Valentin Moldavsky

Valentin Igorevich Moldavsky (Russian: Валентин Игоревич Молдавский; born 6 February 1992) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian (since 2014) combat sambo and mixed martial arts practitioner. He is a World and European Champion in +100 kg. In mixed martial arts, Moldavsky has a record of 9 wins against 1 defeat.[1]

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Igorevich and the family name is Moldavsky.
Valentin Moldavsky
Born (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992
Novopskov, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Native nameВалентин Молдавский
NationalityUkrainian (until 2014)
Russian (since 2014)
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight233 lb (106 kg; 16 st 9 lb)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleCombat Sambo
TeamTeam Fedor
Years active2014–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total10
Wins9
By knockout1
By submission3
By decision5
Losses1
By decision1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Men's combat sambo
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2018 Bucharest+100 kg
European Championships
2018 Athens+100 kg
2014 Bucharest–90 kg

Biography

Moldavsky was born 6 February 1992 in the village of Novopskov in the Luhansk Oblast. He was enrolled at the Luhansk State University of Internal Affairs, working as platoon leader.[2]

Moldavsky started his sports career in Ukraine, but since the eruption of the political crisis there he has been performing for Russia.[3]

Sambo

In 2018, Moldavsky won the European Sambo Championships in Athens, Greece and the World Sambo Championships in Bucharest, Romania in the +100 weight category.

He also won the 2020 Russian national Championship, which allowed him to qualify for the World Sambo Championships in Turkmenistan.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

After going undefeated in amateur bouts, Moldavsky had his first professional fight was with Armenian Karen Karapetyan in Omsk on 21 February 2015, beating him with an armlock. Soon after, Moldavsky has been coached by Fedor Emelianenko and joined his Team Fedor.[4]

Rizin Fighting Federation

In 2016, Moldavsky entered the Rizin Openweight Grand-Prix. In the first round in September 2016, he defeated Karl Albrektsson by unanimous decision to advance. In the quarter-finals on 29 December 2016, he defeated Szymon Bajor by unanimous decision. Two days later, he suffered his first loss to Iranian Amir Aliakbari by decision.

Bellator MMA

Moldavsky debuted for Bellator MMA at Bellator 181 on 14 July 2017, beating Carl Seumanutafa by unanimous decision.

Moldavsky returned to the promotion on 13 July 2018, knocking out Ernest James in the first round at Bellator 202.[5]

Moldavsky returned to the promotion in March 2019 at Bellator 218, where he defeated Linton Vassell by unanimous decision.

Moldavsky faced Javy Ayala at Bellator 239 on February 21, 2020.[6] Using takedowns and dominating Ayala on the ground, Moldavsky won the fight by unanimous decision.[7]

Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
10 matches 9 wins 1 loss
By knockout 1 0
By submission 3 0
By decision 5 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 9–1 Javy Ayala Decision (unanimous) Bellator 239 February 21, 2020 3 5:00 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
Win 8–1 Linton Vassell Decision (unanimous) Bellator 218 22 March 2019 3 5:00 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
Win 7–1 Ernest James TKO (punches) Bellator 202 13 July 2018 1 4:03 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
Win 6–1 Carl Seumanutafa Decision (unanimous) Bellator 181 14 July 2017 3 5:00 Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States
Loss 5–1 Amir Aliakbari Decision (split) Rizin World Grand Prix 2016: Final Round 31 December 2016 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan Openweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals
Win 5–0 Szymon Bajor Decision (unanimous) Rizin World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round 29 December 2016 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals
Win 4–0 Karl Albrektsson Decision (unanimous) Rizin World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round 25 September 2016 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan Openweight Grand-Prix First Round
Win 3–0 Daniel Doerrer Submission (guillotine choke) Fight Nights Global 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado 17 June 2016 1 0:47 St. Petersburg, Russia
Win 2–0 Yuta Uchida Submission (rear-naked choke) Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 1 - Saraba 29 December 2015 1 2:20 Saitama, Japan
Win 1–0 Karen Karapetyan Submission (armbar) Professional Combat Sambo: Eurasian Economic Union 21 February 2015 1 1:26 Omsk, Russia
gollark: If you pass the unserializer very safe\* functions like `load` and `debug.setupvalue` and all that, you could serialize almost anything!
gollark: I was looking at trying to address the main issue with it - the possibility of```luatextutils.unserialise [[ (function() while true do end end)()]]```things (its _ENV is sandboxed, so it can't do anything other than denial of service attacks) but I think you would *basically* need a parser to prevent that.
gollark: `textutils.unserialize` is really bad and just uses `load` internally, see.
gollark: No, that's a valid table.
gollark: > we're talking about how regular people have no obligation to know what the fuck a word size isThey could probably ask someone who might know. Although they may not think of it.

References
  1. "Valentin Moldavsky". Sherdog.com.
  2. Молдавский Валентин Игоревич
  3. Сарайкин, Шуянова и Молдавский поделились своими впечатлениями от финала
  4. Fedor Team
  5. Валентин Молдавский / Valentin Moldavsky
  6. Nolan King (January 15, 2020). "Bellator 239 adds Tyrell Fortune vs. Timothy Johnson, Denise Kielholtz vs. Kristina Williams". mmajunkie.com.
  7. Mike Bohn (February 21, 2020). "Bellator 239 results: Valentin Moldavsky mauls Javy Ayala to pair of 30-24 scores". mmajunkie.com.
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