Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Pudzianowski (2006)

Mariusz Pudzianowski (2009)

Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (born February 7, 1977 in Biała Rawska , Poland ) is a Polish strongman and MMA fighter . The strongman record holder is also known by the nicknames Pudzian , Dominator or Pyton .

Life

Mariusz Pudzianowski started strength training on December 7, 1990 . At the age of 16, he first took part in a weight training competition, a bench press championship, where he pressed 160 kg. Two years later he increased to 205 kg. Besides making Pudzianowski since he was eleven years old regularly Kyokushin - Karate and was a boxer active. For several years he also played rugby for the Polish club KS Budowlani Łódź as a striker .

Pudzianowski played his first strongman competition on May 1, 1999 in Płock . He started his international career in 2000 with a fourth place in World's Strongest Man . In 2002, Pudzianowski took first place. He repeated this success in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008. With five wins, he is the sole record holder of the title ahead of the four-time winners Jón Páll Sigmarsson , Magnús Ver Magnússon , Žydrūnas Savickas and Brian Shaw. In 2004, IFSA disqualified Pudzianowski from the competition for one year and asked to return his prize money. However, he did not want to accept this, whereupon the IFSA brought a case against Pudzianowski, which was ultimately discontinued without imposing any punitive measures.

In 2009 Pudzianowski began to become active as an MMA fighter. He played two victorious fights for the Polish organizer Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki and then lost to Tim Sylvia at the American MMA event Moosin - God of Martial Arts . In September 2010 he defeated Eric Esch in Łódź .

Pudzianowski has achieved cult status in Poland, which has helped him to make many guest appearances on television and radio programs. Among other things, he took part in the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars .

Information

• Height: 186 cm
• Weight: 142 kg
• Upper arm circumference: 56 cm
• Neck: 54 cm
• Waist circumference: 92 cm
• Leg circumference: 80 cm
• Chest: 148 cm

Personal records

• Bench press 290 kg
• Squats 380 kg
• Deadlift 415 kg

successes

• Year: 1999
  • 1st place - Polish Cup Warka Strongman
  • 3rd place - World Team Championship in China
• Year: 2000
  • 1st place - Polish strongman
  • 2nd place - Strongman World Team Championship in Hungary
  • 4th place - World's Strongest Man, in South Africa
• Year: 2002
  • 1st place - World's Strongest Man in Malaysia
  • 1st place - World's Giants
  • 1st place - European Strongman Championships in Gdynia
  • 2nd place - Polish Strongman
• Year: 2003
  • 1st place - Polish Cup Strongman
  • 1st place - World Cup Super Series
  • 1st place - Strongman World Team Championship in Hungary
  • 1st place - World's Strongest Man, in Zambia
  • 1st place - European Strongman Championships in Ełk
  • 1st place - World Record Breakers
• Year: 2004
  • 1st place - Polish Cup Strongman
  • 1st place - World Team Championships Strongman in Płock
  • 1st place - European Strongman Championships in Jelenia Góra
  • 3rd place - World's Strongest Man, Bahamas
  • 5th place - Arnold's Classic Strongman in the USA
• Year: 2005
  • 1st place - World's Strongest Man, in Chengdu, China
  • 1st place - Polish Cup Strongman
  • 1st place - World Team Championships Strongman in Poznan
  • 1st place - World Cup Super Series
• Year: 2006
  • 1st place - Polish strongman
  • 1st place - World Cup Super Series
  • 2nd place - World's Strongest Man, in Sanya, China
  • 6th place - Arnold's Classic Strongman in the USA
  • 1st place - World Strongman Cup - Overall Winner 2006
• Year: 2007
  • 1st place - Polish strongman
  • 1st place - European Strongman Championships in Łódź
  • 1st place - World's Strongest Man, in Anaheim, California, USA
• Year: 2008
  • 2nd place - Mohegan Sun Super Series, in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
  • 1st place - Poland vs. The World, with Poland as the winner, in Poland
  • 1st place - World Strongman Federation Grand Prix, in Russia
  • 1st place - Poland Cup, in Poland
  • 1st place - World Strongman Federation Grand Prix - Belarus, in Silichy, Belarus
  • 1st place - World's Strongest Man, in Charleston, West Virginia, USA
• Year: 2009
  • MMA fight (KSW XII) victory against Marcin Najman
• Year: 2010
  • MMA fight (KSW XIII) victory against Yusuke Kawaguchi
  • MMA fight (KSW XIV) Victory against Eric "Butterbean" Esch

MMA competition record

result	Balance sheet	opponent	Result	event	date	Round	time	place	Remarks
victory	5-2-0- (1)	Christos Piliafas	task	KSW 20: Symfonia Walki	15th September 2012	1	3:48	Gdańsk / Sopot , Poland
victory	4-2-0- (1)	Bob Sapp	task	KSW 19	May 12, 2012	1	0:39	Łódź , Poland
No contest	3-2-0- (1)	James Thompson	by points (invalid)	KSW 17: Zemsta	November 26, 2011	2	5:00	Łódź , Poland	Referee mistake (draw or 3rd round required)
defeat	3-2-0	James Thompson	task	KSW 16	May 21, 2011	2	1:05	Gdansk , Poland
victory	3-1-0	Eric Esch	task	KSW 14 - Judgment Day	September 18, 2010	1	1:16	Łódź , Poland
defeat	2-1-0	Tim Sylvia	task	Moosin - God of Martial Arts	May 21, 2010	2	1:43	Worcester
victory	2-0-0	Yusuke Kawaguchi	on points	KSW 13 - Kumite	May 7, 2010	2	5:00	Katowice , Poland
victory	1-0-0	Marcin Najman	task	KSW 12 - Najman vs. Pudzianowski	December 11, 2009	1	0:43	Warsaw , Poland	MMA competition debut of both fighters

Web links

Commons : Mariusz Pudzianowski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Pudzianowski website (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mariusz Pudzianowski in the Sherdog database (English)
2. ↑ KSW 14 - Judgment Day , Sherdog.com
3. ↑ Mariusz i Magdalena ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tanieczgwiazdami.plejada.pl