Props to Dave Mandel of Sherdog.com for the best DoR pic I’ve seen
Freddie Roach talking to MMA Weekly:
“[Andrei] made a young man’s mistake. It was too easy for him. He was winning the fight handily I thought, controlling the fight like we planned. He got a little cocky, and he tried the flying knee from too far away, no setup, and he paid for it…But Fedor swings hard, that’s his thing. He probably had his eyes closed, but he just got lucky, I think. If we had followed a more disciplined fight, and kept to the game plan, I think it was going to be easy.”
Um, yeah Freddie, you’re probably right, because Fedor has always sucked at hitting his target.
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Roach is a great trainer, one of the best of all-time but hes dead wrong about Fedor! Many of those punches that Arlovski threw looked good but never hit Fedor. Yes The Pitbull was winning based on him being the busier fighter but he did not hurt Fedor at all. Watch it in slow motion and you can see that Fedor sees all the punches coming and either ducks or moves his head and DOES NOT get hit. And about him having his eyes closed, he clearly has his eyes on Arlovskis huge chin as hes about to land. Hes the most dangerous man on earth! THATS WHY HES THE LAST EMPEROR!!!
Warlock41b is apparently another one of these guys who worship Fedor. He was getting his ass whipped. Without a doubt in my mind if Arlovski would not have tried the risky flying knee move, he would have beaten Fedor with his outstanding boxing. Fedor is an great fighter, but everyone can be beaten. If Fedor and Arlovski fight again Arlovski will hand him a loss.