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On May 1, 1999 Pudzianowski entered his first Strongman competition, held in Płock, Poland.He achieved his first major success at the international level in 2000 when he finished fourth in his first World's Strongest Man (WSM) competition. Pudzianowski could not participate in some of 2000 and all of 2001 events because of his imprisonment.

He competed in the 2009 World’s Strongest Man competition, which took place in Malta, placing second after Žydrūnas Savickas. In an interview, Pudzianowski said he will not continue participating in strongman events, because of his career in Mixed Martial Arts, which requires a totally different training to strongman.