The co-main event of the evening featured former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski clashing with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. From the opening bell something appeared to be wrong with Arlovski as his footwork was slow, his punches were wide and his body language was less than ideal. Silva stood back and countered whenever Arlovski attempted to throw any strikes. With the harder punches landing for Silva some of the questions of Andrei Arlovski’s chin were answered as he refused to go away when hit with hard, straight punches.
Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Results - Antonio Silva Decisions Lifeless Andrei Arlovski
The Strikeforce announcing problems were on display as a second round that was very close was framed as lopsided by Gus Johnson and Frank Shamrock’s refusal to acknowledge any work done by Arlovski. In the third round things were very close until Silva scored a takedown where he was able to control the latter part of the round to lock up the decision.
All three judges (as well as SB Nation) scored the bout 29-28 for Silva who rebounds from a loss to Fabricio Werdum.
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