Vladimir Mineev was born on February 16, 1990, in the suburbs of Sverdlovsk, then moved to Saransk with his family because his father had roots in this region,[1] and from the age of three he permanently lived in Ulyanovsk .

Golovikhin introduced Mineev to Vladimir Merchin, under whose leadership he won the Russian championship in Japanese kickboxing a year later.

Safonin, together with another coach, Evgeny Belik, were able to develop a technique and strategy that helped Mineev win the duel.

[7] He achieved his first serious success in the ring in 2008, when he became the champion of Russia in kickboxing for the first time and, having become a member of the Russian national team, won a gold medal at the European Championship in Portugal, held under the auspices of the W.A.K.O.

Also in 2013 he took part in the Russian Thai boxing championship, took second place, losing in the final to the multiple champion of recent years Artem Vakhitov.

[10][11][12] Mineev took on another Dutchman when he fought Revanho Blokland at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow on February 23, 2013, and won by KO in two.

[13][14] He faced Thiago Beowulf for the WKN Kickboxing Heavyweight World Championship at Fight Night Saint Tropez in Saint-Tropez, France on August 4, 2013,[15] winning by decision.

[23] At the FNG / GFC: Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov Memory Tournament, held on September 9, 2020, in Moscow, Mineev knocked out Dauren Ermekov and became the AMC Fight Nights Middleweight Championship.