Oleg Prudius is a Ukrainian actor, wrestler and football player, best known for his performances in the framework of WWE (World Wrestling Association) under the name Vladimir Kozlov. He performed in mixed martial arts IGF in Japan under the pseudonym Alexander Kozlov. Oleg Prudius owns many types of martial arts, his height is 198 cm, and weight - 135 kg. Throughout his life, he was actively involved in freestyle wrestling, sambo, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, judo. In the past, Oleg was a professional rugby and American football player.
Oleg Prudius - biography of resler
Oleg was born on April 27 in 1979 in the city of Kiev (Ukrainian SSR). From childhood, it differed from peers in impressive dimensions, so I went to sports quite early. Back in the 90s. the Prudius family moved to live in the USA. Few people know that before wrestling Oleg Prudius was a member of the Ukrainian national football team. In addition, he played for the American team from the city of Santa Barbara. In 2005, Prudius made his debut in the US Open Sambo Championship, which surprisingly won. In the same year, Oleg Prudius repeated his success, only in another martial art - he became the winner of the U.S. Kickboxing tournament.
Career in wrestling from 2006 to 2011
In January 2006, Prudius signs a contract with WWE. In April of the same year he made his debut in a duel with Rob Conway and won. At wrestling matches, Oleg met with characters such as Sean Michaels, William Regal, Santino Marella and others.
In August 2011, he lost to Mark Henry, after which WWE broke the contract with Prudius.
Performances at the IGF 2011-2012
At the end of August 2011 he signed a contract with the Japanese mixed martial arts platform Inoki Genome, where he performed under the pseudonym "Alexander Kozlov." In a debut meeting against Eric Hammer, he is defeated.
On May 26, 2012, in the match for the IGF champion title between Oleg Prudius and Jerome Le Bonerra, the Ukrainian fails.