KUDO CHALLENGE 2013

30 fighters (28 men, 2 women) from 4 countries - Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Australia ^[4] were declared to participate in KUDO CHALLENGE 2013.

Men

• Semyankov Sergey - 175 height 74 weight 04/16/1988 (Russia)
• Wingert Nikolai - 193 height 103 weight 12.01.1984 (Russia, Mineralnye Vody)
• Senj Eugene - 185 height 100 weight 01/08/1990 (Russia)
• Smolin Sergey - 190 height 103 weight 12/21/1986 (Russia)
• Minyaylo Alexey - 174 height 94 weight 02/23/1984 (Russia)
• Gubaev Denis - 187 height 93 weight 12/23/1994 (Russia)
• Makhmudov David - 181 height 82 weight 08/20/1992 (Russia, Yaroslavl region)
• Nikolev Denis - 189 height 89 weight 01/30/1990 (Russia, Yaroslavl region)
• Shibaev Roman - 182 height 87 weight 04/21/1994 (Russia, Yaroslavl region)
• Lyulkin Roman - 185 height 100 weight 11/28/1985 (Russia)
• Shalomaev Eugene - 189 height 95 weight 12/19/1988 (Russia)
• Konstantin Karaulnykh - 186 height 84 weight 11.11.1989 (Russia, Vladivostok)
• Kozlov Alexander - 188 height 89 weight 02/08/1994 (Ukraine)
• Nabataliev Kudrat - 174 height 75 weight 10/17/1983 (Azerbaijan)
• Petrushevsky Timur - 177 height 82.8 weight 07/18/1982 (Russia, Moscow)
• Kharitonov Alexey - 174 height 92 weight 11/26/1977 (Russia, Moscow)
• Panov Yuri - 182 height 103 weight 09/18/1983 (Russia, Moscow)
• Gromov David 181 height - 112 weight 06/14/1982 (Russia)
• Kelekhsaev Ruslan - 175 height 83 weight 01/02/1987 (Russia, Vladivostok)
• Olimjon Shodmonov - 180 height 88 weight 07/21/1989 (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod)
• Bone Ian Kenneth - 180 height 88 weight 07/05/1981 (Australia)
• Nuritdinov Dmitry - 187 height 108 weight 08/01/1979 (Russia)
• Iskhakov Eduard - 183 height 110 weight 06/29/1983 (Russia, Ufa)
• Lobanov Boris - 193 height 104 weight 08/05/1986 (Russia)
• Hatuev Ayub - 183 height 88 weight 04/20/1979 (Russia)
• Sebaa Anton - 179 height 86 weight 07/01/1983 (Russia)
• Kuchkin Alexander - 187 height 115 weight 02/14/1982 (Russia)
• Dyumin Anton - 178 height 89.5 weight 11/26/1991 (Ukraine)
• Razumovsky Alexey - 185 height 88 weight 01/26/1987 (Ukraine)

Women

• Bykova Irina - 158 height 67 weight 02/03/1986 (Russia, Moscow)
• Ivanova Daria - 164 height 57 weight 06/29/1989 (Ukraine)

It is worth noting that the tournament in the women's category was of the nature of a rematch for the defeat of D. Ivanova from I. Bykova in the final of the Kudo World Cup, held in 2011 in Moscow.

The winner of the tournament in the men's absolute category was Aleksey Kharitonov ^[5] .

The winner of the tournament in the women's absolute category was Ivanova Daria ^[6] .

Men ^[7]

1. Kharitonov Alexey

2. Wingert Nikolai

3. Panov Yuri

4. The Guard Constantine

5. Kelekhsaev Ruslan

6. Gromov David

7. Senj Eugene

8. Makhmudov David

Women ^[6]

1. Ivanova Daria

2. Bykova Irina

For objectivity, it is worth noting that the victory of D. Ivanova in this match was due to an injury received by I. Bykova in “extra time”, in connection with which the latter was not able to continue the fight and was subsequently hospitalized at MGNIISP im. N.V. Sklifosovsky . Before injuring Bykova I., both athletes did not have superiority over each other in glasses.

At KUDO CHALLENGE 2013, changes to the general rules of Kudo were introduced, which entailed great entertainment of Kudo as a martial art of martial arts: lateral contact finishing with hands on the head of the opponent lying on the tatami was allowed ^[8] .

The entire tournament was broadcast live by the Fight Club TV channel and Sportbox.ru portal. In the recording, fights starting from the 1/8 finals were also broadcast on the Russia-2 TV channel ^{[9] [10] [11]} .

Preliminaries

• Preliminaries

Main fights

• Tournament opening and 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and final