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Andrei Valeryevich Arlovski ((ベラルーシ語:Андрэй Валер'евіч Арлоўскі), (:anˈdrɛj vaˈlʲɛrɛvitʃ arˈlɔwski), born February 4, 1979), nicknamed The Pit Bull, is a Belarusian mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavyweight Champion, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has also competed for Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC and M-1 Challenge. 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 of May 23, 2015, Arlovski is #4 in the official UFC heavyweight rankings.〔(UFC Fighter Rankings )〕 ==Personal life== Arlovski was born in Babruisk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (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 in Karate 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 such as Sambo, Judo and Kickboxing . 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 opponent. 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 took a silver medal at the Sambo World Cup and another silver medal at the World Sambo Championship. Arlovski began taking a greater interest in other martial arts, studying kickboxing and developing his striking skills to complement his Sambo-based grappling abilities. Andrei has a pet pit bull by the name of Maximus Arlovski, accompanying him to workouts. Andrei did a public service announcement against dog fighting featuring this pit bull and calling it inhumane and torture. Andrei said he chose his nickname The Pitbull for the positive qualities these dogs have. Arlovski is an Orthodox Christian 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrei Arlovski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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