Fedor vs. Arlovski to head upcoming Affliction Event
Mixed Martial Arts, Sports — By trench on October 11, 2008 at 8:30 am | 83 VisitorsThe pipe dream involving a matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture seems to be finally over, or at least temporarily on hold. With Couture reportedly heading back to the UFC to fight Brock Lesnar for the Heavyweight Title, Affliction needed to make some bold moves to bolster a rather lackluster card that was reportedly the reason for the postponement of their second pay per view event. Fedor’s next opponent as reported by mmarated.com : Andre “The Pitbull” Arlovski.
MMARated.com has learned that WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Andrei Arlovski at the upcoming Affliction show tentatively scheduled for January 24th in Anaheim, Calif. Affliction Entertainment VP Tom Atencio confirmed the news with us earlier today.
Although I really like The Pitbull and have cheered for him on most occasions, my pick for the winner of this fight has to be Pride veteran Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko is without a doubt the greatest heavyweight fighter in the history of mixed martial arts and on a personal level, comes a very close second to BJ Penn on my all time favorite fighter listing.
In Affliction’s last event in July, Emelianenko tooled former UFC champion Tim Sylvia and made him look like a amateur. Looking back at the Sylvia and Arlovski matchups, I recall Sylvia beating Arlovski convincingly by strikes and unanimous decision. Do you really think Arlovski stands a chance against a healthy Emelianenko? I don’t think so. Sure Arlovski has a punchers chance, but Emelianenko is too good to get that sloppy. I expect a submission within the first two rounds. Arlovski will try to stand and bang, but Emelianenko is too seasoned for that and will punish him on the ground till he says “Uncle”.
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I love Arlovski! He always puts on a good show. Should be a great fight!
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@The Fitness Diva – Andre’s a beast. I would never bet against him unless its against Fedor. haha
Fedor will win this match….. sorry Andre (even im a fan)
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Fedor. I want to see a fighter that’ll actually make him sweat. Let’s hope this is it.
Fedor just seems to be too damn good.
@ndo – He is too damn good. He’s gonna hold Andre in the clinch and its gonna be lights out. He wont allow Andre to box with him.
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Agreed 100% with the article. The only person I think who can actually stand a decent chance with Fedor is Lesnar.
Lesnar is overrated. His only attribute is his size. He’s not very skilled at all. Fedor would wreck him.
Andre is a great fighter. But I think we have came to a general consensus that Fedor is the Devil and no human being can stop his wrath. Fedor eats people’s souls when he fights them, it’s different when he is in the ring and everyone knows it. But as for Andre, I give him all my respect for even standing in the ring with Fedor.
Andre is definitely a great fighter and exciting one. But who can stop FEDOR? He’s a beast. Andre wont stop him.
Well everyone has a chance. And you cant count Arlovski out either. I remember when Fedor got rocked by some Japanese dude (Sakurai??) So he is human and not a devil. If Arlovski can connect with Fedors chin it could go the other way you know. Arlovski does have better technical stand up and has better footwork than Fedor. But this is mma and Boxing is only one aspect of the sport.
All I know is Arlovski’s flying knee into flying fish will be replayed for years. Damn!