History Characters / UniversalWrestlingFederationRINGSRussia

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes listed as Orjal or Oryol Bekov.
* UnknownCharacter: There isn’t much information about him.

* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/VolkHan.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}.

* TheRival: To the smaller guys in RINGS Japan like Mitsuya Nagai, Wataru Sakata, and Wrestling/HiromitsuKanehara.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: In his matches he had with Mitsuya Nagai and Wataru Sakata in RINGS, he sometimes busted out something very similar to a [[Wrestling/AJStyles Pele Kick]].

* RedBaron: "Ringusu no Omawarisan" ("The Officer of RINGS").

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}.

* UrExample: Was the first RINGS Russia fighter to debut.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He is sometimes listed as Kareem Barkalev.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Trained at the "Platina" Judo Club, is a multiple time national silver and bronze medalist, and is an international master of sport. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and was a bronze medalist at the 1984 USSR Junior Championships.

* IKnowKarate: Knows Sambo as well as Chinese Sanshou (or Sanda), in which he is a multiple time Dagestan, Russian National, European, International, and World Champion. He trained in Sanshou at the Five Directions Of The World wushu school.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He was said to be Fedor Emelianenko's superior in sambo, with two clean wins over him in competition, as well as [[BadassOnPaper the highest rated rookie of RINGS Russia]]. That's why he had his debut placed in the King of Kings tournament while Fedor had to wait in the midcard of the Battle Genesis events.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Trained at the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow. A three-time national champion, 2004 European silver medalist, one-time World Cup champion and two-time world champion in 1998 and 1999, with a bronze in 1997. He also knew UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and was a multiple time Moscow State champion, with a bronze medal in 1998, and two silvers in 1999 and 2000 in the Russian national championships.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Was once part of the Russian national team. As well as sambo, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} (is also rumored to be a three time Dagestan Champion) and also has a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu and is the only Russian to have ever won a ADCC World Championship, having won the 1999 ADCC World Championship in the 88kg division and also won silver at the 1998 ADCC in the same division being beaten by Rodrigo Gracie in the finals by decision after 30 minutes.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Trained at Sambo-70, won a national championship in 1991, and was a training partner of Suren Balachinsky.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: Despite his many achievements in sambo and UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, in MMA he is mostly known and feared for his boxing and ground-and-pound skills.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A world champion at that. He is also a world medalist in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, trained in boxing and went to Holland to learn UsefulNotes/MuayThai to improve his UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}.

* MasterOfAll: Excelled in the three fields: stand-up (his sole boxing was skill enough to outstrike important kickboxers), wrestling (he is a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and sambo medalist) and groundfighting (has a hell of a ground-and-pound).

* TheAce: In his sambo days, he was said to have won at least 25 tournaments in a row.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Gain quite a bit of weight after he retired from sambo competition, but still could demonstrate the more acrobatic techniques of sambo with ease.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Champion and trainer.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A national champion and also won bronze at the 1995 World Championships. He also had some training in boxing.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Won 1985 Youth World Sambo Championships and won the Sambo All-Soviet Union Cup in 1989.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: He didn't just know it, many consider him the greatest ever. He also trained in boxing when he was in school and sambo when he was in the army.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As shown in a Command Sambo exhibition with Genajy Kuwan.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Trained at the "Platina" Judo Club, is a multiple time national silver and bronze medalist, and is an international master of sport. He also trained in sambo and was a bronze medalist at the 1984 USSR Junior Championships.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As shown in a Command Sambo exhibition with Andrei Khodirov.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: A Russian national champion and also trained in sambo. He also briefly trained with the RINGS Japan guys.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A 1988 USSR youth champion.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As shown in the sambo exhibition with Wrestling/VolkHan.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Was the captain of the USSR national sambo team, a multiple national champion and medalist, a 1992 European champion, and a 1988 World Champion with a silver in 1986 and bronze in 1984.

* TheBrute: Was strong, knew it and based his style of sambo on it.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A youth national champion and a 1989 Youth World Sambo Champion.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A Youth European and World champion in 1983, a two time Youth USSR champion in 1983 and 1985, won bronze medals in 1987, 1989, and 1990 in the regular USSR Championships with a silver in 1988, won many international A-class tournaments, and was one of the first national champions of a newly independent Ukraine. He also trained in sambo and was a Games of the Peoples of the USSR in judo and sambo in 1986.

* IKnowKarate: Sambo in this case. Part of the Russian national team, winner of several championships in Japan, and won bronze medals at several USSR Championships and two USSR Cups, with a gold at the 1983 USSR Cup. He also did freestyle wrestling in middle and high school.

* TheRival: To Wrestling/VolkHan, Wrestling/AndreiKopylov and the rest of the sambo players in RINGS (except Chris Dolman, who was unimpressed by him). He went to the extent of beating Han in a worked sambo match.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A Kazakhstan champion and also knew UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: He started his formal sambo training when he joined elementary school. He is also a 1999 European Championships Sport Sambo Gold Medalist, a FIAS World Combat Sambo Championships Gold Medalist in 2003, 2004, and 2006, a Russian Combat Sambo National Championship in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2010, with a silver medal in 2012, a 2003 Moscow Open Combat Sambo Silver Medalist, a 2003 Union of Heroes Cup Combat Sambo Silver Medalist, a 2004 Dagestan Open Combat Sambo Silver Medalist and a 2010 [=SportAccord=] World Combat Games Combat Sambo Silver Medalist. He is also knows amateur wrestling, boxing and is a Master of Sport in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As well as Chinese Sanshou and was a two-time world champion in 1993 and 1995, two-time European champion, two-time champion of the USSR in 1990 and 1991, and two-time winner of the Russian Cup and European Cup.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A four-time national champion from 1995 to 1998 with a bronze in 1994 and a silver in 1993, a silver medalist at the 1994 World Championship among military personnel, a bronze medalist in the 1998 European Team Championships, and won the 1996 World Cup. He also trained in sambo, was a pankration tournament winner, and is an amateur SumoWrestling champion at the 80kg division.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Trained at the Airborne Troops Academy, was a Russian Airborne Troops Sambo champion, a Eurasia Combat Sambo champion, a six time Russian Airborne Troops Hand-to-hand combat fight champion, a three time Russian Army combat fight champion, and a World Universal Fight Unifight champion. He first started with boxing and was a 2003 Central Asian Games silver medalist, a 2004 Asian Championships silver medalist and a 2007 Russian Championship silver medalist. He also regularly trains with the Russian national boxing and Sambo teams, as well as some freestyle wrestlers. He also added UsefulNotes/MuayThai training to his regimen with Golden Glory, and, according to him, he even borrows some elements from UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and boxing. He was also a sparring partner of Fedor Emelianenko.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: An Ukrainian national champion and a silver medalist at the 1998 World Championships. He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Jiu-Jitsu]]: A traditional stylist and black belt, he also trained in sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: As well as sambo and was a national UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and Chinese Sanshou champion.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A national champion and a 2014 world masters champion in 45-49 age group in the under 100kg division.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As well as boxing.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: As well as sambo.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Subverted, while he was primarily a kickboxer and based his MMA game around his punching power, he also had his sambo skills to position his opponents for ground-and-pound and was able to surprise many with his defensive guard and dexterity on the ground. It was true in his first MMA tournament though as that was before he trained in sambo.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Was never official part of RINGS Russia or Russian Top Team, but he did train with them to improve his sambo skills. He also had only one fight in RINGS against Ricardas Rocevicius at RINGS Lithuania: Bushido Rings 3.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: A former member of the Ukrainian national team and was a world champion. He also trained in boxing under Oleg Ermakov and was a national champion, he also trained in sambo under Alexander Fedorov.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: Command sambo and also placed third in the 1993 Russian National Championships.

* SecretlyWealthy: Was apparently born to a wealthy, well-off family compared to most of his teammates.

* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/VolkHan and was one of his first students.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Has submission win over Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka at the RINGS Rising: Team Japan vs Team Russia event.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Pride fans mostly remember his theme "Enae Volare Mezzo" by Music/{{Era}}, which worked for him as it gave him a more mystical aura as the the lyrics are phantasy and gibberish. His later theme, a Russian folk song called "Oy, to ne vecher" ("Oh, Once In The Evening Time") however is typically not something that should work for a fighter of his nature. Also known as "Kazach'ya Pritcha" ("The Cossack’s Parable") or "Son Stepana Razina"("Stepan Razin’s Dream"), it is about a cossack’s dream predicting his death on the battlefield by decapitation. He made it work as the singer of the version he uses is a BadassBaritone and is accompanied by an Russian Orthodox choir.

* ThePeteBest: The first Sanshou stylist to have major success in MMA long before guys like Cung Le debuted in MMA (he even beat Cung Le in a Sanshou match) and even his fellow FDOTW trainees like Muslim Salikhov and Zabit Magomedsharipov, he is not as well known due to fighting in RINGS’ last years and other small promotions with a loss in PRIDE against a young and not yet famous Alistair Overeem and sporadic appearances between 2003 to 2008 before retiring all together.

* RealSongThemeTune: "Monster Breath" by Brad Gillis.

* BadassGrandpa: Although RetiredBadass by the point he was in RINGS.

* DownerEnding: Died on 22 May 2006, he was 61 years old.

* DownerEnding: Was shot and killed in April 2000 at the age of 37.

* DownerEnding: Died in 2008 in a plane crash.

* DownerEnding: Died in 2001 while saving his brother Victor's life from the Kama River, he was 38 years old.

* BadassGrandpa: Was 35 when he debuted in RINGS and was the oldest member of the original team.

* BadassGrandpa: Was in his 40s when he fought his only MMA fight against Denis Shibankov and won.

!!!Ochirov
* TheApprentice: To Wrestling/VolkHan, Wrestling/AndreiKopylov, Nikolai Zouev, and Mikhail Ilyukhin.
* HuskyRusskie
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]

* OnlyOneName
* UnknownCharacter: No one seems to know his real name.

!!!Andrei Pashkin
* HuskyRusskie
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: A Russian Greco-Roman champion.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is also spelt as Andrey Pashkin.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong