Sergie Kharitonov was last seen fighting in Strikeforce’s Heavyweight Grand Prix, defeating Andrei Arlovski in the preliminary round, but losing to Josh Barnett in the semi-finals.

The Russian fighter was subsequently released by the promotion, and is now scheduled to compete in a kickboxing rules fight for the United Glory Promotion.

In a contrast of the Rocky movie, the Russian is the one training in a meat locker, pounding the carcass of a dead pig to train for his kickboxing bout with Mark Miller: