Fresh off one of the fights of the year, many expected Andrei Arlovski to produce another classic against fellow former champion Frank Mir.
Unfortunately, that was far from the actual case.
That Saturday night in Las Vegas, Arlovski and Mir were featured in an abysmal co-main event bout with little memorable action. In the end, it was Arlovski who got his hand raised, but it did little to raise his stock with the UFC, or with fans.
While he was not exceptionally disappointed when he discovered he was not next in line for a title shot, Arlovski did have some harsh words for fans critical about his performance that night.
"You know what, I just don't want to be rude, but F**k all the people," Arlovski told Submission Radio. "It's just easy to stay on the couch and say something. Just put your gloves on and step in the octagon with someone. Listen, I did what I did.. And actually I'm happy about some parts of the fight. For example when he took me down, he looked for a Kimura. I just escaped, I got out, and by the cage I pretty much controlled him the whole time. So there were some good parts of the fight that I was happy about.
"But of course it wasn't a KO, and that's why people think 'oh it like...'. But it's not the worst performance. I saw the fight a few times already and I won every round compared to the judges. I don't even listen or read some stuff from the Internet."
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