Me too he got me interested legendary

Same here, 1st saw WSM in 2002 and was addicted

I remember watching him compete in his 3rd,4th and 5th win, man was both the unstoppable force and immovable object. All while being shorter compared to the other competitors, shame about his ban in 04 but that lead to Big Z dominating

As a kid i watched Strongman live on TV when he was winning :D I'm 02' and i fell in love with watching these freaks of nature with fascination. Mariusz was certainly special because of his physique.

Hardwork can't get you there, Drugs and hardwork can get anybody there.

And juiced :')

Steroids no good your heart can only take so much,boom

Nah

and hes flexible

@@Szpulenso they're all on something it's basically an open secret.

He was good no doubt, but he won most of his titles when guys like Big Z, Koklyaev were competing in a different federation, I realize that he could only compete against the guys in front of him but still the competition during those years was sub par

@@neal520 Mariusz won about 70% of all international competitions he took part in. He was on the podium 83.333% of the time whenever he took part in any international strongman contest. Mariusz has beaten all the WSM winners of his era in various competitions. Even in national shows he also had to compete against Jarek Dymek, who was Europe's Strongest Man in 2005, but Mariusz still won 7 times in Poland's Strongest Man as well. His only loss in this competition was in 2002 to Jarek Dymek, by 0.5 points, but few people know this competition took place only 6 days after the grueling 2002 WSM Final, which Mariusz did win. Mariusz competed against Big Z 24 times from 2000 to 2009. 16 out of 24 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Svend Karlsen 25 times from 2000 to 2006. 19 out of 25 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Magnus Samuelsson 18 times from 2000 to 2007. 14 out of 18 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Vasyl Virastyuk 10 times from 2003 to 2006. 6 out of 10 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Brian Shaw 4 times from 2007 to 2009. 4 out of 4 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Janne Virtanen 20 times from 2000 to 2009. 17 out of 20 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Phil Pfister 10 times from 2000 to 2009. 6 out of 10 times Mariusz was the winner. Mariusz competed against Derek Poundstone 3 times from 2008 to 2009. 2 out of 3 times Mariusz was the winner. I don't know how fair it is to say "Mariusz didn't compete against the best!!!" with this track record.

@@miskee11 he may have had a few easier years at worlds but he was still an amazingly talented athlete. Trying yo discount his wins would he like trying to discount tom stoltmans victory or novikovs

@@miskee11 someone did their homework

@@miskee11 F*cking thank you! And great work pulling up those figures.

That's Slavic genetics. TOP.

Not a good fighter though. He got beat up badly. Bad genetics for mma.

both of his 2 brothers are looking great too, he could be easily be doom guy

​​@@billj4525 17-9 in MMA with 12 KO wins. Please stop. He's done great in MMA considering he got into it very late. He's still fighting into his 40's.

​@@billj4525"bad genetics" "bad fighter" dude didn't take up fighting until his 30's and is 17-9. Seems like those are good genetics seeing that he's beaten 17 opponents, and most by KO. you are clueless.

True Dorian strong man

If Dorian Yates was strong he would be here. Guy based everything on steroids

​@romeolajh1602 he still stronger than 99% human. Just not at strongman level because he don't train for that

So true.

kurwa word!

not even close to z

@@Slipknot5301 ok fanboy hahaha

​@@Slipknot5301 he beats him

nope

when i hear poland i automatically picture mariuz. 😅 the sameway when i hear the usa i think of the bald eagle.

With a little effort he could compete in Mr. Olympia, but he went for MMA career instead.

From 2005-2007 most of the best guys did the IFSA world championships. They couldn't do WSM in 2008 because of contract with IFSA then in 2009 Zydrunas came back and beat him. So for 4 years and 3 of his titles he was against easier competition. Saying that I still think he is the 3rd greatest of all time after Z and Shaw.

In 2009 Mariusz had his first mma fight in december so he already been in preparation for fight and start loosing weight in beggining of 2009 . Think because of that he wasn't at his best shape during last WSM for him.

​@@ArtemisBumwhistle2009 Big Z was 400+lbs. 2009 Mariusz was still in the low 300s. Of course Big Z beat him. Z is my pick for greatest of all time, but he can't discount Pudz in the top 5 discussion. We wasn't statically the strongest, but this isn't powerlifting. He was doing shit nobody back then could do. When 310lb Mariusz faced 350lb Big Z in the early 2000s, he usually beat him.

nope

@@Slipknot5301 Well, your opinion doesn't count

​@@mrcarp9731 neither yours😂😂

@@maneomkar18 Yours all the more with the rest you can see it with your paws up. Marius is the best

For last years he's MMA fighter, his record is 17-9. And he's 46 yo now

because he kick everybody ass

@@manuelnaim9206 lol 😆👍

many new fans don't like him but actual strongmen seem to respect him

Because he routinely defeated men that were taller and outweighed him by a hundred pounds or more. The big boys are very proud of their size and he made them feel small.

Odd Haugen actually said why. Because he wasn't friendly with anyone, never sharing secrets, never hanging out, never really interacting with others. The only time others saw him was when he was kicking their ass, so of course they got resentful.

The two most dominant of their respective eras. Although Kaz competed mainly against wrestlers, bodybuilders and NFL players. I still think he was untouchable from 79-82 though, and would have probably won at least 5 if he hadn't been banished.

that was his superpower. He never gets tired.

same. i remember seeing him ina metrx commercial thinling i could look like him if i worked out. which i did but yeah i still dont look like that 🤣.

me too, watched him on eruosport. Back then we did not have youtube recordings to rewatch the competitions, so I always paid attention to not miss him

Still is a beast. He's such a freak of nature that he's successful in strongman and now mma

that's not true. Check out the interview zydrunas did with big loz on his channel. He intended to compete against mariusz again even after losing to him twice.

@@tv26889It was all about the money, IFSA was able to pay much more, just Pudz didnt wanted to join them. Later BigZ regretted leaving Strongman, ifsa failed so bad.

You need to understand the the difference between strength and power If he wasn't the strongest so he probably doesn't win event who based on strength improvement.

I don't understand why they always lie about his height, he's 5'11 nit 6'1

There was a split in the sport during that time and unfortunately the athletes got divided. But Mariusz and Z did go head to head a bunch of times.

@@roybatty- yeah I read about the split. I’m sure they did clash but on tv in U.K. back then was only really wsm and not the others so not that widespread broadcasted.

@@GregsMowing Yea, we still got to see Z vs Pudz in 2002, 2003 and 2009. And remember that Z is older than Mariusz.

They competed 24 times against eachother. Pudz won 16 of those. He was too good ever for Z.

LOL they competed 24 times against each other, and Mariusz won 16 of them, he was on another level

Also was only strong man to fail drug tests too

Same here lol It amazes me that ESPN or any major sports networks don't cover him. He's the greatest strength athlete in history, 5 strongman titles.

@@SCommanderJR A modern day Milo of Croton!

Let's hope

I doubt Thor would be that dumb. Mariusz has 10 years of fighting experience in him. Thor would be mogged by Mariusz

gotta give it to shaw

@@Anthonyosull07 depending on the events, big z and mariuz are very fast but brian is static strong

@@manuelnaim9206 yeah big z for overhead pressing id think

@@Anthonyosull07 lol yea... no chance. There is a reason Mariusz has the most wins ever with 5(should of been 6) There has never been an athlete like him, That strong, built like a MrOlympia/bodybuilder, the biggest, and most defined abs, and he could do the splits. There is a reason he not only won that many titles, and not only won most the events, but he absolutely dominated all the events, he won some of his titles in the 2nd to last event, he would be in such a lead where he didnt even have to do the last event, and won. He is one of the only strong men to take these crazy weight a RUN with them, weights 99% could barely lift, let alone run with them. He was on a different level

He was very good but not the goat in strongman

@@gerritevers654 has winning records against every single strongman he competed against. That alone makes him the GOAT. Nevermind his dominance and accomplishments.

@@gerritevers654 for the wsm yes he is the greatest of all time. Whether some people like it or not, the wsm is alot bigger and more fun to watch than the Arnold.

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