Artur Kyshenko

Artur Kyshenko Артур Кишенко
Born	November 14, 1986 (1986-11-14) (age 25) Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Other names	White (Белый)
Nationality	Ukrainian
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb; 11.3 st)
Division	Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Mike's Gym (2010-present) Captain Odessa (2003-2010)
Trainer	Mike Passenier Pavel Evtushenko
Years active	2003–present
Kickboxing record
Total	58
Wins	47
By knockout	25
Losses	9
By knockout	3
Draws	1
No contests	1
Amateur career
Total	132
Wins	119
Losses	13
Other information
Website	http://kyshenkoartur.com/
last updated on: May 28, 2011

Artur Kyshenko (Ukrainian: Артур Кишенко, born November 14, 1986) is a Ukrainian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is K-1 MAX 2006 East European champion and K-1 World MAX 2008 Finalist.^[1]

Biography and career

Artur started boxing at age eleven, turning to Muay Thai a year later at the Captain Odessa gym in his home town of Odessa, Ukraine where he was trained by P. A. Batrinu^[2]. In 2003, aged just 16, he entered the I.F.M.A. Amateur Muaythai World Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan finishing with a bronze medal in the 63.5 kg category. He followed this up the next year by winning a gold medal in the I.F.M.A. European championships and becoming Fighting Arts world champion. He was quickly becoming Ukraine's most promising young fighter and his winning of two national championships in 2005 and 2006 reinforced this view.

It was not until 2006 that Artur became known internationally, making his K-1 MAX debut at the K-1 East Europe MAX 2006 event. Artur won the event in Vilnius, Lithuania in dominating fashion, stopping all three opponents on the night to book his place at a reserve fight at K-1 MAX's premier event^[3]. He also won gold on the amateur circuit – this time coming top of the 71 kg at the I.F.M.A. World Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand^[4]. He then made an appearance at the K-1 World MAX 2006 Final defeated the wily veteran and multiple world champion Rayen Simson in their reserve match^[5].

2007 was another useful year for Artur who made a number of victorious appearances at K-1 MAX events including an elimination fight win over K-1 MAX Seoul champion Su Hwan Lee at the K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Final Elimination which meant he qualified for the quarter finals stages of the K-1 MAX 2007 final. Artur made the semi finals defeating the hardhitting Mike Zambidis before losing to former champ and Japanese kickboxing legend Masato by KO despite being ahead on the judges score cards early on in the bout^[6]. He finished the year by winning gold for the second year in a row at the I.F.M.A World Championships^[7].

Artur returned to K-1 action the next year defeating Jordan Tai and Yasuhiro Kido at elimination fights to make the final 4 in Tokyo. He met reigning MAX champion Andy Souwer in the semi finals outworking the heavily favoured Dutchman to claim an extension round victory and face the previous year's finalist Masato in a rematch. Artur performed excellently in the final bout dropping Masato in the second but as he was unable to press his home his advantage the match went into an extension round which the local fighter won by a unanimous decision^[8] – a result some felt should never have gone into an extra round as the Ukrainian may have done enough over three rounds to have claimed victory. He entered the final again the following year destroying Aalviar Lima in the final 16 before losing to Andy Souwer in the quarter finals.

Of recent Artur has been on somewhat of a recent downward spiral with reports of the 5'11 Ukrainian having difficulties making the 70 kg weight limit and a mixed patch of results which saw victories over Murat Direkçi and Marcus Öberg being tempered with defeats to the un-fancied Hinata Watanabe and Mohammed Khamal – the latter costing him a quarter final place at the K-1 World MAX Final 2010. He has also switched gyms, moving from Captain Odessa in the Ukraine to Mike's Gym in Amsterdam at the tail-end of 2010.^[9] Kyshenko has been on a roll with his new gym, picking up wins against strong opposition such as Gago Drago and Nieky Holzken.

Even though Kyshenko's stance is mostly orthodox, many claim that due to the recent change og gyms, he is now a dual-stance, as seen in his fight against Gago Drago. (Editor's note: dual-stance meaning he uses both the orthodox and south-paw stance.)^[10]

Titles

Professional

• 2011 It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" runner up
• 2008 K-1 World MAX Final runner up
• 2006 K-1 East Europe MAX champion
• 2004 Fighting Arts world champion

Amateur

• 2010 SportAccord Combat Games in Beijing, China -71 kg
• 2007 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -71 kg
• 2006 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -71 kg
• 2006 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships in Odessa, Ukraine -71 kg
• 2005 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships in Odessa, Ukraine -75 kg
• 2004 I.F.M.A. European Muay Thai Championships
• 2003 I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan -63.5 kg

Professional kickboxing record

Professional Kickboxing Record

47 Wins (25 (T)KO's), 9 Losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2011-11-26 Yodsanklai Fairtex Rumble Of The Kings Stockholm, Sweden 2011-09-24 Loss Robin van Roosmalen BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Final Brussels, Belgium KO (Left hook) 1 Runner Up of It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX". 2011-09-24 Win Andy Souwer BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Semi-final Brussels, Belgium Decision (5-0) 3 3:00 2011-09-24 Win Gago Drago BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Quarter-final Brussels, Belgium TKO 3 2:11 2011-05-28 Win Nieky Holzken Ultimate Glory 2010/11 World Series Final Round Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2011-03-06 Win Gago Drago It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (5-0) 3 3:00 2010-11-27 Win Marcus Öberg K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010 Stockholm, Sweden Decision 3 3:00 2010-10-03 Loss Mohammed Khamal K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16 - Part 2 Seoul, South Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2010 Final. 2010-07-31 Loss Hinata Watanabe KRS: "RISE 68" Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan TKO (Left middle kick) 3 1:23 2010-05-29 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (4-1) 3 3:00 2009-12-12 Win Vladimir Moravcik K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Tournament, Super Fight Prague, Czech Republic KO (Right high kick) 2 2:43 2009-11-20 Win Abdoulile Joof K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm, Super Fight Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-10-26 Win Toofan Salafzoon K-1 World MAX 2009 Final, Super Fight Yokohama, Japan KO (Right cross) 3 1:50 2009-07-13 Loss Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2009 Final, although will be invited to take part in a super fight. 2009-04-21 Win Aalviar Lima K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16 Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Ref. stop/two knockdowns) 1 2:56 Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8. 2008-12-31 Win Yoshihiro Sato Dynamite!! 2008 Saitama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2008-11-22 Win Vadim Chromyh K-1 World GP 2008 in Riga Riga, Latvia KO (Kicks) 2 2008-10-01 Loss Masato K-1 World MAX 2008 Final, Final Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 Fight was for K-1 World MAX 2008 tournament title. 2008-10-01 Win Andy Souwer K-1 World MAX 2008 Final, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2008 Final. 2008-07-07 Win Yasuhiro Kido K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-04-09 Win Jordan Tai K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 16 Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8. 2008-02-02 Win Shingo Garyu K-1 World MAX 2008 Japan Tournament, Super Fight Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 3:00 2007-10-03 Loss Masato K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 2 0:41 2007-10-03 Win Mike Zambidis K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 2007-07-21 Win Chi Bin Lim K-1 Fighting Network KHAN 2007 Seoul, Korea TKO (Low kicks) 2 1:04 2007-06-28 Win Su Hwan Lee K-1 World MAX 2007 World Tournament Open Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 3 1:11 Qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2007 World Championship Final. 2007-03-17 Win Sandris Tomsons K-1 East Europe MAX 2007, Super Fight Vilnius, Lithuania TKO (Ref stop/Three knockdowns) 1 2006-12-20 Loss Mikhail Chalykh W.K.B.F. World title (76 kg) Semi-finals Moscow, Russia Ext R. Decision (Split) 4 3:00 2006-09-04 Loss Hayato K-1 World MAX 2006 Champions' Challenge Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 2006-06-30 Win Rayen Simson K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Final, Reserve Fight Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2006-05-10 NC Ibrahim Tamazaev W.B.K.F. European title @ Club "Arbat" Moscow, Russia No contest (Head butt) 1 2006-03-29 Win Aleksander Demchenko Fight Club Arbat Moscow, Russia TKO 3 2006-03-10 Win Marius Buzinskas K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Final Vilnius, Lithuania TKO (Corner stoppage) 1 1:42 Wins K-1 East Europe MAX 2006 tournament title and qualifies for reserve fight at K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament Final. 2006-03-10 Win Jurij Bulat K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Semi Finals Vilnius, Lithuania TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 1:16 2006-03-10 Win Egidijus Brandisauskas K-1 East Europe MAX 2006, Quarter Finals Vilnius, Lithuania KO (Liver punch) 1 2:20 2005-12-09 Draw Denis Laevskiy "Ukraine vs Belarus" Sevastopol, Ukraine Decision draw 3 3:00 2004-02-11 Loss Alen Ofoio "Ukraine vs Kyrgyz" @ Club "Arbat" Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Amateur kickboxing record

Amateur Kickboxing Record

119 Wins, 13 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2010-08-29 Loss Teerapong Dee SportAccord Combat Games 2010, Semi Finals Beijing, China Decision (Unanimous) 4 2:00 Wins SportAccord Combat Games 2010 Bronze Medal -71 kg. 2010-08-29 Win Almaz Smagulov SportAccord Combat Games 2010, Quarter Finals Beijing, China Decision (Unanimous) 4 2:00 2007-12-05 Win Dias Kassenov W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Final Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 2:00 Wins IFMA World Muay Thai Championships 2007 Gold medal (-71kg). 2007-12-02 Win Alex Schmidt W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi Finals Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 2:00 2007-11-27 Win Shamsi Ghader W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter Finals Bangkok, Thailand TKO (Referee stoppage) 2 2006-06-07 Win Karim Bezouh W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Final Bangkok, Thailand TKO (No show) 1 0:00 Wins I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships 2006 Gold medal -71 kg). 2006-06-05 Win Mohamed Rahhaoui W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Semi Finals Bangkok, Thailand TKO 3 2006-06-03 Win Dias Kassenov W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, Quarter Finals Bangkok, Thailand KO (Punch) 4 2006-06-02 Win Constantin Tsutsu W.M.C.-I.F.M.A. World Muay Thai Championships, 1st Round Bangkok, Thailand TKO (Low kicks) 2 2006-04-02 Win Aleksander Medvedev 11th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships Odessa, Ukraine Wins 11th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships Gold medal -71 kg. 2005-04-03 Win Dimitry Kirpan 10th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships Odessa, Ukraine Wins 10th Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships Gold Medal -75 kg. Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of It's Showtime events
• List of male kickboxers

References

1. ^ "Artur Kyshenko Fighters Profile". www.k-1sport.de. http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=1103&detailed=on. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ "Artur Kyshenko (Biography)". kyshenkoartur.com. http://kyshenkoartur.com/html/bio.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
3. ^ "K-1 Lithuania Max 2006 - Tournament Overview -". k-1sport.de. http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_tournament.php?id=352. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
4. ^ "IFMA World Champs - Results FYI - International Kickboxer Forum". www.kickboxermag.com.au. http://www.kickboxermag.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=4597. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
5. ^ "Buakaw Best in World Max Final : NEWS". www.k-1.co.jp. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/news/2006/0630_max_01.html. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
6. ^ "Sweet 'n Souwer K-1 World Max Final - K-1 OFFICIAL WEB SITE". www.k-1.co.jp. http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top791.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
7. ^ "Day 8 - FAMA : Federation of Amateur Muaythai of Asia". www.famaasiamuaythai.org. http://www.famaasiamuaythai.org/html/07_WrldChmp_day8.html. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
8. ^ "Masato Wins K-1 World Max '08 Championship". www.k-1.co.jp. http://www.k-1.co.jp/en/news/2008/1001_max_01.html. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
9. ^ "Artur Kyshenko has moved to Amsterdam to train at Mike's Gym". www.headkicklegend.com. http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/11/4/1793230/artur-kyshenko-has-moved-to-amsterdam-to-train-at-mikes-gym-the-home. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
10. ^ "Kyshenko vs Drago". youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFOyqVi5l4. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 

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Name	Kyshenko, Artur
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Date of birth	1986-11-14
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR
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