Andrei Arlovski
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Andrei Arlovski Андрэй Арлоўскі |
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| Born |
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 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 248 lb (112 kg; 17 st 10 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Reach | 77.0 in (196 cm) |
| Style | Sambo, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gaidojutsu |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Chicago, Illinois |
| Team | Jackson Wink MMA Academy |
| Rank | International Master of Sport in Sambo 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 | 40 |
| Wins | 25 |
| By knockout | 17 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 14 |
| By knockout | 10 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 3 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.arlovski.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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 Andrei Arlovski
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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. He has also competed for Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC and M-1 Challenge. As of January, 2017, Arlovski is #7 in the official UFC heavyweight rankings.
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 Soccer. 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.
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.
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