<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12395296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mariusz-pudzianowski" source="Orion">Mariusz Pudzianowski</keyword> is living his best life.</li><li>The 45-year-old is one of the most iconic strongmen competitors, and currently an <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> fighter.</li></ul>Power-lifting <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighters may have more in common with us than we originally thought.Sure, they can throw an obscene amount of weight above their head, body slam opponents at will, and separate people from their senses with a significant strike, but they can also devour confectionery like it's a professional sport.That's the message we're getting from iconic strongman and ultimate fighter <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/Mariusz-Pudzianowski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mariusz Pudzianowski</a>, who claims he snacks on "30 bars of chocolate, two cartons of milk, and five pounds of ice cream in bed."Speaking to <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/5/26/23138600/mariusz-pudzianowski-explains-diet-behind-legendary-physique-i-eat-whatever-i-want-whenever-i-want" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA Fighting</a> this week, the 45-year-old said: "I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, and I always have these beautiful muscles on my body."The Polish competitor won the World's Strongest Man title a record five times, and is a heavyweight fighter in one of Europe's most prominent fight firms <keyword id="12395297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ksw" source="Orion">KSW</keyword>.Pudzianowski has a pro MMA record of 16 wins (11 knockouts and five decisions) against seven defeats. He is currently riding a four-fight winning streak that bucked a skid of two losses in a row."MMA is a different sport than strongman," said Pudzianowski. "I must change everything."The veteran athlete said he trained for eight years to change his body from one suited for strongman competitions, to one that's appropriate for fighting in a cage."For eight years of my training I wasn't capable of doing the whole 10 minutes, like two rounds in MMA. So it's totally different, weightlifting and MMA is like two worlds."Even the strength in MMA and in weightlifting is totally different," he said. "It's not like you can lift 300 kilograms in strongman, it doesn't mean that the strength will be as good in MMA because it's a different kind of strength."Pudzianowski is ranked second in KSW's heavyweight division, behind No. 1 contender Darko Stosic and the champion of the division Phil de Fries.Pudzianowski returns to KSW to headline a Saturday event in Lodz, Poland, against Michal Materla.

An iconic strongman says he can devour '30 bars of chocolate, 2 cartons of milk, and 5 pounds of ice cream in bed'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12395296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mariusz-pudzianowski" source="Orion">Mariusz Pudzianowski</keyword> scored an 18-second knockout at a recent <keyword id="12395297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ksw" source="Orion">KSW</keyword> <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> event.</li><li>Pudzianowski, a former strongman champion, is throwing fists for fun right now.</li></ul>A world-famous strongman champion scored an 18-second knockout in an <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> bout against an inexperienced 265-pound colossus at a regional event in Poland last weekend.Mariusz Pudzianowski, 44, won five World's Strongest Man competitions from 2002 to 2008 - the most in the history of the competition.He has since transitioned into combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> competing almost exclusively for the prominent Poland-based MMA firm KSW since 2009, putting together a reasonable pro record of 16 wins (11 knockouts and five decisions) against seven losses.Pudzianowski's most recent bout, a heavyweight contest against fellow big man Serigne Ousmane Dia, took place October 23 in Ludz - Poland's third-largest city which is 75 miles southwest of Warsaw.They fought the penultimate match of the evening, but it was all over after only 18 seconds of fist-fighting as Ousmane Dia kept his chin high, his hands low, and ate one too many bombs from Pudzian.And if there's any rule to go by in life, it's this - when a strongman champion hits you, you're probably going down.Watch it right here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-KSW (@KSW_MMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1452031449285238788">October 23, 2021</a></blockquote>Ousmane Dia hardly had any of the experience that Pudzianowski had, competing in just his third pro MMA fight. It was his first loss in MMA.In the main event, Sebastian Przybysz beat Bruno Augusto dos Santos with a third-round inverted triangle choke submission, to retain the KSW bantamweight title in his first defense.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-KSW (@KSW_MMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1452226162353180672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2021</a></blockquote>

A world famous strongman champion scored an 18-second knockout in an MMA bout against a 265-pound colossus

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="14081699" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tommy-quinn" source="Orion">Tommy Quinn</keyword> suffered nasty injuries during a first-round <keyword id="12395297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ksw" source="Orion">KSW</keyword> <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> loss to <keyword id="14081700" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="albert-odzimkowski" source="Orion">Albert Odzimkowski</keyword>.</li><li>The British fighter dislocated his elbow and tore ligaments and tendons.</li></ul>An <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighter brought his weekend opponent a burger just two days after dislocating his arm in the middle of a match.British middleweight Tommy Quinn fought KSW rival Albert Odzimkowski at Saturday's nine-bout KSW 70 event at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland.Quinn lost in the very first round after getting dropped multiple times before incurring fight-ending injuries, as he suffered a dislocated elbow, torn ligaments, and torn tendons in a brutal defeat to Odzimkowski.As soon as Polish fighter Odzimkowski saw the extent of Quinn's injury he muted his celebration.<a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/5/28/23145727/video-ksw-70s-tommy-quinn-suffers-gruesome-arm-dislocation-against-albert-odzimkowski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA Fighting reported</a> at the time that Quinn could be heard screaming while medical professionals attended to his injuries.Watch video footage of the injury right here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—KSW (@KSW_MMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1530614525547913217">May 28, 2022</a></blockquote>Two days later, Quinn posted a photograph on Facebook that showed he had met again with Odzimkowski. Quinn's whole arm was in a compression sleeve. They were both holding burgers."What a guy and what a sport," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159197056206387&amp;set=a.473583401386" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quinn wrote in the caption</a>. "Fight each other twice, slams me on my arm, and comes to visit me 200 kilometers and bring me food and treats."Odzimkowski, folks, is a one off," said Quinn. "Absolute gentleman. No other sport of occupation like ours. In such a ruthless nature you find the kindest of creatures."Quinn is scheduled to undergo surgery because of his injuries, <a href="https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/ksw-70-burgers-tommy-quinn-vs-albert-odzimkowski" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA Junkie reports</a>.KSW is one of the biggest MMA promotions in Europe.The KSW 70 event was headlined by one of the world's most iconic strongmen, Mariusz Pudzianowski, in a heavyweight contest against Michal Materla.Pudzianowski won by first-round knockout and advanced his pro MMA record to 17 wins (12 knockouts and five decisions) against seven losses.The Warsaw-headquartered fight firm returns June 18 for its next event — KSW 71 which takes place at the Arena Torun in Poland and has four official matches already booked.

An MMA fighter brought his rival a burger 2 days after dislocating his arm in the middle of a match

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Move over Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, there's a new bite fight in town.</li><li>An <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> fighter wouldn't stop biting his opponent at a combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> event in Poland.</li></ul>An <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighter got disqualified from a novelty match in a miniature cage because he wouldn't stop biting his opponent.The flagrant fouling took place at the Fame MMA 12 event inside Gdansk's Ergo Arena in Poland, during an 11-bout card on Saturday, November 20.Fame MMA 12 featured multiple mixed martial arts contests and two boxing matches, but the final fight of the evening was a strange one.Arkadiusz Tancula and Jacek Muranski engaged in a light heavyweight scrap inside a square, 9x9-foot cage — considerably smaller than the usual 30-foot diameter Octagon found at UFC shows.Tancula and Muranski's five-round fight was called off in the fourth, though, because of multiple fouls including biting and cage grabbing from Muranski.Tancula won the fight via disqualification.Watch the highlights lowlights right here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Matysek (@Matysek88) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1462705082231930883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2021</a></blockquote>If this looks weird to you, it's probably because it is. None of this is supposed to happen at a legitimate fight event.However, Poland has a history of hosting warped iterations of combat sports shows.The country has a top tier MMA promotion called KSW.It is a fight firm that has produced developed the likes of Jan Blachowicz, who went on to become a UFC light heavyweight champion, Alexander Gustafsson, who challenged for a UFC title, and strongman Mariusz Pudzianowski.Outside of that, unusual and sometimes downright odd shows are the norm, with promoters hosting a number of controversial events in recent times.For instance, <a href="https://www.insider.com/3-vs-3-womens-fight-as-feral-as-you-think-2021-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bodies were strewn across the canvas when all hell broke loose</a> in a three vs. three women's MMA fight earlier this year.Last month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/inter-sex-fights-are-intentionally-scandalous-says-immaf-boss-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the IMMAF, a governing body for the sport,</a> slammed a Polish promoter for hosting a male vs. female fight, which it <a href="https://www.insider.com/inter-sex-fights-are-intentionally-scandalous-says-immaf-boss-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described as "intentionally scandalous,"</a> in a statement sent to Insider at the time.

An MMA fighter got disqualified from a novelty match in a miniature cage because he kept biting his opponent

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A male vs. female fight in Poland took the internet by storm last week.</li><li>The male fighter landed multiple head shots on the female, finishing the fight in the second round.</li></ul>The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has been forced to issue a strongly-worded statement that opposes inter-sex fights after a low-level matchup featuring a man fighting a woman took the internet by storm last week.The match, which took place in Poland, was organized by MMA-VIP and paired a fitness instructor and arm wrestler Ula Siekacz against a beauty brand ambassador Piotr Lisowski.The male fighter, Lisowski, landed multiple shots on Siakacz's head before securing mount position and finishing the bout in the second round.The IMMAF, which is an international governing body for the sport, sent a statement to Insider regarding the controversy such a fight created."Media coverage has brought our attention to an inter-sex <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> bout that took place in Poland over the weekend," IMMAF CEO Densign White said."Although neither the promoter nor competitors have any association with IMMAF, as the international governing body for amateur mixed martial arts, I feel it is important that I state our position."I<keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword>F categorically disagrees with this intentionally scandalous, form of entertainment, which does not represent the sport of MMA or its values and puts women at risk."White finished: "It is unacceptable that women and men should compete against each other in combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword>, essentially for reasons of safety but also fair play, and we in no way endorse this."Poland has a legitimate combat sport promotion called <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ksw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KSW</a> MMA, which has organized fights involving notable combatants like the former <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> champion Jan Blachowicz, the light heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-mariusz-pudzianowski-scores-18-second-knockout-at-mma-event-2021-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the former strongman ruler Mariusz Pudzianowski</a>.However, the country also has a history for organizing novelty, or "intentionally scandalous" matches, designed to generate media attention and outrage.Earlier this year, <a href="https://www.insider.com/3-vs-3-womens-fight-as-feral-as-you-think-2021-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bodies were strewn across the canvas when all hell broke loose</a> in a three vs. three women's MMA fight.

Fights involving men against women are 'intentionally scandalous,' MMA authority says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In an event called "The War 3," a team fight descended into chaos after just 17 seconds.</li><li>Five men faced five men in another of Poland's strange, unconventional fight promotions.</li></ul>An unconscious <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighter was punched in the head 12 times in a controversial team vs. team match at an event in Poland.Though Poland brought a legitimate combat <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> promotion called KSW to the fore, which has helped develop Jan Blachowicz, Alexander Gustafsson, and Mariusz Pudzianowski into stars, it has also this year put novelty events into the spotlight.One of these novelties involves teams of fighters being thrown into a cage until one team's numbers has depleted so rapidly that it becomes nothing short of carnage, with bodies strewn across the canvas.A promotion called The War is renowned for this, and returned to central European screens this month for the third installment of its violent saga.A team of masked fighters squared off against a team dressed in more traditional gear, with the traditional combatants asserting their authority early in the five against five ruckus.One of the major issues with this kind of contest is that there are only three referees managing 10 athletes throwing all kinds of strikes until multiple people are defenseless on the ground.And just 17 seconds into The War 3's team event, more referees were needed as one fighter got knocked unconscious. The aggressor did not relent and continued to wail blows onto his skull with nobody around to stop him.One of the three refs eventually darted across the cage to pull the aggressor off of the motionless fighter on the floor.The fallen fighter was hit with at least 12 unnecessary shots before he was given the assistance he should have had seconds before.Watch the feral fight here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Sebastian (@Sebinho93x) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1464358960266452993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2021</a></blockquote><h2>Poland is notorious for this kind of thing</h2>Make no mistake, The War is weird even for a sport that pits fighters against one another until only one is standing.But Poland is notorious for this kind of thing. Just last week <a href="https://www.insider.com/mma-fighter-disqualified-because-he-kept-biting-opponent-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an MMA fighter got disqualified from a novelty match in a miniature cage because he kept biting</a> his opponent.The flagrant fouling took place at the Fame <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> 12 event inside Gdansk's Ergo Arena in Poland, during an 11-bout card on Saturday, November 20.The biter was duly disqualified from the match, and handed a loss.Last month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/inter-sex-fights-are-intentionally-scandalous-says-immaf-boss-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the IMMAF, a governing body for the sport,</a> slammed a Polish promoter for hosting a male vs. female fight, which it <a href="https://www.insider.com/inter-sex-fights-are-intentionally-scandalous-says-immaf-boss-2021-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described as "intentionally scandalous,"</a> in a statement sent to Insider at the time.And, earlier in the year, a female team fight attracted attention — not all of it positive — for a three vs. three bout that, like The War 3, was wild, weird, and disorderly.

An unconscious MMA fighter was punched in the head 12 times in a controversial 5-on-5 match

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10973376" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="damian-janikowski">Damian Janikowski</keyword> scored a second-round knockout win at a <keyword id="10688143" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ksw">KSW</keyword> event Saturday.</li><li>After seeing that he'd dislocated his finger during the fight, he popped the digit back into place.</li><li>See Janikowski continue his celebration after tending to his injury in a video below.</li></ul>Everyone knows that <a href="https://insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> fighters are tough, but Damian Janikowski could be one of the toughest of the lot.Janikowski won a bout Saturday via knockout, popped his dislocated finger back into place, and then celebrated like nothing had even happened.It all went down at the KSW 59 event called "Fight Code" - a nine-bout card at the Wytwornia Club in the Polish city of Lodz.A middleweight competitor, Janikowski finished former Bellator <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> and Cage Warriors fighter Jason Radcliffe in the second round.Janikowski had injured his own finger during the fight and, after seeing the damage, he nonchalantly popped his digit back into place.He then balled the fingers on each hand into a fist and did a back-flip as he advanced his pro MMA record to six wins (four knockouts, one submission, and one decision) against three losses.Watch the finish and finger pop here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-KSW (@KSW_MMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1373401726737391616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2021</a></blockquote>Polish KSW is one of the biggest MMA firms in Europe, alongside Cage Warriors in the UK and Ireland, and ACA MMA in Russia.Mariusz Pudzianowski beat Nikola Milanovic in the KSW 59 main event.

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