Freddie Roach: Lucky punch from Fedor floors cocky Arlovski at Affliction

OoOoO cry about it your guy lost get over your self FEDOR RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was poor judgment. I think Arlovski would probably have won that fight (70%) if he were to continue to box from a distance. I think Roach has improved Arlovski’s boxing a lot.

Having said that, winners find a way to win, Arlovski did just that.

Agreed. Who would have thought, it was Fedor who won the fight by capitalizing on a lucky punch…

fedor is the best

You make a mistake in this sport you lose. Yeah Arlovski was doing good in the standup, but that was to be expected. Fedor’s strength is the ground and he hadn’t really tried for a take down yet so I definetily can’t say that Arlovski would have won the fight if it continued.

Well, just got lucky I guess…Another reason to not believe in the Fedor hype for all anti-fedor punditz.

I guess Freddy has never seen a Fedor fight prior to last night.

People like Roach (a fitting last name if ever there were one) don’t realize that beating Emelianenko for 3 minutes is a hell of a lot different than beating Emelianenko for 25 minutes.

we should be happy, the way this fight is getting disputed will almost force affilction to rematch the two, but my cash is still on fedor WHOO! AA should hide a metal plate in that beard of his, maybe next time.

If fedor was winning the round like AA was, and then AA was the one who got the lucky punch, people would be downplaying AA’s win, instead of praising it like people are with Fedor’s win right now.

i like both guys but a winner always find a way to win. that being lucky or just kicking another guys ass. i dont care how he won. a win is a win in my book.

I dont consider it luck if you hit what you are aiming for. Its not like the point of the jaw is a very large target. That punch could not have been anymore pinpoint. And so what if he even did have his eyes closed. Jordan made free throws with his eyes closed. Was that just dumb luck as well? I would consider it to be a lucky punch if the guy slips and falls chin first on to your fist. Not a punch that is quickly aimed, relased and finds its mark. Fedor did what Fedor does, he waits and finds the holes. Arlovski showed one early and he payed. Damn though, Arlovski looked really good while he was awake.

If i just had the proper conditioning, started boxing,and won a few Golden Gloves tournaments, I could have beaten Mike Tyson. He’s lucky I never pursued boxing, real lucky.

After Armstrong won the third Tour de France race, I started biking up and down Lakeshore Drive in Chicago. I seriously thought about entering the race prior to Armstrong’s fourth win. He’s lucky i stayed away, real lucky. Even my girlfriend agrees.

I studied judo for a few months, but if i just persevered a little longer i would have received my black belt and then ran my own school. The instructor teaching at the current school i was training at is so lucky i didn’t pursue judo, real lucky.

Man, if i had a nickel for all those lucky people who are the beneficiaries of my inability to capitalize on opportunities right in front of me, I would be a rich man.

Freddie Roach looks and sounds like Milton from Office Space, he should move his desk into the basement too because his opinion is worthless in MMA.

“Fight like a man”
“Fedor has no technique in stand up”

Now it’s “He got lucky”.

Sorry Roach that you trained a fighter that does dumb things and has a weak chin, and you think he is going to be a professional boxer? He would be KTFO by Evander Holyfield in 3 rounds or less.

Hope now we don’t have to have daily posts about Roach and his terrible opinions involving MMA.

If you watch most of Fedor’s fights (Randleman, Hunt, etc), somebody is “always…almost” close to beating Fedor. However, there’s a big difference between almost beating and successfully beating Fedor. Freddie Roach’s argument is as valid as saying you “almost” scored with a girl, but she turned you down. Means nothing. /story.

I was at the fight. Fedor is amazing. Get over yourself if it was bodybuilding AA would win. Boxing maybe. Mma, well you saw what happened.
Fedor will probably lose but Andre’s just not the right guy.
Maybe Freddie Douchebag wants to take a shot since he has him so figured out.
He was winning one round, who cares?!

What Freddie Roach said was correct,Arlovski was winning the fight standing ,in the clinch,Arlovski actually came closer to taking Fedor down than Fedor taking down Arlovski.Fedor looked very confused ,it was like he could not even get close to Arlovski.Arlovski made a very cocky and careless mistake,and Fedor capitalized.I would love to see a rematch,I somehow doubt it will happen,due to how confused and flustered Fedor looked.We can talk all day about what could have happened ,but long story short Fedor won.I hate that it happened like that,I would have rather seen Fedor destroy Arlovski rather than him catching a cocky Arlovski.Fedor is the best HW ,but Arlovski showed that he very well has what it takes to beat Fedor.Lets just hope that they get it on again,lets see a fight where Arlovski does not get cocky,and sticks to his gameplan.No matter what Fedor lovers and haters have to admit Arlovski definatly has the skills to beat Fedor ,but does he have the brain

You know what will make everyone feel better?

SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!!!

Hey Roach, stop your whining.
AA did not KO the best fighter in teh world. Couln’t do it.
This is real mma fighting , not boxing.

Tired of people saying If Andrei did this or if Andrei did that.. He got KO’d. In MMA these things happen. Fighters can dominate the fight and still lose thats bottom line. Tired of people making excuses. Once again Fedor proves to all the critics why he is the best heavyweight in the world. For those who argue that Andrei was winning up until that point others can argue that if it went on maybe Fedor would have wore him out. There is always something you can argue and say What if? but it didn’t happen and the better fighter won. Freddie Roach is a respectable boxing coach but doesn’t know shit about MMA.

Lucky Punch? you got to be joking he planted that shot perfectly and followed up with a left but Andrei was already out.

FEDOR RULES!!!!

I watched it 10 times now and Fedor totally baited him into the corner, bounced off ropes with hands down but cocked, then delivered a right cross with eyes open…

To the people saying that Fedor closed his eyes and preyed before throwing his punch you guys seriously need to hook yourselves up with some illegally uploaded video footage of that PPV because there was never a moment where that happened.

Oh and stop listening to Freddie Roach.

That’s what separates the top guys from the rest. If you make the slightest mistake, they will make you pay. It’s not them getting “lucky”.

I don’t believe Arlovski’s name should be mentioned with any of the top heavyweights. Outstriking someone who isn’t really known as an incredible striker for 3 minutes of a 25 minute fight isn’t beating them. If he hadn’t made that error, he’d have made another. Fedor would have won regardless.

Imagine what Barnett, Mir, Lesnar, Gonzaga, Carwin would do to him. I do not see him winning any matches against top guys.

I picked Fedor to win simply because of Roach’s involvement. This is not boxing. This is MMA.

Freddie roach pumped AA up too much and made him too cocky. Fedor took all the hits AA was giving and Boooommm Lights out. Like all the others who have lost to Fedor, They all say the same thing “You think you are getting the better of him then he pulls something out and its Game over”. AA lost, and didn’t listen to the other losers and that is that.Freddie Roach should pack his bags. Well Done Fedor.

I’ve heard it said that there is no such thing as a lucky punch and I agree. You train yourself to be able to do your job as a fighter and when an opportunity arises you take advantage of it. My high school wrestling coach had a sign up on his wall that stated; “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” The problem is that Roach and the rest of AA’s camp doesn’t realize what his biggest and most glaring weakness is. It’s not his chin, in my opinion it’s his mental state. They don’t train that like they should. That’s the next frontier in MMA if you ask me. There’s a reason why Fedor and Silva are two of the best in the world. There’s a reason why GSP lost to Serra but then came back stronger than ever. There’s a reason why BJ, with as much natural talent as he has, why he’s just now starting to live up to his potential. The mentally stronger fighter will when with all else being equal.

how can one say what a lucky punch is or lucky wins , there could be at least 10000 lucky “punches” or “wins” since the beginning of MMA . Are we going to call every win we don’t agree with a lucky “punch” or kick or submission . Arolovski didn’t prove himself enough by “dominating” for 3 mins when the fight was scheduled for 25 mins and simply made a fool of himself by taking it to Fedor . The reason i watch MMA today is Fedor he might of have easy fights , he might of got lucky at times , and he might of capitalized on opponents mistakes but who DIDN’T if anyone knows a fighter that havent had luck in his career or had easy fights please mention his or her name

A lucky punch? That’s laughable. Arlovski was in the air 2 feet above Fedor’s head, who throws punches over their head? He saw it coming, and countered, knocking AA out before he hit the ground. End of story

Diffrent weight classes, i know, but I would LOVE to see Belfort-Arvloski! That would be a striking match from h3ll!!!

Stupid from Andrei. I need to see a rematch at some time.

Listening to the “Pit Bull’s” (Arlovski) post fight interview on Sherdog, I quickly went from sympathetic to disgust. To sit there and down play his loss on moving his camp from to Chicago to Los Angeles is repulsive. Arlovski was training with the best trainer and at the best boxing club in the world, a place where champs are made(Pacquiao, Tyson, De La Hoya, Hopkins..just to name a few). Arlovski should own up to his mistake of deviating from “the plan” because I’m sure 3 time trainer of the year, Freddie Roach, didn’t practice any flying knee kicks in his ring. It’s my understanding that his Chicago boxing “trainer” also wears an apron while making pizza and rolling up some spicy meatballs as a day job(also the same guy who trained David Diaz in that awful fight were Roach’s #1 pupil, Pacquiao, savagely beat and knocked out in 9 rounds). Maybe Arlovski should have left Chicago in Chicago when he came to train with the big dogs in Los Angeles. I doubt Roach will be willing to train the “flashy” flying knee kicker again. Hey Arlovski, maybe your Chicago boxing “trainer” will lend you an apron so you two can roll pizza together to stay warm in Chicago cause your boxing career is over! ..Just sayin’.

REMATCHHHHHHHH

everyone needs to stop bitching AA lost FEDOR won thats that its mma thats what happens it wasnt lucky… the only luck was AA didnt get his jaw broke by the man

Lucky? Did he actually mean to throw a kick at his foot and luckily threw a punch to the jaw? When you punch are you usually aiming for the wrist or the head? should I go on with this…

I’m beginning to doubt more than just Freddie Roach’s ability speak. There’s a good chance Fedor’s punch doesn’t connect, just as there is that any punch doesn’t connect, but that was not a lucky punch.

This punch single handedly made more babies out of MMA fans than any other.

the way he got lucky was that Andrei exposed his chin for him to hit.. If he would have kept his gameplan ala Lyoto Machida he would have won for sure!

A roach eats crow, I love it. Fedor was never expected to be technically better with the standup; he was expected to be patient, throw some bombs to soften AA up so he can finish the job on the ground. This is exactly what he did, only Arlovski was asleep before the ground finale could begin. Watch the replay, Fedor tracked him the whole way. So, keep talking about how AA’s game plan was working, then tell me who’s game plan worked. But it’s cool…keep making excuses…I’d be disappointed too if my fighter got turned around mid-air and broke his fall with his face. I like Arlovski, but trying to spin the fight is desperate

Let me make some points.
1) A lot of time was spent in the clinch so I find it difficult to belive the AA was beating Fedor by a large margin.
Because of this I say AA did not DOMINATE the fight. He controled the portion of the fight that was not in the clinch.
2) As someone said before … controlling Fedor for a few minutes is a lot different than controlling Fedor for 25 min and even less than beating him.
3) We don’t know if AA could have kept up his pace in later rounds. All Fedor had to do is wait for AA to get tired and take him down. Fedor is a Sambo/judo/Submission EXPERT. How many of you can seriously claim that AA has the ability to beat Fedor in the ground game?

Fedor is the best HW in the world and proved once again, I can’t understand the UFC sheeple who won’t admit it and just finally accept the fact that Fedor will never fight in the UFC. If there is a HW in the world that wants to challenge him he can altleast fight them and not have to just fight the so called contenders from the UFC.

i personally dont believe in lucky punches

Arlovski chin is not suspect; first I think he’s dead (whit a punch like that)! but he immediately recover! Rashad Evans/Liddell & Fedor/Arlovski KO’s is both incredible! Re-Match?! Fedor by submission or Arlvoski by one punch KO (Fedor’s defensive fault!)

that coach is an idiot talked shit before fight and now that fedor knocked him the f out he still talking shit i dont care if it was lucky still knacked him the f—- out

For a second it looked like Arlovksi thought he was fighting Nelson or Rothwell throwing that flying knee. He got too confident out there thinking he had Fedor rocked a little. Guess he now understands why Fedors the best.

Theres not gonna be a fucking rematch, rematches happens after a split decision, nothing else. And definately not after one guy knocking the other one out cold.

Fuck AA and his smacktalking coaches.
Fedor is king.

doesnt help that andre has a glass chin

Just so you all know, there were two groups of people that Fedor thanked in his post-fight interview – the organizers and ORTHODOX christians who prayed for him. Not fans, mind you. It almost sounded like he wanted to single only those two groups out. Needless to say, that part was not translated. Instead, the interpreter put in a very harmless PC way, as if Fedor was thanking everyone who prayed for him. Obviously, he doesn’t care about his anglo-saxon (term that Russian nationalists love to use so much these days) fans.

And it’s sick to see how many people all of a sudden don’t believe in lucky punches – for a long time I used to say that grapplers have a “submission’s chance” when they are fighting a striker. Effective striking requires skill and a lot of training. For some reason people like to downplay striking skills and chalk it up to luck. But, there is a difference between competent striking and a wild, Koschek-style, overhand right. It was a desperate strike that just happened to find its mark. If AA knocked Fedor out with a wild punch, Fedor fans would be hating on AA.

Freddie Roach is an idiots, andrei down his guard, for that lost.

There is no such thing as a lucky punch. Fedor initiated it, it was his objective to smash him and to win the fight, so obviously if his intentions were to hit him and he went down, KO victory, fedor wins, thats what happened. There is no such thing as luck or a lucky punch. I like AA and Fedor both..even if he didn’t land the punch Fedor would have found a way to beat him later in the round with his superior submissions and Sambo skills. So shut the fuck up about lucky punches, he would have won anyways and you know it.

WAR FEDOR.

u guys know Fedor got paid 300 thousand with no win bonus and arlovski got paid 1 million 500 thousand and would have had a 250 thousand win bonus god dawm!!! Fedor is getting screwed and arlovski is cashing in

Hmmmmm…………Where’s John?

Shameful rubbish… Fedor played possum, brought AA in close and smashed him; PP and all.

There is the art of technique and the art of battle. AA needs to learn the latter.

FEDOR ALL THE WAY NO FIGHTER HAS ANYTHING ON HIM!!!!!!

im so sick of hearing about this jackass. he lost all the respect i never had for him

K Fedor won fair and square but all the AA fans and Fedor or “Feedor” according to Tito, have to admit that it looked like AA was dominating the stand up. Fedor had his hands down and he was backing up into the corner, he did “look” like he was under some pressure from AA. Whether this was a tactics of Fedor to lure AA in only Fedor knows.

Everyone who claims that Fedor’s powerful overhand right was a lucky punch clearly doesn’t understand MMA..Fedor telegraphed that flying knee precisely and knock the Pitbull out cold..Fedor trains like no other..Hes a true professional like Anderson Silva..Arlovski is one hell of a fighter and is a top 5 heavyweight, but he got caught and he exposed himself..He lost, get over it clowns..Fedor #1

FLYING KNEE………WHY!
Arlovski needed to just stay out of range and make it a Decision match but fedor took advantage of a mistake so there is nothing lucky about that punch.Dont get me wrong i wanted Arlovski to win and i thought he was gonna do it.

Well done Fedor and nice showing Arlovski.

Again roach makes me laugh every time he opens his mouth. THIS IS MMA, NOT A BOXING MATCH!!!! Fedor is the heavy weight king of MMA he’s not the best in each area but is the best at putting them all together. The flying knee was a dumb thing to do, maybe if fedor was shooting in like hughes on alves, definitely not the time for it. Fedor is one of the smartest fighters in MMA, and is very adaptable, but I still wanted AA to beat him I’m tired of his invincibility.

Fedor is good but please before he passes his prime…Dana whita sign him for a couple of fights. How many fights does he really have in Affliction maybe 1 or 2 fights at the most. I would love to see him fight Brock lesnar, Frank Mir, Cain Velasquez, A well trained Couture and a very well trained Kongo. UFC please make it happen.

fedor is the man

No such thing as a lucky punch I wanted fedor to lose but he won fair and square. A lucky punch would have been if fedor aimed for aa’s feet and acidentally hit him in the face and knocked him it, instead he put one hand up to block the knee, aimed for the head and laid him out. AA was doing well but those light, stick and move punches aren’t going to do anything to fedor, thats his thing, eventually you misstep and one misstep is all it takes for him to win.

I think AA would/should/could have won
 
IF he had better boxing coach
IF he had better jaw
IF he was quicker
IF he was stronger
IF Fedor had his hands tied behind the back

we might see tim silvia vs arlovski 4, remember that AA is very eager to get his shot again against Silvia.

AA was doing well, but not as well as hunt, crocop, randleman, fujita, etc. im not saying hes not a top HW, but hes definitely not a thinking HW. btw, people blaming the flying knee itself are deluded…..its not the move he used, its the way he did it (charging in very fast with his hands down into what he thought was a confused and injured fedor). if he had not jumped and used a looping punch or some other move, fedor would have just adjusted his aim a little lower. he got cocky, the flying knee just happened to be the move he used when he went nuts.

also, to the people saying it was a lucky punch cos his head was down, watch the rest of the fight…..FEDOR THROWS ALL HIS PUNCHES LIKE THAT, its his technique. also, if it was a random and lucky punch, so was the second one that he he unleashed a split-second later that only missed arlovski cos he dropped like a sack of potatoes.

True that. AA was whoopin that ass before his OWN mistake cost him. Fedor is a farce and i’d put all my money on AA if they fought again. This is MMA anything can happen no matter who’s in control and that happened. AA got flashy and it cost him. AA if he would of stuck to his gameplan would of continuously picked Fedor apart. Fedor obviously is human especially after last night.

Fedor’s overhand seemed to be aiming for AA’s face around the forehead which would usually stun opponents allowing him to take him to the ground. Fedor saw AA drop his arms and charge(Watch replay of initial eye contact), so he aimed accordingly. It wasn’t his fault AA jumped and gave his fist a chin present.

BTW it’s probably a lost thread but I predicted this to be a very rare cold KO for Fedor (taking into account AA’s chin)

Roach got hit by lots of lucky punches, that’s why he’s such a fucking retard.

Fedor got lucky.

It was aimed, Fedos is just like that…waits for the opening and goes for it. He has done so in almost all his fights, waits for the opportunity. Freddie is just pathetic and an idiot, no matter what he has achieved before.

my money is on AA on this fight but man we have to give fedor alot of credits he beat AA on his own game (& probably one of the thoughest standup fighter that fedor fought) he might losing in the exchange against AA but still he KO AA which is big.

Look all of you Fedor haters out there what does it take to shut you up and make you admit that fedor albiet(not unbeatable) is the best hw in mma today and one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world.I mean if he won by sub you would have had some excuse saying he just caught a lucky armbar or if it was a split or even a unanimous decision, there would always be some ridiculous excuse that you would give to discredit fedor’s legitimate spot at the top of the hw division in mma. I’ve heard oh fedor isn’t number 1 till he fights the best in the div. well who is are the top guys huh what the UFC hw’s well im sorry to tell you the ufc has a pretty weak hw div. I mean really who do they have Brock he wouldnt last more then 2 rounds and that is giving him extra credit, Mir (not taking anyhting from mir)looked really good against nog cause Nog looked really bad i mean honestly nog lost because he didnt come in normal nog form, Mir is a good fighter but he got ko’ed by vera easily and nog is In my opinion a better boxer than vera. So other than those hws in the ufc who is there Coture(hes on his way out), Dos santos has one win against a real lvl opponent, so please tell me who there is left for fedor to fight that would convince you he is the best hw in the worl right now. I mean if you can give me a real valid answer then I would believe you ppl have a actual argument rather than just a ignorant downlook on anything not UFC.

i dont know what a “lucky punch” is but AA blew this he was kicking fedors ass anyway you look at it. and yes he did do something stupid with the knee. The best thing that happend here was that Fedor has been exposed….he is human and will be beat very soon..hopefully by andre

Who ever thinks that was a lucky punch is a moron!

Letting me in there at 150lbs and connecting with a shot to knock out AA would be LUCKY!

I like Barnett, but Fedor gets him too, then hopefully DW pays the man a truckload to fight Lesnar if he beats Mir.

Only Fedor could KO the #1 contender in 3 minutes, and then have his performance questioned.
All you Fedor haters go fuck Lesnar or Kimbo.

I have a feeling that after that KO, Andrei might be back to his tag and run borefest. Hopefully it doesn’t get to his head and he stays an exciting fighter.

But if there is a rematch, I’m thinking Fedor actually goes for the takedown which he didn’t even attempt this fight, gives him GnP then they stand and a softened Andrei gets TKOed.

Does anyone here think that this event shook up the Rankings a little?
I myself have Babalu and Vitor breaking into the Top 10 of their Divisions with their wins, and obviously have Lindland and Soko moving down quite a bit (if not having Soko moved out completely).
I’ve got AA sitting at Number 2 at HW, but if Barnett puts on a better performance or even beats Fedor, he’ll move to 3.
Your thoughts?

I am confused by this whole AA dominating the fight up until the knockout. The fight was only 4 minutes long!!! and they were in the clinch for most of it. AA looked a little faster but Fedor did not seemed to fased by it, and looked stronger. Lucky punch or not, AA has a very weak chin and he was out cold.

He is known for a looping overhand right so why would it be consider a fluke. Maybe AA should have worked a little harder to defend against it. Personally I would have rather seen Fedor take him down a rip his arm off, you know that as soon as someone gets KO’D its a “LUCKY PUNCH”. Funny in boxing a KO is pure skill but in MMA a its considered a lucky punch. Dude you got beat, there are no excuses and no one is surprized. This fight WENT exactly how we all new it would, GET OVER IT!!!!

My take on the fight…

AA was getting the better of the stand-up, for sure. He was well on his way to winning the first round, of a 5 round fight, 10-9. In no way did he look like he was going to take it to Fedor for 5 rounds, or knock him out. It just looked like he had a good gameplan for the start of the fight…which he was definately successful at. It’s not the first time someone came out looking good and almost won one round against a titleholder…is it? I mean, Fedor didn’t even look for a takedown yet. Wouldn’t it be logical, given Fedor’s history, to think if he were hurting from AA’s strikes, he would most likely go for the takedown before getting KTFO?

Would AA have continued to outstrike Fedor for 5 rounds or knock him out?…nobody knows.

Anyone here that is speculating “how the fight would have gone if AA didn’t throw the knee”, is just using speculation.

The only thing that is for sure, and the only conclusion we can make, is that Andre got KTFO.

Fedor knocking Andre out was no more lucky than a hitter in baseball knocking one out of the yard…..you swing the bat in hopes of hitting the ball, if it goes over the fence, it’s because you were successful in hitting the ball on the sweet spot of the bat (which was a direct result of your training in swing practice). Just like Fedor trains every day to knock guys out, and just happened to catch AA on the button…at the perfect time…how the f@ck is that lucky?

Fedor > AA
Fedor > Every HW in the world

(and I’m a AA fan)

Great punch, I have never seen somebody get hit like that in mid air, dead before he hit the ground. Duck hunting.

Freddie would have not called it a lucky pucnh if Andrei did it so he is full of shit

Lucky punch if you consider a perfectly timed fist to the jaw with an opponent jumping in the air to be “lucky”.
It was a thing of beauty…a thing that creates a sense of awe…one punch to take out a world class fighter.

It was like watching 2 famed “superheroes” going at it and seeing the strength of a Superman needing a single punch to end it all. Amazing.

My only regret was that I didn’t get to see a highly anticipated ground game.

i’ve heard that fedor (stupidly) didn’t train all that hard for this fight! LOL

AA must feel even worse now.

and every other heavyweight on the planet should be shaking in their boots (as if they’re not already).

i guess rampage’s knock out of wandy would be considered a lucky punch too since his head was down and not looking at his target.

i like arlovski but he needs to be a boring fighter to be a winning fightert. his jaw is no good enough to bang toe to toe. especially not with fedor.

props to fedor. looking forward to seeing him fight barnett.

Quoted from another forum.

Fedor looked beatable and human when:

Arona was all over him.
Heath had a side mount on him and was landing knees.
Coleman had his back.
Randleman randleplexed him on his head.
Fujita’d wobbled him badly.
Nog had him on his back a few times in their fights.
Crocop had him badly wobbled, broke his nose and made him piss blood.
Hunt had two submissions on him, just inches away from finishing. (if only he had more knowledge)
HMC was on top of him twice, landed some powerful hammerfists.
Lindland badly badly cut him with 1 punch.

Makes the “Arlovski made him look slighty uncomfortable” arguement look pathetic and laughable.

haha its really funny that all these ufc loyalists are making excuses for arlovski. Fedor did what Chuck Liddell has been doing for years and if this was a chuck liddell fight then ppl would be rambling on saying “ahhh that guys a badass”. Being an MMA fighter means having a complete game. If you watch the fight again and again you will see that Fedor was NEVER in any serious trouble throughout this fight. Arlovski was ahead on the scorecards because he was more aggressive but fedor was never off balance. The only strike that looked decent was that front kick towards the end of the fight and id did throw fedor a bit because it landed on the side of his body. The “Lucky punch” was actually a perfectly placed hook the came from out of nowhere. If you watch it in slo mo then you will see that fedor waited for arlovski to relax and then cam over the top with the hand. He didn’t swing wildly. In his fight with cro cop he was using counter strikes to get the better of CC and thats what he did here. The only thing lucky about it is that it knocked him out. I dont think Fedor expected a knockout from that short punch. He was ready to follow arlovski to the ground. Also i noticed that fedor ducked his head and raised his left hand so he was expecting the knee strike and knew a good way to counter. great job. Last thing. Why do ppl get off on slagging Fedor off? He is the best fighter of all time and has the best list of names on his victim list than anyone else and he beats them all at their own game. He outstruck cro cop and arlovski and owned Big Nog on the ground. Hes also the nicest guy in MMA so dont be hating so much. Arlovski can back to eeking out decisions in the UFC prelim circuit and Freddie Roach can make excuses for his rubbish perfprmances. Leave this forum to the real fans of MMA

Whether or not Fedor gets lucky is out of the questions. Fedor won. Period. Who’s gonna be his next victim, that’s what we should be debating on.

next time freddie, fedor will open his eyes to make it a little harder for andrei OK?

too easy?
 ok next time fedor will fight with his eyes open to make sure arlovski doesn’t get cheated out of the challenge
 - OK FREDDIE?

outpointing someone for the first 3 minutes (if it’s against fedor) is in a meaningless way, impressive.

but how is mma different than boxing? what does outpointing someone for 3 minutes mean in MMA

OK,
if the fight continued like that for 5 rounds then Arlovski would have won on points.
BUT,
while that CAN happen in boxing,
(where the 1st round is sometimes a blueprint for the other 14,) the
SAME PATTERN CONTINUING RARELY HAPPENS IN MMA
- ESPECIALLY AGAINST FIGHTERS LIKE FEDOR, GSP, ANDERSON SILVA,
who have many options in a fight.
plus in boxing many 6/10 punches are worth more than one 9/10 punches
- but obviously NOT without the padded gloves

actually i don’t see arlovski being more aggresive upon rewatc hing this fight – i just see him trying (wisely to keep a distance and land some pokes. Fedor was on the other hand trying to knock Sergei’s Block Off. I was very impressed with Arlovski’s striking footwork and defense in the clinch.

The fact is that we didn’t get to see the whole range of scenario’s possible beween these 2 great fighters. That happens sometimes. Rematch would be interesting

barnett vs. fedor
seems less likely to end so soon.

Fedor can outstrike barnett but,
barnett’s chin is very good. fedor is quicker but barnett is stronger.

fedor has not even been close to getting subbed (hunt, coleman, nog. yea not really close- i in a way wouldn’t count hunt- although that’s in hindsight).

barnett has amazing cardio for a 150+ guy.

barnett’s ground control is amazing, but i think fedor knows that and would be more readying himself for that danger, than against someone like hunt.

barnett looked scary in his last 2 fights.