Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is looking to fight by the end of the year and could be competing at Strikeforce: Evolution on Dec. 19 or in Japan with Sengoku or Dynamite!! 2009 on New Year's Eve. FanHouse has learned that Arlovski's management has been in discussions with the aforementioned organizations and Arlovski is currently training to potentially fight on one of those cards. Interestingly, Arlovski, who is coming off a pair of knockout losses this year to Fedor Emelianenko in January and Brett Rogers in June, could have fought on the Fedor vs. Rogers card this past weekend. Arlovski was offered Mike Whitehead, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (Whitehead and Sokoudjou would have moved up in weight) and finally Antonio Silva, but parties could not agree to the matchups. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker teased the media late Saturday at the Fedor vs. Rogers post-fight conference by saying that there will be two big heavyweight signings to be announced within the next 10 days. Could Arlovski be one of them? http://mma.fanhouse.com/2009/11/09/a...-years-eve-in/
I think AA still has some good fights left in the tank. He might not be able to win the title in Strikeforce, but we could see some real nice matchups with him and Silva, Werdum, and Overheem. If he finds a groove and goes on a winning steak you could even make the case for a Fedor rematch. It would definitely be a good signing.
The Fedor fight wasn't close so he should not get a rematch, but then again StrikeForce has a pretty dismal HW division so it's not a stretch to think it might happen. Werdum should have to beat Arlovski before he gets a shot at Fedor. Overeem vs Fedor should be next. It would be a shame if Fedor didn't fight for the belt next.
Overeem - Fedor could be an exact replication of Arvlovski - Fedor,.. Fedor will have a bit of trouble in the beginning, then land the one shot on Overeem's glass chin.
Very true, his chin is certainly not the best. In reality, Overeem will probably never fight in the US, if he does and passes a drug test I will be shocked. I heard he wants the Fedor fight early in 2010, but what I read made it sound like he wanted it on a Dream card and not in strikeforece.
Arlovski was winning the Fedor fight until he got caught with that right hand. I don't see how you can say it wasn't close up until that point. It was only when he got stupid and went for a flying knee that he got crunched.
Hey Jackass, did you even read my post?:: I said he should have to get a good winning streak going in SF first if he EVER was to get a rematch. If he goes into SF and beats Silva, Werdum, and even Rogers, you really think he doesn't deserve a second shot?
When a guy get's knocked out cold in the first round I tend to call that "Not close" Sure he did alright for as long as it lasted but in the end it was a first round KO loss.
