Let's not forget that Sergei Kharitonov robbed consciousness from Andrei Arlovski in the first round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand-Prix and he did it with the most manly and relaxed ground-and-pound ever executed in the cage. That night, Sergei treated his fists like very well coordinated 747 planes taking off from the airport with their final destination set directly to Arlovski's mandible. While the date of the semi-final grand-prix is not set (nor is the bout between Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers at this point), Kharitonov plans to get inside a geometrical cage or ring two to three more times before he faces the winner of Josh Barnett and Brett Rogers.

"I am planning to have 2-3 fights before my semi-final bout. I can’t get any ring-rust. You can train as hard as you want, but if you don’t compete, that won’t do you any good. Its always better to train and fight periodically. I had 4 fights in last few months, and very happy with this fact. I am always in shape, I am ready physically and morally. I wish the same for Fedor Emelianenko. I think that he lacks of competition. He needs to fight more in order to become great again."

Sure I can understand the physical preparation of Sergei Kharitonov, but being morally prepared is something you wouldn't expect from a guy that makes his living shoving his fists in another person's face. It's now apparent that Sergei Kharitonov is a very complicated individual. [Source]

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+7 # judoka 2011-02-22 16:42

Although he isn't as light on his feet as he once was, I am more fearful of him now. The way he plods towards you stalkingly like the terminator or soemthing scares the shit out of me.

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+5 # merlin 2011-02-22 17:41

Kharitonov is a beast, I am embarrassed to say that I barely knew much about him before this last fight, but I am officially on the bandwagon now... More fighters should take note of what he is doing here. I always think it is a good idea to take fights instead of long layoffs, if you lose, then you didn't deserve whatever you were waiting for anyways... I'm talking to you Rashad

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-2 # Guest 2011-02-22 17:57

I thumbs upped your comment because I agreed with everything, but then I read the Rashad part, please don't.

Anyway, Kharitonov is a beast and I think he could definitely make it to the SF GP finals and if he does fight 2 - 3 times before his semi-final fight then I will be thoroughly impressed!

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+1 # merlin 2011-02-23 13:54

haha, i'm sorry about the rashad part, there is no doubt he is one of the top 205-ers in the world but I'm just personally not a fan of his style, the keyboard in front of me allows me to take small jabs at people that would kill me in one punch

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0 # greatjake 2011-02-22 18:09

I wonder if SF will try to interfere with sergeis plans to stay active
I hope they dont seeing Sergei fighting mma again reminds me of pride. I know he's a different fighter now but mma is better with sergei Kharitonov

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0 # 1251 2011-02-22 18:13

If there's one thing Dana harps on SF about-- it's fucking contracts. He's right in that aspect, on all fronts.

Personally, I like seeing Alistair go over to Japan-- but it doesn't change the fact that there's a serious risk of injury involved.

Especially when a GP is at stake.

Still, The Russian ( ) is a beast, and you can't stop beasts from being beasts. Beasts will just continue to do what beasts do, because that's really all beasts do.

Can't wait to watch him fight again, either way.

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+1 # Guest 2011-02-22 19:05

its weird, i get a feeling that Sergei will reach frate train status soon enough. He beat up a pre-horse meat Overeem! I got my TI- 84 out and if my MMA math is correct, he might just have a chance against Ubereem( don't kill me preez!) if he gets that far. I think he will do damn good in the rest of the SF GP. Dang russians and their crazy tough citizens

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+2 # One Two 2011-02-23 07:34

Awesome i miss the old pride ays were guys fought 5-6 times a year, now your lucky to get two.

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