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Vitaly Bigdash

Vitaly Bigdash (Russian: Виталий Бигдаш; born July 25, 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competed in the Light heavyweight division of Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA). Bigdash has also competed for ONE Championship and he has a former ONE Middleweight World Champion.

In April 2017, Bigdash reached his highest ranking of #37 Light Heavyweight in the world by Fight Matrix.

Mixed martial arts career

ONE Championship

ONE Middleweight Champion

Bigdash made his promotional debut challenging Igor Svirid for the ONE Middleweight World Championship at on October 9, 2015. After weathering an early storm in the first round, Bigdash came back to knock out Svirid in the second round to become the new ONE Middleweight World Champion.

Bigdash was originally scheduled to defend his title against Marcin Prachnio at on January 14, 2017. However, Prachnio was forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Aung La Nsang. Bigdash retained the title by unanimous decision.

He rematched with Aung La Nsang at on June 30, 2017. Bigdash lost the title by unanimous decision.

Post-title reign

Bigdash was scheduled to face Leandro Ataides at on May 12, 2018. He lost by technical knockout in the third round.

Bigdash was scheduled to face Yuki Niimura at on December 7, 2018. He won via first-round submission.

Bigdash was originally set to challenge Aung La Nsang for the ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship at ONE on TNT 4 on April 28, 2021. However, he was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Reinier de Ridder.

After a three-year absence, Bigdash returned to face Fan Rong at on December 17, 2021. He by third-round submission via guillotine choke.

Bigdash was scheduled to challenge Reinier de Ridder for the ONE Middleweight World Championship at on July 22, 2022. He lost by first-round technical submission via inverted triangle choke.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

|- |Win |align=center|14–4 |Caio Bittencourt |Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | | |align=center|1 |align=center|3:15 |Minsk, Belarus | |- |Win |align=center|13–4 |Artur Astakhov |TKO (doctor stoppage) | | |align=center|2 |align=center|5:00 |Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- |Loss |align=center|12–4 |Leonardo Silva |KO (punches) | | |align=center|3 |align=center|0:53 |Sochi, Russia | |- | Loss | align=center| 12–3 | Reinier de Ridder | Technical Submission (inverted triangle choke) | ONE 159 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:29 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 12–2 | Aung La Nsang | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 11–2 | Fan Rong | Submission (guillotine choke) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:41 | Kallang, Singapore | |- | Win | align=center| 10–2 | Yuki Niimura | Submission (reverse triangle armbar) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:24 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |- | Loss | align=center| 9–2 | Leandro Ataides | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 2:37 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Loss | align=center| 9–1 | Aung La Nsang | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 5:00 | Yangon, Myanmar | |- | Win | align=center| 9–0 | Aung La Nsang | Decision (unanimous) | | | align=center| 5 | align=center| 5:00 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |- | Win | align=center| 8–0 | Igor Svirid | TKO (knee and punches) | | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:36 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |- | Win | align=center| 7–0 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ProFC 57 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 4:20 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 6–0 | Charles Andrade | Submission (triangle choke) | ProFC 54 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 2:39 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 5–0 | Pavel Pokatilov | TKO (elbows and knees) | ProFC 53 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 0:48 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 4–0 | Dmitriy Emets | KO (kick) | Oplot Challenge 87 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:53 | Kharkov, Ukraine | |- | Win | align=center| 3–0 | Ertan Balaban | Submission (heel hook) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:36 | Istanbul, Turkey | |- | Win | align=center| 2–0 | Yuriy Shtembulyak | TKO (punches) | ProFC 45 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:39 | Grozny, Russia | |- | Win | align=center| 1–0 | Davrbek Isakov | Submission (armbar) | ProFC 41 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:41 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | |-

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