In an interesting story from Sherdog.com’s Loretta Hunt today, it was revealed that former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski will soon head to New Mexico, for a training stint with Greg ‘This Guy Knows His Sh#t’ Jackson. Of course Jackson is the MMA genius who has helped the careers of a couple of dudes you may have heard of, namely Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine, and Georges St. Pierre.
The news is further evidence that Arlovski remains focused on getting his MMA career back on track. After his KO loss to Brett Rogers, there was a lot of speculation regarding the fighter’s mind set and whether or not he would finally embark on a boxing career. (Although, coming off back-to-back losses- the other to Fedor Emelianenko in January- perhaps Arlovski thought better of entering into a sport where your brain gets battered more often than a piñata.)
Recent losses aside, this is the same guy that KO’d Roy Nelson and Ben Rothwell just last year, two dudes that are receiving a lot of attention in the UFC. (‘Big Country’ Nelson, for his ‘ damn that thing is big’ mesmerizing belly, well, and of course, for taking out Kimbo Slice, and Rothwell for his upcoming tilt with Cain Velasquez) Plus, at just 30 years old, were thinking that people aren’t done hearing about Arlovski for a while yet.
According to the Sherdog report Arlovski is currently in negotiations for his next bout, and that he hopes to fight again in December or January.
