…I know, I know, you would say “are you crazy?” Fedor is our friend, and that will always be the case, however my personal feeling is that Arlovski is in a position to best the ‘best guy in MMA’. It goes without saying that Andre can get a little wierd with the hair, the eyebrows, the man-shave, the affliction crap etc. but based on his recent fights, and after seeing him sparring at Wildcard, my gut says he will win the fight against Fedor. When you review what happened in the bout between Fedor and Cro-cop you can see there are several holes in Fedors game that were exposed (reference fedor-emelianenko-vs-mirko-cro-cop-filipovic-pride-video, and the photos below.)

I’m not going to get into specifics about who’s better at stand-up, ground, submissions, etc. that is conversation for arm-chair warriors. Bascially i have a bet with Willard and Stacy about this fight, and i really want to win!

I just don’t see anyone in Fedor’s last seven fights who presents the problems that Andre will bring, except for Cro-cop and Lindland (who both gave Fedor real problems.) Anyone remeber Fedor doing the boog-a-loo after being cracked by Fujita?, yeah well, watch the video, he was on queer-street. I think Andre will come in great shape for this fight.

So, call me crazy, call me stupid, call me disloyal to our friend Fedor, but i have to call it here and now for Arlovsky, maybe I’m wrong, (and I hope that I am), but I have a feeling I’m not.

The aftermath of Fedor vs. Cro-cop at Pride Final Conflict 2005.