Marius арaromskis ( lit. Marius Žaromskis ; born , ) is a Lithuanian mixed-style fighter , representative of the welterweight category. He has been performing professionally since 2000, he is known for participating in tournaments of the fighting organizations Strikeforce , Bellator , Dream , Cage Rage and others. He owned the Dream Welterweight title, was a contender for the Strikeforce and Cage Rage champion titles.
 Marius Zharomskis | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The whitemare |
| Citizenship | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Height | 175 cm |
| Weight category | Welterweight (77 kg) |
| Arm span | 175 cm |
| Career | from 2000 to the present at. |
| Team | American kickboxing academy |
| Style | Kyokushin - karate , kickboxing |
| Mixed Martial Arts Statistics | |
| Boev | 31 |
| Wins | 21 |
| • knockout | fifteen |
| • change | one |
| • decision | 5 |
| Defeat | 9 |
| • knockout | 5 |
| • decision | four |
| Battle stats on the Sherdog website | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Starting a professional career
- 1.2 Cage Rage
- 1.3 Dream
- 1.4 Strikeforce
- 1.5 Further career
- 1.6 Bellator
- 2 Statistics in Professional MMA
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Marius Zharomskis was born on July 30, 1980 in the city of Siauliai, Lithuanian SSR .
He began to seriously engage in martial arts at the age of 15 or 16, he practiced Kyokushin - karate and kickboxing - in both disciplines he became the champion of Lithuania among juniors. He later mastered Thai boxing and finally moved to MMA [1] .
Beginning of a professional career
He made his debut in mixed martial arts on a professional level in February 2000, spent two fights in the evening, one of which won and one lost.
Cage Rage
After a fairly long break in 2005, Zharomskis returned to the career of a professional MMA fighter and began to perform quite successfully in small promotions in England [2] . Since 2006, he regularly performed in the British fighting organization Cage Rage , where he won a total of five victories and suffered two defeats - both from the Englishman Che Mills . In the second match with Mills, the British champion in the Cage Rage welterweight category was at stake, but in the interval between the first and second rounds after a doctor’s examination, a technical knockout of a Lithuanian fighter was recorded.
Dream
In 2009, Zharomskis signed a contract with a major Japanese organization Dream , where he immediately became a member of the welterweight grand prix. Successfully passed his rivals at the stages of quarter finals and semifinals, then won in the decisive final match - thus becoming the first and only Dream welterweight champion.
Strikeforce
Remaining an active Dream fighter, in 2010 Zharomskis decided to try his hand at the large American organization Strikeforce [3] . Nevertheless, he did not achieve much success here - he lost by technical knockout to Nick Diaz and Evangelista Santos , while the third fight in the promotion was declared invalid due to an unintentional finger in the eye [4] .
Further career
Unable to gain a foothold in Strikeforce roster, Marius Zharomskis continued to perform in small organizations around the world, and also returned to Dream - at the Dynamite New Year's tournament !! 2010 defended his championship belt by beating TKO against Japanese veteran Kazushi Sakuraba [5] .
Bellator
Since 2012, Zharomskis was a member of the American organization Bellator [6] , made his debut here very successfully, winning the first two fights, after which he became one of the participants in the seventh season welterweight grand prix. In the quarterfinal, by unanimous decision of the judges, the representative of France, Nordin Taleb , defeated, but in the semifinal match he was knocked out by Russian Andrei Koreshkov .
In 2013, he participated in the grand prix of the eighth season of Bellator welterweight, but this time in the opening match he was stopped by the American Brent Widman , who won by unanimous decision.
In 2014 and 2015, Zharomskis spent two more rating fights in Bellator, one won and one lost - on that his cooperation with the organization came to an end [7] [8] .
Statistics in Professional MMA
| Professional career of a fighter (total) | ||
| Boev 31 | Wins 21 | Lost 9 |
| By knockout | fifteen | 5 |
| Surrender | one | 0 |
| Decision | 5 | four |
| Not held | one | |
| Result | Record | Rival | Way | Tournament | date of | Round | Time | A place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory | 21-9 (1) | Alexander Danilchenko | TKO (punches) | MMA Bushido 77: Fighting Championship in Vilnius | May 3, 2019 | one | 2:05 | Vilnius , Lithuania | |
| Defeat | 20-9 (1) | Fernando gonzalez | Unanimous decision | Bellator 132 | January 16, 2015 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Temecula , USA | |
| Victory | 20-8 (1) | Won Anderson | Unanimous decision | Bellator 119 | May 9, 2014 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Rama , Canada | |
| Defeat | 19-8 (1) | Brent Widman | Unanimous decision | Bellator 86 | January 24, 2013 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Tuckerville , USA | Bellator Welterweight Season 8 Final. |
| Defeat | 19-7 (1) | Andrey Koreshkov | KO (punches) | Bellator 78 | October 26, 2012 | one | 2:14 | Dayton , USA | Semifinal of the Bellator welterweight season 7. |
| Victory | 19-6 (1) | Nordin Taleb | Unanimous decision | Bellator 74 | September 28, 2012 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Atlantic City , USA | Bellator welterweight season quarterfinals. |
| Victory | 18-6 (1) | Waachiim Spiritwoolf | Separate solution | Bellator 72 | July 20, 2012 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Tampa , USA | |
| Victory | 17-6 (1) | Waachiim Spiritwoolf | TKO (stopped by a doctor) | Bellator 68 | May 11, 2012 | 2 | 5 a.m. | Atlantic City , USA | Fight in the intermediate weight of 78 kg. |
| Victory | 16-6 (1) | Bruno Carvalho | KO (shots) | Rumble of the kings | November 26, 2011 | one | 4:59 | Stockholm , Sweden | |
| Victory | 15-6 (1) | Eiji ishikawa | Unanimous decision | Dream: Japan GP Final | July 16, 2011 | 2 | 5 a.m. | Tokyo Japan | Fight in the intermediate weight of 79.4 kg. |
| Defeat | 14-6 (1) | Jordan Maine | Unanimous decision | Score Fighting Series: Mein vs. Zaromskis | June 10, 2011 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Mississauga , Canada | |
| Victory | 14-5 (1) | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (stopped by a doctor) | Dynamite !! 2010 | December 31, 2010 | one | 2:16 | Saitama , Japan | He defended his Dream Welterweight title. |
| Did not take place | 13-5 (1) | Waachiim Spiritwoolf | No result | Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Ribeiro | November 19, 2010 | one | 0:06 | Jackson , USA | The fight is stopped after an unintentional poke in the eye from the side of Zharomskis. |
| Defeat | 13-5 | Evangelista santus | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Los Angeles | June 16, 2010 | one | 2:38 | Los Angeles , USA | |
| Defeat | 13-4 | Nick Diaz | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Miami | January 30, 2010 | one | 4:38 | Sunrise , USA | Fight for the introduced Welterweight title Strikeforce . |
| Victory | 13-3 | Myung Ho Bae | KO (foot in the head) | Dream 12 | October 25, 2009 | one | 0:19 | Osaka , Japan | Non-title fight. |
| Victory | 12-3 | Jason high | KO (foot in the head) | Dream 10 | July 20, 2009 | one | 2:22 | Saitama , Japan | Final Grand Prix Dream 2009 Welterweight. |
| Victory | 11-3 | Hayato Sakurai | KO (shots) | Dream 10 | July 20, 2009 | one | 4:03 | Saitama , Japan | Semifinal Grand Prix Dream 2009 Welterweight. |
| Victory | 10-3 | Seichi Ikemoto | Unanimous decision | Dream 8 | April 5, 2009 | 2 | 5 a.m. | Nagoya , Japan | Quarter-final of the Dream Welter 2009 Grand Prix. |
| Victory | 9-3 | Andrzej Kubsky | KO (punches) | Bushido Lithuania: Hero's 2008 | November 8, 2008 | one | 0:50 | Vilnius , Lithuania | |
| Defeat | 8-3 | Che Mills | TKO (stopped by a doctor) | Cage rage 26 | May 10, 2008 | one | 5 a.m. | London england | UK title fight Cage Rage Welterweight. |
| Victory | 8-2 | Ross Pointon | TKO (stopped by a doctor) | Cage rage 24 | December 1, 2007 | 2 | 3:39 | London england | |
| Victory | 7-2 | Ross Mason | KO (flying knee) | Cage rage 22 | July 14, 2007 | 3 | 2:03 | England | |
| Victory | 6-2 | Damien Ricchio | TKO (shots) | Cage rage 20 | February 10, 2007 | 3 | 4:30 | London england | |
| Victory | 5-2 | Dariusz Šverkos | Change (triangle) | Cage Rage Contenders 3 | November 12, 2006 | 2 | N / a | London england | |
| Defeat | 4-2 | Che Mills | KO (knee kick) | Cage Rage Contenders 2 | August 20, 2006 | one | 4:49 | London england | |
| Victory | 4-1 | Afnan Sahid | TKO (punches) | Cage rage contenders | May 28, 2006 | one | 1:21 | London england | |
| Victory | 3-1 | Kazis Grigalunas | KO (punches) | ZT: Fight Night | February 19, 2006 | one | 1:57 | London england | |
| Victory | 2-1 | Jack mason | KO (punches) | UKMMAC 13: Warriors Return | November 27, 2005 | one | 3:18 | Essex , England | |
| Defeat | 1-1 | Ricardas Yantsevichus | Unanimous decision | Knight of the ring 6 | February 4, 2000 | 3 | 5 a.m. | Siauliai , Lithuania | |
| Victory | 1-0 | Victoras Contrimas | KO (foot in the head) | Knight of the ring 6 | February 4, 2000 | 2 | 0:23 | Siauliai , Lithuania |
Notes
- ↑ Fighters Profile . K-1.co.jp (July 30, 1980). Date of treatment July 20, 2009. Archived on April 8, 2009.
- ↑ UKMMAC 13 - Warriors Return . ufcwar.com (June 5, 2012). Archived on October 29, 2013.
- ↑ Brian Knapp. Strikeforce Signs Zaromskis Neopr . Sherdog.
- ↑ DIAZ VS. ZAROMSKIS FOR STRIKEFORCE 170-LBS BELT , mmamania.com. Archived December 27, 2009. Date of treatment December 19, 2009.
- ↑ Steven Marrocco. Marius Zaromskis to face Kazushi Sakuraba at "Dynamite !! 2010" . MMAjunkie. Archived December 8, 2010.
- ↑ Archived copy . Date of treatment February 25, 2012. Archived February 27, 2012.
- ↑ Bellator 127 lineup again complete as Gonzalez replaces Zaromskis, Duran meets Bunch . mmajunkie.com (September 24, 2014).
- ↑ Alexander-Zwicker Rematch, Zaromskis-Gonzalez Round Out Bellator 132 Main Card . Sherdog.com (December 9, 2014).
Links
- Marius Zharomskis (English) - statistics of professional fights on the Sherdog website