Andrei Arlovski Preparing To Meet Antonio Silva On May Strikeforce Event

As he prepares for his Strikeforce bout against Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is doing a series of video diaries. Here is the first part:

Odds have not yet been released but look for the line to open with Arlovski around a -280 favorite.

Sherdog brings word that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski has signed a deal to fight for Strikeforce:

This is a big move for the promotion and beyond a fight with Silva there are legitimately interesting fights for him in Strikeforce such as Alistair Overeem, Bobby Lashley, and rematches with both Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. One of my personal mantras is that there is not much to take away from KO’s in under 30 seconds as they generally aren’t repeatable performances but the loss to Rogers did serve as a reminder of Arlovski’s notoriously poor chin.