Andrei Arlovski - "Strikeforce Deal is Final": "As promised I wanted to tell you all first hand,...

Andrei Arlovski - "Strikeforce Deal is Final":

"As promised I wanted to tell you all first hand, I have a multi-fight deal for the next 16 months with Strikeforce and I cannot wait to get into the ring and show the world what I have been working on the last few months."

[UPDATE] - vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva on May 15 in St. Louis.

HT: arlovski.com
Strikeforce on Showtime in May coverage

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Whoa….Bigfoot….

Great fight!

by xfreekx on Mar 1, 2010 6:44 PM EST reply actions

Seriously

The next two Strikeforce cards could be pretty damn great.

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by Blackout612 on Mar 1, 2010 6:48 PM EST up reply actions

It looks like they’re starting the new (fiscal) year with guns blazing, which Coker hinted they would do. They also have to, just to wash the stench of incompetence away.

by John Nash on Mar 1, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

Bigfoot will tear him up. Rewatch the first minute of Bigfoot/Werdum and tell me there is any way Andrei (or his chin at least) will survive that attack.

by William Wilson on Mar 1, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

I'm pretty sure you're wrong here.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 1, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

Sure I myself think Andre should win this fight and should be the favorite coming in also. But Come on Brent you have to know dam well if Silva hits him on that paper chin he has with a clean power shot its almost certain its lights out for Arlovski. There is no dout this is a dangerous fight for Arlovski and I am glad he is taking a fight with a lagit HW and not some can just to get a easy W.

by Shocbomb on Mar 2, 2010 11:41 AM EST up reply actions

good fight

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Anthony Pace on Mar 1, 2010 6:51 PM EST reply actions

Keep your chin up!

Keep firing Assholes!

Blackout is always right

by Ubernoober on Mar 1, 2010 6:52 PM EST reply actions

AA mantra?

chin down, defence, move, attack?

by Beren on Mar 1, 2010 6:54 PM EST reply actions

epic beard man via knockout!

Go big red!

by pornflake on Mar 1, 2010 6:59 PM EST reply actions

I got to thinking

and maybe AA and Overeem would be a title fight. Then if AA wins, Fedor can come KO him on CBS again. If Overeem wins he can fight Fedor and get KOd on CBS.

by Riney on Mar 1, 2010 7:27 PM EST reply actions

Good to see Arlovski finally signed with an MMA organization and fighting soon against a quality Heavyweight. I was wondering when Arlovski would get back in the MMA cage.

by chrisbboy82 on Mar 1, 2010 7:38 PM EST reply actions

I always thought AA had the skillset and athletic tools, I’m hoping this SF run shows off a new and improved fighter. Regardless a good pickup for Coker.

by Koob on Mar 1, 2010 7:39 PM EST reply actions

Andrei is a great, great fighter with the horrible curse of being highly KO-able. Perhaps his time focused on boxing has given him some great defensive looks, cuz lord knows he coulda used a shoulder-roll against Rogers or Timmeh

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by Anthony Pace on Mar 1, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

Or lateral movement.

Backing straight up is an awesome defensive technique!

Also, he needs to learn from Anderson and PFB…

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by pdl on Mar 1, 2010 7:57 PM EST up reply actions

Absolutely! Obviously he has the fatal habit of leaving himself wide open. It’s no shame in being KO’d by Fedor and Brett, but he need not ever put himself in that position by way of bad technique.

by Koob on Mar 1, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions

I’m not saying it’s shame to be KO’d by Fedor, but the truth is that he KO’d only two guys on his feet: Rogers and Arlovski. So in some way Andrei might feel exceptional…

by dancingChicken on Mar 2, 2010 3:37 AM EST up reply actions

Props to Andrei for wanting to compete at an appropriate level, not following in the steps of Sylvia

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by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 1, 2010 7:40 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

very true

We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.

by Anthony Pace on Mar 1, 2010 7:54 PM EST up reply actions

Is Sylvia fighting Sims because he wants a win, or because he doesn’t have very many options?

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by Neil Manich on Mar 1, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions

at this point, that might be one and the same.

by TLow on Mar 1, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

and sadly, i think a lot of fighting at HW in mma is looks. People expect the huge, athletic, muscled hw like AA and not a 6’8" amoeba like tim has been recently. People are more marketable if they look the part.

by Austin Martin on Mar 1, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions

and if you can't look ripped at least try to look like you're badass maniac.

silvia should get his face tattooed!

Go big red!

by pornflake on Mar 1, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions

well

I agree kinda….AA looks better loseing then Tim does winning.
I really hate the way Tim fights he wins just because he is ridiculously large.

by Rayce. on Mar 1, 2010 9:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I’m guessing he let himself go. He was 70lbs over weight fighting Ray Mercer. Does that sound like a professional fighter? (with apologies to Butter Bean)

by bignerd on Mar 1, 2010 10:23 PM EST up reply actions