That friendship, and a need to pay the bills brought him back to no-rules fighting and the UFC for UFC 5. However, he did strike up an association at the time, and it was with Guy Mezger and the Lion's Den. It wouldn't be until 1997 that he'd land his first movie role. He took acting classes, but breaking into film was proving a fruitless task. He won all three of his tournament fights to become the event champion, and shortly thereafter moved to Hollywood with the goal of becoming an action movie star. He studied Sambo at a local gymnasium in Sarov, Russia, which eventually led to a military career as a combat instructor working with covert operatives and KGB agents.Īfter his military career, he entered into a no-rules proto-MMA tournament in Latvia in 1993, called White Dragon. With experience in competitive Sambo and Judo (as well as a 3rd degree Judo black belt and master of sport status in both), Taktarov was also one of the of the few early UFC fighters to enter with prior MMA experience. The first Russian MMA star, Oleg Taktarov took the UFC by storm.
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