One of the best heavyweight drummers in the post-Soviet space. Many strong fighters fell under his powerful blows, and star rivals experienced considerable difficulties in battles with the Latvian knockout artist.
For his aggressive and spectacular style, Kostya Glukhov was invited to their tournaments by leading European organizations. Including the French PFC, Pancrace Fighting Championship. Konstantin took part in a four-man tournament, where the organization’s heavyweight champion belt was played out. In his debut fight, Konstantin met with the Lithuanian striker Arnold Oborotov, who had many championship titles in Thai boxing and kickboxing.
After a short stand-up fight, to the surprise of many, Kostya threw a powerful throw and twisted his opponent’s foot.
In the final of the tournament, his opponent was the powerful Dutchman, three-time European karate champion Jesse Gibbs, well known to our viewers from his fight with Alexander Emelianenko and his performances for the Dutch team at the M-1 Challenge World Team Championship. Kostya knocked him out with his trademark liver kick and won the PFC championship belt
Glukhov’s next fight in this organization took place two years later; it held tournaments extremely rarely. And this time Konstantin had to defend his champion belt. And his opponent was the famous fighter of the old school, Alistair Overeem’s older brother Valentine, nicknamed Python. By that time, Overeem Sr. had 59 professional fights at the highest level, including fights in Pride FC, M-1 and K-1.
So, Kostya managed to defend his champion belt. But a year later, the rivals will meet in a rematch and again Glukhov will knock out his venerable opponent in the first round. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a video of this fight on the Internet. If you succeed, our dear viewers, then we will be grateful for the link in the comments. All the best to you and stay healthy!
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