According to MMAJunkie, Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski is done with Affliction.
Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio refused to offer Arlovski a contract renewal after his two-fight deal with Fedor expired. Arlovski was knocked out by Fedor in the first round at Affliction’s second Pay Per View event in January. Since then, Arlovski has gone on to get massacred in 22 seconds by heavyweight upstart Brett Rodgers at the June 6th Strikeforce show from St. Louis.
We can’t confirm this, but one can assume that after suffering two first round knockouts back to back and not looking anywhere near being formidable since 2005, Atencio probably assumed Arlovski’s power as a drawing card and serious contender was rapidly dying out.
What does the future hold for Arlovski? Well the Russian has stated a few times that he wants to get into pro boxing, but with a jaw that is apparently as soft as feathers, he’ll probably get owned even by a lower level fighter. Arlovski made over 2 million dollars in his two fights with Affliction and that is plenty of money. Maybe he can be an accountant.
Personally I wouldn’t want to be choked out by either.
This is from PRIDE/WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko’s appearance on Sports Science. A huge plethora of stars from MMA including Randy Couture, Quinton Jackson, and Bas Rutton have appeared on the program. The studies found here are amazing and make you truly appreciate how frightening these folks are.
After last night’s destruction of B.J. Penn, the talk around the MMA scene is a possible fight between GSP and middleweight champion Anderson Silva. At the post fight press conference, Dana White said that he thought Silva was still the best P4P fighter because St. Pierre lost to Serra.
There were two MMA shows last weekend. Both shows featured men who could lay claims for being the best pound for pound fighter in the world. One show was on PPV while the other was on cable television. One had a huge main event, that if it was marketed by the UFC, would’ve done big business. The other had two guys fighting at 155 pounds in the top position on the card with nicknames like “The Cowboy” and “C-4″ (well, Varner has a few nicknames). The FGB brothers have their thoughts on both cards.
Affliction: Day Of Reckoning
Big D
Show overall rating: Thumbs In The Middle
Best Fight: Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
Worst Fight: None
I’m not sure if anybody really bought this any more than any big TNA show, but entertainment-wise, Affliction: Day of Reckoning really wasn’t a bad show. The big story coming out of the show was the near-fatal knockout of one Matt Lindland by Vitor Belfort. A lot of people are saying “the old Vitor is back” and I disagree. The supposed “old Vitor” comes back every couple of months, then he ends up reverting to the hit or miss status that we’re accustomed to.
Barnett vs. Yvel, while it wasn’t the most technical of the two fights, really was entertaining. Barnett had some troubles finishing Yvel. I completely underestimated the toughness of Yvel. Barnett kept at it and actually looked *gulp* in shape.
The main event was quite the spectacle. Arlovski entered the ring like he was about to yell “SPARTAAAAA” and Fedor, as usual, was cold and lifeless. Arlovski’s new boxing techniques and handspeed were working quite well for him to start. I could clearly see he wasn’t really afraid of Fedor and was actually winning the fight on points. Then he gets Fedor to a corner and goes for a flying knee (which according to big Dave Meltzer, his corner told him not to do, but he didn’t listen) and gets caught with the shortest right hand in the history of God’s green Earth. The shortest right hand may have also been the most powerful, as it dropped Andrei out cold. This was the most unbelievable thing I had seen in quite some time. Fedor waited for Andrei to make a mistake, he made it, and capitalized. It may be damn-near impossible to find a fighter THIS good at Heavyweight perhaps ever.
Overall, if you ordered the show, you got something good, if you didn’t… eh… you didn’t miss enough to make you go “dammit… I wish I’d seen that”.
It seems that I’ve only been bringing this column out on crazy weekends like this, but I wanted to showcase some of the articles that have been written after Shane Mosley’s big knockout of Antonio Margarito and Fedor’s knockout of Andrei Arlovski.
We also have the results of Affliction: Day Of Reckoning with details of how Fedor knocked out Andrei Arlovski with just one right hand.
The Ghost Is Back And Will Fight In San Jose In March
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero took almost one year off because of issues with his former promoter Goosen-Tutor, but all he needed was 43 seconds to drop Edel Ruiz in his 130 pound debut. This allows him to be the local draw for a Golden Boy Promotions card in San Jose, which will also be on HBO as a “Boxing After Dark” card. The card will also showcase the hard hitting James Kirkland and huge prospect Victor Ortiz. I must find a way to be there.
For most of the first round, Andrei Arlovksi was getting the better of Fedor Emelianenko. He was throwing inside leg kicks with his left leg and then following up with right hands. Fedor was being patient, waiting for Arlovski to make a mistake. Arlovski nearly made one, getting caught up against the ropes, but fought his way out of it. Then, he backed Fedor up with a kick to the body and tried to follow it up with a flying knee. Fedor might’ve been playing possum. But right as Arlovski started his jump, Fedor threw a right hand that knocked him unconscious. Arlovski went down like a tree flat on his face.
The rest of the results from the main card via MMA Junkie:
Josh Barnett def. Gilbert Yvel via submission (strikes) Round 3, 3:05.
Vitor Belfort def. Matt Lindland via KO (punches) Round 1, 0:37
Renato “Babalu” Sobral def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via submission (D’arce choke) Round 2, 2:36
Paul Buentello def. Kiril Sidelnikov via TKO (doctor’s stoppage due to cuts) Round 3, 4:18
Dan Lauzon def. Josh Green via submission – Round 1, 4:55
Dave Meltzer has the entire play by play live from the show.
They are trying to set up Josh Barnett vs. Fedor based on the commentary from the show. When interviewing Fedor, Tito Ortiz said that “millions” were watching. Ha!
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