{"id":103994,"date":"2026-06-04T06:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/andrei-arlovski\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:49:37","slug":"andrei-arlovski","status":"publish","type":"fighter_profile","link":"https:\/\/www.grizzliz.com\/media\/fighter\/andrei-arlovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrei Arlovski"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Andrei Arlovski, \u00ab\u00a0The Pit Bull\u00a0\u00bb : l&rsquo;homme qui n&rsquo;a jamais raccroch\u00e9<\/h2>\n<p>Quand Andrei Arlovski plante un Achilles lock sur Tim Sylvia \u00e0 UFC 51, le 5 f\u00e9vrier 2005, il lui faut 47 secondes pour devenir champion poids lourds de l&rsquo;UFC. Quarante-sept secondes. Ce soir-l\u00e0, le Bi\u00e9lorusse de Babrou\u00efsk n&rsquo;imagine probablement pas qu&rsquo;il se battra encore plus de vingt ans plus tard, ceinture autour de la taille dans une autre discipline. Sa carri\u00e8re, c&rsquo;est \u00e7a : une long\u00e9vit\u00e9 que personne n&rsquo;a \u00e9gal\u00e9e chez les lourds de l&rsquo;UFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Du sambo de Minsk \u00e0 l&rsquo;octogone<\/h3>\n<p>N\u00e9 le 4 f\u00e9vrier 1979 en RSS de Bi\u00e9lorussie, Arlovski arrive au MMA par le sambo. Inscrit \u00e0 l&rsquo;acad\u00e9mie de police de Minsk, il s&rsquo;y forme au combat et d\u00e9croche le titre mondial junior de sambo en 1999, avec le rang de Ma\u00eetre international de sport. C&rsquo;est ce socle de lutte russe, greff\u00e9 \u00e0 de grosses mains, qui fait sa r\u00e9putation. Il d\u00e9bute \u00e0 l&rsquo;UFC d\u00e8s le 17 novembre 2000, \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 l&rsquo;organisation cherchait encore son mod\u00e8le.<\/p>\n<h3>Champion, puis la trilogie Sylvia<\/h3>\n<p>Le titre conquis face \u00e0 Sylvia en 2005 est le sommet de son premier passage. Mais la suite illustre bien le MMA : rien n&rsquo;est acquis. \u00c0 UFC 59, le 15 avril 2006, Sylvia reprend la ceinture par TKO au premier round. Le rubber match \u00e0 UFC 61, le 8 juillet 2006, tourne \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision unanime sur cinq rounds en faveur de Sylvia. Deux \u00e0 un pour le \u00ab\u00a0Maine-iac\u00a0\u00bb sur leur trilogie. Arlovski quitte ensuite l&rsquo;UFC pour quelques ann\u00e9es de p\u00e9r\u00e9grinations avant un retour qui deviendra historique.<\/p>\n<h3>L&rsquo;iron man des poids lourds<\/h3>\n<p>C&rsquo;est dans la dur\u00e9e qu&rsquo;Arlovski \u00e9crit sa l\u00e9gende. Avec 42 combats disput\u00e9s dans l&rsquo;octogone sur deux passages, il d\u00e9tient le record du plus grand nombre de combats poids lourds de l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;UFC, et celui du plus grand nombre de victoires chez les lourds (23). Son dernier combat sous la banni\u00e8re UFC, c&rsquo;est UFC 303, le 29 juin 2024 : une d\u00e9faite par d\u00e9cision partag\u00e9e face \u00e0 Martin Buday, apr\u00e8s quoi l&rsquo;organisation et lui se s\u00e9parent. \u00c0 45 ans, beaucoup le voyaient raccrocher.<\/p>\n<h3>Champion BKFC \u00e0 47 ans<\/h3>\n<p>Sauf qu&rsquo;il avait pr\u00e9venu : il en avait fini avec l&rsquo;UFC, pas avec le combat. Le 7 f\u00e9vrier 2026, \u00e0 KnuckleMania 6 \u00e0 Philadelphie, Arlovski d\u00e9glingue Ben Rothwell et s&#8217;empare du titre poids lourds de la BKFC, le bare-knuckle boxing. \u00c0 47 ans, il devient champion du monde dans une seconde discipline. Une carri\u00e8re qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tire sur plus de vingt-cinq ans, d&rsquo;un titre UFC en 2005 \u00e0 une ceinture \u00e0 mains nues en 2026 : c&rsquo;est ce qui fait d&rsquo;Andrei Arlovski un cas \u00e0 part.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sources-article\"><strong>Sources :<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrei_Arlovski\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/athlete\/andrei-arlovski\">UFC.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrei \u00ab\u00a0The Pit Bull\u00a0\u00bb Arlovski, ex-champion poids lourds de l&rsquo;UFC : son sacre face \u00e0 Tim Sylvia, sa long\u00e9vit\u00e9 record dans l&rsquo;octogone et son titre BKFC \u00e0 47 ans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102518,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"fighter_category":[69980],"fighter_tag":[],"class_list":["post-103994","fighter_profile","type-fighter_profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fighter_category-heavyweight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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