Английская Википедия:Alexander Romanov (fighter)

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Alexandr Romanov (born 11 December 1990) is a Moldovan professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of July 4, 2023, he is #13 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.[1]

Wrestling career

Romanov started training in freestyle wrestling at age seven. He has made four Moldovan World Teams (two as a senior and two as a junior) and eight European Teams (five as a senior, three as an age-group wrestler). His best result has been a bronze medal at the 2016 World University Championships. His last performance to date took place at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships, where he placed twelfth.[2] He is also a two-time UWW grappling European bronze medalist.[3]

Romanov studied at law faculty of Comrat State University and pedagogical faculty of Chișinău Sport Institute.[3]

Alexandr Romanov also competed in sumo for a brief time. While his time in the sport was not long, he won silver in the OPEN European Cup in 2016.[4]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Early in his career after his stint in wrestling, Romanov found Chesea Eduard, a Muay Thai coach. Eduard brought Romanov into the sport of MMA and remains his coach to this day.[4]

Romanov compiled a record of 11 wins and no losses while competing in his native Moldova, primarily at Eagles Fighting Championship, where he became the heavyweight champion.[5]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Romanov signed with the UFC on October 3, 2019, and was later scheduled to make his debut against Raphael Pessoa on April 25, 2020.[6] However, the event was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Romanov was then slated to face Marcin Tybura on July 12, 2020, at UFC 251. However, Romanov was removed from the card on July 1, due to a positive COVID-19 test.[8] He was then scheduled to face Marcos Rogério de Lima on September 5, 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai, but the bout was scratched the day of the event when Lima tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

Romanov eventually made his debut on September 12, 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill, when he defeated Roque Martinez via arm-triangle choke in the second round.[10]

Next, he faced Marcos Rogério de Lima on November 7, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira. He defeated Lima with the first forearm choke in UFC history, on the first round, to claim Performance of the Night honors.[11]

Romanov faced Juan Espino on April 17, 2021, at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum.[12] During the beginning of the third round, Espino accidentally connected with a knee to the groin of Romanov, who could not continue. Romanov was declared the winner via technical split decision.[13] 6 out of 8 media scores gave it to Espino, with the other two declaring it a Draw.[14]

Romanov faced Jared Vanderaa on October 9, 2021, at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez.[15] He won the fight via technical knockout in round two.[16]

Romanov was next expected to face Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night 202 on February 19, 2022.[17] However, the bout was cancelled for undisclosed reasons.[18]

Replacing Rodrigo Nascimento, Romanov is scheduled to face Tanner Boser on April 23, 2022, at UFC Fight Night 205.[19] However, on April 18, it was announced that Boser was out of the fight due to an injury.[20] He was replaced by Chase Sherman.[21] However, Sherman was deemed unable to compete due to a minor health issue on the day of the event and the fight was cancelled[22] and the pair was rescheduled for UFC on ESPN 35.[22] Romanov won the bout via keylock submission in the first round.[23]

Romanov faced Marcin Tybura on August 20, 2022, at UFC 278.[24] Romanov lost the fight via a controversial majority decision.[25] 17 of 18 MMA media outlets scored the bout as a draw.[26]

Romanov faced Alexander Volkov on March 11, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 221.[27] He lost the fight via technical knockout in the first round.[28]

Romanov faced Blagoy Ivanov at UFC on ESPN 48 on 1 July 2023.[29] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[30]

Professional grappling career

Romanov competed against Chris Daukaus at Fury Pro Grappling 8 on December 30, 2023.[31] Romanov won the match by decision.[32]

Personal life

Romanov was born to a Russian father and Ukrainian mother and raised in Moldova.[33] He and his wife have three children.[34]

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

Шаблон:MMArecordbox Шаблон:MMA record start |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |align=center|17–2 |Blagoy Ivanov |Decision (unanimous) |UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |align=center|16–2 |Alexander Volkov |TKO (punches) |UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|1 |align=center|2:16 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |align=center|16–1 |Marcin Tybura |Decision (majority) |UFC 278 |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |align=center|16–0 |Chase Sherman |Submission (keylock) |UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|1 |align=center|2:11 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |align=center|15–0 |Jared Vanderaa |TKO (punches) |UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|2 |align=center|4:43 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |align=center|14–0 |Juan Espino |Technical Decision (split) |UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|3 |align=center|1:05 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |align=center|13–0 |Marcos Rogério de Lima |Technical Submission (forearm choke) |UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|1 |align=center|4:48 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |Шаблон:Small |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 12–0 | Roque Martinez | Submission (arm-triangle choke) |UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|2 |align=center|4:22 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center|11–0 | Sérgio Freitas | TKO (submission to injury) | Eagles FC 11 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center|1 | align=center|2:28 | Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center|10–0 | Sultan Murtazaliev | TKO (punches) | Eagles FC 10 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center|3 | align=center|2:17 | Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center|9–0 | Virgil Zwicker | Submission (neck crank) |S-70: Plotforma Cup 2018 |Шаблон:Dts |align=center|1 |align=center|1:15 |Sochi, Russia | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center|8–0 | Ion Grigore |Submission (forearm choke) | Eagles FC 9 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center|1 | align=center|3:54 |Chișinău, Moldova |Шаблон:Small |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 7–0 | Alexander Stolyarov | TKO (punches) | Eagles FC 8 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center|1 | align=center|0:36 | Chișinău, Moldova | Шаблон:Small |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 6–0 | Ravshankhon Khusanov | TKO (punches) | Eagles FC 7 |Шаблон:Dts |align=Center|1 |align=center|1:37 |Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 5–0 | Yuri Gorbenko | Submission (forearm choke) | Eagles FC 6 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:43 | Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 4–0 | Evgeniy Golub | TKO (punches) | Eagles FC 5 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:48 | Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 3–0 | Shota Betlemidze | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ProFC Ukraine: Brave Hearts | Шаблон:Dts | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:56 | Nikolaev, Ukraine | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 2–0 | Andrey Burdiniuk | Submission (neck crank) | Eagles FC 4 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:43 | Chișinău, Moldova | |- | Шаблон:Yes2Win | align=center| 1–0 | Yuriy Protsenko | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Eagles FC 3 | Шаблон:Dts | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:50 | Chișinău, Moldova |Шаблон:Small Шаблон:End [35]

See also

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