Biography
Artem foreheads by nationality Russian, although the majority of conscious life lived in Ireland. Hard sport from childhood attracted a fighter, but he began to train only at 22 years old. Having achieved certain results and having received a loud nickname of the Russian hammer, he resolutely goes to the top of MMA.Childhood and youth
Artem Lobov was born in the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in August 1986. He grew up by an ordinary child, wanted to fight, but his mother did not allow, arguing the ban on the big danger of injuries.
In the midst of perestroika, the family immigrated to Argentina. The boy was then 14 years old. Dad worked as a mechanic, and it helped the family to reduce ends meet. Money often lacked on the necessary, not to mention sports and additional education. The boy played football, swimming and even worked as a translator from a football player who came to watch in Argentina from Ukraine.
After another 2 years, parents moved to the Irish town of Trali. After some time after that, the family settled in Dublin, where the young man entered the City University (DCU) to the Business Department, and later graduated from the Master in the direction of Finance.
Once coming to classes, Artem saw an ad on the wall, which was suggested to learn self-defense. The figure shows the fighting guys covered with mud and blood. The young man realized that it was a chance, and recorded the contacts of the coach. All my life, looking at boxing or MMA competitions, the foreheads dreamed of being athletes, but the financial condition of the family prevented the implementation of desire. And then he was taken to the club and began classes in Jiu-Jitsu.
He could not have failed to catch a missed time, and already after 2 weeks of training, the future fighter asked Fila Graham's coach, John Kavana's disciple, when he can spend the first fight. I received a perceptible view in response, after which I continued to do more stubbornly. In the same club, there was boxing classes, and the young man increased the load, visiting 1 time a week also them. At the same time, Artem was not entitled to the ring. The coach understood this and eventually sent him to train at SBG Ireland to John Kavan.
The young man immediately felt what it means to overcome difficulties. In addition to sports, in his life was working in a bank. Early rise for cardio training, day work in the office, and in the evening and up to late night - workout. The mode quickly entered the usual way of life. Even at the weekend had to work. Artem commented on the battles for "SETANTA SPORTS", which showed the Events "Ultimate Fighting Championship" (UFC) in Russian.
The world of sports is cruel. Each athlete invests the same effort, spends time to become a champion. One manages it, and the whole world knows and proud of them, and another, when it would seem, equal initial data lacks the very least to the highest stage of the pedestal. To make a career, young fighters often give simple battles with a deliberately weak opponent. Artem against this. Game in "giveaway" alien to its character. He spoke in an interview:
"Never in my life I did not take a light battle. When I was offered 2 or 3 at the same time, I always chose the most complex opponent. "Martial arts
Lobov's sports biography began on November 30, 2010, when he debuted in a professional MMA under the auspices of Cage Warriors. The fight for him ended with defeat.
In the next 4 years, after this, Artem held 22 fights in different countries of the world. He tried victory and tolerated defeat. He went to the ring against partners of any weight category, speaking half easier weight. For victories over the strongest European fighters, Lobov called the "killer of prospectuses" (which is interpreted as the "killer of promising young fighters").
At the duel in 2015, under the auspices of Promotion "Absolute Championship Berkut", Artem fought with Chechen Rasul Sovkhalov and defeated the superstar in the 2nd round. Before the appearance on the sports realistic show "The Ultimate Fighter", a professional fighter record was 11-10-1 with one without a contest.
The foreheads got into the show Thanks to the mentor, Conraig McGregor, with whom he met in the SBG team. After months of training and at the achievement of the right level, Artem was allowed in a common hall to famous fighters. He and the Irishman fought in one weight category, so often sparring with each other. To both such a partnership was beneficial: the foreheads trained with a more experienced comrade, McGregor worked in full force, since Russian was difficult to knock out. Over time, the athletes became friends and even filmed one house for two.
In the 22nd season of a reality show, a young athlete came with a not very significant record. However, McGregor has already been worked as a coach as a trainer. According to the rules, he could take the team of one of the losers of fighters, and Lobov in preliminary battle was given by Mehdi Baghdad. Taking advantage of the right, Conor chose a friend, thereby giving him the opportunity to show himself in the future.
The decision turned out to be correct. Already in the near battle, the Russian hammer won the technical knockout (TKO) over James Jenkins. By knocking the rivals in the quarter and semi-finals, the foreheads went to the final, where he fought with Ryan Hall and lost to the unanimous decision of the judges.
The next battle took place within "UFC Fight Night: Hendricks VS. Thompson »in Las Vegas. The American Alex White became his opponent here. And again - defeat. But in August 2016, the foreheads won on the UFC 202, defeating Chris Avila. Another 1 victory took place in October over Japanese Taruto Isichara.
Personal life
Personal life athlete prefers to leave in the shade. As far as it is known, wives and children have a fighter now.Artem Lobov now
In the spring of 2018, a scuffle between the frontal and Habiba Nurmagomedov occurred in the New York hotel. The cause of the conflict was an interview with Artem, in which he misfortunely spoke out about the Dagestan fighter in connection with his refusal of a meeting in the ring with McGregor. The fighter demanded a response for the words from Russian hammer. However, the fights did not happen, the incident stopped comrades on the command of the instigator.
In October, Artem Lobova's duel and Michael Johnson took place in Canada. Initially, Zubiir Tukhugov was to participate in battle, but he was removed. Instead, an American came to the ring. At the end of the competition, the judge was awarded victory Johnson - 29:28, 29:28 and 30:27.
Lobs lead a page in "Instagram". There he places a photo from training and in the company "Colleagues" in the training hall. In 2018, Artem Lobova was invited to the Kremlin for training with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSO of Russia). The fighter in the article on the site "The Sports Chronicle" notes that it was an opportunity to exchange knowledge with people who guard the president and other high-ranking officials of Russia for him.