Arlovski Signs with Strikeforce *Update* meets Antonio Silva May 15 in St. Louis |
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Jride
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (15-7 MMA, 0-1 SF) has signed a multi-fight, 16-month deal with Strikeforce and is expected to fight former EliteXC title-holder Antonio Silva (13-2 MMA, 0-1 SF) at the organization's May 15 event in St Louis, Mo.
Arlovski announced the deal on his official Web site.
The Silva fight, first reported by Sherdog.com, was and later confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) by a source close to the Brazilian who said the fight will be part of the night's Showtime-televised main card.
Strikeforce, of course, hosts its next major show on April 17 when middleweight champ Jake Shields takes on recent signee Dan Henderson in a CBS-televised main event.
Arlovski fights for the first time since Strikeforce's initial St. Louis show, which took place in June 2009. There, he suffered a 22-second TKO loss to Brett Rogers, which followed a first-round knockout to Fedor Emelianenko at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" six months prior.
Prior to the back-to-back losses, the former UFC superstar had posted five consecutive wins and reemerged as one of the world's top-five heavyweight fighters.
He can get his career back on track against Silva, whose six-fight win streak recently came to an end with a close but unanimous decision loss to Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce's November 2009 debut on CBS. Silva posted the win streak with now-defunct EliteXC promotion (where he defeated Justin Eilers for the title) and World Victory Road's Japanese-based Sengoku event series.
A source close to the fighter told MMAjunkie.com Silva was also under consideration for a fight with Rogers.
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Post #1 3/1/10 6:00:57PM
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SmileR
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I just came on to post this!! I can't wait the see the Pitbull back in action! Win or lose he's always exciting and with a few wins back under his belt he could be title contender in no time!!!
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Post #2 3/1/10 6:19:04PM
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SpiderSilva
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I would like to see Arlovski vs Ooobereem but Bigfoot would be good too man does SF have some HWs
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Post #3 3/1/10 6:22:33PM
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Captain Doctor
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should keep things interesting and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
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Post #4 3/1/10 6:42:13PM
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TimW001
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Posted by MaxOne
and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
NO!!!! 
Arlovski vs Overeem....oh yes please!
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Post #5 3/1/10 6:51:11PM
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SmileR
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Posted by MaxOne
should keep things interesting and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
Sylvia has turned down the opportunity to fight him a few times over the last year or so. Right now Arlovski would dominate him anyway.
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Post #6 3/1/10 7:01:26PM
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Captain Doctor
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Posted by TimW001
Posted by MaxOne
and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
NO!!!!
Arlovski vs Overeem....oh yes please!
i don't know...Arlovski vs. Sylvia # 4 sounds pretty interesting...because it would be the 4th time.
Rocky IV, Harry Potter IV & Arlovski Vs. Syliva IV....the IV alone is pretty impressive no matter what you put it after.
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Post #7 3/1/10 7:13:09PM
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Jride
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UPDATE!
Arlovski vs Bigfoot
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Post #8 3/1/10 7:49:08PM
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TimW001
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Posted by MaxOne
Posted by TimW001
Posted by MaxOne
and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
NO!!!!
Arlovski vs Overeem....oh yes please!
i don't know...Arlovski vs. Sylvia # 4 sounds pretty interesting...because it would be the 4th time.
Rocky IV, Harry Potter IV & Arlovski Vs. Syliva IV....the IV alone is pretty impressive no matter what you put it after.
Well when you say it like that...
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Post #9 3/1/10 8:13:09PM
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Captain Doctor
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Posted by TimW001
Posted by MaxOne
Posted by TimW001
Posted by MaxOne
and set us up for sylvia/arlovski 4 :)
NO!!!!
Arlovski vs Overeem....oh yes please!
i don't know...Arlovski vs. Sylvia # 4 sounds pretty interesting...because it would be the 4th time.
Rocky IV, Harry Potter IV & Arlovski Vs. Syliva IV....the IV alone is pretty impressive no matter what you put it after.
Well when you say it like that...
yeah, i knew i screwed up the first time by using "#4".
"IV" is the business.
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Post #10 3/1/10 8:36:08PM
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RearNakedJoke
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looking forward to seeing AA fighting again!
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Post #11 3/1/10 8:36:58PM
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Boo_Radley21
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Arlovski is sik wish he was still with UFC so I could watch his fights, but I don't know about this. His chin has looked pretty god awful as of late so I don't think I'm gonna give him much chance to stay awake against Silva.
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Post #12 3/1/10 10:36:46PM
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jae_1833
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I think AA will have a definate striking and cardio advantage, I also don't think Bigfoot has the takedowns/ko power to take him out. I don't know how good his chin is though so we'll see if AA gets the KO or the Dec, either way it'ss AA for the win IMO.
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Post #13 3/1/10 11:31:27PM
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prozacnation1978
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andre needs a win badly, but i am glad he got signed
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Post #14 3/1/10 11:33:09PM
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