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Artem Valeryevich Levin ((ロシア語:Артё́м Вале́рьевич Ле́вин); born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian light heavyweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the current World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Intercontinental and EMF European Muay Thai champion.〔 〕 As of 11 May 2015, Levin is ranked the #1 middleweight in the world by LiverKick.com.〔(LiverKick.com Middleweight Rankings )〕 He is the current Glory Middleweight Champion. ==Biography and career== He is the captain of Russian National Muaythai Team. He's become Chairman of the Athletes Commission at IFMA since 2012. Artem moved up to light heavyweight after the SportAccord Combat Games in 2010. The much-anticipated fight between Artem Levin and Simon Marcus was scheduled for the third time and set for December 21, 2012 in Ekaterinburg, Russia〔(Fights To Watch In December: Part 2 )〕〔(Artem Levin vs. Simon Marcus now expected for December 21st in Russia )〕 and then February 23, 2013,〔(Simon Marcus vs. Artem Levin postponed again )〕 before eventually settling on March 15, 2013 at ''Lion Fight 9'' in Las Vegas〔(Simon Marcus vs. Artem Levin expected to take place at Lion Fight 9 on March 15th in Las Vegas )〕〔(Simon Marcus set to take on Artem Levin at Lion Fight 9, possibly out of GLORY 5 )〕 with the inaugural Lion Fight Light Heavyweight Championship will be on the line.〔(Lion Fight 9 - Fights Announced: Marcus vs. Levin, Ross, Schilling, van Soest )〕〔(Simon Marcus vs. Artem Levin official for Lion Fight 9; Tiffany Van Soest, Kevin Ross, and Joe Schilling all in action as well )〕〔(March Madness: Muay Thai Fights to Watch This Month )〕 Although a closely contested bout, it was Marcus' clinching skills that made the difference as he took the unanimous decision win.〔(Lion Fight 9 Preview )〕〔(Lion Fight 9 Live Updates )〕〔(Artem Levin vs. Simon Marcus a year in the making, but well worth the wait )〕〔(Lion Fight 9 Live Play by Play and Results )〕〔(Results and Recap: Lion Fight 9 )〕 Moving up to 85 kg/187 lb, Levin defeated Sahak Parparyan via an extension round decision at ''Glory 7: Milan'' in Milan, Italy on April 20, 2013.〔(GLORY 7 Milan Fight Card For April 20 )〕〔(GLORY 7 Milan Live Results )〕〔(GLORY 7 Milan Live Updates )〕〔(Giorgio Petrosyan Barely Breaks a Sweat against Hafid El Boustati: GLORY 7 Milan Full Results )〕 He competed in the four man 85 kg/187 lb tournament at ''Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament'' in Ontario, California, United States on September 28, 2013.〔(GLORY 10 Los Angeles: Middleweight Tournament )〕〔(Glory 10 set for Ontario, CA with 4-man middleweight tournament )〕〔(Match ups announced for Glory 10 middleweight tournament )〕 After cruising to a unanimous decision over Jason Wilnis in the semi-finals, he lost out to Joe Schilling in the final. He took round one but was knocked down in two when Schilling connected with a right overhand followed by a knee. The bout was ruled a draw after three rounds and went to an extension round in which Schilling scored a controversial knockdown and took the unanimous decision and the belt.〔(GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates )〕〔(GLORY 10 results, LIVE online fight coverage stream for 'Los Angeles' )〕〔(Joe Schilling is the New GLORY Middleweight Champion of the World )〕 He was scheduled to fight Hicham El Gaoui for the WKN light heavyweight title at ''Diamond Fight: Friendship'' in Chelyabinsk, Russia on December 13, 2013〔(Artem Levin back in action this weekend at Diamond Fight in Russia )〕 but the match fell through. Levin defeated Robert Thomas via UD at ''Glory 16: Denver'' in Broomfield, Colorado, US on April 3, 2014.〔(UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16 )〕〔(Glory 16 Results )〕 Artem Levin was expected to rematch Simon Marcus in a fight for the WMC World Light Heavyweight (175 lbs/79.379 kg) Championship at ''Monte Carlo Fighting Masters 2014'' in Monte Carlo, Monaco on June 14, 2014.〔(Monte Carlo Fighting Masters 2014 card )〕〔(MONTE CARLO FIGHTING MASTERS MUAY THAI EVENT with Lidon, Pinca, Levin and Banchamek! )〕 The bout was cancelled, however, in order for fighters to compete at ''Glory 17: Los Angeles'' which was held a week later.〔(Monte-Carlo Fighting Masters 2 - Fightcard, resultats. )〕 Levin won the ''Glory 17: Los Angeles - Last Man Standing'' middleweight tournament and the inaugural Glory Middleweight Championship in Inglewood, California on June 21, 2014, defeating Alex Pereira in the quarter-finals and Filip Verlinden in the semis, both by clear-cut unanimous decision, before rematching Joe Schilling in the final. He scored a knockdown with a spinning backfist in round one, but was docked a point by referee Al Wichgers for excessive clinching in three. He did enough to win, however, taking another UD, with all three judges scoring the bout 29-26 in favour of Levin.〔(Glory 17 and Last Man Standing Live Results )〕〔(Glory's Last Man Standing Results )〕〔(Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artem Levin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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