Red Devil Sport Club
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| Est. | 1997 |
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| Founded by | Vadim Finkelstein |
| Primary trainers | Aleksander Vasilievich Michkov, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Voronov, Yuri Razumov |
| Past titleholders |
Alexander Volkov heavyweight champion (Bellator - vacated) +232.2 lb (105.3 kg) Fedor Emelianenko heavyweight champion (PRIDE FC - defunct) +204.6 lb (92.8 kg) heavyweight Grand Prix winner (PRIDE FC 2004) +204.6 lb (92.8 kg) Gegard Mousasi middleweight champion (DREAM FC 2008, vacated) 185 lb (84 kg) Gegard Mousasi light-heavyweight champion (Strikeforce 2009, defunct) 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Prominent fighters |
Alexander Volkov Fedor Emelianenko Aleksander Emelianenko Alexey Oleinik Gegard Mousasi Amar Suloev Andrei Semenov |
| Training facilities | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Website | Red Devil's Website |
The Red Devil Sport Club is a mixed martial arts academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Vadim Finkelstein.
The team’s main fighter base is made up of Russian and Armenian Sambo fighters who have adapted their style to mixed martial arts, and they regularly compete in full contact combat sambo tournaments. Initially, Red Devil fighters were primarily stars of Finkelstien's MMA promotion M-1 Global such as Ibragim Magomedov, Roman Zentsov, Amar Suloev, and Arman Gambaryan. Throughout the history of M-1 global, Red Devil has competed in team events, and have proven consistently to be among Russia's best MMA teams.
Since 2005 the team’s most notable fighters are the brothers Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko. The Emelianenko brothers left Russian Top Team due to claims of management abuse, and since that time the primary trainers for Red Devil have been the Emelianenkos' childhood coaches Vladimir Voronov, and Aleksander Michkov. The membership and popularity of the team has increased since Fedor and Aleksander joined as well, primarily drawing from the ranks of Russia's Combat Sambo competitors. Former champions such as Mikhail Zayats, Victor Nemkov, Aleksander Garkushenko, among others have been drawn to the club since the success of the Emelianenkos.
Because of Fedor’s previous association with the Russian Top Team, the two MMA associations maintained a cohabitant rivalry, until Russian Top Team was largely dissolved following the death of former manager Vladimir Pogonin, as well as the retirement of the team's former featured coach and fighter Volk Han.
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