Aleksei Alekseyevich Oliynyk or famously known as Aleksei Oleinik is a Ukrainian-born Russian Mixed Martial Arts who also specializes in Jujutsu, sambo, and grappling techniques and currently competing in the American MMA promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He is an MMA veteran and has competed in the various MMA promotions Bellator, BodogFight, YAMMA Pit Fighting, and Bellator MMA. He is the only fighter in history to win a bout via Ezekiel Chokehold. Oleinik is currently the record holder for most Ezekiel chokeholds with ten wins.
As his exact salary is unknown, however, it is reported that he earned $ 56,500 in a winning bout against Travis Browne at UFC 213 on July 8, 2017 ( including $ 27,000 to appear, $ 27,000 for the win and $ 2500 for Rebook Sponsorship).
Aleksei shares a photo from Fight Night SOURCE: Instagram@alexeyoleynik1 Hence looking at his professional MMA career, his net worth could be more than $ 350,000. His career disclosed earnings are reported to be $202,000.
Aleksei is happily married and reported to the father of five children. The family of the Russian Ukrainian star is currently in Florida in the USA, and his eldest daughter Polina was injured in the shooting of Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Aleksei shares a photo of his wife and children SOURCE: Instagram@alexeyoleynik1 He also has Russian citizenship and has supported the nation of Russia in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014. He wore a shirt with the face of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, which indicates he supports the cause. Due to this gesture, he was denied to enter Ukraine.
He stands at 6 feet 1 inch and weighs around 112 kg.
Aleksei Oleinik is of Ukrainian nationality. He was born on June 25, 1977, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now known as Ukraine.
Apart from MMA, he is also an accomplished grappler and trained under K Dojo Warrior Tribe in 2011 and was successful in winning the Absolute division as well as the Men’s black belt No-Gi Advanced Super weight division in the Beast of the East 2011 tournament.
After fighting for several Russian MMA promotions, he moved to the United States of America and joined the American MMA promotion, Bellator MMA, in 2010.
He later signed with another American MMA promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship, in November 2013 and was expected to take on Jared Rosholt on UFC on Fox 10, which took place on January 25, 2014. But did not compete due to injury and fought against Anthony Hamilton at UFC event UFC Fight Night: Swansea vs. Stephens on June 28, 2014.
Later, he competed against Jared Rosholt at UFC Fight Night 57 on November 22, 2014, and won through a knockout in the first round and earned his maiden Performance of the Night award bonus in the same match.
Oleinik faced Viktor Pesta at UFC Fight Night 103 and created by becoming the UFC combatant to win via Ezekiel chokehold and was given the Performance of the Night bonus award.
He defeated Junior Albini at UFC 224 on May 12, 2018, and later faced Mark Hunt, who he submitted in the first round. He then faced losses against Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris in 2019. Most recently, he defeated Maurice Greene at UFC 246 on January 18, 2020, via submission, which is the 46th submission of his career.
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