ndrei Valeryevich Arlovski (Belarusian: ?????? ?????'???? ????????

, Belarusian p
ronunciation: [an'dr?j va'l??r?vit? ar'l?wski], born February 4, 1979), nickname
d The Pit Bull, is a Belarusian mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavy
weight Champion, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He h
as also competed for Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC and M-1 Chal
lenge. Arlovski is the first man to ever knock out Roy Nelson and the second man
ever to knock unconscious Travis Fulton, a veteran of over 300 MMA fights. As o
f December 21, 2015, Arlovski is #2 in the official UFC heavyweight rankings.[3]
Contents [hide]
1
Personal life
2
Mixed martial arts career
2.1
Ultimate Fighting Championship
2.2
Affliction Entertainment
2.3
Strikeforce
2.4
ProElite
2.5
ONE Fighting Championship
2.6
World Series of Fighting
2.7
Independent promotions
2.8
Return to UFC
3
Movie and television career
4
Championships and accomplishments
4.1
Mixed martial arts
4.2
Sambo
5
Mixed martial arts record
6
See also
7
References
8
External links
Personal life[edit]
Arlovski was born in Babruisk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belar
us). 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 p
ut on muscle and, he hoped, to help him deal with these bullies. Arlovski only t
ook up martial arts at the age of 16 in Karate having previously been interested
in football. It was an interest in personal fitness and conditioning that led A
rlovski to take an interest in combat sports such as Sambo, Judo and Kickboxing
.[4]
Enrolling at the police academy in Minsk, Arlovski combined his interest in a ca
reer 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 opponent. In 1999, Arlovski won the European Youth Sambo
Championship and the World Youth Championship. Not long after, Arlovski became t
he first Master of Sports and then International Master of Sports. He took a sil
ver medal at the Sambo World Cup and another silver medal at the World Sambo Cha
mpionship.[5]
Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other martial arts, studying kickbox
ing and developing his striking skills to complement his Sambo-based grappling a
bilities.
Arlovski has a pet pit bull by the name of Maximus Arlovski, accompanying him to
workouts. Arlovski did a public service announcement against dog fighting featu
ring this pit bull and calling it inhumane and torture. Arlovski said he chose h
is nickname The Pitbull for the positive qualities these dogs have.[6]
Arlovski is an Orthodox Christian
Mixed martial arts career[edit]