Can New Mind State And New Girlfriend Put Andrei Arlovski Back On Top?

by Kelvin Hunt on May 13, 2010 12:00 PM EDT in News

"I'm not talking about discipline in my private life," said Arlovski. "I have to stick with my gameplan. What worked against Ben Rothwell, the flying knee, it was great, (but) it didn't work against Emelianenko. He knocked me out. The first three minutes when I fought Emelianenko, it was great. I have to stay more disciplined. Forget about the fancy stuff."

Arlovski went back on his private life comment mentioning that a past girlfriend was an issue.

"All the time, I worried about what is my girlfriend gonna say," said Arlovski. "Now I have a great girlfriend. She supports me. She never asks me, 'Oh, can I go?' She's gonna support me. I just have to choose what's working for me."

Arlovski has the physical tools to give legit fighters fits as he's very quick and agile with good power. However, he'll be facing someone much larger than him, with a better ground game than him, and someone with good power in his own right in Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva. If Silva can get this fight to the ground, I wouldn't be surprised to see him enjoy success. Arlovski spoke about going to different camps to try and pick up new things to add to his skillset, including a short stint at AKA. He has also gone to train with Greg Jackson as well. Will it be enough to help him get past Silva, or will a Silva win turn "The Pitbull" into a puppy?

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Andrei should take this fight

The only Bigfoot fight I saw was against Werdum and he was pretty far from impressive.
I’m not sold on Silva’s ground game being better than AA either, Arlovski is a Sambo champ and has shown plenty of good ground work before as well as takedown defense, the only thing that Silva brings to the table that could give AA fits is his size, Andrei doesn’t really appear to like fighting guys bigger than him( Sylvia, Rogers, to some extent Nelson).
But as far as striking goes Andrei has much better offense, his punches are crisper, quicker and he has the ability to land effective combos which I haven’t seen out of Bigfoot. If AA can fight smart and not get caught swarming in he should be fine.

by doonerthesooner on May 13, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Ohh I almost forgot

I don’t know if this was the case but not having some crazy bitch in your head will do wonders for you as well.

by doonerthesooner on May 13, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions

AA is never going to be elite because of that big glass bullseye he calls a chin. His skillset is already excellent and you can’t pin the blame for not being able to take a punch on the nagging bitch at home.

Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...

by villin on May 13, 2010 6:20 PM EDT reply actions

It's not like he's been hit with something that shouldn't knock him out

If you let Fedor, Timmy, Brett, or whatever heavy weight fighter hit you square in the jaw you go to sleep, period. I suppose your gonna say Rogers has a glass jaw cause Fedor knocked him out with one punch.

by doonerthesooner on May 14, 2010 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions