Many fighters come and go within the UFC and it’s very rare to see fighters come back to the Promotion. But Dana Let one just slip away, and that man was Andrei Arlovski. Dana White did say that he was not pleased to see Andrei Arlovski depart from the UFC, but at the end of [...]
Many fighters come and go within the UFC and it’s very rare to see fighters come back to the Promotion. But Dana Let one just slip away, and that man was Andrei Arlovski. Dana White did say that he was not pleased to see Andrei Arlovski depart from the UFC, but at the end of the day that’s business. Back in December 2008 when asked about Andrei Arlovski, Dana White Said:
“In nine years, there’s only one fighter that I’ve lost that I didn’t want to lose.
Furthermore Andrei is coming of 2 losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers, Arlovski is no longer high on the UFC’s “I WANT THEM BACK” list, but Arlovski is a great fighter even if he has been knocked out twice. Andrei was very close when going against Fedor, many people say he was winning the first round of the fight, until Andrei went for some kind of flying knee, I’ll just leave that statement at that.
“Now, he’s had a couple of bad performances,” said White. “He’s got to get back in the mix and win.”White also had some advice for his former employee.“Sometimes, we make bad career decisions. I think leaving the UFC was a bad career decision for him.”Should Arlovski get his career back on track, he would seem to have a chance to return to promotion that made him famous.”
White still has appreciation for Arlovski the person if not his current win-loss record.
“I like Andre,” said White. “I don’t dislike him. He’s a nice guy.”However, with Affliction MMA’s recent demise, the opportunities for “nice guys” has certainly taken a serious hit.
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Yes, I totally agree he was destroying Fedor the entire first round… right up until he got knocked out. Would love to see a rematch.
Me too, I hope Fedor goes into the UFC and maybe Arlovski will get signed by the UFC and maybe sometime in the future we might see a rematch between these too.