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23-06-2009, 17:59
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jun 23, 2009 at 10:30 am ET
Andrei Arlovski's days as a fighter for Affliction Entertainment are over.
Fighters Only first reported that Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio will not offer Arlovski a new contract now that his original deal has expired. MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com
(http://www.mmajunkie.com)) has since independently confirmed the news.
Arlovski (15-7), a former UFC heavyweight champion, most recently suffered a 22-second TKO loss to Brett Rogers at a June 6 Strikeforce event.
The late booking allowed Arlovski to fight on the Showtime-televised portion of the St. Louis card. However, he was quickly staggered and beaten with strikes by Rogers until the TKO stoppage.
Prior to the loss, Arlovski fought top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko and suffered a first-round knockout loss at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" in January. Arlovski had posted five consecutive wins (all but one via knockout) before the back-to-back losses.
Arlovski was one of Affliction's biggest earners. He earned $750,000 ($250,000 of which was a win bonus) for a win over Ben Rothwell in July 2008, and he earned an additional $1.5 million disclosed salary in the loss to Emelianenko.
Now that he's headed to the free-agent market, he's unlikely to find such sizable paydays, though his notoriety and past UFC title run should draw plenty of suitors domestically and abroad.
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Ik vraag me af hoelang het gaat duren voordat we Arlovski in Japan zien verschijnen?
Andrei Arlovski's days as a fighter for Affliction Entertainment are over.
Fighters Only first reported that Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio will not offer Arlovski a new contract now that his original deal has expired. MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com
(http://www.mmajunkie.com)) has since independently confirmed the news.
Arlovski (15-7), a former UFC heavyweight champion, most recently suffered a 22-second TKO loss to Brett Rogers at a June 6 Strikeforce event.
The late booking allowed Arlovski to fight on the Showtime-televised portion of the St. Louis card. However, he was quickly staggered and beaten with strikes by Rogers until the TKO stoppage.
Prior to the loss, Arlovski fought top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko and suffered a first-round knockout loss at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" in January. Arlovski had posted five consecutive wins (all but one via knockout) before the back-to-back losses.
Arlovski was one of Affliction's biggest earners. He earned $750,000 ($250,000 of which was a win bonus) for a win over Ben Rothwell in July 2008, and he earned an additional $1.5 million disclosed salary in the loss to Emelianenko.
Now that he's headed to the free-agent market, he's unlikely to find such sizable paydays, though his notoriety and past UFC title run should draw plenty of suitors domestically and abroad.
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Ik vraag me af hoelang het gaat duren voordat we Arlovski in Japan zien verschijnen?