Phuket Prospect: Ivan Parshikov on martial arts background, ONE Lumpinee & Russia-Ukraine war · Thailand news

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Ivan Parshikov on martial arts background, ONE Lumpinee & Russia-Ukraine war.

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Phuket Prospect interviews Ivan Parshikov, a 25-year-old professional MMA fighter from a small city near Moscow. He lists his record as 12 wins and three losses. He started judo young, served a year in the Russian army, and at 19 chose MMA so he could travel and get paid. As an amateur he says he is a master of sport in combat sambo and sport sambo and a Russian sambo champion. His first MMA fight came about a year after he started that path; he almost got knocked out in the opening minutes. When the Russia–Ukraine war began he left for Thailand on one week’s notice after a Fairtex fight offer, rather than go to war or prison. He is half Russian and half Ukrainian — his mother is Ukrainian — and he still has family in Ukraine; his older brother is hiding from the government. He won the Fairtex bout, stayed, then took a ONE Championship offer. In Russia his main money for about four years came from ACA and RCC, plus coaching kids and adults. He has not seen his family in almost a year. His first ONE fight was against another Russian; they later trained together at Phuket Fight Club. After Southside Gym in Rawai he moved to Phuket Fight Club for same-weight partners. He says he is 3–0 at ONE Lumpinee, has a fight on 10 November, and calls his first Lumpinee bout against Dimitri Bkin his hardest. He wants a ONE contract, a big-show slot, and the bantamweight belt.

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download the allstar app make your picks for UFC fights challenge your friends level up and win prizes Link in description get it now my name isan Parov I am 25 years old I am from little city next to Moscow from Russia and now I'm professional fighter my record 12 wins and three losses from very young age I'm start to learn Judo after I came in and when I was in Army I was need to decide what what I want from my future what I want to do and when I go home from army 90 years old I decid so I will be M fighter because I like freedom I wanted to travel over the world and make money and do do what uh do things what are really good uh and I know so I'm good fighter uh in that moment I was not good fighter I was good wrestler and I do this and I like this so why not make this like my occupation uh like professional fighter I don't have belts um but by Armature yes I master of sport by combat master of sport by sport  I'm champion of russan by so I have pretty good Armature experience before I came in MMA yeah I think my first MMA fight was like one year after I started training K it was also pretty fun fight I almost get knock out in the first minutes but switch and make Newar we laugh about this a lot of time yeah I was in Army like one year but this is every uh young man in Russia supposed to go in army for one year but I come in Thailand when War start in Russia I'm half Russia half Ukrainian my mother from Ukrainian so this war like was nonsense for me and I have Choice like go to the war or go to the prison and at the same time I get offer from fire Tex to come in one week notice for fight in Thailand I just P my clothes and fly here and hopefully I won in this fight and stay here after I get off from 1fc and keep going keep fight keep win like this everybody who have brain like he against this war in Russia simple people like they hate this war because it's ruin all life not only Ukrainian guy and Russian too a lot of guys just run from this and have big problem with government so nobody wants this far nobody with brain so yeah for sure and for me like it's very personally because I have uh my siblings in Ukraine like my cousin my aunt my uncle my grandpa so for me it was like like insane uh yeah I I speak with my family with my friends uh we call sometimes each other they hopefully now good like uh in safe my brother little bit older than me so he also in pretty dangerous situations same like me but he hide from government now yeah and I comment him like come to Thailand but he not fighter and he say what I will do here like I don't have job here but yeah for sure like sometimes I'm worry about this strong uh in Russia I fight is also one of the best organization in Russia like ACA and RCC uh and last 4 years uh I think this is was my main money just from fight I also was coach uh children coach and adult coach by MMA and by by  uh and uh this all it's already was my lifestyle like I fight I coach fight again so but uh not so big promotion like here for sure like 1fc 1fc changed my life in this way 100% is one of the hardest things here so almost one year I didn't see my family I didn't see my friends but everybody all understand they want best for me it was pretty hard yeah just when I uh go to the plane I don't think so I like go to the so long I think oh maybe werewell over soon like 3 4 month and I will come back but now it look like it's werewell very long time and I don't know when I can I back or I don't know maybe I will see my family only when they will come here like something like this it was not something fun my first fight here was uh in fire tax promotion yeah but after this yeah my first fight was already in onefc against also Russian guy we after fight we meet here in puket P Club gym and help each other make each other better like he very nice gu too that's nice that's that happen yeah it's when he saw me here like he just oh like what are you doing here it was fun hello bro yeah I remember we have fight I'm just uh start to look in B gy for me uh my f gy was no in hour after I switch and make my another Camp is uh Southside gym in raava what it was also pretty good but uh know many people my size and my experience by professional fighter and when I come here it's here was a lot of guys for my my weight and it was very cool like I'm very like here it's very nice place and uh this energy very friendly we all try to help each other uh all if some we know more than another guys we share information like it's cool I'm very like here uh in Lum I have free fight and free win like and I have another fight soon in 10 November so this is now I make camp for this fight it's a it's a good place for you lumini yeah is already like second home yeah like very similar because I was not only fighting lumini also I was Corner few times so yeah I was in L already many times I think uh I grow like a fighter here because is here we have fighters from all the world like um every country like have little bit different style of fighting uh like we know like in Russia it's more about wrestling like in America it's all together like really MMA fighter if we speak about Asia they more like Strikers so yeah for sure it's cool and when you speak with people from all the world you also know more about the culture culture and it's also change your mind and it's cool it's it's very good experience I think uh now my hardest fight was in it's my first fight in one lumini with uh Dimitri bkin with my Russian opponent I we make very tough fight it's not something boring and very close fight so I think it's nice to watch you will get enjoy from this uh I want to keep going fight in one and I want to get my contract and fight in Big Show and for sure I in soon I want to get my belt in bonway division for my friends thank you guys for support me uh look at me more and I want to so when you watch my find you will forget about all your problems and just enjoy from my fight like you have only this 15 minutes what I fight and this 15 minutes you uh I want to so you think nothing about s El like only fight only enjoy only violence only fun n