Oleksiy Oliynyk
| Oleksiy Oleksiyovych Oliynyk Олексі́й Олексі́йович Олі́йник |
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| Born |
June 25, 1977 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Other names | The Boa Constrictor |
| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality |
Ukrainian (until 2014) Russian (since 2015) |
| Ethnicity | Ukrainian |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 243.5 lb (110 kg; 17 st 6 lb) |
| Division |
Heavyweight (265 lb) (current) Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Middleweight (185 lb) |
| Reach | 80.0 in (203 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Moscow, Russia |
| Team | K-Dojo Warrior Tribe (current) American Top Team (current) Team Oplot (founder) Red Devil Sport Club (former) |
| Rank | International Master of Sports in Combat Sambo 4th degree black belt in Ju-Jitsu |
| Years active | 1997–1999, 2001, 2004–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 62 |
| Wins | 51 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 42 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Oleksiy Oleksiyovych Oliynyk (Ukrainian: Олексі́й Олексі́йович Олі́йник, born June 20, 1977; Russified to Alexey Alexeievich Oleinik, Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Олейник) is a Ukrainian-Russianmixed martial artist, jujitsuka, combat sambist and grappler. He is a M-1 Global veteran and has fought for Bellator Fighting Championships, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki and YAMMA Pit Fighting. He is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, competing in their Heavyweight division. As of March 2017, Oliynyk is #14 in the official UFC Heavyweight Rankings. He holds the distinction of being the only fighter to win a UFC fight via Ezekiel choke and he also holds the record for most Ezekiel choke wins in MMA competition with 10.
During his training camp with K-Dojo Warrior Tribe in April 2011, Oliynyk participated in two Grappling tournaments, he won the Absolute division in an Eddie Alvarez hosted grappling tournament, and also won the Men's black belt No-Gi Advanced Superweight (210 lbs and over) division in the Grapplers Quest "Beast of the East 2011" tournament.
Oliynyk represented Russia for the Imperial Team in the M-1 Challenge 2009 season, where he defeated Sang Soo Lee. Alexey has highly regarded submission grappling skills which he developed from his background in training in traditional Japanese Ju-Jitsu and competition in Combat Sambo. He fought Robin Gracie trained Spanish BJJ black belt Rogent Lloret in a fight that ended in a draw. After his loss to Chris Tuchscherer he went 12 fights without a loss. That streak came to a halt when he lost via TKO Punches in the first round against Michal Kita at the ProFC – HW Grand Prix 2009. As of 2013, he has been back on a winning streak by logging eight straight victories, seven of which were via submission and one TKO.
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