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Career Discs on one of the top mixed martial artists going today:
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. VIACHESLAV DATSIK
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. MICHAEL TIELROOY
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. ROMAN ZENTSOV
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. AARON BRINK
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. RICCO RODRIGUEZ
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. PEDRO RIZZO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. IAN FREEMAN
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. VLADIMIR MATYUSHENKO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. CABBAGE CORREIRA
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. TIM SYLVIA I
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. JUSTIN EILERS
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. PAUL BUENTELLO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. TIM SYLVIA III
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. MARCIO CRUZ
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. FABRICIO WERDUM
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. JAKE O’BRIEN
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. BEN ROTHWELL
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. FEDOR EMELIANENKO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. ROY NELSON
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. VIACHESLAV DATSIK
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. MICHAEL TIELROOY
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. ROMAN ZENTSOV
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. AARON BRINK
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. RICCO RODRIGUEZ
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. PEDRO RIZZO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. IAN FREEMAN
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. VLADIMIR MATYUSHENKO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. CABBAGE CORREIRA
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. TIM SYLVIA I
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. JUSTIN EILERS
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. PAUL BUENTELLO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. TIM SYLVIA III
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. MARCIO CRUZ
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. FABRICIO WERDUM
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. JAKE O’BRIEN
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. BEN ROTHWELL
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. FEDOR EMELIANENKO
ANDREI ARLOVSKI VS. ROY NELSON
Andrei Arlovski (Belarusian: Андрэй Арлоўскі, Russian: Андрей Орловский (Арловски, Арловский), born
February 4, 1979) is a Belarusian kickboxer, mixed martial artist and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship
heavyweight champion. He currently competes for the Strikeforce promotion.[3][4][5]
Contents
Biography
Arlovski was born in Bobruisk and raised in Minsk, in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR
(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. Andrei only took up martial arts at the age of 16 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.[6]
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 exponent. In 1998 Andrei was defeated by Sean Nagy in a 5 round military
MMA fight which is not recorded on his official record. In 1999, Andrei won the European Youth Sambo
Championship and the World Youth Championship. Not long after, Andrei became the first Master of Sports and
then International Master of Sports. He also took a silver medal at the Sambo World Cup and another silver medal at
the World Sambo Championship.[7]
Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other martial arts, studying kickboxing and developing his striking skills to
complement his Sambo-based grappling abilities.
As of June 2010, Arlovski is the head MMA instructor at 'FLO MMA' in Palatine, IL.
MMA 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 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.
UFC
Arlovski made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at "UFC 28: High Stakes", 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: Super Saturday", 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 ankle 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: Heavy Hitters", against Justin Eilers. Andrei
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.[8]
In October 2005, Arlovski once again defended his title at "UFC 55: Fury" against top contender Paul Buentello.
Arlovski knocked out Buentello in 15 seconds of the opening round. [9] [10] 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: Reality Check" 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: Bitter Rivals. 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"[11] Not too long after it was also 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.[12]
Arlovski made his next appearance on December 30, 2006, at UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 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 Fighting Championships veteran and two-time world Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Fabricio
Werdum at UFC 70: Nations Collide 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: Pride of a
Champion and defeated Jake O'Brien by TKO in round two. With this win, Arlovski gave O'Brien his first ever
MMA loss.[13] This was Arlovski's final fight on his UFC contract.[14]
Arlovski left the UFC with a record of 10-4, including going 3-2 in title fights.
Affliction
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.[15]
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.
[16]
In January 2009, Arlovski faced the last reigning PRIDE and current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor
Emelianenko at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning". Despite early efforts, Arlovski lost the fight via KO in the opening
round.[17]
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.[18] As a result, Arlovski has begun training with acclaimed
MMA coach Greg Jackson in October 2009.[19] Arlovski was a featured attendee at Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs.
Rogers. Arlovski is currently signed to Strikeforce and fought former EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva
on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery.[20] Andrei Arlovski lost by unanimous decision.
K-1
Arlovski was scheduled to make his K-1 debut at K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 on October 2,
2010 but sustained an injury so as a result Mighty Mo replaced him in the tournament.
Boxing
Arlovski's boxing trainer Freddie Roach recently revealed that Arlovski will possibly cross-over into professional
boxing. With at least five fights under his belt, possible opponents include former WBA heavyweight champion
Nikolai Valuev, current IBF, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and current WBC
heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.[21][22]
Movie career
Arlovski stars in Universal Soldier: Regeneration, along with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. In the
movie, he plays a "NGU", a second generation UniSol. The movie was released directly to video on February 2,
2010 in the United States.[23]
Arlovski appeared on Mayhem Miller's MTV show Bully Beatdown.
Personal life
Arlovski dated model Patrycja Mikula for over two years before going their separate ways.[24][25]
MMA championships
* M-1 Global
o M-1 MFC-European Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
* Ultimate Fighting Championship
o UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
o UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
Sambo championships
* Master of Sports
* International Master of Sports
* European Youth Sambo Champion
* Silver medalist at the Sambo World Cup
* Silver medalist at the World Sambo Championship
February 4, 1979) is a Belarusian kickboxer, mixed martial artist and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship
heavyweight champion. He currently competes for the Strikeforce promotion.[3][4][5]
Contents
Biography
Arlovski was born in Bobruisk and raised in Minsk, in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR
(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. Andrei only took up martial arts at the age of 16 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.[6]
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 exponent. In 1998 Andrei was defeated by Sean Nagy in a 5 round military
MMA fight which is not recorded on his official record. In 1999, Andrei won the European Youth Sambo
Championship and the World Youth Championship. Not long after, Andrei became the first Master of Sports and
then International Master of Sports. He also took a silver medal at the Sambo World Cup and another silver medal at
the World Sambo Championship.[7]
Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other martial arts, studying kickboxing and developing his striking skills to
complement his Sambo-based grappling abilities.
As of June 2010, Arlovski is the head MMA instructor at 'FLO MMA' in Palatine, IL.
MMA 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 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.
UFC
Arlovski made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at "UFC 28: High Stakes", 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: Super Saturday", 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 ankle 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: Heavy Hitters", against Justin Eilers. Andrei
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.[8]
In October 2005, Arlovski once again defended his title at "UFC 55: Fury" against top contender Paul Buentello.
Arlovski knocked out Buentello in 15 seconds of the opening round. [9] [10] 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: Reality Check" 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: Bitter Rivals. 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"[11] Not too long after it was also 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.[12]
Arlovski made his next appearance on December 30, 2006, at UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 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 Fighting Championships veteran and two-time world Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Fabricio
Werdum at UFC 70: Nations Collide 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: Pride of a
Champion and defeated Jake O'Brien by TKO in round two. With this win, Arlovski gave O'Brien his first ever
MMA loss.[13] This was Arlovski's final fight on his UFC contract.[14]
Arlovski left the UFC with a record of 10-4, including going 3-2 in title fights.
Affliction
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.[15]
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.
[16]
In January 2009, Arlovski faced the last reigning PRIDE and current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor
Emelianenko at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning". Despite early efforts, Arlovski lost the fight via KO in the opening
round.[17]
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.[18] As a result, Arlovski has begun training with acclaimed
MMA coach Greg Jackson in October 2009.[19] Arlovski was a featured attendee at Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs.
Rogers. Arlovski is currently signed to Strikeforce and fought former EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva
on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery.[20] Andrei Arlovski lost by unanimous decision.
K-1
Arlovski was scheduled to make his K-1 debut at K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 on October 2,
2010 but sustained an injury so as a result Mighty Mo replaced him in the tournament.
Boxing
Arlovski's boxing trainer Freddie Roach recently revealed that Arlovski will possibly cross-over into professional
boxing. With at least five fights under his belt, possible opponents include former WBA heavyweight champion
Nikolai Valuev, current IBF, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and current WBC
heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.[21][22]
Movie career
Arlovski stars in Universal Soldier: Regeneration, along with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. In the
movie, he plays a "NGU", a second generation UniSol. The movie was released directly to video on February 2,
2010 in the United States.[23]
Arlovski appeared on Mayhem Miller's MTV show Bully Beatdown.
Personal life
Arlovski dated model Patrycja Mikula for over two years before going their separate ways.[24][25]
MMA championships
* M-1 Global
o M-1 MFC-European Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
* Ultimate Fighting Championship
o UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
o UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
Sambo championships
* Master of Sports
* International Master of Sports
* European Youth Sambo Champion
* Silver medalist at the Sambo World Cup
* Silver medalist at the World Sambo Championship