About six months after Fedor knocked out Arlovski, I saw Freddie Roach at the airport. He was by himself and we spoke about the different eras of boxing.
As a joke, I asked him why he implemented the flying knee into Arlovski’s fight plan. He was still píssed about it and went into great detail about the training camp and they didn’t train flying knees or anything that required going airborne. He just kept shaking his head no as he was reliving the fight in his head.
He was great to talk to and we snapped a few pictures with him. One of the few times having a flight delayed was a positive.
Arlovski vs Roger:
Took a hot chick to the Arlovski vs Rodgers fight. We sat next to Fedor and were amazed that he was a heavyweight. Lawler was on the card and looked bigger than Fedor.
My date was an Arlovski fan and wanted to get a picture with him. So we went to the after fight party and he showed up a couple hours later wearing a full length fur coat. I told him to wait there so we could get the picture and he just stood by the entrance door until I came back with her.
She asked him why he was late and he shrugged his shoulders. She told him she was fine and didn’t want a picture after all. Some dude is his entourage put his hand on Arlovskis shoulder and said, “I don’t know Champ, just not our night.”
As a bonus, Rodgers wife put on a good show after the KO walking around the ring apron in high heels yelling at the crowd.
I am still stunned how small Fedor was. In this GIF you can see Chael is bigger than him.
fuck, that JCVD gif should not be inflicted on this thread!
conor/aldo was FUCKING AMAZING. literally amazing. whatever you think of conor, that was borderline genius.
said it before, hope not to bore anyone, but Pedro Rizzo refraining from soccer kicking Vernon White a second time and cheering happily. class.
Justin Gaethje telling a cynical press conference audience that he was the most violent lightweight on the planet. he was so certain, in the face of their scepticism, ‘you’ll find out, everybody’s gonna find out’
legendary character ^
mario sperry taking on a 22-year old ninja rua, getting concussed and blowing out his knee in the first minute and continuing to the end. like a fuckin man. very entertaining fight.
Don Frye allowing Ken Shamrock to destroy both of his knees and not tapping.
