White on Arlovski: "We want to sign him"

hope they sign him!

"We like Andrei, and I know the fans like Andrei. I hope we can do something."
right.  is that why you put him on the undercard?

dude, he put andre on the undercard because he didn't wanna give free advertising... there is nothing wrong with that.

If White and the UFC wanted him they would have signed him by now...this i just so they can say "we said we wanted him, but he chose somewhere else"  Let's all see it for what it really is.....

Actually he was on the undercard because that was his last fight under contract and he didnt sign an extension.  If they telivised it and he won (which he did) and signed with another promotion then they would be just promoting someone elses fighter.  It just would have been bad for business if they aired the fight not knowing if he would continue with the ufc or not.

Andrei should go to Affliction just because it seems as though they've got the better heavyweights right now. I want to see Arlovski fight Fedor, Rizzo, Aleks the list goes on and on!

I like The Pitbull but he got his ass handed to him twice by tim,I want him still in Hw but he might want to much money for ufc and we all kno there cheap as hell

UFC also made money on fans that purchased the fight on "UFC on Demand."   The UFC potentially got a good bonus from online purchases.  Would be very curious to see many downloads of that fight there were compared with overall numbers of "on Demand" purchases...

In case you hadn't read it, Dana said even before his last fight that they wanted him in the UFC and were trying to re-sign him.  You can't blame Arlovski for "playing the field".  He's a huge name that could garner a lot of financial attention from being a "free agent".  It's no different than an NFL player opting out of his contract to see what kind of money he can get for his services.  It's smart business from Arlovski.

In regards to not being on the main card, it's a non-issue.  I've been a huge Arlovski fan since UFC 40 but I understood why he wasn't on the main card.  Who are you going to bump? Jon Fitch? Tanner vs Okami? Sakara vs Leben? Herring vs Kongo? The card was stacked. The last thing I wanted to see was the usual Jake O'Brien fight where he did nothing more but lay and pray.  If they kept people off the main card because they're not going to be under contract after that night then I wouldn't have to watch that punk Tito Ortiz on the 24th of May.

Despite what some of you think, Dana White knows what's good for business.  That's why MMA and specifically the UFC is garnering the attention and profits they are.  Dana, along with the Fertittas, helped build a billion dollar company and sport.  Many others have come along and tried to replicate their success and have yet to.  Elite XC has potential, but still lost $27 million last year, even while the industry was booming.  They'll always be second tier.  Smart MMA business is done the way the UFC has done it.

The Pitbull will be back in the Octagon at some point in his career.  He'll get a huge pay day from them or another company that will eventually fold.

It's pretty obvious that AA is playing hardball. The UFC was already paying him quite handsomely, but he kept demanding more and more. I hope they sign him, but I doubt it'll happen.

Andrei should go to Affliction. It would be an amazing  card!

Fedor Emelianenko 27-1-0 (6 KOs, 14 Submissions)   vs. Tim Sylvia 24-4-0 (16 KOs, 2 Submissions)
Josh Barnett 20-5-0 (4 KOs, 13 Submissions) vs. Pedro Rizzo 16-7-0 (9 KOs, 4 Submissions)
Ben Rothwell 29-5-0 (17 KOs, 10 Submissions) vs. Andre Arlovski 12-5-0 (8 KOs, 3 Submissions)

IF, and this is big IF, it happens we'll see  one of the best HW fight card. (Only Randy and Nogueira are missing)

to MMAMAN.

I am pretty sure u didnt watch the fight, u just went through the stats and tried to be a smart ass with ur comment. Yes, AA did lose to Tim twice but in no way did he "got his ass handed to him". In the second fight after AA dropped Sylvia the first time, he rushed n got caught himself and that's how the fight ended and in the third fight, the fight was one of the most boring neither of them did anything and I dont see how AA "got his ass handed to him twice". Maybe I missed sumthing, mind explaining how AA "got his ass handed to him twice".

I wonder what's the deal with the whole situation, Andrei doesn't barely speak of it all.  Does he have a problem with management?



Plus Andrei is in a REALLY good position to be Champ again.... I just don't know what the deal is. 

Sorry to be negative but there is not one element of dicussing photography in this article....yes she works hard but disciussing photography usually is about style, equipment, technique etc...not one thing was said that makes her a credible photog...might as well just be a discussion of MMA papparazzi...sorry

He should go to Affliction that way he's out of work in 10 weeks.

helll yaaaaaaaaaa. bring Arlovski back so NOG can test that chin he has there.

andrei is always fun to watch because he is such an animal and i love every second of it.

the affliction card is pretty tight but it wouldnt be much excitement for the casual mma fan.

fedor is going to be tested and if he can get through tim sylvia, he STILL wouldnt be in my top 10 lmao. fuck that faggot

tim sylvia is old news and he needs to find a day time job along with kalib starnes' faggot ass.


anybody agree with me or what???

ooo hell ya. id prefer that match too man but randy has been pissin me off. he has to get over the fact hes not gonna get a million a fight and just take the 500,000 which is more than 90% of the populations fuckin salary - ya dig??

i wanna see wanderlei silva and rampage jackson so he can demolish him like the first 2 times and show everyone that rampage aint that badass as he seems, but rampage is a funny ass fucker you gotta admittt lol

AA is the man! In case he no longer wants to fight, he can always go back to Jerry Springer security!

Tim got luck the first time defeating him but I think the UFC made a mistake in letting AA go for it right away. You need to let any fighter get his feet back under him first before sending him back after some one that just knocked him out.

PLEASE SIGN ARLOVSKI!!!!

Dana does not sound to confindent about this signing....damn Arlovski is one of my favorite and I would have love to see him get another shot at the UFC HW belt...

The only reason Dana is now considering AA is because he has no HW left (no good HW anyway).  When the division was stacked with Cro-Cop, Gonzaga, Kongo, Herring, Randy, Nog, Sylvia, Mire, Vera Dana had AA on the sidelines giving him no exposure just so he can negotiate is salary down and now that there's no one left he wants him back. I hope he signs but its looking doubtfull.

Even if he does sign with UFC who they hell is he going to fight anyway??  Any suggestions of any worthy oppoents??

AA had his chin tested by Pedro Rizzo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqDeSCwqd9Y

I think he was going to get a title shot but just wants to much money.It all comes down to how many ppvs the ufc sells and he has not been exciting for like 5 fights.Nog said he was fighting in August.and Mir was fighting Mccully then as well.I dont know wko else Nog would fight if not Mir.Obviously that has changed now with them being coaches.I think AA just wants to much so they are letting him walk.

     Considering the top heavy weights, besides Big Nog, are not even fighting for them, the UFC had better sign Arlovski. Another organization could make good money off a fight between Arlovski and Fedor, Barnet, Couture, Cro Cop, or even Sylvia. If they don't get him soon it could happen because I'm sure he would love to fight them. Personally I would love to see any of those fights (except with Sylvia again). But there are still good matchups for Arlovski in the UFC. I think if he fought Kongo it would be a good stand up fight, very technical. A match with Nog would be cool, different styles. Maybe even Mir would be an interesting math up. The truth is that except for the fans that only follow UFC, the fans can't really lose here. The only loser is the organization that can't get him.

insamniac , pancake lover, ....it's no use.  Some people don't get the concept of good business.

I've never heard Dana say "I don't know" twice in the same sentence.   He seems nervous over the Arvloski deal.  I think it'll be wise of the "Pitbull" to sign with UFC.  It's a sure thing.

People need to realize that they do indeed, like the guy a lot.  Even more so now considering Frank fucking Mir is getting a title shot.  The guy is easily Top 5 and the undercard shit was simply an attempted wakeup call, and he fought admirably against O'Brien.  The guy's an amazing wrestler and you can't just kickbox a wrestler.  You have to stuff the takedown and that's why it looked like a stall-fest.  Jake O'Brien was the stall-fest. 

Now Dana sees that the guy's one fight away from a possible Fedor scrap and he realizes that this would be the best guy to have fight his champ, that he can afford.  So he's going to work harder.

"He was on the undercard because his previous fight was boring as shit."

Please get you head out of Dana's ASh.  Lets see AA previous fight was against Werdum who he beat but yet Werdum's next fight was not on the undercard.  AAs fight b4 that was against Marcio Cruz who he KOed.  AA should never be on an undercard again and I promise he never will.   Plus a year ago Dana could do that crap with his fighters but know fail or succeed there are more orgs out there spending a lot more money for talent compared to a yr ago.

What I never understood was that Arlovski beat Werdum (the boring fight), and then Werdum gets the fight against Gonzaga while Arlovski goes to the undercard.  Werdum beat Gonzaga, which ups his ranking, but Arlovski might have beat him as well. Why didn't Arlovski get that fight?
I mean, if you seriously want to re-sign a fighter, that's no way to treat him. I would have been pissed and would be telling Dana White it's going to take a lot of a$$ki$$ing to get him to re-sign.
The UFC needs to sign him for sure.  To me that's the only way to keep the HW division exciting by hyping up all those guys: Werdum, Arlovski, Mir, and anyone else that wants to go after Nog.

we need the pitbull in the ufc

Slim,  good comments i totaly agree.

I can't confirm this in any way, but I've heard that the reason the UFC took a while to officially announce the coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 8 was because they were hoping to resign Andrei and pit him against Big Nog as the other coach. That would've been a title shot and tons of exposure for Arlovski. Obviously, that didn't happen. If that is all true, it pretty much guarantees Arlovski is gone. If he was offered a contract by the UFC, with the opportunity to coach on TUF 8 and receive a title shot, and he turned it down, he's obviously gone. But, that may just all be rumor.

As far as the talk of a Fedor vs Arlovski fight, that's a megafight. Not many fights are bigger than that. Randy vs Fedor is #1. GSP vs Anderson Silva is #2. Chuck vs Wanderlei was #3.. Hughes vs Gracie. Then, there's probably a few others. But, Fedor vs Arlovski would be a ratings bonanza. I think it's gonna happen.

I see it goin the way of, Fedor wins his fight against Timmy, then his next fight is Randy. If Fedor wins that fight, and Arlovski wins his fight with Rothwell (if that happens), Fedor vs Arlovski is the next fight for Fedor. But, a lot can happen to keep that fight from goin down. They both have to win big fights, as well as be signed to the same organization, or at least organizations who like to share. And, if the fight does in fact happen, I cant bring myself to say Arlovski will beat Fedor, but I cant say he wont either. It would be a great fight.

Slim, Dana White came out and said in an interview that he knew Arlovski wasn't real happy with the way he was being treated. I was even surprised to hear Dana say that he screwed it up, and was going to do whatever he could to make it up to Andrei and make him happy. Apparently, up to this point, Dana hasn't done enough to make it up to Andrei. But, Andrei doesn't have any resentment towards Dana or the UFC. Just doin good business right now.

well something sure the UFC HW is starting to look like snap with not Big Names else Big Nor & Mir HW seems weakness than ever but just time will say what gonna happen just left 1 month to affliction debut event so between 2 weeks they should say who will fight against Rothwell.


P.S:
AA loss twice against Big Tim but 1st loss was a fluke 2dn try to fight with and ankle and knee injuried i'm sure u think its so easy.
And what if AA loss against Rizzo, Rizzo loss against Zentsov by K.O and AA won Zentsov so... the same thing we could say with Matyushenko.

I just want to see Arlovski fight. I don't care whether it is in or outside the UFC.

In the same vein, anyone know what the internet presale password will be for the Affliction show? Or will there not be one?

Can anyone tel me what nextwork afflication will be broadcast  on? I live in Australia and apart from the UFC and a few other shows  its difficult for me to catch most of the other shows.

I'm just pointing this out to point it out... cause it's funny.


On Andrei's personal site, www.arlovski.tv, I was just seeing if there were any updates, which there never are, and I checked out the News link, and I was surprised to see that Andrei's name was misspelled on his own website. They have an audio interview with "Andrey Arlovski". That just shouldn't happen.

I wish we could get the old AA back somehow. He just doesn't have the killer style he used to. He seems timid and afraid of engaging(protecting) he is by far at his best when aggressive. Hopefully he has an opp to finish with killer instinct again, and actually takes it. He does fit in the mix for the UFC HW division.
But then again its the least favourite div I'm sure. Someone mentioned a while back of making HW 206-225 or so, is there enuf talent to fill that and the 225 plus? talent that would sell tix?

AA beats Werdum, Vera pounds Mir.  Yet Mir is getting the next title shot while Vera and Werdum fight next.  Can Dana explain how this makes sense?  Try and tell us that you have a lot of talent in the HW division.

Its really quite simple,  Dana needs to resign AA.  Then feed him Gonzaga first, then 3 months later feed him Kongo, Then set him up to face the winner of Mir - Big Nog.

All three fights are damm near main event status, and would give us fans the fighter and the fights we want to see.

Really simple if you ask me.

got to say I agree with kbw.

Used to think of AA as an absolute killer. But since he got knocked out big time, hes never had the same angry look in his eye. Joe Rogan picked up on it, and i got to say I agree. He jus afraid to be knocked out cold in the same way again.

Unless and until he gets that back, hes not the same fighter. You could argue its kinda similar to what happened to cro cop afer gonzaga, although the way he fell when inconscious Im sure he did some damage to his leg too, if you saw it you'll know what I mean

hell, show Andrei the money!!! and it will be a done deal, they should give him up to about a million a fight.... the UFC is the biggest organization in MMA and they don't pay their top fighters like they should, it's gonna come back and bite the UFC in the ass... when Chuck's retiring, Tito is leaving, AA is gone and i'm pretty sure that this is just the beginning of top fighters leaving the UFC cause they don't get paid like they should.... Anderson Silva should have get to box RJJ cause he would have got money like he will never get in the UFC

Why not do this:

If Arlovski fights in Affliction against Rothwell and wins he should be matched up against Aleksander Emilianenko. I'd love to see that fight.

Of course, a lot of people would want to see him in there with Fedor and I guess I wouldn't mind it either.

I think some of the posts were stating that they wish the old AA would come back. 

I feel that way too sort of.  I think those bouts with Tim Sylvia is what did it.  AA got KTFO'd and he has been really cautious ever since.  And then lost a boring rubber match, cuz he was too cautious.  But at the same time, just when he started getting some wins back under his belt and getting his confidence back, I think the contractual issues started looming.

I think AA started just trying to coast through his bouts, doing just enough to win and let his contract expire.  I don't think he wanted to risk losing (because that could affect his marketability), but he also didn't want to get hurt which also could sideline any other deals he was working on.  Thus at not-so-sensational AA.

I'm a big fan of AA and just have to believe that he has had a tough road this past year or so.  Partly with losing his belt and all of the UFC contract bull crap he has been dealing with.  Plus, I'm sorry, I really think Dana has mistreated AA this past year.  I mean, it seemed like as soon as AA lost the belt and then lost again to Sylvia, it was like Dana was disgusted with AA.  You could just tell with the bout matchups he was getting, lack of coverage AA was getting and how few and far between his matchups were.  So now for Dana to say that he really likes AA and this and that, I think it's bull crap.  Dana is an opportunist.  And when AA's chips were down, I say Dana did very little to boost AA's confidence and nurture a really good fighter.   Instead Dana started looking for new talent and basically wrote AA off.  I don't know about you, but if I was AA, that would have p***** me off.  And through it all AA hasn't bashed Dana or the UFC at all.  Instead, he has just patiently and respectfully been trying to get out of his contract and sign a better deal.  Now all of a sudden because all of Dana's HW's that he brought on this past year or so aren't working out so great, now he wants to say how great AA is.  Well I think that's bull crap.

I also don't care where AA fights, just as long as he fights and we get to see it.  And if the UFC doesn't get him, that's the UFC's fault.  I know there are some peeps that think he is overrated, but I don't think so.  That dude is nasty when he is on top of his game.

Here's to hoping AA gets on a tear as soon as he signs with whoever!!!!!!

still the UFC has to pay their fighters more money... they should be no.1 everywhere since they must be making the most money on their shows and all that stuff!

Yeh they probably should pay their fighters more money cos lets face it, aside from being in the army, you don't put your body on the line much more in any other profession in the world. These guys train 24/7 for years and years at how to hurt somebody, and it is your job to go in there in the knowledge that you could be looking at your arm flapping about or waking up 20 minutes from now without all your childhood memories....

But the thing is, these upstart promotions competing with the UFC are often just crashing and burning, ie paying high wages, not getting the PPS buys, and then the fighers they'd signed often come crawling back.

So what does Dana do? Try to compete with these inflated prices others are paying, or does he take a step back, let a few of his fighters leave, watch the other promotions collapse, and then gie himself a boner when he sees the likes of AA coming crawling back 6-12 months later?

I agree the fighters probably need a bit more money, cos they earn every penny, but one thing Dana does have is business savvy and hes not going to pay his fighters prices that are going to threaten the long term stability of the UFC, which is probably more than can be said for the likes of affliction.....

Wow...Dana doesn't sound too enthusiastic about sigining andrei.   This doesn't look promising!

It just seems to me that Dana just has certain fighters where win or lose, he backs them.

Chuck, Hughes, etc.  Don't get me wrong, those fighters are awesome and they rightfully deserve extra support from the UFC.  It's just when AA didn't get the belt back, AA just didn't seem to get the love from the UFC like I've seen other superstar UFC fighters get after a loss. 

AA isn't saying one way or the other, but I wouldn't be surprised if he secretly resents the way the UFC treated him after he lost the belt.  

I mean look how Dana treats Bisping for pete's sake (who I think is getting waaaaay too much hype), Bisping is a KTFO waiting to happen.   And yet AA who was a true HW champion didn't get anything close to the type of love Bisping gets from Dana.  I just think Dana's words right now about AA are pretty empty and a case of too little too late.

With how thin the UFC heavyweight division has gotten, they really should sign him.  I hope he stays in the states.

It would be cool to see Andrei back with the UFC, but for the time being, I think it would be best for him and the sport, if he were to go ahead and sign with another organization. Even though Andrei is a Former UFC World Champion, I think he barely makes the top ten Heavyweights list. When he's "on," he can be great, but there are also just as many, very good Heavyweight fighters out there. He could prove me wrong on that, if he were to sign with someone who held cross promotion fights. It would be cool to see him fight some top tier guys that are currently spread out among different organizations.

He's a very well known MMA fighter. Besides fighting guys like Cro-Cop, Emelianenko, Pedro Rizzo, etc., I would really like to see him fight Kimbo..! Sooner than later. Assuming the Slice/Thomson fight goes Kimbo's way, I think the "Pitbull" would be a great fight and test for big "Kimbo..!" A Win or a Loss for either fighter really wouldn't even matter, b/c the fight could draw a huge viewing audience, pending it is marketed correctly. Kimbo is an "Animal" when he's in the cage. Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski vs. Kevin "Kimbo..... The Animal" Slice..!! Sounds good to me. Put that fight together with a really good card that includes an action packed Lightweight/Bantomweight bout and that would make a pretty killer fight night..!  

I'd rather see Arlovski fight Big Nog than Mir or Werdum. Arlovski vs Vera sounds good on paper too.

I have never been this disinterested in the HW division- I think they should sign him or just axe the division like WEC did-

For whatever reason

Couture
Sylvia
Vera
Arlovski
Rizzo
Fedor
Monson (OK maybe monson's not the most exciting guy)

Aren't there-

There must be a reason-

Maybe Dana isn't interested in the division either

Hopefully the reality show will feature some bang up heavies to go into the mix

Arlovski will be back in the UFC before the end of the year. These other promotions that think they can get a piece of the pie are just becoming the WCW's of MMA. They will fall at some point, just give it some time. Surely, the UFC has offered him a better deal than most might think. How couldn't they? The guy was a dominant champion prior to losing his second fight with Sylvia. He might not think it is enough, but what will he get elsewhere? Those other organizations know they could sign him, but they would need to offer some big money. Will they take the risk? I don't see him landing anywhere else except the UFC. Though both sides might not be trying their hardest to get a deal done, it will happen.

I think there could be big things in story for Andre if they could just finish signing him.  Huge fan base in Chicago and really all over.  No reason to not be able to get a deal done and get the Pitbull back in action.  

I could care less where AA signs to as long as it's not UFC.  I have nothing against UFC, but without Tim Sylvia & Randy all he can really fight is Big Nog (which would be a great fight).  If he signs to any other org it will open up possible matchups like  Fedor, Aleksander, Crocop, Monson, Barnett, Antonio Silva, Mark Hunt, Randleman, even Kimbo SLice.  Arlovski's the man, if UFC gets him back they better give him a title shot.

andrei arlovski is the man, he honoured the contract he signed and never complained about being on the undercard fighting jake obrien while underserving fighters like heath herring and kongo were getting exposure over him.

put yourself in andrei's shoes w all these problems youve experienced w the ufc, would you lock yourself up in another long exclusive contract w them? what if the match you up with another grappler again and dana white doesnt like your fight, will they stuff you on the undercard again. or worse, what if they freeze you out by not giving you fights, while you cant make income fighting in other orgs because your contract is non exclusive. would you sign this contract and risk going into limbo because your boss doesnt like your fights, while underserving fighters like herring and werdum get ahead of you?

best of luck to andrei in his fight against rothwell

after he got ko'd by tim... he wasn't the same. unless AA gets back to being agressive and scary he's not goin to be champ anymore. it's almost like he doesn't want to fight anymore.

People think the guy's f**kin boring now because he's taking longer to beat the s**t out of some of the best cats in the world than he did Justin Eilers and Paul Buentello.  Chew on that.  Give the guy a f**kin break - he's an animal.  Fabricio Werdum is Christ incarnate all of a sudden and apparently 90% of you don't know that the dude got schooled by Andrei Arlovski. 

Arlovski would t.k.o. Nog. He should have the title shot, not Mir. While there are dream match ups outside of the UFC, there are also ones inside as well. A.A. vs. Liddell, Herring, Kongo, Vera... I'd love to see A.A. vs. Fedor, Barnett, or Crocop also. Who cares where he fights, let's get him fighting though!