By The Numbers: Vitaly Bigdash
Vitaly Bigdash could soon reclaim that which was once his.
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As Bigdash approaches his high-stakes battle with de Ridder at 205 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied him to this point:
37: Years of age for Bigdash, who was born on July
25, 1984 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
6: Bigdash victories by submission, accounting for 50% of his career total (12). His methods of choice: one armbar, one heel hook, one triangle choke, one rear-naked choke, one reverse triangle armbar and one guillotine choke. Bigdash holds four other victories by knockout or technical knockout and two more by decision.
633: Days spent by Bigdash as the One Championship middleweight titleholder. He captured the crown with a second-round technical knockout of Igor Svirid at One “Tigers of Asia” on Oct. 9, 2015, retained it with a five-round unanimous decision over Sang at One “Quest for Power” on Jan. 14, 2017 and surrendered it to Sang in a five-round unanimous decision in their One “Light of a Nation” rematch on June 30, 2017.
25: Rounds completed by Bigdash as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on three different occasions and carries a 2-1 record in those bouts.
53: Seconds needed for Bigdash to put away Dmitri Emets with a kick at Oplot Challenge 87 on Nov. 9, 2013. Having occurred eight-plus years ago, it remains his fastest finish to date.
1: Stoppage loss on the Bigdash resume. He succumbed to punches from Leandro Ataides in the third round of their One Championship “Grit and Glory” pairing in May 2018.
4: Organizations in which Bigdash has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 5-2 in One Championship, 5-0 in the Professional Fighting Championships, 1-0 in Glory and 1-0 in Oplot Challenge.
.745: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Ataides and Sang—who have defeated Bigdash. They sport a combined record of 38-15.
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