Alexandru Lungu (born 3 September 1974) is a Romanian professional

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and

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. Lungu has most recently competed in the

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division of MMA. A professional competitor since 2005, Lungu has formerly competed for the

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, and

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, for both MMA and professional kickboxing.

Judo career

A successful

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ka, Lungu won several judo tournaments across Europe, including the Romanian Cup in 2004 and the International Tournament Monaco in 2005. Lungu competed in judo from 1991 until 2005. He competed for Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mixed martial arts career

PRIDE Fighting Championships

Lungu made his professional MMA debut on 23 October 2005 at

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against James Thompson, in a

bout, Lungu weighed in at 368 lbs. and knocked Thompson down in the early seconds of round one, but seemed to fatigue upon standing up and lost via TKO at 2:13 of the first round.

Cage Rage

Lungu picked up a win in his next fight a year later on 30 September 2006 at Cage Rage 18 against Mark Buchanan via submission (kimura) in the first round.

Independent promotions

Lungu returned to Romania to continue competing and has compiled a record of 9-2 since PRIDE and Cage Rage. Lungu defeated Mighty Mo via knockout in the first round on 15 December 2014 in an Open Weight bout. Lungu is next scheduled to face

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on 15 June 2015 at RXF 18.

Kickboxing career

Lungu made his professional kickboxing debut for SUPERKOMBAT on 15 October 2011, against

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. Lungu won via knockout in the first round and has since compiled a professional kickboxing record of 4-1 for the promotion, most recently picking up a win over Mike Bourke on 21 December 2013 via first round knockout.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

*SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship ** 2011 SUPERKOMBAT Fight of the Year (vs.

)

Kickboxing record

, - , - , , Win , Vincent Liebregts , Colosseum Tournament 29 ,

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, KO (left hook) , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:20 , align=center, 10–2 , , - , , Win , Fredi Gonzales , KO Masters 1 ,

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, SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 ,

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Mixed martial arts record

, - , Win , align=center, 21–5 , Dejan Bubic , Submission (smother choke) , Heroes Fight League 7 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:58 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 12–3 , Mahmoud Hassan , Submission (

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, Romania , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–3 , Tomasz Czerwinski , TKO (punches) , RXF 12 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:25 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 7–2 , Albert Sarkozi , Submission (punches) , Local Kombat Sibiu , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:25 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , Mark Buchanan , Submission (kimura) , Cage Rage 18 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:55 ,

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, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , James Thompson , TKO (punches) ,

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:13 , Saitama, Japan ,

Achievements

Lungu was also a multiple

champion and gold medalist of

Personal life

In 2015, his second wife gave birth to twins.

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lungu, Alexandru 1974 births Living people Romanian male judoka Olympic judoka for Romania Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Romanian male mixed martial artists Super heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Romanian male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers Sportspeople from Bihor County Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Romania SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers SUPERKOMBAT mixed martial artists Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade 20th-century Romanian sportsmen