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Sunday, January 25, 2009

ARLOVSKI YOU IDIOT!!!

Andrei Arlovski looked sharp last night. His boxing was crisp and quick, he was light on his feet... he appeared to be giving FEDOR a good fight and was definitely winning the first round....

...until 3:10 in when he decided to go for a flying knee and got spun around mid-air 180 degrees and dropped on his head all by a Fedor overhand right.



It definitely was not a "lucky" punch as Fedor looked to be luring him in with a bit of the ole rope-a-dope after that front kick and appeared to know what AA was going for well before he did.

HERES THE FIGHT.

Personally I would love to see a rematch down the line after AA fights Tim Sylvia for the 4th time and maybe does a little pro boxing... after last night though Fedor is running out of competition: Josh Barnett is most likely next, then you have Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum probably on the horizon. (After those 3 is when I'd like to see an AA rematch.) Sergei Kharitonov is also someone generally considered a top 10 heavyweight that Fedor could face.



If and when he gets through those 5 fights is when the UFC's anemic heavyweight division starts to have to come into play (provided there is no meteoric rise of anyone else on the international scene.) Randy Couture has always wanted a piece of Fedor but no one really thinks he has a shot at winning anymore (if they ever did.) Frank Mir is another option but Emelianenko hardly needs to fight him to secure his standing as the GOAT. Whoever comes out of the Gabriel Gonzaga / Shane Carwin / Cain Velasquez / Cheick Kongo UFC heavyweight challenger grouping could make a case for a fight against 'The Last Emperor' as well.

BUT the major fight would be Brock Lesnar. (Provided both keep winning and dominating of course.) That would probably be the biggest MMA fight ever... minus perhaps an Arlovski rematch if he became a pro boxer and experienced some success, as he and Freddie Roach have stated is their goal.



What it really comes down to though is that a Fedor v. Barnett fight would just be the bow in wrapping up and securing Emelianenko's legendary status. 'The Baby-faced Assassin' is the only one who really "deserves" to face Fedor and both have repeatedly talked about their good friendship whenever that is brought up so who knows if it will even happen. Everything else for 'The Last Emperor' is mopping up and cleaning out every single last possible and remote challenger to his crown.

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