Rafał Moks
Encyclopedia
Rafał "Kulturysta" Moks is a Polish mixed martial artist
and practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
who competes in the middleweight
division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Moks has mostly fought in Central and Eastern Europe although he also won the 2010 M-1 Global Western European Middleweight title. He faced Magomed Sultanakhmedov
, his Eastern European counterpart, in a fight for the M-1 Global Middleweight title on December 10, 2010 winning by a quick submission and thus winning the M-1 Global Middleweight Championship.
division; he is also a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
. Moks' professional MMA career began with a first round submission victory against Abeku Afful in a Berlin-based promotion. His next two fights were held a year apart and both ended with Moks defeated via TKO. After another year out of competition, Moks defeated Rastislav Hanulay via rear naked choke
.
to take part in their Western Europe selection series. His first fight was against the Italian-based Serghei Popa where Moks claimed the third submission victory of his professional career, defeating Popa about 4 minutes into the opening round. Moks progressed to the semi-finals of the series where he faced Croatian Danijel Dzebic in May 2010. Moks again achieved victory by submission, this time using a guillotine choke
with just four seconds remaining in the opening round.
Going into the Western Europe final, Moks faced the more experienced Ahmed Bayrak. Like Moks, Bayrak had progressed to the final after two submission victories. In a back-and-forth fight, Moks showed his capability to endure multiple punches and ability to fight off his back which proved valuable, as Moks outlasted Bayrak to take a unanimous decision.
The win made Moks the M-1 Global Western European Champion in the middleweight division and lined him up to face Magomed Sultanakhmedov
, winner of the Eastern European Championship, for the M-1 Global Middleweight title. This title fight took place in Moscow
on December 10, 2010, at the M-1 Challenge XXII event. Rafal won the bout and is expected to hold his first title defence against Tyson Jeffries, the 2010 M-1 Global Americas Selection Champion.
|Loss
|align=center|6-5
|
Aslambek Saidov
|Decision (majority)
|KSW XVII
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Łódź, Poland
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-4
|
Yasubey Enomoto
|Decision (majority)
|M-1 European Battle
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kiev, Ukraine
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-3
|
Rashid Magomedov
|TKO (strikes)
|M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:06
|Moscow, Russia
|Welterweight debut
|-
|Win
|align=center|6-2
| Magomed Sultanakhmedov
|Submission (heel hook)
|M-1 Challenge XXII: Narkun vs. Vasilevsky
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:18
|Moscow, Russia
|Won the M-1 Global
Middleweight title
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-2
|
Ahmed Bayrak
|Decision (unanimous)
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Finals
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Moscow, Russia
|Became the M-1 Selection Western European Middleweight Champion
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-2
|
Danijel Dzebic
|Submission (Guillotine Choke
)
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Western Europe Round 3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:56
|Helsinki, Finland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-2
|
Serghei Popa
|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke
)
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Western Europe Round 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:13
|Hilversum, the Netherlands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-2
|
Rastislav Hanulay
|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke
)
|Fight Club Berlin 14
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Berlin, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1-2
|
Ismail Cetinkaya
|TKO (punches)
|Fight Club Berlin 12
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Berlin, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1-1
| Leszek Wojtczyk
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|Pro Fight 2
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Torun, Poland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
| Abeku Afful
|Submission
|Fight Club Berlin 10
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:01
|Berlin, Germany
|
Except where otherwise indicated, details provided in the record box are taken from Sherdog
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
and practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
who competes in the middleweight
Middleweight (MMA)
The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...
division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Moks has mostly fought in Central and Eastern Europe although he also won the 2010 M-1 Global Western European Middleweight title. He faced Magomed Sultanakhmedov
Magomed Sultanakhmedov
Magomed "White Wolf" Bazayevich Sultanakhmedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003 who is proficient in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Sultanakhmedov has competed primarily in Russia. He compiled a 7-3 record prior...
, his Eastern European counterpart, in a fight for the M-1 Global Middleweight title on December 10, 2010 winning by a quick submission and thus winning the M-1 Global Middleweight Championship.
Background and early career
Despite his short, bulky frame, standing a 5'8", Moks fights in the mixed martial arts middleweightMiddleweight (MMA)
The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...
division; he is also a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
. Moks' professional MMA career began with a first round submission victory against Abeku Afful in a Berlin-based promotion. His next two fights were held a year apart and both ended with Moks defeated via TKO. After another year out of competition, Moks defeated Rastislav Hanulay via rear naked choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...
.
M-1 Global
Despite a 2-2 professional record, Moks joined M-1 GlobalM-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
to take part in their Western Europe selection series. His first fight was against the Italian-based Serghei Popa where Moks claimed the third submission victory of his professional career, defeating Popa about 4 minutes into the opening round. Moks progressed to the semi-finals of the series where he faced Croatian Danijel Dzebic in May 2010. Moks again achieved victory by submission, this time using a guillotine choke
Guillotine choke
The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...
with just four seconds remaining in the opening round.
Going into the Western Europe final, Moks faced the more experienced Ahmed Bayrak. Like Moks, Bayrak had progressed to the final after two submission victories. In a back-and-forth fight, Moks showed his capability to endure multiple punches and ability to fight off his back which proved valuable, as Moks outlasted Bayrak to take a unanimous decision.
The win made Moks the M-1 Global Western European Champion in the middleweight division and lined him up to face Magomed Sultanakhmedov
Magomed Sultanakhmedov
Magomed "White Wolf" Bazayevich Sultanakhmedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003 who is proficient in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Sultanakhmedov has competed primarily in Russia. He compiled a 7-3 record prior...
, winner of the Eastern European Championship, for the M-1 Global Middleweight title. This title fight took place in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on December 10, 2010, at the M-1 Challenge XXII event. Rafal won the bout and is expected to hold his first title defence against Tyson Jeffries, the 2010 M-1 Global Americas Selection Champion.
Championships and Accomplishments
- M-1 GlobalM-1 GlobalM-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
- M-1 Eastern Europe 2010 Middleweight Selection
- M-1 Global Middleweight Championship (one time)
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Loss
|align=center|6-5
|
Aslambek Saidov|Decision (majority)
|KSW XVII
KSW XVII
KSW XVII: Revenge was a mixed martial arts event that took place on November 26, 2011 by the Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki in Łódź...
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Łódź, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-4
|
Yasubey EnomotoYasubey Enomoto
Yasubey Enomoto is a Swiss mixed martial artist, who fights as a welterweight. He currently competes in Japan's Sengoku Raiden Championship. He was the runner up of the Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament losing to Keita Nakamura in the finals.-Early life:Enomoto was born in Zürich,...
|Decision (majority)
|M-1 European Battle
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Kiev, Ukraine
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-3
|
Rashid MagomedovRashid Magomedov
Rashid Magomedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division. Professional MMA began in 2008.-M-1 Global:...
|TKO (strikes)
|M-1 Challenge XXIII: Grishin vs. Guram
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:06
|Moscow, Russia
|Welterweight debut
|-
|Win
|align=center|6-2
|
Magomed SultanakhmedovMagomed Sultanakhmedov
Magomed "White Wolf" Bazayevich Sultanakhmedov is a Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003 who is proficient in both Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Sultanakhmedov has competed primarily in Russia. He compiled a 7-3 record prior...
|Submission (heel hook)
|M-1 Challenge XXII: Narkun vs. Vasilevsky
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:18
|Moscow, Russia
|Won the M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
Middleweight title
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-2
|
Ahmed Bayrak|Decision (unanimous)
Unanimous decision
A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Eastern Europe Finals
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Moscow, Russia
|Became the M-1 Selection Western European Middleweight Champion
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-2
|
Danijel Dzebic|Submission (Guillotine Choke
Guillotine choke
The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...
)
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Western Europe Round 3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:56
|Helsinki, Finland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-2
|
Serghei Popa|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...
)
|M-1 Selection 2010 - Western Europe Round 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:13
|Hilversum, the Netherlands
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-2
|
Rastislav Hanulay|Submission (Rear-Naked Choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...
)
|Fight Club Berlin 14
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Berlin, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1-2
|
Ismail Cetinkaya|TKO (punches)
|Fight Club Berlin 12
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Berlin, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1-1
|
Leszek Wojtczyk|TKO (corner stoppage)
|Pro Fight 2
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Torun, Poland
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
|
Abeku Afful|Submission
|Fight Club Berlin 10
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:01
|Berlin, Germany
|
Except where otherwise indicated, details provided in the record box are taken from Sherdog
Sherdog
Sherdog is an American website devoted to the sport of mixed martial arts . The site is a member of the Crave Online network and provides MMA related content for ESPN.com.- History :...