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Russia
St. Petersburg
Denis Goltsov
"
The Russian Bogatyr
"
AGE
35
/
Jun 10, 1990
HEIGHT
6'5"
/
195.58 cm
WEIGHT
248 lbs
/
112.49 kg
ASSOCIATION
Sambo Piter
CLASS
Heavyweight
Wins
36
KO
/
TKO
18
50%
SUBMISSIONS
12
33%
DECISIONS
6
17%
Losses
8
KO
/
TKO
4
50%
SUBMISSIONS
3
38%
DECISIONS
1
13%
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Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Oleg Popov
Professional Fighters League - 2024 Season PFL Championships & PFL MENA 2024 Finals
Nov / 29 / 2024
Technical Submission (Triangle Choke)
Gerd Richter
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1
2:55
win
Tim Johnson
Professional Fighters League - PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs
Aug / 02 / 2024
TKO (Punches)
Jason Herzog
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
2:26
win
Thiago Santos
Professional Fighters League - PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season
Jun / 13 / 2024
TKO (Punches)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
2:22
win
Linton Vassell
Professional Fighters League - PFL 1: 2024 Regular Season
Apr / 04 / 2024
TKO (Punches)
Kerry Hatley
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3
3:11
loss
Renan Ferreira
Professional Fighters League - 2023 Season PFL Championships
Nov / 24 / 2023
TKO (Punches)
Fernando Yamasaki
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
0:26
win
Jordan Heiderman
Professional Fighters League - PFL 8: 2023 Playoffs
Aug / 18 / 2023
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Marc Goddard
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:16
win
Yorgan De Castro
Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2023 Regular Season
Jun / 16 / 2023
KO (Punch)
Blake Grice
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
0:18
win
Cezar Ferreira
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2023 Regular Season
Apr / 14 / 2023
KO (Punches)
Mark Smith
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
2:07
win
Maurice Greene
Professional Fighters League - PFL 5: 2022 Regular Season
Jun / 24 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Gary Copeland
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Cody Goodale
Professional Fighters League - PFL 2: 2022 Regular Season
Apr / 28 / 2022
TKO (Punches)
Jacob Montalvo
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:20
loss
Ante Delija
Professional Fighters League - PFL 8: 2021 Playoffs
Aug / 19 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Andrew Glenn
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
5:00
win
Brandon Sayles
Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2021 Regular Season
Jun / 25 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Gary Copeland
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
3
1:24
win
Muhammed DeReese
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2021 Regular Season
May / 06 / 2021
TKO (Punches)
Gary Copeland
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
4:21
loss
Ali Isaev
Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2019 Season PFL Playoffs 3
Oct / 31 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Herb Dean
3
4:59
win
Satoshi Ishii
Professional Fighters League - PFL 9: 2019 Season PFL Playoffs 3
Oct / 31 / 2019
Decision (Majority)
Jason Herzog
2
5:00
win
Kelvin Tiller
Professional Fighters League - PFL 6: 2019 Regular Season
Aug / 08 / 2019
Submission (Ezekiel Choke)
Gary Copeland
2
3:40
win
Jared Rosholt
Professional Fighters League - PFL 3: 2019 Regular Season
Jun / 06 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Dan Miragliotta
1
2:03
win
Ednaldo Oliveira
League S-70 - Plotforma S-70: 2018
Aug / 22 / 2018
Submission (Brabo Choke)
Valentin Tarasov
2
4:51
win
Atanas Djambazov
RCC - Russian Cagefighting Championship
Feb / 25 / 2018
Submission (Ezekiel Choke)
Jan Vobornik
1
4:59
win
Chase Gormley
ACB 77 - Moscow
Dec / 23 / 2017
KO (Punch)
Herb Dean
2
2:16
loss
Mukhomad Vakhaev
ACB 67 - Grozny: Cooper vs. Berkhamov
Aug / 19 / 2017
TKO (Submission to Punches)
Herb Dean
4
1:57
win
Salimgerey Rasulov
ACB 50 - Stormbringer
Dec / 18 / 2016
Decision (Unanimous)
Marc Goddard
5
5:00
win
Paul Buentello
ACB 41 - Path to Triumph
Jul / 15 / 2016
KO (Head Kick)
Armen Ananyan
1
3:07
win
Mike Kyle
ACB 32 - Battle of Lions
Mar / 26 / 2016
Technical Submission (Triangle Choke)
Alexander Sidorin
1
2:18
win
John Hawk
Tech-Krep FC - Prime Selection 7
Oct / 09 / 2015
TKO (Punches)
Ashot Ashugyan
1
2:14
win
James McSweeney
Tech-Krep FC - Prime Selection 4: Grandmasters
Jul / 24 / 2015
TKO (Head Kick and Punches)
Andrey Kovalev
2
0:46
win
Peter Graham
Tech-Krep FC - Ermak Prime Challenge
Apr / 03 / 2015
Submission (Kimura)
Ashot Ashugyan
2
3:23
win
Zoumana Cisse
Tech-Krep FC - Battle of Heroes
Dec / 12 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
Ashot Ashugyan
1
4:04
win
Brett Rogers
Tech-Krep FC - Prime 3
Sep / 19 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Ashot Ashugyan
3
5:00
win
Roy Boughton
Tech-Krep FC - Prime Crimea
May / 23 / 2014
Decision (Unanimous)
Ashot Ashugyan
3
5:00
win
Ivo Skopljak
Tech-Krep FC - Prime
Mar / 21 / 2014
Submission (Armbar)
Ashot Ashugyan
1
1:50
win
Szymon Bajor
Union of Veterans of Sport - Cup of Champions
Dec / 21 / 2013
KO (Punch)
Ashot Ashugyan
2
4:07
win
Dritan Barjamaj
League S-70 - Plotforma 4th
Aug / 17 / 2013
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
1
1:00
win
Tadas Rimkevicius
GFC 1 - Global Fight Club
Dec / 14 / 2012
TKO (Punches)
Ashon Ashugyan
1
1:25
win
Yuri Gorbenko
Lion's Fights 2 - Battle of Two Capitals
Sep / 02 / 2012
KO (Head Kick)
2
0:58
loss
Akhmed Sultanov
M-1 Global - Fedor vs. Rizzo
Jun / 21 / 2012
Submission (Heel Hook)
Viktor Korneev
1
1:28
win
Konstantin Erokhin
League S-70 - Russian Championship Third Round
Apr / 06 / 2012
KO (Backfist)
3
0:00
win
Teymur Aslanov
M-1 Challenge 29 - Samoilov vs. Miranda
Nov / 19 / 2011
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Viktor Korneev
1
1:55
loss
Alexander Volkov
M-1 Challenge 25 - Zavurov vs. Enomoto
Apr / 28 / 2011
TKO (Punches)
Marco Broersen
2
3:05
loss
Dmitry Poberezhets
ProFC - Union Nation Cup 14
Apr / 09 / 2011
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
2
1:54
win
Ilya Dzhadugishvili
ProFC - Union Nation Cup 13
Feb / 13 / 2011
TKO (Punches)
1
1:26
loss
Ibragim Ibragimov
ProFC - Union Nation Cup 11
Dec / 25 / 2010
Submission (Heel Hook)
1
4:35
win
Marat Aliaskhabov
M-1 Challenge 21 - Guram vs. Garner
Oct / 28 / 2010
Submission (Straight Armbar)
Viktor Korneev
1
4:56
win
Igor Kukurudziak
M-1 Global - Battle on the Neva 4
Aug / 19 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
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