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Andrei Arlovski (born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional
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, actor and former
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. He currently competes in the
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division for the
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(UFC) and holds the record for most wins (23) in UFC heavyweight history. Arlovski has also competed for Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC,
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and
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.


Early life

Arlovski was born in Babruisk,
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,
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(now
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). When he was younger, bullies often picked on him and beat him up. In 1994, when he was 14 years old, he had 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
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such as
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,
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and
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. Enrolling at the police academy in Minsk, Arlovski combined his interest in a career in
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with his growing
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participation by taking up the required police defense course in
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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
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and then International Master of Sports. He took a
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at the Sambo World Cup and another
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at the World Sambo Championship. Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other
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, studying
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and developing his striking skills to complement his Sambo-based grappling abilities.


Mixed martial arts career

At the age of 20, Arlovski began his professional
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career at th
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in
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, Russia on 9 April 1999 facing
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. After a competitive stand up battle, Arlovski would be knocked out with a hard straight, losing his debut. Not deterred, Arlovski returned in 2000 to M-1 Global at the
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, taking the heavyweight crown with a submission victory and a KO victory.


Ultimate Fighting Championship

Arlovski made his
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debut at UFC 28, defeating Aaron Brink by submission. He was then thrown in against top opposition, losing to future
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Ricco Rodriguez at
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and heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo at UFC 36. Despite those early defeats, wins over future British Cage Rage Light heavyweight Champion
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at UFC 40 and future IFL Light heavyweight Champion Vladimir Matyushenko at
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propelled Arlovski back into the UFC elite. In 2004, a motorcycle accident injury suffered by then
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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. Arlovski faced former heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia. They were originally supposed to fight at
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, but Sylvia was pulled from the fight due to recurring positive drug tests. Arlovski ended up facing Wesley Correira, winning the fight via TKO in the second round. The pairing of Arlovski and Sylvia remained intact and occurred at UFC 51. 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 4 June 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 had suffered extensive injuries, including a badly broken nose, two broken hands and a complete ACL tear. 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. On 12 August 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 15 April 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 8 July 2006, at
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. 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
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. 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." 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. Arlovski made his next appearance on 30 December 2006, at UFC 66 against
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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 hammer fists until the fight was stopped. Arlovski fought
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veteran and two-time world
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champion
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at UFC 70, winning by
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. 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 at UFC 82 and defeated Jake O'Brien by TKO in round two. It was O'Brien's first MMA loss and Arlovski's final fight on his UFC contract.


Affliction Entertainment

After leaving the UFC, Arlovski signed with the newly created MMA-promotion Affliction and participated in their inaugural event '' Affliction: Banned'' on 19 July 2008. He fought and defeated top-ranked heavyweight fighter and former IFL heavyweight stand-out
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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. Originally scheduled to face former UFC Heavyweight Champion and top-ranked heavyweight Josh Barnett in the main event at Affliction's second
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, '' Affliction: Day of Reckoning'', on 11 October 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 4 October 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. In January 2009, Arlovski faced the last reigning
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heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at '' Affliction: Day of Reckoning''. Arlovski lost the fight via KO in the first round.


Strikeforce

On 6 June 2009, Arlovski fought up and coming heavyweight Brett Rogers at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields. Arlovski lost the fight via TKO in the opening round. After the defeat, in October 2009, Arlovski began training with acclaimed MMA coach Greg Jackson. Arlovski was a featured attendee at Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers, where he was mobbed by a crowd of local Chicago fans. Arlovski was signed to Strikeforce and fought former EliteXC heavyweight champion Antônio Silva on 15 May 2010, at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. Following 3 rounds of hard-hitting punches from both and with neither fighter giving in to the other, Arlovski lost by unanimous decision. Arlovski was defeated by
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via KO on 12 February 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 17 February 2011, Arlovski posted a video on his website in which he spoke for over an hour, repeatedly saying that he would absolutely not retire. Arlovski indicated that his trainers had 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,
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, and Travis Browne, Arlovski headlined ProElite 1 on 27 August at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in
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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. Arlovski won the fight via head kick KO in the final second of the third round. It was a knockout that 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.


ONE Fighting Championship

In mid-July 2012, it was announced that Arlovski had signed with the Asia-based promotion ONE Fighting Championship. 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 31 August 2012, in
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. 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 and the kick was therefore deemed illegal. Four days later, One FC eliminated this restriction. This rule change, had it been enforced prior to the bout, would have resulted in Arlovski winning 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
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on 3 November 2012, at World Series of Fighting 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event aired live on
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. 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 23 March 2013. 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 the time at which the round should have ended. Arlovski next replaced an injured Anthony Johnson against Mike Kyle at
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on 14 September 2013. He won the fight via unanimous decision.


Independent promotions

Arlovski faced Bellator veteran Mike Hayes at Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 9 on 16 December 2012, in Moscow, Russia. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski was also scheduled to fight two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion and veteran of over 60 fights Jeff Monson in
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on 2 February 2013, but the event was postponed. Arlovski fought Andreas Kraniotakes at Fight Nights - Battle in Minsk on 29 November 2013, and Arlovski won the fight via TKO in the second round.


Return to UFC

On 24 April 2014, it was confirmed by multiple MMA media websites that Arlovski had been granted his release from WSOF to return to UFC. The former heavyweight champion fought Brendan Schaub at UFC 174 on 14 June 2014. Arlovski was victorious in his return to the UFC, defeating Schaub via
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(28–29, 29–28, and 29–28). It was announced that Arlovski would be facing Antônio Silva in a rematch on 13 September 2014, at UFC Fight Night 51. 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 hammer fists on the ground with Silva unable to defend himself. This win also won Arlovski his first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Arlovski faced Travis Browne on 23 May 2015, at UFC 187. 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,
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revealed in the commentary that Arlovski came close to withdrawing from the fight due to a calf injury in training. The win also earned Arlovski his first ''Fight of the Night'' bonus award. Arlovski faced Frank Mir on 5 September 2015, at UFC 191, winning by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, and 30–27) in a fight which many, including UFC president Dana White, thought Mir won. 12 of 15 media outlets, however, scored the bout in favor of Arlovski. Arlovski returned to face Stipe Miocic on 2 January 2016, at UFC 195. He was defeated via TKO in the first round. Arlovski faced Alistair Overeem on 8 May 2016, at UFC Fight Night 87. After a back and forth first round, Arlovski lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Arlovski next faced Josh Barnett on 3 September 2016, at UFC Fight Night 93. He lost the fight via rear naked choke submission in the third round, resulting in his first submission loss in his professional MMA career. Both participants were awarded ''Fight of the Night'' for their performance. Arlovski faced Francis Ngannou on 28 January 2017 at UFC on Fox 23. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Arlovski faced Marcin Tybura on 17 June 2017 at UFC Fight Night 111. He lost the fight by unanimous decision (29–28, 28–27, and 29–27). After five consecutive defeats, Arlovski relocated his training to
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. Arlovski faced Júnior Albini at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis on 11 November 2017 in
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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski faced Stefan Struve on 4 March 2018 at
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. He won the fight by unanimous decision. In the fight, Arlovski landed a career-best 4 takedowns, more than his entire career total up to that time (3) combined. Arlovski faced Tai Tuivasa at UFC 225 on 9 June 2018. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski faced
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on 15 September 2018 at
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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Arlovski faced Walt Harris on 29 December 2018 at UFC 232. He lost the fight via split decision. The result was overturned to no contest after Harris tested positive for prohibited substance LGB4033, a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM). Arlovski faced
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on 27 April 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson. He lost the fight by a controversial split decision. A rematch with
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took place on 20 July 2019 at
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. He won the fight via unanimous decision and set the all-time record for UFC heavyweight victories at 17. His next fight was with
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on 2 November 2019 at UFC 244. He lost the fight via knockout in round one. Arlovski was scheduled to face Philipe Lins on 2 May 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman. However, on April 9,
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, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. and rescheduled to May 13, 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski was expected to face
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on 4 October 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana. However a sickness with Arlovski delayed the bout four weeks later to UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira. Arlovski won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski faced Tom Aspinall on 20 February 2021 at
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. He lost the fight via a rear naked choke submission in round two. Arlovski faced Chase Sherman, replacing
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, on 17 April 2021 at
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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski faced Carlos Felipe on 16 October 2021 at
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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Arlovski faced
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on February 12, 2022, at
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. He won the fight via split decision. 18 out of 18 media outlets scored the fight in favor of Arlovski. Arlovski faced Jake Collier, replacing
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, on April 30, 2022, at
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. He won the fight via split decision. 14 out of 14 media scores gave it to Collier. Arlovski faced
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on October 29, 2022, at
UFC Fight Night 213 ''UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 213'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 71'' and ''UFC Vegas 63'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 29, 2022, at the UFC ...
. He lost the fight via rear-naked choke in round one.


Personal life

Arlovski resides in
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with his wife, son, and their pit bull terrier Maximus. He is an Orthodox Christian. Arlovski did a
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against
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featuring Maximus and calling it inhumane and torture. Arlovski said he chose his nickname The Pitbull for the positive qualities these dogs have.


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
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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 2 February 2010, in the United States. Arlovski also played a part in the next Universal Soldier movie — '' Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning'', released in theaters on 30 November 2012, and on demand on 25 October 2012. In 2015, Arlovski appeared on the TV show '' Limitless'' in episode 7 "Brian Finch's Black Op". Arlovski played the role of a suspected terrorist hunted by the CIA. The show originally aired 3 November 2015. Arlovski appeared on Mayhem Miller's MTV show '' Bully Beatdown'', in which he beat the 'bully', thereby earning the 'victims' $10,000. In 2018, Arlovski had a small role as a mob enforcer opposite
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in the opening scene of '' The Equalizer 2''.


Championships and accomplishments


Mixed Martial arts

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** UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time; former) *** One successful title defense ** Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time; first; former) *** One successful title defense ** Second most wins in UFC history (23) (Tied with
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** Second most fights in UFC history (39) ** Most wins in UFC heavyweight history (23) ** Most fights in UFC heavyweight history (39) ** Most total fight time in UFC heavyweight history (6:11:41) ** Highest takedown defense success in UFC heavyweight history (88.4%) ** Most decision bouts in UFC Heavyweight history (17) ** Most decision wins in UFC Heavyweight history (12) ** Most significant strikes landed in UFC heavyweight history (1336) ** Most strikes landed in UFC heavyweight history (1617) ** Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. Josh Barnett and Travis Browne **
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(One time) vs. Antônio Silva ** First Belarusian champion in UFC history * '
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'' ** 2015 Comeback Fighter of the Year * MMAJunkie.com ** 2015 May Fight of the Month vs. Travis Browne *
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** 2015 Round of the Year vs. Travis Browne, round 1


Sambo

* European Youth Sambo ** European Youth Sambo Champion * World Cup ** 2nd place in the World Cup in Sambo * World Sambo Championship ** 2nd place at the World Sambo Championship


Mixed martial arts record

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Fabrício Werdum Fabrício Werdum (; born 30 July 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Heavyweight Champion who competes in the Heavyweight division. He is also a 4-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, a two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Wo ...
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UFC 47 ''UFC 47: It’s On'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD. ...
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Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vega ...
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UFC 44 ''UFC 44: Undisputed'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, ...
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Paradise, Nevada Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the f ...
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UFC 32 ''UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 29, 2001. History The card was headlined by the first L ...
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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
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Viacheslav Datsik Viacheslav Valerievich Datsik (russian: Вячесла́в Вале́рьевич Да́цик, ; born 13 February 1980), also known as Red Tarzan and Red-Haired Tarzan, is a Russian white supremacist, convicted felon, professional boxer and fo ...
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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
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