Mikhail Ilyukhin
| Mikhail Ilyukhin | |
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| Born |
November 21, 1966 Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight |
| Team | Russian Top Team |
| Years active | 1994–2005 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 55 |
| Wins | 36 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 33 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 18 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 12 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Mikhail Ilyukhin (born November 21, 1966) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who competed in the light heavyweight division. He competed in both RINGS, and Pride Fighting Championships, and was a prominent member of Russia Top Team, where he trained with the likes of Volk Han, Fedor Emelianenko, and Sergei Kharitonov. At Pride 26, Ilyukhin lost by stoppage to Quinton Jackson. He won his last fight at K-1 – Hero's Lithuania against Jordanas Poskaitis on November 26, 2005. It appears that following the demise of the Russia Top Team Ilyukhin has retired.
After a successful career in sambo, Ilyukhin debuted in the professional wrestling promotion RINGS in 1994, submitting Mitsuya Nagai in his first match. He would become a part of the RINGS Russia team, along with Volk Han, Andrei Kopylov and Nikolai Zouev. One year later, he had his first contact in MMA represented RINGS Russia in the International Absolute Fighting Council (IAFC)'s Absolute Fighting Eurasian Championship. He won the event tournament by submitting six opponents on a row, five of them by achilles hold and in roughly one minute each.
Only three months after, he returned to IAFC for a similar format, and his performance seemed to follow close. He made short work of his first two opponents with an armbar and a guillotine choke, submitted kickboxer Igor Vovchanchyn by digging his chin into Igor's eye from dominant position, and skipped a match when teammate Achmed Sagidgusenov threw the fight for him. However, at the finals Ilyukhin would meet Brazilian jiu-jitsu exponent Ricardo Morais, an apprentice of Carlson Gracie who outweighted Mikhail by almost 70 Ib. The Russian unexpectedly dominated the first segments of the match, hitting repeated headbutts and punches through Morais's guard, but he made the mistake of standing up, and it allowed the Brazilian to sweep him and take his back. After a long series of elbow strikes to Ilyukhin's spine, Morais locked a rear naked choke and got the win.
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