm, current weight is 77 kg.
Andrey Koreshkov now
In 2018, the athlete won another bright victory at the Roman battle as part of Bellator 203. The representative of Montenegro, Vaso Bakocevich, lasted 1 minute 6 seconds and surrendered after a powerful and accurate blow to the spleen area, after which Andrey finished the fight with several blows to the head.
Fight Andrey Koreshkov and Douglas LimaThe Brazilian athlete Douglas Lima has become a real “tough nut” for the Russian. They met three times, and Andrey won only the first match. Their last Stand in September 2018 ended with a knockout of Koreshkov after Lima successfully performed a chokehold.
According to Spartan, he dreams of being rehabilitated so much that he cannot think of anything else, but so far the revenge has been postponed due to Andrei's health problems. He called the reason for the last loss his insufficiently fast reaction: during the fight, Koreshkov made several mistakes and “stagnated” in front of his opponent, which is why he missed several fundamentally important blows.
Awards and titles
- 2010 - world champion in pankration
- 2010 - champion of the First World Martial Arts Games in pankration
- 2012 - Winner of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix
- 2014 - Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix Winner
