A practitioner of both judo and sambo, he started his martial arts journey at 12 and later even became a hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Russian KGB (Committee for State Security).

The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were held in Turkmenistan ... kurash, muay thai and sambo. The Ashgabat Olympic Complex hosted 11 days of competition in its state-of-the-art ...

The athletes have all trained in mixed martial arts at Doncaster Sambo and Wrestling, from a very young age, learning the ...