Moments after Fedor Emelianenko's dominant win over Tim Sylvia Saturday night, the best mixed martial arts heavyweight in the world was asked who he'd like to fight next, and he gave the answer the fans wanted to hear: Randy Couture.But contractual issues will apparently keep that fight from happening, and today a source who knows both Fedor and Andrei Arlovski told me that a Fedor-Arlovski fight is "90 percent" finalized. DreamFighters.com also quotes Fedor as saying he will fight Arlovski next.
The only potential stumbling block is that Arlovski wants to give professional boxing a try, and it's still possible that he'll choose to box in the fall and not step into the MMA ring again until 2009.
It appears, however, that Arlovski will fight Fedor before he puts on the boxing gloves. Although Fedor is obviously the favorite, Arlovski is a hard striker who would have a puncher's chance at beating Fedor, especially if he can cut Fedor's face early. Fedor-Arlovski is a fight every MMA fan will want to see.
UPDATE: Fedor vs. Arlovski is set for October 11.
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7-23-2008 @ 10:30PM
Drew said...
They going at it at the Thomas and Mack Center, UFC got 2 events in that month in London and Chicago. Will that add a third event in that month?
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7-24-2008 @ 2:19AM
sublime said...
Well I like the fact that Fedor is starting to face higher level opponents. Arlovski has a punchers chance is what Silvia had but Arlovski I think is a more dangerous puncher than Silvia. Even so if I were to pick who I think would win I would pick Fedor. Aside from this great matchup it will be interesting to see what else is put together as far as other fighters fighting in the undercard.
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