I think this is Andreis fight to lose... He has all of the advantages.. Technique, speed, accuracy, movement and is probably in better form. It's still not unlikely he loses this but I think he uses his advantages, and doesn't run into anything stupid like he sometimes does then this should be a fairly easy one for him. On paper this is all Arlovski, but Mir is very capable of capitalizing on a fatal Arlovski mistake and scoring the upset. :deal
Who would have thought either of these guys would be relevant in the HW picture in 2015? I think Andrei knocks Mir out. You never know though with Andrei's china chin, even a guy like Mir could knock him cold.
Mir will win within round one,either k.o or submission,hes far to good and has progreesed much more than Arlovski despite wins and losees..arlovski is not the Arlovski from years ago.I cant see Arlovski being the favorite here,and if he is well I guess im watching the wrong aspects of why a fighter should win a certain fight.
I'll be cheerig for Arlovski. Always liked him and felt a bit bad for his Fedor loss, even though I was cheering for FE.
This fight should have happened years ago, not now. I'd have like to have seen both men get a shot. Arlovski vs Cain is a tremendous match-up. Mir vs Werdum would be epic. Werdum has the better ground game on paper, but Mir's ground game in MMA is nasty. Best I've seen at HW. Arlovski should win, but Mir reminds me of Cotto since his move to Jackson - he's rejuvenated. I like Andrei the most out of the two, and I'd love to see him hold the strap again. So I'm backing him to win. I'd like to see Andrei face JDS and Mir face The Reem sometime in the future though.
This fight has an Arlovski let down written all over it. However nobody can ever erase the performance he had in his last fight. A real story book comeback that the MMA world will not soon forget. I wish him well but I just have this feeling another let down is imminent.
Arlovski did have something of a let down. Mir made for an ugly, slow paced fight. Arlovski is fighting smarter, years ago he would have found a way to lose this type of fight.
Mir had Arlovski down, but it was more of a flash kd/push. Mir never capitalized, and Arlovski easily won the first part of the rd, and once he got back to his feet he busted Mir up good. Not the best fight, definitely a little disappointing but I'm glad AA got the win.
