Orlovsky all fights. Victories and defeats of a fighter named pitbull

Andrei Valerievich Orlovsky was born in 1979 in the Belarusian Bobruisk. From childhood he was strong and strong, but it was hardly possible to see in him a future fighter without rules - Andrei was never a bully, and what attracted him most in childhood was football and athletics. Later, as a teenager, he became interested in bodybuilding, and only after graduating from school, already as a student at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Minsk, he began to practice sambo. A couple of years later, none of the coaches could believe that Andrei had been practicing sambo for only two years - in September 1999, he easily won the World Junior Championships, competing in the weight category over 100 kg.

In those years, fights without rules were gaining popularity, and soon Orlovsky began performing in professional tournaments. By the way, one of his first rivals was Vyacheslav Datsik, nicknamed Red Tarzan, later notorious for robbing cell phone stores (he later fled to Norway, served time there and was handed over to the Russian authorities).

However, as Andrei himself later admitted, his first fights in mixed martial arts were far from perfect - he was too self-confident, felt strong and simply went ahead. Time and experience taught Orlovsky to be a smart and dangerous opponent, and his fighting style later earned him the controversial nickname “Pitbull.”

Andrei understood that in order to achieve real success in fighting without rules, he had to go to the USA. So, after Andrei took part in the American championship in 2005, he moved to the States, settling in Chicago.

Having started performing in the UFC, Orlovsky celebrated his first success with a victory over a very serious opponent - Aaron Brink.

However, Andrei’s path to the top was not easy - he had to lose, and train until he sweated, and lose again.

However, the time for victories had come - Orlovsky had several successful fights (including against his former compatriot Vladimir Matyushenko), and soon he celebrated his fourth UFC victory and received the title of interim champion.

Fans of fights without rules will remember for a long time the fight between Orlovsky and Justin Eilers, who, after the fight, had both arms and nose broken.

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Andrei's next opponent on the way to becoming world champion was Frank Mir, the famous American heavyweight, but the fight with him was postponed.

In November 2005, Andrei fought a fight that went down in UFC history as the “shortest fight” - Orlovsky knocked out American Paul Buentello just 15 seconds after the gong.

Thus, the highest achievement of Andrei Orlovsky to date is the title of the 11th UFC champion, which he held in 2005-2006.

This was Andrei Orlovsky's real star time - in the USA he became a celebrity, he was invited to participate in films, as well as in music videos. Andrei was dating at that moment with Patrycja Mikula, a famous Playboy model of Polish origin.

However, despite the social life, there were, alas, no more big victories. A very significant defeat for Orlovsky was in 2009 in a fight with Fedor Emelianenko, an undefeated Russian. This battle was then called the “battle of the giants.” Alas, Emelianenko then sent Orlovsky to a severe knockout. This blow was later called the “knockout of the year,” and many sports analysts called this fight the “beginning of the end” of Orlovsky’s career.

After that there were several more defeats, almost all by knockout.

Commentators and experts are still arguing about whether Orlovsky’s brilliant career is over. Some say that Orlovsky will not return to the ring in his former form, others, on the contrary, assure that he just needs some time to “reboot”. Orlovsky's fight statistics - 20 wins and 10 defeats out of 30 fights - are generally very optimistic, and many believe that Orlovsky will soon return to the ring in his former form, for which he received the nickname "Pitbull".

Just recently it became known that at the end of November this year Andrei plans to fight in Minsk, Belarus, his homeland. The event takes place within the framework of MMA, and many call it Orlovsky’s return to action. As for fights in UCF, Andrei himself is already ready and waiting for good offers.

It is known that Andrei receives offers to act in films - he has already played in the famous films “Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth” in 2010 and “Universal Soldier 4”.

Andrei Orlovsky is a significant figure among the world's MMA stars, the 2005 world champion in mixed fights according to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the most prestigious version in mixed fight.

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

Childhood and youth

Andrei Orlovsky was born in Bobruisk into the family of a Soviet army officer and engineer. This happened on February 4, 1979. The first years he lived with his parents in a 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. Andrey stayed with his mother in Minsk. His grandparents took part in raising the future athlete. He started playing sports in order to brush off the boys who bullied him in the yard. I tried karate and athletics.

After high school, Andrei entered the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the criminal-executive faculty, then transferred to the faculty of criminology. At the academy, the guy’s interest switched to judo and sambo. Very soon, success in these types brought Orlovsky to the Belarusian sambo team.

At the age of 19, Andrei climbed to the podium at the World Youth Championships, where he came third. For winning a similar championship in 2000, he received the title of international master of sports.

After graduating from the academy, Orlovsky abandoned his career in law enforcement and began training closely under the guidance of the famous kickboxer Dmitry Stepanov, with whom he later worked until 2005.

Sport

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 weighing over 100 kg (Andrey’s height reaches 193 cm). Having 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 serious achievement in Andrey’s career. Then 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 umbrella of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The debut meeting at the UFC 28 – High Stakes tournament with opponent 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 Andrei to return to the UFC elite. At the invitation of American promoters, he moved to Chicago in 2005, where he settled. At the same time, the fighter retained his citizenship of Belarus and often enters the ring with two flags.

Successes forced experts to talk about Orlovsky as a contender for the world crown, or rather the belt. However, the current heavyweight champion Frank Mir was unable to compete due to injury. Therefore, the UFC introduced an interim championship title, which Andrei won in a 47-second fight with Tim Sylvia at UFC 51. The submission technique used by Orlovsky was nominated by the Sherdog website for the title of best submission of the year.

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

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

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

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

In 2009, Orlovsky fought in the ring with the legendary. The meeting was preceded by great excitement. To “warm up” the audience, documentaries about the fighters were made. Emelianenko won the fight with 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. 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, it’s easiest to chat while sitting on the sofa. Pitbull found the strength to return to the ring.

In the summer of 2011, Orlovsky signed a contract with the Pro Elite mixed martial arts organization. In the main fight, “ProElite: Arlovskivs Lopez” defeated American Ray Lopez. In the “ProElite: Big Guns” fight, he defeated Travis Fulton in a signature manner – by knockout.

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

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

Soon Pitbull terminated his contract with WSOF and returned to the UFC. UFC 174 and UFC 187, which took place in 2014, were followed by a decision victory over Brendan Schaub and knockouts of Antonio Silva and Travis Browne. After this, Orlovsky was waiting for a victory over Frank Mir by decision in September 2015. In 2016, the fighter’s career again experienced a streak of failures. Andrei lost just one step away from the title, and then lost in battles against Josh Barnett.

Personal life

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

Andrey loves animals, as evidenced by the photos on his personal page in "Instagram", among which are images of a pit bull terrier named Maximus. You can also find humorous videos there that simply interest the athlete.

Since 2005, the family has lived in Chicago. In America, Andrei had an incident with his last name. Due to the peculiarities of the Belarusian language, the athlete’s last name in the passport is written with an “a” - Arlovsky. The Americans took this option as a basis.

At the age of 27, Andrei Orlovsky began his film career. Friendly with and. He starred in the films "Cursed Diamond", "Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth" and "Universal Soldier 4".

The fighter’s failed work was the film “300 Spartans,” which the athlete was unable to attend due to a jaw injury he received earlier during the fight. Orlovsky is also the prototype for a character in a computer game by Electronic Arts and a collectible figure released under the UFC brand.

Andrey Orlovsky now

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

In November 2017, when it seemed that the fighter had been written off, Andrei made another comeback, winning on points against the Brazilian Junior Albini as part of the UFC Fight Night 120 tournament. In this fight, Andrei Orlovsky earned $250 thousand.

In a post-fight 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 Blaydes, who is 12 years younger than Andrey, as a rival.

However, in March 2018, Andrei Orlovsky fought against his Dutch colleague Stefan Struve in Las Vegas, from which the Belarusian emerged victorious by unanimous decision of the judges. In June, Andrey’s opponent was the New Zealand fighter Tai Tuivasa. The fight took place in Chicago and this time brought Orlovsky defeat. According to Andrey, he does not yet plan to end his sports career, as he remains in the top ten of the ranking of the best fighters without rules.

Now Orlovsky is preparing for his next appearance in the ring. A UFC tournament fight between Andrei Orlovsky and Shamil Abdurakhimov is scheduled for the fall, which will take place in the Russian capital. 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 attended the RCC 3: Emelianenko-Pesta tournament in Yekaterinburg as a guest. It’s 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 before the trip the fighter changed his image.

Awards and achievements

• Master of Sports of International Class
• 1999 – world champion in sambo among youths
• 2000 – winner of the “European Championship” M-1 Global
• 2005 – UFC heavyweight champion
• 2015 – best fight of the month according to MMAJunkie.com
• UFC Heavyweight Knockout Leader

Andrei Arlovski (also “Pitbull”, born 02/04/1979) is a Belarusian MMA fighter and former UFC champion, currently competing in the UFC heavyweight division. During his career, he performed in such promotions as Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC and M-1 Challenge. He ranks 9th in the official UFC rankings. He also starred in the feature film "Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth" and the film "Universal Soldier 4".

Andrei Arlovsky was born in Belarus, in 1979, on February 4, in the city of Bobruisk. The father of the future athlete is a military man, and his mother worked as an engineer.

From early childhood, the boy tried himself in karate and athletics, and played football. After entering the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Andrei began to actively engage in sports such as judo and sambo. The athlete received his first title – “Master of Sports of International Class of the Republic of Belarus” in sambo among juniors at the world championship in St. Petersburg, where he became first in the category over 100 kg. At the Academy, Orlovsky received a degree in law, but chose a sports career and began training with the famous kickboxer Dmitry Stepanov, with whom he later worked until 2005.

Andrey’s professional MMA debut took place in St. Petersburg in the spring of 1999. In April, at the 1999 World Championship MMA tournament, he fought with local fighter Vyacheslav Datsik. In this fight, Andrei was defeated - a more experienced opponent knocked out Orlovsky. But a year later, Andrei Orlovsky rehabilitated himself by winning the “European Championship 2000”. At this championship, he won 2 victories in one evening, finishing ahead of such athletes as Michael Tilroy and Roman Zentsov.

Orlovsky made his UFC debut more successfully. In 2000, he defeated Aaron Brink at UFC 28.

However, after this, Arlovski suffered two defeats one after another - from Ricco Rodriguez, the future champion, and Pedro Rizzo.

Subsequently, Andrei won confident victories in battles with the Englishman Ian Freeman, former compatriot Vladimir Matyushenko, and Wesley Correira.

These successes allowed Andrei to compete for the championship title. Arlovski defeated Tim Sylvia via first-round submission at UFC 51 in February 2005 to become the interim UFC heavyweight champion.

At UFC 53 in June 2005, Arlovski defended his title against Justin Eileros to become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Andrei made another title defense at UFC 55, knocking out Paul Buentello in the first round.

Arlovski returned to the cage in April 2006 and lost his title, losing to Tim Sylvia at UFC 59 via TKO. In the subsequent rematch, “Pitbull” lost again, but this time by decision.

After that, Arlovski had 3 more fights in the UFC, defeating Marcio Cruz, Jake O'Brien and Fabricio Werdum, and moved to the Affliction promotion.

In July 2008, Arlovski knocked out Ben Rothwell at the Affliction: Banned tournament. This was followed by a knockout victory over Roy Nelson in October 2008 at EliteXC: Heat.

In January 2009, Arlovski met Fedor Emelianenko in the ring. It seemed that Arlovski was beginning to pick up the “keys” to the legendary champion, but then “Pitbull” tried to throw a jumping knee strike, and Emelianenko brutally knocked him out. Subsequently, this victory at Affliction: Day of Reckoning was recognized as “Knockout of the Year” according to the Sherdog portal.

After this, a dark streak began in Arlovski’s career. The fighter also lost the next 3 fights, and he lost 3 fights out of three by hard knockouts. “Pitbull” lost to Antonio Silva by decision, and was knocked out by Brett Rogers and Sergei Kharitonov in February 2011.

After such a losing streak, there was talk among fans that it was time for Arlovski to end his career, but “Pitbull” had no intention of stopping. Over the next couple of years, he would win 4 wins in a row, only losing again in March 2013 in a fight with Anthony Johnson at WSOF 2. Then the fighter would have two more winning fights and return to the UFC.

At UFC 174 in June 2014, Arlovski faced Brendan Schaub in the cage and won by split decision. “Pitbull” knocked out Antonio Silva in September, followed by a spectacular knockout win over Travis Browne at UFC 187 in May.

This was followed by a decision victory over Frank Mir in September 2015 at UFC 191.

However, the last three fights were unsuccessful for Arlovski. He lost by TKO to Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem, and in September 2016 at UFC Fight Night 93 he lost by submission to Josh Barnett.

Arlovski is expected to return to the cage on January 28, 2017 at UFC on Fox 23 against Francis Ngannou.

Andrei Arlovski is the eleventh UFC heavyweight champion in mixed martial arts, the world and European champion in mixed martial arts, and has the nickname Pitbull. Actor who starred in the American action films “Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth”, “Universal Soldier 4”.

short biography

Andrey was born on February 4, 1979 in Soviet Belarus, in Bobruisk, in the family of a military man and an engineer. Like most sports stars, the boy decided to become strong and dexterous after he was first beaten by the courtyard hooligans who teased him. So Andrei began to play sports since childhood, the future athlete was especially interested in football.

After school, the young man rushed to Minsk, where he entered the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was within the walls of the police school that Andrei began to seriously study sambo and judo. “Until I was 16 years old, I generally lifted iron and dreamed of becoming Mr. Olympia. At that age it seemed to me that it was beautiful to look clumsy and hefty. When I entered the Police Academy, I was ordered to compete at the academy’s sambo championship, which I had no idea about at the time. For two weeks they showed me some basic sambo techniques. In the end, mainly thanks to my physical strength, I reached the finals of the championship: I simply crushed my opponents and tore their kimonos. In the final, I lost by one point to some candidate for master of sports. I trained for another year and became third at the World Junior Championships, two years later - second at the European Championships, and then victories began,” says Andrey.

So Andrey won the European Youth Sambo Championship, and then the World Youth Championship. Then he took a silver medal at the World Sambo Championships. Sports success relegated law to the background. After graduating from university, the young specialist continued to play sports - he became a student of the famous kickboxer Dmitry Stepanov, who trained Andrei for several years.

At the age of 19, Arlovski began his professional MMA career with Mix Fight M-1 in St. Petersburg. On September 24, 1999 in St. Petersburg, he first won the world youth sambo championship, and two weeks later there was the world mixed-fight championship - M-1, and Andrei fought with the notorious fighter, now a convicted criminal, Vacheslav Datsik . “After that I started training seriously. Six months later, there, in St. Petersburg, he won the European Sambo Championship. On September 28, 2000, I came to fight in America, in Chicago,” Andrei recalls.

In 2005, Andrei became the UFC world champion in mixed martial arts.

“At that time I met people who brought kickboxers and other fighters to America. They suggested: “Do you want to try your hand at fighting without rules?” They painted the prospects, they said I have potential. Well, I quit the police and went to America,” admits Arlovsky.

Andrei soon gained sports fame, and thanks to the use of a mouth guard with two “fangs”, he received the nickname Pitbull from fans. Following the example of most sports stars, the popular fighter began to receive invitations to the movies.

He first appeared on screen at the age of 27, in 2006, in the American action film “Cursed Diamond,” which tells the story of the theft of a precious stone. Then he appeared as a new generation of universal soldiers in John Hyams's science-fiction blockbuster Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth (2009). In 2012, Andrey played the leading role of Magnus in the continuation of the project “Universal Soldier 4” (2012). In these films he played in the company of such movie stars as Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.

Andrey also became the prototype for a character in a computer game by Electronic Arts.

Andrei Orlovsky, known by the nickname “Pitbull,” is a Belarusian mixed martial arts fighter who became the champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2005-2006. Orlovsky was considered one of the most powerful fighters in the world, in addition, he played in several films, including Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth, and also became the prototype for the character in the Electronic Arts game.

Andrei Valerievich Orlovsky was born in 1979 in the Belarusian Bobruisk. From childhood he was strong and strong, but it was hardly possible to see in him a future fighter without rules - Andrei was never a bully, and what attracted him most in childhood was football and athletics. Later, as a teenager, he became interested in bodybuilding, and only after graduating from school, already being a student at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in

Minsk, he started practicing sambo. A couple of years later, none of the coaches could believe that Andrei had been practicing sambo for only two years - in September 1999, he easily won the World Junior Championships, competing in the weight category over 100 kg.

In those years, fights without rules were gaining popularity, and soon Orlovsky began performing in professional tournaments. By the way, one of his first rivals was V

Yacheslav Datsik, nicknamed Red Tarzan, later notorious for robbing cell phone stores (he later fled to Norway, served time there and was handed over to the Russian authorities).

However, as Andrei himself later admitted, his first fights in mixed martial arts were far from perfect - he was too self-confident, felt strong and simply went ahead. Time and experience have taught Or

Ovsky to be a smart and dangerous opponent, and for his style of fighting he later received the very controversial nickname “Pitbull”.

Andrei understood that in order to achieve real success in fighting without rules, he had to go to the USA. So, after Andrei took part in the American championship in 2005, he moved to the States, settling in Chicago.

Having started performing in the UFC, Orlovsky

He achieved his first success with a victory over a very serious opponent - Aaron Brink.

However, Andrei’s path to the top was not easy - he had to lose, and train until he sweated, and lose again.

However, the time for victories had come - Orlovsky had several successful fights (including against his former compatriot Vladimir Matyushenko), and soon he celebrated his

his first UFC victory and received the title of interim champion.

Fans of fights without rules will remember for a long time the fight between Orlovsky and Justin Eilers, who, after the fight, had both arms and nose broken.

Andrei's next opponent on the way to becoming world champion was Frank Mir, the famous American heavyweight, but the fight with him was postponed.

In November 2005

Andrei fought a fight that went down in UFC history as the “shortest fight” - Orlovsky knocked out American Paul Buentello just 15 seconds after the bell.

Thus, the highest achievement of Andrei Orlovsky to date is the title of the 11th UFC champion, which he held in 2005-2006.

This was Andrei Orlovsky’s real star time - he became a celebrity in the USA, he was invited

shawls for participation in films, as well as music videos. Andrei was dating at that moment with Patrycja Mikula, a famous Playboy model of Polish origin.

However, despite the social life, there were, alas, no more big victories. A very significant defeat for Orlovsky was in 2009 in a fight with Fedor Emelianenko, an undefeated Russian. This battle was then called the "battle of the giants"

Alas, Emelianenko then sent Orlovsky to a severe knockout. This blow was later called the “knockout of the year,” and many sports analysts called this fight the “beginning of the end” of Orlovsky’s career.

After that there were several more defeats, almost all by knockout.

Commentators and experts are still arguing about whether Orlovsky’s brilliant career is over. Someone says that Orlovsky will not return to

ing in its former form, others, on the contrary, claim that it just needs some time to “reboot”. Orlovsky's fight statistics - 20 wins and 10 defeats out of 30 fights - are generally very optimistic, and many believe that Orlovsky will soon return to the ring in his former form, for which he received the nickname "Pitbull".

Just recently it became known that at the end of November this year Andrei plans to hold

and the battle in Minsk, in Belarus, in his homeland. The event takes place within the framework of MMA, and many call it Orlovsky’s return to action. As for fights in UCF, Andrei himself is already ready and waiting for good offers.

It is known that Andrei receives offers to act in films - he has already played in the famous films “Universal Soldier 3: Rebirth” in 2010 and “Universal Soldier 4”.