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Aleksandr Pitchkounov

Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Александр Николаевич Пичкунов
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Born (1979-05-06) May 6, 1979 (age 38)
Perm, Russian SFSR, USSR
Native name Александр Николаевич Пичкунов
Nationality Russia Russia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb; 16.2 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Kyokushin Karate
Fighting out of Tokyo, Japan
Team Ichigeki Plaza
Trainer Jayson Vemoa
Fai Falamoe
Rank Black belt in Kyokushin
Years active 1999–2009
Kickboxing record
Total 17
Wins 12
By knockout 5
Losses 3
By knockout 2
Draws 2

Aleksandr N. Pitchkounov (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 tournament.

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)



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