Andrei Arlovski

Andrey Orlovsky is a prominent figure among the world MMA stars, the 2005 world champion in mixed martial arts according to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) version, the most prestigious version in mix-fighting.

And even after almost 20 years of his career, having gone through a series of serious knockouts, he admires fans of this spectacular sport.

Andrei Orlovsky was born in Bobruisk into the family of a Soviet army officer and engineer. It happened on February 4, 1979. The first years he lived with his parents in the garrison of Soviet troops, which was located on the territory of Hungary. Andrei's father served there. The parents divorced when the boy was 12-13 years old. Andrei stayed with his mother in Minsk. His grandparents participated in the upbringing of the future athlete. He began to play sports in order to brush off the boys bullying him in the yard. I tried karate, athletics.

After high school, Andrei entered the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the Faculty of Penitentiaries, then transferred to the Faculty of Criminalistics. At the academy, the guy's interest switched to judo and sambo. Very soon successes in these sports led Orlovsky to the Belarusian sambo team.

At the age of 19, Andrei conquered the podium at the World Youth Championship, where he became the third. For victory in a similar championship in 2000, he received the title of master of sports of international class.

After graduating from the academy, Orlovsky abandoned his career in law enforcement and took up training under the leadership of the famous kickboxer Dmitry Stepanov, with whom he then worked until 2005.

For the first time, Orlovsky entered the professional MMA arena in 1999 at a tournament in St. Petersburg. The athlete fell into the category of fighters with a weight over 100 kg (Andrey's height reaches 193 cm). Possessing a significant advantage throughout the fight, Andrei still lost in the fight. But the performance was noticed by professionals, and after a while Orlovsky received the title of "Master of Sports of International Class of the Republic of Belarus".

A year later, the young athlete won the European Championship, but only due to physical strength. This victory was the first major achievement in Andrey's career. At the same time he borrowed the nickname Pitbull from his kickboxing coach.

The professional biography of Andrei Orlovsky is a series of ups and downs. After just four fights, Orlovsky moved under the roof of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The debut meeting at UFC 28 - High Stakes with rival Aaron Brink took place in November 2000 and ended in victory. This was followed by two knockout defeats - from Ricco Rodriguez and Pedro Rizzo.

However, the following fights in UFC 40 and UFC 44, victories over Ian Freeman, Wesley Correira and Vladimir Matyushenko allowed Andrey to return to the UFC elite. At the invitation of American promoters, he moved to live in Chicago in 2005, where he settled. At the same time, the fighter retained the citizenship of Belarus and often enters the ring with two flags.

The successes made experts talk about Orlovsky as a contender for the world crown, or rather a belt. However, the reigning heavyweight champion in MMA, Frank Mir, was unable to compete due to injury. Therefore, the UFC introduced an interim champion title, which went to Andrey in a 47-second fight with Tim Sylvia at UFC 51. Orlovsky's painful hold was nominated by the Sherdog website for the title of the best painful hold of the year.

In August 2005, the champion title was taken away from Frank Mir, who had not had time to recover and transferred to Orlovsky. In October of the same year, at UFC 55: Fury, Andrey defended the title in a meeting with the main challenger Paul Bentello. The fight went down in UFC history as one of the shortest - it lasted only 15 seconds.

In April 2006, a rematch with Tim Sylvia took place. In this battle, Orlovsky lost the champion title. At UFC 61 in July, Orlovsky's rematch was announced. But this time the victory remained with Sylvia.

In late 2006, UFC 66 Andrei won by knockdown in a fight with Brazilian Marcio Cruz. In the spring of 2007, a victory over another Brazilian, Fabrice Werdum, followed. In 2008, Orlovsky left the UFC (and he was one of the first to do it of his own free will) and signed a contract with Affliction Entertainment.

Under the auspices of this organization, Andrei won by another knockout in a fight with Ben Rothwell. Before this meeting, the American had not lost for three years. October 2008 was followed by a knockout victory over Roy Nelson in Elite XC: Heat. Moreover, later Nelson said that, in addition to Orlovsky, he had to fight with the unjust decision of the referee.

In 2009, Orlovsky met in the ring with the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. The meeting was preceded by great excitement. To warm up the audience, documentaries about the fighters were shot. Emelianenko won the fight by the best knockout of 2009.

This was followed by three defeats at once: from Antonio Silva - by decision of the judges, and knockouts from Brett Rogers and Sergey Kharitonov. There was talk among fans that Andrei should end his career, and the sports commission banned him from performing for several months. But as Orlovsky said in an interview, the easiest way to chat is sitting on the couch. Pitbull found the strength to return to the ring.

In the summer of 2011, Orlovsky signed a contract with the organization of mixed martial arts Pro Elite. In the main duel "ProElite: Arlovskivs Lopez" he defeated American Ray Lopez. In a duel "ProElite: Big Guns" in a trademark manner - by knockout - he defeated Travis Fulton.

In August 2012, under the auspices of the Singaporean ONE Fighting Championship promotion, Orlovsky held his fourth meeting with longtime rival Tim Sylvia. By the decision of the judges, the fight was declared invalid. In December of the same year, Andrei defeated American Michael Hayes.

In 2013, Orlovsky's winning streak was interrupted by Anthony Johnson. It happened in Atlantic City at WSOF 2. Andrey suffered a broken jaw in the fight and, although he took one round on points, lost by decision. 2013 was also marked by Orlovsky's first performance in Belarus. The fight of the Fight Nights tournament took place in Minsk. German fighter Andreas Kraniotakes came out against Andrei, who could not resist the onslaught of the Belarusian, which allowed Orlovsky to become the winner.

Pitbull soon canceled his contract with WSOF and returned to the UFC. At the UFC 174 and UFC 187 meetings held in 2014, a victory by decision of the judges over Brendan Schaub and knockouts of Antonio Silva and Travis Brown followed. After that, Orlovsky was waiting for a victory over Frank Mir by decision in September 2015. In 2016, a losing streak followed in the career of a fighter. Andrei just a step away from the title lost to Stipe Miocic, and then lost in fights against Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett.

The fighter of the mix-fight does not advertise his personal life, but it is known that in the second half of the 2000s, the athlete for three years met with the model of the magazine "Playboy" Patricia Mikula. Together, young people appeared at social events and even became participants in Jerry Springer's talk show. The affair with the Polish beauty was not continued, and a girl named Lyudmila became the wife of Orlovsky and the mother of his son Andrei.

Andrey loves animals, as evidenced by the photos on his personal page on Instagram, including images of a pit bull terrier named Maximus. Also there you can find comic and simply videos that interest the athlete.

Since 2005, the family has been living in Chicago. In America, Andrei had an incident with his surname. Due to the peculiarities of the Belarusian language, the surname of the athlete in the passport is written with "a" - Arlovsky. The Americans took this option as a basis.

At the age of 27, Andrei Orlovsky began his film career. Is friends with Mickey Rourke and Jean-Claude Van Damme. He starred in The Cursed Diamond, Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth and Universal Soldier 4.

The fighter's failed job was the film "300 Spartans", where the athlete could not get due to a jaw injury, which he received earlier during the battle. Orlovsky is also the prototype for the Electronic Arts computer game character and the UFC-branded collectible figure.

2017 began for Orlovsky with the UFC on Fox 23 tournament, in which he was defeated by technical knockout from Francis Ngannow. In June - another loss. This time the victory by unanimous decision was awarded to the Pole Marcin Tybura.

In November 2017, when it seemed that the fighter was written off, Andrey made another comeback, winning the Brazilian Junior Albini on points in the UFC Fight Night 120 tournament. Andrey Orlovsky earned $ 250,000 in this fight.

In a post-match interview, Orlovsky noted that he plans to spend time with his family, and in February or March he will be ready for a new fight. Experts predicted American Curtis Blades, who is 12 years younger than Andrei, to be rivals.

However, in March 2018, in Las Vegas, Andrei Orlovsky fought against his Dutch colleague Stefan Struve, from which the Belarusian emerged victorious by unanimous decision of the judges. In June, New Zealand fighter Tai Tuivasa became Andrey's rival. The battle took place in Chicago and this time brought defeat to Orlovsky. According to Andrey, he has no plans to end his sports career, as he remains in the top ten of the rating of the best fighters without rules.

Now Orlovsky is preparing for the next entry into the ring. The fight of the UFC tournament between Andrey Orlovsky and Shamil Abdurakhimov, which will be held in the capital of Russia, is scheduled for the fall. The Belarusian plans to enter the ring under the American flag. As the fighter explains, he loves provocations and most likely uses this opportunity.

In the summer, Andrey visited the RCC 3: Emelianenko-Pest tournament in Yekaterinburg as a guest. It is interesting that the fighter went to Russia without a beard. In an interview, Orlovsky noted that it is more difficult for unshaven people to pass through the border zone - problems always begin, so the fighter changed his image before the trip.

International Master of Sports 1999 - World Youth Sambo Champion 2000 - Winner of the European Championship M-1 Global 2005 - UFC Heavyweight Champion 2015 - Best Fight of the Month according to MMAJunkie.com Leader in the number of knockout victories in the UFC Heavyweight Championship

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