Alexandru Lungu

Alexandru Lungu (born 3 September 1974) is a Romanian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and judoka. Lungu has most recently competed in the Super Heavyweight division of MMA. A professional competitor since 2005, Lungu has formerly competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Cage Rage, and K-1, for both MMA and professional kickboxing.

Judo career A successful judoka, 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.

He competed for Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mixed martial arts career

PRIDE Fighting Championships Lungu made his professional MMA debut on 23 October 2005 at PRIDE 30 against James Thompson, in a Super Heavyweight 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 30 September 2006 at Cage Rage 18 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 15 December 2014 in an Open Weight bout.

Lungu is next scheduled to face Jeff Monson on 15 June 2015 at RXF 18.

Kickboxing career Lungu made his professional kickboxing debut for SUPERKOMBAT on 15 October 2011, against Bob Sapp. 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 21 December 2013 via first round knockout.

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing Superkombat Fighting Championship 2011 Special Fight of the Year (vs. Bob Sapp)

Kickboxing record Win Vincent Liebregts Colosseum Tournament 29 Arad, Romania TKO (three knockdowns)

Win Adnan Alić Colosseum Tournament 27 Oradea, Romania Decision (unanimous)

Win Franco De Martiis Colosseum Tournament 25 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Decision (unanimous)

Win Tamás Hajdu Colosseum Tournament 19 Debrecen, Hungary TKO (referee stoppage)

Win Satisch Jhamai Colosseum Tournament 15 Oradea, Romania KO (punches flurry)

Win Zoltán Enyedi Colosseum Tournament 12 Arad, Romania KO (left hook)

Win Fredi Gonzales KO Masters 1 Bucharest, Romania TKO (referee stoppage)

Loss Yassine Boughanem Best of Siam 11 Paris, France KO (strikes)

8-2 Win Mike Bourke SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Galați, Romania KO (strikes)

8-1 Loss Jason Dutton SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013 Oradea, Romania DQ (strikes on a downed opponent)

7-1 Win Deutsch Pu'u SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2012 Arad, Romania KO (punch)

7-0 Win Wiesław Kwaśniewski SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2012 Cluj Napoca, Romania Decision (split)

6-0 Win Neil Cooke SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club Oradea, Romania KO (punches)

5-0 Win Bob Sapp SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011 Piatra Neamț, Romania KO (left hook)

4-0

Mixed martial arts record Win

Dejan Bubic Submission (smother choke) Heroes Fight League 7

Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania Win

Gyula Szuhanyi Submission (kimura) Heroes Fight League 6 & ARMMADA 3: Fight In The Balkans

Bucharest, Romania Win

Fredy Cubano TKO (punches) Fight Zone 9

Deva, Romania Win

Florin Dănilă TKO (leg injury) Heroes Fight League 5

Mioveni, Romania Win

Peter Balaž Submission (smother) RXF 31

Cluj-Napoca, Romania Loss

Chris Barnett KO (punches) Road FC 047

Beijing, China Road FC 2018 Openweight Grand Prix Win

Adnan Alić TKO (punches) RXF 29: All Stars

Brasov, Romania Win

Martin Chuděj TKO (punches) RXF 27

Piatra Neamț, Romania Win

John Painter TKO (punches) RXF 25: All Stars

Ploiești, Romania Win

Papis Konez TKO (punches) RXF 24

Brasov, Romania Loss

Michał Wlazło TKO (knees and punches) RXF 21: All Stars

Bucharest, Romania Win

Mahmoud Hassan Submission (Von Flue choke) RXF 19

Galati, Romania Win

Andrzej Kulik TKO (punches) RXF 18: Stanciu vs. Belbiță

Cluj-Napoca, Romania Win

Mighty Mo KO (punch) RXF 15: All Stars

Bucharest, Romania Loss

Tomasz Czerwinski TKO (punches) RXF 12

Mamaia, Romania Win

Steven Banks TKO (strikes) Local Kombat

Onesti, Romania Win

Chris Mahle Submission (arm-triangle choke) Gala MMA: Romania-Germany

Cluj Napoca, Romania Win

Albert Sarkozi Submission (punches) Local Kombat Sibiu

Sibiu, Romania Win

Jimmy Ambriz TKO (doctor stoppage) K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Bucharest – Europe GP

Bucharest, Romania Loss

Rastislav Talarovic TKO (punches) K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final

Prague, Czech Republic Win

Jesse Smith, Jr. Submission (smother choke) K-1 ColliZion 2009 Final Elimination

Arad, Romania Win

Ruben Villareal Submission (smother choke) Local Kombat 33

Oradea, Romania Win

Mark Bentley KO (punches) Strike MMA 3

Cluj-Napoca, Romania Win

Tom Erikson KO (punches) Strike MMA 2

Mamaia, Romania Win

Mark Buchanan Submission (kimura) Cage Rage 18

London, England Loss

James Thompson TKO (punches) PRIDE 30

Saitama, Japan Achievements

Lungu was also a multiple judo champion and gold medalist of Romania.

Personal life In 2015, his second wife gave birth to twins.