Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski is a Polish mixed martial artist and a former strongman. He has a net worth of $8 Million. In his native country Poland, Mariusz is known by the nickname of “Pudzian”. He is also often referred to as Dominator and Pyton. Mariusz has won a total of five titles of the World’s Strongest Man. He has been the runners-up twice as well. This is where his fame comes from.

Mariusz was born on 7th February 1977 in Biata Rawska, Poland. His father was a weightlifter, and perhaps his source of inspiration. He was interested in sports from a very early age, the first time he became a mixed martial artist was in 2009.

He has been training in the Kyokushin style of Karate from the age of 11. Presently he holds the 4th kyu green belt grade. At the age of 13, Mariusz started his strength training, he started to learn boxing when he was 15, and debuted in professional sports a year later. His first exposure was in the Polish Weightlifting Championship in the category of bench press.

He had to spend 19 months behind the bars during 2000 and 2001 for trying to prevent a local mafia from assaulting a young man. Later, the young man accused Mariusz of assaulting and accused him of stealing a gold chain too.

Mariusz went to school too even while he was training. He graduated with a master’s degree in 2008 in International Relations. He wrote his thesis on Organizational Culture in Sports Marketing. He has also been the guest singer in a musical band that was formed by his brother Krystian. Their first single was released in 2006 called, Zdobyc Swiat.