One UFC icon has mirrored on the most important remorse of his prizefighting profession, and it concerned Fedor Emelianenko.
Again on Jan. 24, 2009, Emelianenko went one-on-one with Andre Arlovski in the principle occasion of “Affliction: Day of Reckoning.” Arlovski entered the struggle on a five-fight successful streak, whereas “The Final Emperor” hadn’t been crushed since a controversial physician’s stoppage in late 2000 on the time. There was vital buzz for the struggle with many questioning if Arlovski may topple Emelianenko.
Arlovski had success early within the struggle. After delivering a wonderfully timed push kick, “The Pitbull” tried a flying knee. Emelianenko countered with a punch that shut the lights off.
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Arlovski Needs He May Take Again Loss to Fedor
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting.com, Andrei Arlovski admitted that he regrets being hit with the counter punch from Fedor Emelianenko that put an abrupt halt to the momentum he had been constructing.
“The primary struggle, I received caught and that’s my largest remorse,” Arlovski advised MMA Preventing. “However it’s what it’s. It’s a reality. I misplaced that struggle. The place’s Emelianenko now? Struggling in Russia? I’m nonetheless combating. I nonetheless do what I like to do and perhaps a miracle goes to occur, and we’re going to struggle once more.”
Whereas Arlovski wish to run issues again with “The Final Emperor” in a boxing match, “The Pitbull” isn’t satisfied that it’ll occur.
“The rationale I discussed Emelianenko, a Russian reporter, he gave an interview and he mentioned ‘if Arlovski’s identify got here up, clearly I’m not going to do MMA, however I might like to field him,’” Arlovski recounted. “So I needed to have a solution from him however he’s quiet as f*ck. So clearly I don’t know.”
Arlovski is ready to make his bare-knuckle boxing debut underneath the BKFC banner. He’s been booked to face Josh Copeland on June 21.
