Sergei Lascenko
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Sergei Lascenko also spelled as Sergii Lashchenko, is a Ukrainian super heavyweight
kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym
in Amsterdam
, Netherlands
. He is the three time Ukrainian Muay Thai
champion and IFMA European Muay Thai gold medalist, as well as the 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
tournament champion.
career in 2006, mostly fighting under Muay Thai
rules in his early career. After becoming the Ukrainian Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion in 2007, he went on to win The Honor of Soldier tournament in Moscow
, Russia
later that year. The tournament kicked off on October 10, 2007 with sixteen competitors. In the opening round, Lascenko beat Sultan Babaev by unanimous decision
to qualify for the final eight on December 5. There, he dispatched Andrei Kirsanov via split decision
in the quarter-finals, and Yaroslav Zakharov by technical knockout in the semis before taking an extra round unanimous decision over Alexander Oleynik in the final.
On October 27, 2008, he defeated Stepan Kirlish to win the +91kg gold medal at the 8th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup.
He made his K-1
debut on November 22, 2008 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Riga. He was eliminated from the eight-man tournament at the first stage by Mindaugas Sakalauskas on unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9) after an extra round.
Following this, he entered the IFMA European Amateur Muay Thai Championships in Liepāja
, Latvia
. He beat Alexei Kudin by decision in the semi-finals on May 20 before TKOing Igors Goncarovs in the final on May 22. Just a day later, he participated in his second K-1 tournament, the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Łódź, in Poland
. He made it to the final but lost by knockout
to Zabit Samedov
, after he had TKO'd Noel Cadet and Dmitrij Bezus in the quarters and semis, respectively.
He was given another chance to qualify for the 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix
final 16 when he was invited to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP in Japan. In the quarter-finals of the tournament, Lascenko faced Sebastian Ciobanu
and was able to take a unanimous decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-28) over the Romanian. In the semis, he knocked out Brice Guidon
in round two after dropping him with a knee strike to the body in the first. Advancing to the final, he came up agsinst Daniel Ghiţă
who stopped him with low kicks inside the first round.
He rebounded from this loss by beating Dmitrij Bezus to take the +91kg gold medal at the 8th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup on September 21, 2009.
left the Captain Odessa gym in Ukraine to move to the famed Mike's Gym
in Amsterdam
, Netherlands
.
On April 3, 2010, Lascenko defeated Takumi Sato by unanimous decision (30-29, 30-29, 30-28) at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.
After this, he was invited to compete in the tournament at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest on May 21, 2010. He was unable to make it past the first stage, however, as Freddy Kemayo
beat him by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals.
He would also go on to lose his next two fights after this, dropping decisions to Alexei Kudin on July 30 in Minsk
, Belarus
, and Ismael Londt
on October 22 in Kazan
, Russia
. He ended the year with a first-round knockout win over Vasile Popovici in Chişinău
, Moldova
on December 11.
in Bucharest
, Romania
. It would be the first of four, four-man qualifying tournaments held throughout the year; the winners of the four events would qualify for another four-man Grand Prix at the end of the year to determine the overall champion. In the semi-finals, he stopped Dževad Poturak
with a knee to the body in round two, and in the final he KO'd Roman Kleibl with a right hook, also in the second round. This win qualified him for the finals at the end of the year.
Lascenko was expected to face Rico Verhoeven
at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2011 in Nanjing Final 16
on October 29. However, the event was cancelled with K-1
experiencing severe financial problems.
The SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
was held in Darmstadt
, Germany
on November 19. In the semis, he defeated Erhan Deniz
(who he had already beaten back in 2008) via doctor stoppage in round 3. He then advanced into the final against Ismael Londt
, the man who had beaten him a year previously. It looked as though the result would be the same this time also as Londt forced Lascenko into the corner and dropped him with a flurry of punches. Lascenko beat the count but was put against the ropes again and, initially, looked overwhelmed. However, Lascenko then dramatically KO'd Londt. With his back against the ropes, he let go his own punch furry and hit Londt with three punches to the head, knocking him out and becoming the first SuperKombat World Grand Prix champion in the process.
Super heavyweight
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division...
kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym
Mike's Gym
Mike's Gym is a kickboxing and mixed martial arts gym, founded by Mike Passenier and headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:The gym was founded by Mike Passenier in 2003....
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He is the three time Ukrainian Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
champion and IFMA European Muay Thai gold medalist, as well as the 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on November 19, 2011 at the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt, Germany.-Background:...
tournament champion.
2006-2008
Lascenko began his kickboxingKickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
career in 2006, mostly fighting under Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
rules in his early career. After becoming the Ukrainian Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion in 2007, he went on to win The Honor of Soldier tournament in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
later that year. The tournament kicked off on October 10, 2007 with sixteen competitors. In the opening round, Lascenko beat Sultan Babaev by unanimous decision
Unanimous decision
A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....
to qualify for the final eight on December 5. There, he dispatched Andrei Kirsanov via split decision
Split decision
A split decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which two of the three judges score for the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other...
in the quarter-finals, and Yaroslav Zakharov by technical knockout in the semis before taking an extra round unanimous decision over Alexander Oleynik in the final.
On October 27, 2008, he defeated Stepan Kirlish to win the +91kg gold medal at the 8th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup.
He made his K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
debut on November 22, 2008 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Riga. He was eliminated from the eight-man tournament at the first stage by Mindaugas Sakalauskas on unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9) after an extra round.
2009
On April 13, 2009, Lascenko once again won the +91kg gold medal at the Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships.Following this, he entered the IFMA European Amateur Muay Thai Championships in Liepāja
Liepaja
Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. He beat Alexei Kudin by decision in the semi-finals on May 20 before TKOing Igors Goncarovs in the final on May 22. Just a day later, he participated in his second K-1 tournament, the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Łódź, in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. He made it to the final but lost by knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
to Zabit Samedov
Zabit Samedov
Zabit "Maugli" Samedov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer fighting out of Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus.-Biography and career:...
, after he had TKO'd Noel Cadet and Dmitrij Bezus in the quarters and semis, respectively.
He was given another chance to qualify for the 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix
K-1 World Grand Prix
K-1 World Grand Prix, also known as the K-1 World GP, is an elimination kickboxing tournament that has been held annually since 1993 by the K-1 organization. Each year, K-1 holds various 16-men, 8-match grand prix style tournaments throughout the world to determine which 16 fighters will compete in...
final 16 when he was invited to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP in Japan. In the quarter-finals of the tournament, Lascenko faced Sebastian Ciobanu
Sebastian Ciobanu
"Son of Dracula" Sebastian Ciobanu is a Romanian Super heavyweight kickboxer fighting in the K-1, Local Kombat and SuperKombat promotions.-K-1:...
and was able to take a unanimous decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-28) over the Romanian. In the semis, he knocked out Brice Guidon
Brice Guidon
Brice Guidon , also known as "Nectar", is a French Muay Thai kickboxer, currently fighting in K-1 and It's Showtime. He is the W.P.M.F. European Heavyweight and World Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion.-Biography and career:...
in round two after dropping him with a knee strike to the body in the first. Advancing to the final, he came up agsinst Daniel Ghiţă
Daniel Ghita
Daniel Ghiţă is a Romanian super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WKN European Muaythai champion, currently competing in the K-1, It's Showtime and Local Kombat promotions...
who stopped him with low kicks inside the first round.
He rebounded from this loss by beating Dmitrij Bezus to take the +91kg gold medal at the 8th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup on September 21, 2009.
2010
In 2010, Lascenko and his teammate Artur KyshenkoArtur Kyshenko
Artur Kyshenko is a Ukrainian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
left the Captain Odessa gym in Ukraine to move to the famed Mike's Gym
Mike's Gym
Mike's Gym is a kickboxing and mixed martial arts gym, founded by Mike Passenier and headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.-History:The gym was founded by Mike Passenier in 2003....
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
On April 3, 2010, Lascenko defeated Takumi Sato by unanimous decision (30-29, 30-29, 30-28) at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.
After this, he was invited to compete in the tournament at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest on May 21, 2010. He was unable to make it past the first stage, however, as Freddy Kemayo
Freddy Kemayo
Freddy "Crazy Horse" Kemayo is a French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Faucon Gym in Villepinte, France. He is three time French Kickboxing champion currently competing in K-1, Local Kombat, SuperKombat and many other promotions....
beat him by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals.
He would also go on to lose his next two fights after this, dropping decisions to Alexei Kudin on July 30 in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, and Ismael Londt
Ismael Londt
Ismael "Mr. Pain" Londt is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer.-Titles:*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final runner-up*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix II champion-Kickboxing record:-References:...
on October 22 in Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. He ended the year with a first-round knockout win over Vasile Popovici in Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
on December 11.
2011
On May 21, 2011, he took part in the SuperKombat World Grand Prix ISuperKombat World Grand Prix I
SuperKombat World Grand Prix I was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on May 21, 2011 at Patinoarul Mihai Flamaropol in Bucharest, Romania.-Background:...
in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It would be the first of four, four-man qualifying tournaments held throughout the year; the winners of the four events would qualify for another four-man Grand Prix at the end of the year to determine the overall champion. In the semi-finals, he stopped Dževad Poturak
Dževad Poturak
Dževad Poturak is a Bosnian super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo. He is former WKA European champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament champion.-Career:...
with a knee to the body in round two, and in the final he KO'd Roman Kleibl with a right hook, also in the second round. This win qualified him for the finals at the end of the year.
Lascenko was expected to face Rico Verhoeven
Rico Verhoeven
Rico Verhoeven is a Dutch kickboxer and currently signed to major kickboxing organization, It's Showtime.-Biography and career:Rico Verhoeven was born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands . He began learning martial arts at age 7....
at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2011 in Nanjing Final 16
K-1 World Grand Prix 2011 in Nanjing Final 16
K-1 World Grand Prix 2011 in Nanjing Final 16 was a kickboxing event scheduled by the K-1 organization to be held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing, China on October 29, 2011...
on October 29. However, the event was cancelled with K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
experiencing severe financial problems.
The SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final
SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on November 19, 2011 at the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt, Germany.-Background:...
was held in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on November 19. In the semis, he defeated Erhan Deniz
Erhan Deniz
Erhan "Pitbull Attack" Deniz is a Turkish heavyweight kickboxer, who fights out of Mejiro Gym and Global Gym . His nickname comes from his passion on pit bull dogs.-Career:...
(who he had already beaten back in 2008) via doctor stoppage in round 3. He then advanced into the final against Ismael Londt
Ismael Londt
Ismael "Mr. Pain" Londt is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer.-Titles:*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final runner-up*2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix II champion-Kickboxing record:-References:...
, the man who had beaten him a year previously. It looked as though the result would be the same this time also as Londt forced Lascenko into the corner and dropped him with a flurry of punches. Lascenko beat the count but was put against the ropes again and, initially, looked overwhelmed. However, Lascenko then dramatically KO'd Londt. With his back against the ropes, he let go his own punch furry and hit Londt with three punches to the head, knocking him out and becoming the first SuperKombat World Grand Prix champion in the process.
Amateur
- International Federation of Muaythai Amateurs
- 2008 Busan TAFISA World Games IFMA Amateur Muay Thai +91 kg bronze medalist
- 2009 IFMA European Amateur Muay Thai Championships +91 kg gold medalist
- 2008 Busan TAFISA World Games IFMA Amateur Muay Thai +91 kg bronze medalist
- Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships
- 2009 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships +91 kg gold medalist
- 2009 Ukrainian Muay Thai Championships +91 kg gold medalist
- Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup
- 7th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup +91 kg gold medalist (2007)
- 8th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup +91 kg gold medalist (2008)
- 7th Ukrainian Muay Thai Cup +91 kg gold medalist
Professional
- The Honor of Soldier
- 2007 Honor of Soldier heavyweight tournament winner
- K-1K-1K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
- 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix in Łódź finalist
- 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying GP finalist
- SuperKombatSuperKombatSuperKombat is a kickboxing promotion based in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded by Eduard Irimia in 2011 and held its pilot show in the same year.-2011:...
- 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix I ChampionSuperKombat World Grand Prix ISuperKombat World Grand Prix I was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on May 21, 2011 at Patinoarul Mihai Flamaropol in Bucharest, Romania.-Background:...
- 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final ChampionSuperKombat World Grand Prix FinalSuperKombat World Grand Prix Final was a kickboxing event promoted by SuperKombat which took place on November 19, 2011 at the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt, Germany.-Background:...
- 2011 SuperKombat World Grand Prix I Champion
Kickboxing record
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External links
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