Andrei Arlovski

Andrei Arlovski
Андрэй Арлоўскі
Born (1979-02-04) February 4, 1979
Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Native name Андрэй Арлоўскі
Other names The Pit Bull
Nationality Belarusian
Height 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm)
Weight 248 lb (112 kg; 17 st 10 lb)
Division Heavyweight
Reach 77.0 in (196 cm)[1]
Style Sambo, Kickboxing, Boxing, Gaidojutsu,
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Chicago, Illinois
Team Jackson's Submission Fighting
Rank International Master of Sport in Sambo[2]
Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active 1999–present (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total 1
Wins 1
By knockout 1
Losses 0
Draws 0
Mixed martial arts record
Total 39
Wins 25
By knockout 17
By submission 3
By decision 5
Losses 13
By knockout 9
By submission 1
By decision 3
No contests 1
Other information
Website http://www.arlovski.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)
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Andrei Arlovski

Andrei Valeryevich Arlovski (Belarusian: Андрэй Валер'евіч Арлоўскі, Belarusian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛj vaˈlʲɛrɛvitʃ arˈlɔwski], born February 4, 1979), nicknamed The Pit Bull, is a Belarusian mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has also competed for Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC and M-1 Challenge. Arlovski is the first man to ever knock out Roy Nelson and the second man ever to knock unconscious Travis Fulton, a veteran of over 300 MMA fights. As of September, 2016, Arlovski is #9 in the official UFC heavyweight rankings.

Personal life

Arlovski was born in Babruisk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus). When he was younger, bullies often picked on him and beat him up. In 1994, when he was 14 years old, he finally had enough and started lifting weights to put on muscle and, he hoped, to help him deal with these bullies. Arlovski only took up martial arts at the age of 16 in Karate having previously been interested in football. It was an interest in personal fitness and conditioning that led Arlovski to take an interest in combat sports such as Sambo, Judo and Kickboxing.[3]

Enrolling at the police academy in Minsk, Arlovski combined his interest in a career in law enforcement with his growing martial arts participation by taking up the required police defense course in Sambo and quickly showed himself to be a highly competent Sambo opponent. In 1999, Arlovski won the European Youth Sambo Championship and the World Youth Championship. Not long after, Arlovski became the first Master of Sports and then International Master of Sports. He took a silver medal at the Sambo World Cup and another silver medal at the World Sambo Championship.[4]

Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other martial arts, studying kickboxing and developing his striking skills to complement his Sambo-based grappling abilities.

Arlovski has a pet pit bull by the name of Maximus Arlovski, accompanying him to workouts. Arlovski did a public service announcement against dog fighting featuring this pit bull and calling it inhumane and torture. Arlovski said he chose his nickname The Pitbull for the positive qualities these dogs have.[5]

Arlovski is an Orthodox Christian.

Mixed martial arts career

At the age of 20, Arlovski began his professional MMA career at the Mix Fight M-1 in St Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 1999. It was a fairly inauspicious start, losing by knockout KO to Viacheslav Datsik. Not deterred, Arlovski returned in 2000 to M-1 Global at the European Championships, taking the heavyweight crown with a submission victory and a KO victory.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Arlovski made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at UFC 28, defeating Aaron Brink by submission. He was then thrown in against top opposition, losing to future UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez and heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo. Despite those early defeats, wins over future British Cage Rage Light Heavyweight Champion Ian Freeman and future IFL Light Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Matyushenko propelled Arlovski back into the UFC elite.

In 2004, a motorcycle accident injury suffered by then UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir led to the creation of an interim heavyweight title. It was decided that the two top heavyweight contenders would meet to declare the interim champion and on February 5, 2005, at UFC 51, Arlovski faced former heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia. In the fight, Arlovski eventually connected with an overhand right and dropped Sylvia. On the ground, Arlovski followed up with an Achilles lock that forced Sylvia to tap out at 47 seconds of the first round, making Arlovski the new UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion.

Arlovski went on to defend his interim title on June 4, 2005, at UFC 53, against Justin Eilers. Arlovski won the bout by TKO in the first round. After the fight, it was revealed that Eilers suffered extensive injuries in this match including a badly broken nose, two broken hands and a complete ACL tear.[6]

In October 2005, Arlovski once again defended his title at UFC 55 against top contender Paul Buentello. Arlovski knocked out Buentello in 15 seconds of the opening round.[7][8] On August 12, 2005, the UFC announced that it now recognized Arlovski as the undisputed heavyweight champion, as Frank Mir had not fully rehabilitated from his motorcycle accident.

In a rematch with Tim Sylvia at UFC 59 on April 15, 2006, Arlovski knocked Sylvia down with a right hand punch early in the first round. Sylvia was able to protect himself and recovered almost immediately. While Arlovski tried to finish Sylvia with a right lead, Sylvia countered with a short right uppercut to the chin, knocking Arlovski to the mat. Sylvia followed up with punches on the ground until referee Herb Dean stopped the match at 2:43 of the first round.

The rubber match between Tim Sylvia and Arlovski took place on July 8, 2006, at UFC 61. In what turned out to be a 5 round battle of attrition, neither fighter was able to KO the other, or even land any truly significant blows. In the end Sylvia won the fight by unanimous decision. It was later discovered that during the fight, Arlovski had been significantly injured by a checked leg kick sometime in the second round which left him unable to throw kicks of his own or make any takedown attempts. When confronted by a reporter about the injury, Arlovski avoided responding directly and would only say "I do not want to talk about my injuries or look for any other excuses."[9] Not too long after it was revealed Sylvia had sustained an injury as he fainted at his hotel room and upon hospital examination, doctors discovered a concussion undetected after the match.[10]

Arlovski made his next appearance on December 30, 2006, at UFC 66 against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Márcio Cruz. After being taken down, he kicked Cruz in the shoulder (which is legal) but it was mistaken for a head kick (which is illegal) by referee Herb Dean. When the referee intervened, he decided, because of Cruz's insistence, to allow both fighters to stay on the ground as opposed to standing them up, as is the general practice. Thereafter, Arlovski struck Cruz with a strong blow to the chin, then continued beating Cruz with hammerfists until the fight was stopped.

Arlovski fought PRIDE veteran and two-time world Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Fabrício Werdum at UFC 70 and won by unanimous decision. Both fighters kept their distance for the majority of the fight, causing the referee to inform them at the beginning of the third round that he would remove a point from the first fighter to retreat in that round. Although Arlovski won the fight by unanimous decision, many boos could be heard from the crowd. After the fight Arlovski apologized to the fans for not fighting for the full fifteen minutes.

After 11 months of inactivity, Arlovski made his return to the octagon for the final time at UFC 82 and defeated Jake O'Brien by TKO in round two. With this win, Arlovski gave O'Brien his first ever MMA loss.[11] This was Arlovski's final fight on his UFC contract.[12]

Arlovski left the UFC with a record of 10–4, including going 3–2 in title fights.

Affliction Entertainment

After leaving the UFC, Arlovski signed with the newly created MMA-promotion Affliction and participated in their inaugural event Affliction: Banned on July 19, 2008. He fought and defeated top ranked heavyweight fighter and former IFL heavyweight stand-out Ben Rothwell by KO in the final round of the fight, ending Rothwell's 13 fight win streak and giving him his first defeat in over 3 years.[13]

Originally scheduled to face former UFC Heavyweight Champion and top-ranked heavyweight Josh Barnett in the main event at Affliction's second pay-per-view, Affliction: Day of Reckoning, on October 11, 2008, the event was rescheduled and Arlovski would instead be matched up against the last reigning IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson at EliteXC: Heat on October 4, 2008, in Sunrise, Florida in a co-promotion with EliteXC. Arlovski won the fight via KO in the second round and in the process became the only man to ever finish Nelson in his MMA career at that point.[14]

In January 2009, Arlovski faced the last reigning PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction: Day of Reckoning. Arlovski looked exceptionally well prepared and focused but despite his encouraging early efforts, Arlovski lost the fight via KO in the opening round after jumping in with a very long range knee and being caught with an over-hand right punch.

Strikeforce

On June 6, 2009, Arlovski fought up and coming heavyweight Brett Rogers at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields. Arlovski lost the fight via TKO in the opening round.[15] As a result, Arlovski has begun training with acclaimed MMA coach Greg Jackson in October 2009.[16] Arlovski was a featured attendee at Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers where he was mobbed with a crowd of local Chicago fans. Arlovski was signed to Strikeforce and fought former EliteXC heavyweight champion Antônio Silva on May 15, 2010, at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery.[17] after 3 rounds of hard hitting punches from both and no one giving in to each, Arlovski lost by unanimous decision.

Arlovski was defeated by Sergei Kharitonov via KO on February 12, 2011, as part of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament. It was his fourth straight loss, three of which were by way of KO. On February 17, 2011, Arlovski posted a video on his website which he spoke for over an hour, repeatedly saying that he would absolutely not retire and end his career this way. Arlovski indicated there was a situation with his trainers recommended that he retire; however, Greg Jackson was against his retirement. Arlovski dedicated himself to training exclusively with Greg Jackson in New Mexico to refocus on his MMA career and make the necessary changes to get back on track.

ProElite

After several months of grueling training schedule in New Mexico with Greg Jackson and the likes of Jon Jones, Shane Carwin and Travis Browne, Arlovski headlined ProElite 1 on August 27 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii against heavyweight Ray Lopez. Arlovski won by TKO in the third round after dominating Lopez throughout the fight.

Arlovski faced off against veteran of over 300 fights Travis Fulton at ProElite 2 in November, serving as the co-main event.[18] Arlovski won the fight via a head kick KO in the final second of the third round. It was a knockout which caused Fulton, who had never been knocked out, to regain consciousness about 5 minutes after the fight was stopped. Fulton later admitted to Arlovski in the locker room that he has never been hit that hard in all of his 300 bouts.[19]

ONE Fighting Championship

In mid-July 2012, it was announced that Arlovski had signed with the Asia-based promotion ONE Fighting Championship.[20] Originally Arlvoski was scheduled to fight Soa Palelei but Soa Palelei was later replaced with Tim Sylvia. The promotion quickly announced that Arlovski would face Tim Sylvia in his debut, marking the fourth time the two fighters had faced each other.

Arlovski and Sylvia faced off at ONE Fighting Championship: Pride of a Nation on August 31, 2012 in Manila. The fight between Arlovski and Tim Sylvia ended in a no-contest due to an illegal soccer kick by Arlovski. According to ONE FC rules, soccer kicks are legal only if the referee clears the fighter to do so after determining the grounded fighter can still intelligently defend himself. Arlovski received no such clearance, the kick was deemed illegal. Four days later One FC eliminated this restriction. This rule change, if made earlier, would have resulted in Arlovki the winner by TKO. Arlovski had knocked Tim Sylvia down with punches before he landed the illegal kicks that caused the referee to stop the fight.

World Series of Fighting

Arlovski headlined the debut event from the World Series of Fighting against fellow Strikeforce veteran Devin Cole on November 3, 2012 at World Series of Fighting 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event aired live on NBC Sports.[21] He won the fight via TKO in the first round.

Arlovski fought Anthony Johnson in the main event at World Series of Fighting 2 on March 23, 2013.[22] He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Controversy arose after the fight when it was revealed that multiple rounds exceeded the five-minute time limit. The punch believed to have broken Arlovski's jaw was landed after when time should have expired.[23]

Arlovski next replaced an injured Anthony Johnson against Mike Kyle at WSOF 5 on September 14, 2013.[24] He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Independent promotions

Arlovski faced Bellator veteran Mike Hayes at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 9 on December 16, 2012 in Moscow, Russia.[25] He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Arlovski was also scheduled to fight 2 time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion and veteran of over 60 fights Jeff Monson in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 2, 2013 but the event was postponed.[26]

Arlovski fought Andreas Kraniotakes at Fight Nights - Battle in Minsk on November 29, 2013, and Arlovski won the fight via TKO in the second round.[27]

Return to UFC

On April 24, 2014, it was confirmed by multiple MMA media websites that Arlovski had been granted his release from WSOF to return to UFC.[28][29] The former heavyweight champion fought Brendan Schaub at UFC 174 on June 14, 2014.[30][31] Arlovski was victorious in his return to the UFC, defeating Schaub via split decision.

It was announced that Arlovski would be facing Antônio Silva in a rematch on September 13, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 51.[32] Despite being a heavy betting underdog, Arlovski won the fight via knockout in the first round, after landing two consecutive right hands that dropped Silva and subsequent hammerfists on the ground with Silva unable to defend himself. This win also won Arlovski his first Performance of the Night bonus award.[33]

Arlovski faced Travis Browne on May 23, 2015 at UFC 187.[34] Despite being a heavy underdog and being knocked down in the first round, Arlovski stunned Browne multiple times throughout the opening minutes, and eventually won the fight via TKO in the first round. Post-fight, Joe Rogan revealed on commentary that Arlovski came close to withdrawing from the fight due to a calf injury in training.[35] The win also earned Arlovski his first Fight of the Night bonus award.[36]

Arlovski faced Frank Mir on September 5, 2015 at UFC 191, winning by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 30–27) [37] in a fight which many, including UFC president Dana White, thought Mir won.[38][39]

Arlovski returned to face Stipe Miocic on January 2, 2016 at UFC 195.[40] He was defeated via TKO in the first round.[41]

Arlovski faced Alistair Overeem on May 8, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 87.[42] After a back and forth first round, Arlovski lost the fight via TKO in the second round.[43]

Arlovski next faced Josh Barnett on September 3, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 93.[44] He lost the fight via submission in the third round.[45] Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night for their performance.[46]

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 25–13 (1) Josh Barnett Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night 93 September 3, 2016 3 2:53 Hamburg, Germany Fight of the Night.
Loss 25–12 (1) Alistair Overeem TKO (jump-front kick and punches) UFC Fight Night 87 May 8, 2016 2 1:12 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Loss 25–11 (1) Stipe Miocic TKO (punches) UFC 195 January 2, 2016 1 0:54 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 25–10 (1) Frank Mir Decision (unanimous) UFC 191 September 5, 2015 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 24–10 (1) Travis Browne TKO (punches) UFC 187 May 23, 2015 1 4:41 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Fight of the Night.
Win 23–10 (1) Antônio Silva KO (punches) UFC Fight Night 51 September 13, 2014 1 2:59 Brasília, Brazil Performance of the Night.
Win 22–10 (1) Brendan Schaub Decision (split) UFC 174 June 14, 2014 3 5:00 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win 21–10 (1) Andreas Kraniotakes TKO (elbows and punches) Fight Nights: Battle in Minsk November 29, 2013 2 3:14 Minsk, Belarus
Win 20–10 (1) Mike Kyle Decision (unanimous) WSOF 5 September 14, 2013 3 5:00 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 19–10 (1) Anthony Johnson Decision (unanimous) WSOF 2 March 23, 2013 3 5:00 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 19–9 (1) Mike Hayes Decision (unanimous) Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 9 December 16, 2012 3 5:00 Moscow, Russia
Win 18–9 (1) Devin Cole TKO (punches) WSOF 1 November 3, 2012 1 2:37 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
NC 17–9 (1) Tim Sylvia NC (illegal soccer kicks) ONE FC: Pride of a Nation August 31, 2012 2 4:46 Quezon City, Philippines
Win 17–9 Travis Fulton KO (head kick) ProElite 2: Big Guns November 5, 2011 3 4:59 Moline, Illinois, United States
Win 16–9 Ray Lopez TKO (punches) ProElite 1: Arlovski vs. Lopez August 27, 2011 3 2:43 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Loss 15–9 Sergei Kharitonov KO (punches) Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva February 12, 2011 1 2:49 East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Loss 15–8 Antônio Silva Decision (unanimous) Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery May 15, 2010 3 5:00 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss 15–7 Brett Rogers TKO (punches) Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields June 6, 2009 1 0:22 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Loss 15–6 Fedor Emelianenko KO (punch) Affliction: Day of Reckoning January 24, 2009 1 3:14 Anaheim, California, United States For the WAMMA Heavyweight Championship.
Win 15–5 Roy Nelson KO (punch) EliteXC: Heat October 4, 2008 2 1:46 Sunrise, Florida, United States
Win 14–5 Ben Rothwell KO (punches) Affliction: Banned July 19, 2008 3 1:13 Anaheim, California, United States
Win 13–5 Jake O'Brien TKO (punches) UFC 82 March 1, 2008 2 4:17 Columbus, Ohio, United States
Win 12–5 Fabrício Werdum Decision (unanimous) UFC 70 April 21, 2007 3 5:00 Manchester, England
Win 11–5 Márcio Cruz TKO (punches) UFC 66 December 30, 2006 1 3:15 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss 10–5 Tim Sylvia Decision (unanimous) UFC 61 July 8, 2006 5 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Loss 10–4 Tim Sylvia TKO (punches) UFC 59 April 15, 2006 1 2:43 Anaheim, California, United States Lost the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Win 10–3 Paul Buentello KO (punch) UFC 55 October 7, 2005 1 0:15 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States Defended the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Win 9–3 Justin Eilers TKO (punches) UFC 53 June 4, 2005 1 4:10 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Defended the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. Later promoted to undisputed champion.
Win 8–3 Tim Sylvia Submission (Achilles lock) UFC 51 February 5, 2005 1 0:47 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Won the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Win 7–3 Wesley Correira TKO (punches) UFC 47 April 2, 2004 2 1:15 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 6–3 Vladimir Matyushenko KO (punch) UFC 44 September 26, 2003 1 2:10 Paradise, Nevada, United States
Win 5–3 Ian Freeman TKO (punches) UFC 40 November 22, 2002 1 1:25 Paradise, Nevada, United States
Loss 4–3 Pedro Rizzo KO (punches) UFC 36 March 22, 2002 3 1:45 Paradise, Nevada, United States
Loss 4–2 Ricco Rodriguez TKO (punches) UFC 32 June 29, 2001 3 1:23 East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Win 4–1 Aaron Brink Submission (armbar) UFC 28 November 17, 2000 1 0:55 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 3–1 John Dixson KO (punches) Super Fight May 13, 2000 1 0:13 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Win 2–1 Roman Zentsov TKO (punches and knees) M-1 MFC: European Championship 2000 April 9, 2000 1 1:18 Saint Petersburg, Russia MFC European Championship 2000 final
Win 1–1 Michael Tielrooy Submission (guillotine choke) M-1 MFC: European Championship 2000 April 9, 2000 1 1:25 Saint Petersburg, Russia MFC European Championship 2000 Quarter-Final
Loss 0–1 Viacheslav Datsik KO (punch) M-1 MFC: World Championship 1999 April 9, 1999 1 6:05 Saint Petersburg, Russia MFC World Championship 1999 Quarter-Final

Mixed martial arts Championships and accomplishments

Sambo Championships & Accomplishments

Movie and television career

Arlovski's movie debut was in 8 of Diamonds in 2006. He starred in Universal Soldier: Regeneration in 2009, along with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. In the movie, he plays an "NGU", a new generation UniSol in the main "bad guy" role. The movie was released directly to video on February 2, 2010, in the United States.[51] Arlovski also played a part in the next Universal Soldier movie — Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, released in theaters on November 30, 2012, and on demand on October 25, 2012.

Arlovski appeared on the TV show Limitless episode 7 "Brian Finch's Black Op". Arlovski plays the role of a suspected terrorist hunted by the CIA. The show originally aired Nov. 3, 2015.

Arlovski appeared on Mayhem Miller's MTV show Bully Beatdown in which he beat up a bully, earning the bully's victims $10,000.

See also

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New title 1st UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion
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Title next held by
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
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Title last held by
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11th UFC Heavyweight Champion
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