
(Photo courtesy of MMA Mania.)
Getting knocked out in two consecutive high-profile fights has to be a devastating blow to a fighter’s confidence. And the idea of Tim Sylvia banging your ex-girlfriend, sure, that would make anybody want to throw up until they died. But we weren’t expecting this troubling bit of news from a fighters.com article posted yesterday:
* I’m taking this to mean that he made his confession to Fighters.com last night, not that he played Russian Roulette last night.
Hopfully the poem that the priest read him was so good that it made Arlovski not want to put a gun to his head anymore, but some ongoing professional help would probably be wise in this situation. To play Russian Roulette even once would suggest that you might be one chair short of a dinette set. To do it more than once would suggest that it’s only a matter of time before you die tragically.
Arlovski went on to say that he’s still working with Freddie Roach and plans to have his professional boxing debut in the fall.








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commentsreal talk.
It's never too soon for funny.
That's Russian roulette. Okay, gotcha. So what's Belorussian Roulette? Trying to flying knee Fedor. I'd take the one in six odds myself.
Keep playing that russian roulette game Andrei, it will do you about as much good as trying to kill yourself in the desert.
If after time and personal reflection, Arlovski feels he has to walk away from MMA, I'd be the first one to thank him for some great fights and hope he does well in the next stage of his life. There is always something to fight and live for. It is an unfathomably sad moment when you feel like you can't go on.
And Andrei Arlovski is from Belarus NOT Russia. There's a big difference.
Cuntalope gets to make insensitive comments cuz he's a virgin and being a virgin at cuntalope's age can be quite depressing.
Biv
What? Too soon?
Never thought I would be defending Bob Sapp, but Mirko broke the orbit of Sapp's eye. That is INCREDIBLY painful.
...but I wouldn't have cried.
I probably would have passed out and peed on myself.
How can you not see this a "real problem," obviously Arlovski has some very "real" issues. He's will do do very "real" things that could bring a "real" end to everything. A man like this may not need your sympathy, but he needs someone's help.
@2gq4u
Depending at what's on the line and how much a fighter loves their sport there is nothing wrong with shedding some tears in defeat. Often when Challengers come up just short of winning the title, do we see them cry. More often than the loser crying I see the winner crying. Why can a winner cry and everyone see him as a hero, but the loser cries and tell him he's a pussy for stepping in the cage in the first place? That doesn't make sense. If it makes the loser a lesser fighter for crying, then I'm very disappointed in many champions for crying after their matches. Do you see where I'm going with this logic? If not then /end rant.
PS: I'm not referring to crying like B. Sapp vs M. Filipovic, that was horribly pitiful. What I'm referring to is guys who (sometimes) drop down to their knees and let the tears roll. They're not doing it because they're sore losers, because of the pain, because of anger. They do it because they love the sport. Win or lose they know that they stepped up to a challenge that most normal people wouldn't even consider trying, they're crying for the love of their sport and the opportunity they were given.
PPS: Now back to the real topic. I value life so dearly it perplexes me to see a man so willing to put his life on the line for almost arbitrary reasons. As Cuntalope stated this is different than loading a 9mm and knowing that there's one bullet in the clip and it's going to be your demise. It's not as if Arlovski wants life to end, more that he truly doesn't care.
Sorry dude. Feeling sorry for him just does-not-compute.
UFC made him a beast in Undisputed.
Remember when he had that very fashionable highlighted mullet!
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