Sergey Golyaev

Sergey Golyaev (born November 3, 1981) is a Russian mixed martial artist.

Background
Sergey Golyaev has a Muay Thai and Karate background. He started to be engaged in karate at 14 years old and his Muay Thai experience dates back 9 years.

Mixed martial arts career
Sergey Golyaev pulled the upset win against the No.1 lightweight Takanori Gomi in World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6 back in November 2008. This was considered a huge upset win and Gomi was no longer considered to be the greatest lightweight and dropped from the Top 10 rankings.

Mixed martial arts

 * Sherdog Upset of the Year: 2008 - Sergey Golyaev vs. Takanori Gomi

Muay Thai

 * Saint Petersburg open Muay Thai champion.
 * Two time Russian lightweight Muay Thai champion.
 * Russian North-West regions Muay Thai champion.