Alexandru Lungu (fighter)

Men's Judo

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.

PRIDE Fighting Championships
Lungu made his professional MMA debut on October 23, 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 September 30, 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 December 15, 2014 in an Open Weight bout.

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

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

Kickboxing

 * SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
 * 2011 SUPERKOMBAT Fight of the Year (vs. Bob Sapp)

Kickboxing record

 * Dec 14 2021
 * Win
 * Vincent Liebregts
 * Colosseum Tournament 29
 * Arad, Romania
 * TKO (three knockdowns)
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 * align=center|2:55
 * align=center|15–2
 * Sep 20 2021
 * Win
 * 🇷🇸 Adnan Alić
 * Colosseum Tournament 27
 * Oradea, Romania
 * Decision (unanimous)
 * align=center|3
 * align=center|3:00
 * align=center|14–2
 * May 31 2021
 * Win
 * 🇮🇹 Franco De Martiis
 * Colosseum Tournament 25
 * Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 * Decision (unanimous)
 * align=center|3
 * align=center|3:00
 * align=center|13–2
 * sep 25 2020
 * Win
 * 🇭🇺 Tamás Hajdu
 * Colosseum Tournament 19
 * Debrecen, Hungary
 * TKO (referee stoppage)
 * align=center|1
 * align=center|1:43
 * align=center|12–2
 * Sep 22 2019
 * Win
 * Satisch Jhamai
 * Colosseum Tournament 15
 * Oradea, Romania
 * KO (punches flurry)
 * align=center|2
 * align=center|2:25
 * align=center|11–2
 * May 9 2019
 * Win
 * 🇭🇺 Zoltán Enyedi
 * Colosseum Tournament 12
 * Arad, Romania
 * KO (left hook)
 * align=center|2
 * align=center|0:20
 * align=center|10–2
 * Dec 10 2018
 * Win
 * 🇪🇸 Fredi Gonzales
 * KO Masters 1
 * Bucharest, Romania
 * TKO (referee stoppage)
 * align=center|1
 * align=center|1:30
 * align=center|9–2
 * Jun 29 2017
 * Loss
 * 🇲🇦 Yassine Boughanem
 * Best of Siam 11
 * Paris, France
 * KO (strikes)
 * align="center"| 1
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 * 8-2
 * December 21 2013
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Bourke
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final
 * Galați, Romania
 * KO (strikes)
 * align="center"| 1
 * align="center"| 1:25
 * 8-1
 * April 6 2013
 * Loss
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Dutton
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix I 2013
 * Oradea, Romania
 * DQ (strikes on a downed opponent)
 * align="center"| 1
 * align="center"| 3:00
 * 7-1
 * October 20 2012
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Deutsch Pu'u
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2012
 * Arad, Romania
 * KO (punch)
 * align="center"|2
 * align="center"|1:42
 * 7-0
 * May 12 2012
 * Win
 * 🇵🇱 Wiesław Kwaśniewski
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix II 2012
 * Cluj Napoca, Romania
 * Decision (split)
 * align="center"|3
 * align="center"|3:00
 * 6-0
 * November 17 2011
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Neil Cooke
 * SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club
 * Oradea, Romania
 * KO (punches)
 * align="center"|1
 * align="center"|0:50
 * 5-0
 * October 15 2011
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Bob Sapp
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011
 * Piatra Neamț, Romania
 * KO (left hook)
 * align="center"|1
 * align="center"|1:11
 * 4-0
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 * Cluj Napoca, Romania
 * Decision (split)
 * align="center"|3
 * align="center"|3:00
 * 6-0
 * November 17 2011
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Neil Cooke
 * SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club
 * Oradea, Romania
 * KO (punches)
 * align="center"|1
 * align="center"|0:50
 * 5-0
 * October 15 2011
 * Win
 * 🇺🇸 Bob Sapp
 * SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix IV 2011
 * Piatra Neamț, Romania
 * KO (left hook)
 * align="center"|1
 * align="center"|1:11
 * 4-0
 * colspan=10| Legend:
 * align="center"|1
 * align="center"|1:11
 * 4-0
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Achievements
Lungu was also a multiple judo champion and gold medalist of Romania.

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