Men's

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Alexandru Lungu (born 3 September 1974) is a Romanian professional

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and

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ka. Lungu has most recently competed in the

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division of MMA. A professional competitor since 2005, Lungu has formerly competed for the

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, and K-1, for both MMA and professional kickboxing.

Judo career

A successful

ka, Lungu won several judo tournaments across Europe, including the Romanian Cup in 2004 and the International Tournament Monaco in 2005. Lungu competed in judo from 1991 until 2005.

Mixed martial arts career

PRIDE Fighting Championships

Lungu made his professional MMA debut on October 23, 2005 at

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against James Thompson, in a

bout, Lungu weighed in at 368 lbs. and knocked Thompson down in the early seconds of round one, but seemed to fatigue upon standing up and lost via TKO at 2:13 of the first round.

Cage Rage

Lungu picked up a win in his next fight a year later on September 30, 2006 at

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against Mark Buchanan via submission (kimura) in the first round.

Independent promotions

Lungu returned to Romania to continue competing and has compiled a record of 9-2 since PRIDE and Cage Rage. Lungu defeated Mighty Mo via knockout in the first round on December 15, 2014 in an Open Weight bout. Lungu is next scheduled to face

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on June 15, 2015 at RXF 18.

Kickboxing career

Lungu made his professional kickboxing debut for SUPERKOMBAT on October 15, 2011, against

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. Lungu won via knockout in the first round and has since compiled a professional kickboxing record of 4-1 for the promotion, most recently picking up a win over Mike Bourke on December 21, 2013 via first round knockout.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

*SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship ** 2011 SUPERKOMBAT Fight of the Year (vs.

)

Kickboxing record

, - , - , , Win , Vincent Liebregts , Colosseum Tournament 29 ,

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, Decision (unanimous) , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:00 , align=center, 13–2 , , - , , Win , Tamás Hajdu , Colosseum Tournament 19 ,

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, KO (punches flurry) , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:25 , align=center, 11–2 , , - , , Win , Zoltán Enyedi , Colosseum Tournament 12 ,

, KO (left hook) , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:20 , align=center, 10–2 , , - , , Win , Fredi Gonzales , KO Masters 1 ,

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, TKO (referee stoppage) , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:30 , align=center, 9–2 , , - , , Loss ,

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, Best of Siam 11 ,

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, KO (strikes) , align="center", 1 , align="center", , 8-2 , , - , , Win , Mike Bourke , SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final , Galați, Romania , KO (strikes) , align="center", 1 , align="center", 1:25 , 8-1 , , - , , Loss , Jason Dutton , SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013 ,

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, KO (punch) , align="center", 2 , align="center", 1:42 , 7-0 , , - , , Win , Wiesław Kwaśniewski , SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2012 ,

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, Decision (split) , align="center", 3 , align="center", 3:00 , 6-0 , , - , , Win , Neil Cooke , SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club ,

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, SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 ,

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Mixed martial arts record

, - , Win , align=center, 19–5 , Fredi Gonzales , TKO (punches) , Fight Zone 9 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:34 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 18–5 , Florin Dănilă , TKO (leg injury) , Heroes Fight League 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:26 ,

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, Romania , , - , Loss , align=center, 16–5 ,

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, KO (punches) ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 13–4 , Papis Konez , TKO (punches) , RXF 24 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:05 , Brasov, Romania , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–4 , Michał Wlazło , TKO (knees and punches) , RXF 21: All Stars , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:11 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 12–3 , Mahmoud Hassan , Submission (

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 11–3 , Andrzej Kulik , TKO (punches) , RXF 18: Stanciu vs. Belbiță , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:59 ,

, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 10–3 , Mighty Mo , KO (punch) , RXF 15: All Stars , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:05 ,

, Romania , , - , Loss , align=center, 9–3 , Tomasz Czerwinski , TKO (punches) , RXF 12 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:25 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 9-2 , Steven Banks , TKO (strikes) , Local Kombat , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A , Onesti, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 8–2 , Chris Mahle , Submission (arm-triangle choke) , Gala MMA: Romania-Germany , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:06 ,

, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 7–2 , Albert Sarkozi , Submission (punches) , Local Kombat Sibiu , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:25 ,

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, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 6–2 , Jimmy Ambriz , TKO (doctor stoppage) , K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest – Europe GP , , align=center, 2 , align=center, N/A ,

, Romania , , - , Loss , align=center, 5–2 , Rastislav Talarovic , TKO (punches) , K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:46 ,

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, Czech Republic , , - , Win , align=center, 5–1 , Jesse Smith, Jr. , Submission (smother choke) , K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:51 ,

, , - , Win , align=center, 4–1 , Ruben Villareal , Submission (smother choke) , Local Kombat 33 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:45 ,

, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 3–1 , Mark Bentley , KO (punches) , Strike MMA 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:06 ,

, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 2–1 ,

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, KO (punches) , Strike MMA 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:21 ,

, Romania , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , Mark Buchanan , Submission (kimura) ,

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:55 ,

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, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , James Thompson , TKO (punches) ,

, , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:13 , Saitama, Japan ,

Achievements

Lungu was also a multiple

champion and gold medalist of

Personal life

In 2015, his second wife gave birth to twins.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lungu, Alexandru 1974 births Living people Romanian male judoka Olympic judoka of Romania Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Romanian male mixed martial artists Super heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing judo Romanian male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers People from Bihor County Universiade medalists in judo Universiade gold medalists for Romania SUPERKOMBAT kickboxers SUPERKOMBAT mixed martial artists Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade