Biography
Andrei Spartan Koreshkov is a highly professional fighter acting in mixed martial arts. After the victory in the 7th season of Bellator, it is considered one of the best weighing weight. In the sports biography of Andrey for 2018, 21 victories are in 3 defeats, and several times he sent an opponent in a knockout in the first minutes of battle.Childhood and youth
Andrei Andreevich Koreshkov was born in Omsk on August 23, 1990. There he graduated from school and became a student of the Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sport, where he studies and now, now in the magistracy.
The struggle began to fight the young man from the ancient Olympic species of martial arts - Pankration, in parallel he was engaged in the section of a hand-to-hand combat. At first it was just a hobby for Andrei, but over time he began to demonstrate brilliant successes and collect awards of various tournaments and championships.
Martial arts
In 2010, Korekov won the world championship in Pankration, which was held in Poland. Later he took the 1st place in the first worldwide games in China and received the title of Sports Master in army hand-to-hand combat. Training Future champion began in the local sports palace. At first, His mentor was V. Zborovsky, later he moved to the leadership of the world famous coach Alexander Schemenko, from which heaven a peculiar manner of fighting. The mentor taught him to an aggressive attack on the enemy, which made Andrei dangerous fighter.
In MMA, the athlete debuted in October 2010 at the WAFC tournament, which was held in Vladivostok. Alexey Arnazayev came out against Koresh, surrendered after 1 minute after the start of the battle. Andrey won Andrei and the next professional duel: although in the ring he was with an experienced athlete Antzor Kardanov, the young fighter managed not just to stand out, but to defeat knockout. Improving the moment, the Spartan struck the anema with a powerful kick, which decided the outcome of the battle.
The same way of the roots applied in the next battle half a year later, and again successfully - for the enemy, the battle ended with knockout for 11 seconds of the 1st round. Behind this windes followed by 2 more - on Arena Moscow, he defeated Abdul Dadaev, and at the World Cup - Eldad Lavi. In the next match, he sent to the knockout of the experienced representative of Bulgaria Todor Zheleznikov, again pulling out the victory at the very beginning of the fight.
On the young and promising athlete drew attention to the American organization Bellator, and in 2012 Andrei signed a contract with her. The Debut Fight Koreshkova took place in the same year with the American fighter by Jordan Smith. This time, fast victory did not work: the fight was delayed, the initiative passed to one, then to another, but as a result, the scales bowed in favor of Russian.
After that, the athlete successfully passed the semi-final and final battles Bellator 78. Having won a fight against Lyman Guda, Andrei received a champion title according to the company in middleweight.
The victorious series was interrupted in the July tournament in 2013, when Ben Askene became an opponent. Andrei lasted 4 rounds, after which the battle ended with its technical knockout. In the semifinals of Bellator 78, the Spartan came out against Marosus Zharkovskis, an experienced professional athlete, this time the victory went to the Russian.
After that, the roots dealt with Justin Besman and Adam McDonach, securing his way out in the final against Brazilian Douglas Lima.
Personal life
Andrew is married. Before that, he had a 3-year-old novel, but before the wedding, the relationship did not react. As a result, the selected athlete was Alexander's girl, and in 2017, the fighter proudly posted a photo from a lush wedding in "Instagram". He was not the first who declared the public about the marriage - first the ceremony spoke by Omsk Atelier employees, where the groom sewed a suit, and then a friend of Andrei, Ivan Kolesnik, shared fresh pictures of a happy couple on the web.
In the same year, Korekov became parents. The fighter's son called Sasha - according to him, for him it is a fateful name, and his owners at one time strongly helped him in life. The roots were present at the birth of his wife and first took the child in his arms. In an interview, he admitted that she also dreams about her daughter.
Andrei hopes that children will go along his footsteps and will also become athletes. Now the fighter is at the peak of the sports career, and there is not enough time for a personal life, but Spartan is striving to spend with close every free minute.
Andrei's growth is 182 cm, the current weight is 77 kg.
Andrey Koreshkov now
In 2018, the athlete won another bright victory in the Roman battle in Bellator 203. The representative of Montenegro Vaso Bakotatsev walked 1 minute 6 seconds and surrendered after a powerful and accurate blow to the spleen region, after which Andrei completed the duel with several blows to the head.
The Brazilian athlete Douglas Lima became a truly "strong nut" for the Russians. They met three times, and Andrei won only the first duel. Their last fight in September 2018 ended by Koreshkov's knockout after Lima successfully conducted a suffocating seizure.
According to Spartan, he so dreams to rehabilitate that he cannot think of anything else, but while Revenge is postponed due to Andrei's problems with health. The reason for the last loss, he called his insufficiently fast reaction: during the fight, the roots made several mistakes and "stagnated" in front of the opponent, because of which several fundamentally important blows missed.
Awards and titles
- 2010 - World Champion in Pankration
- 2010 - Champion of the first World Martial Arts games in Pankration
- 2012 - Winner of the Grand Prix of Beller Wall
- 2014 - winner of the Grand Prix of Beller Wall