Andrei Arlovski

“The Pit Bull”

MMA · Active

34-24 (2 NC)RECORD

17KO / TKO WINS

3SUBMISSION WINS

14DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Andrei Valeryevich Arlovski
Nickname	The Pit Bull
Date of birth	4 Feb 1979
Nationality	Belarusian American
Birthplace	Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Lives in	Coconut Creek, Florida, U.S.
Division	Heavyweight
Team	American Top Team
Height	193 cm (6′4″)
Reach	196 cm (77″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 1999
Status	Active
Pro debut	9 Apr 1999
Last fight	Loss vs Martin Buday, 29 Jun 2024

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Titles and honours

UFC Heavyweight Champion
UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion (first)
2000 M-1 European Heavyweight Tournament winner
BKFC Heavyweight Champion (2026)
Most wins in UFC heavyweight history
Two UFC Fight of the Night bonuses

Background

Belarusian-American heavyweight from Babruysk who began in Sambo before moving into MMA in 1999. A former UFC heavyweight champion and the first Belarusian UFC champion, he later also competed in bare-knuckle boxing.

Fight history

60 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Martin Buday	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 303	29 Jun 2024	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2	13 Jan 2024	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Don'Tale Mayes	TKO (punches)	2	3:17	UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi	3 Jun 2023	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Marcos Rogério de Lima	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:50	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen	29 Oct 2022	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Jake Collier	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	30 Apr 2022	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Jared Vanderaa	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 271	12 Feb 2022	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Win	Carlos Felipe	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont	16 Oct 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Felipe tested positive for Boldenone
Win	Chase Sherman	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum	17 Apr 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Tom Aspinall	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:09	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis	20 Feb 2021	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Tanner Boser	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira	7 Nov 2020	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Philipe Lins	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira	13 May 2020	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Loss	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	KO (punch)	1	0:29	UFC 244	2 Nov 2019	New York City, New York, U.S.
Win	Ben Rothwell	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards	20 Jul 2019	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Loss	Augusto Sakai	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson	27 Apr 2019	Sunrise, Florida, U.S.
No contest	Walt Harris	NC (overturned)	3	5:00	UFC 232	29 Dec 2018	Inglewood, California, U.S.	Originally a split decision win for Harris; overturned after he tested positive for LGD-4033
Loss	Shamil Abdurakhimov	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik	15 Sep 2018	Moscow, Russia
Loss	Tai Tuivasa	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 225	9 Jun 2018	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Win	Stefan Struve	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 222	3 Mar 2018	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Júnior Albini	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	11 Nov 2017	Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Loss	Marcin Tybura	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia	17 Jun 2017	Kallang, Singapore
Loss	Francis Ngannou	TKO (punches)	1	1:32	UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña	28 Jan 2017	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Loss	Josh Barnett	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:53	UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett	3 Sep 2016	Hamburg, Germany	Fight of the Night
Loss	Alistair Overeem	TKO (front kick and punches)	2	1:12	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski	8 May 2016	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Loss	Stipe Miocic	TKO (punches)	1	0:54	UFC 195	2 Jan 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	UFC heavyweight title eliminator
Win	Frank Mir	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 191	5 Sep 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Travis Browne	TKO (punches)	1	4:41	UFC 187	23 May 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Fight of the Night
Win	Antônio Silva	KO (punches)	1	2:59	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	13 Sep 2014	Brasília, Brazil	Performance of the Night
Win	Brendan Schaub	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 174	14 Jun 2014	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win	Andreas Kraniotakes	TKO (punches)	2	3:14	Fight Nights: Battle on Nyamiha	29 Nov 2013	Minsk, Belarus
Win	Mike Kyle	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WSOF 5	14 Sep 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Loss	Anthony Johnson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WSOF 2	23 Mar 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	Mike Hayes	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Fight Nights: Battle of Moscow 9	16 Dec 2012	Moscow, Russia
Win	Devin Cole	TKO (punches)	1	2:37	WSOF 1	3 Nov 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
No contest	Tim Sylvia	NC (illegal soccer kicks)	2	4:46	ONE FC: Pride of a Nation	31 Aug 2012	Quezon City, Philippines	Illegal soccer kicks left Sylvia unable to continue
Win	Travis Fulton	KO (head kick)	3	4:59	ProElite 2	5 Nov 2011	Moline, Illinois, U.S.
Win	Ray Lopez	TKO (punches)	3	2:43	ProElite 1	27 Aug 2011	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Loss	Sergei Kharitonov	KO (punches)	1	2:49	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva	12 Feb 2011	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Loss	Antônio Silva	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery	15 May 2010	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Loss	Brett Rogers	TKO (punches)	1	0:22	Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields	6 Jun 2009	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Loss	Fedor Emelianenko	KO (punch)	1	3:14	Affliction: Day of Reckoning	24 Jan 2009	Anaheim, California, U.S.	For the WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Win	Roy Nelson	KO (punch)	2	1:46	EliteXC: Heat	4 Oct 2008	Sunrise, Florida, U.S.
Win	Ben Rothwell	KO (punches)	3	1:13	Affliction: Banned	19 Jul 2008	Anaheim, California, U.S.
Win	Jake O'Brien	TKO (punches)	2	4:17	UFC 82	1 Mar 2008	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Win	Fabrício Werdum	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 70	21 Apr 2007	Manchester, England
Win	Márcio Cruz	KO (punches)	1	3:15	UFC 66	30 Dec 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Tim Sylvia	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	UFC 61	8 Jul 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	For the UFC Heavyweight Championship
Loss	Tim Sylvia	TKO (punches)	1	2:43	UFC 59	15 Apr 2006	Anaheim, California, U.S.	Lost the UFC Heavyweight Championship
Win	Paul Buentello	KO (punch)	1	0:15	UFC 55	7 Oct 2005	Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.	Defended the UFC Heavyweight Championship
Win	Justin Eilers	TKO (punches)	1	4:10	UFC 53	4 Jun 2005	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Defended the interim title; promoted to undisputed champion 12 August 2005
Win	Tim Sylvia	Submission (achilles lock)	1	0:47	UFC 51	5 Feb 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Won the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship
Win	Wesley Correira	TKO (punches)	2	1:15	UFC 47	2 Apr 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Vladimir Matyushenko	KO (punch)	1	2:10	UFC 44	26 Sep 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	Ian Freeman	TKO (punches)	1	1:25	UFC 40	22 Nov 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Pedro Rizzo	KO (punches)	3	1:45	UFC 36	22 Mar 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	Ricco Rodriguez	TKO (punches)	3	1:23	UFC 32	29 Jun 2001	East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	Aaron Brink	Submission (armbar)	1	0:55	UFC 28	17 Nov 2000	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	John Dixson	KO (punches)	1	0:13	Super Fight at International Tournament	13 May 2000	Minsk, Belarus
Win	Roman Zentsov	TKO (punches)	1	1:18	M-1: European Championship 2000	9 Apr 2000	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Won the 2000 M-1 European Heavyweight Tournament
Loss	Viacheslav Datsik	KO (punch)	1	6:05	M-1: World Championship 1999	9 Apr 1999	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Heavyweight debut; 1999 M-1 Heavyweight Tournament quarterfinal
Win	Michael Tielrooy	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:25	2000 M-1 European Heavyweight Tournament			Quarterfinal; source row incomplete (date and location not listed)