It’s time for Arlovski to start focusing on MMA
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- June
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For the past year or so, MMA fans have heard a lot about former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski training with famed boxing coach Freddie Roach.
Arlovski has even mentioned that he is anxious to make his pro boxing debut. He was set to do that later this month, but may face a medical suspension after being brutally knocked out by Brett Rogers this past weekend.
Arlovski’s hands are considerably faster since training with Roach, but he has been knocked out in brutal fashion in two consecutive fights. He was controlling the stand up game against Fedor Emelianenko until he threw a sloppy flying knee and ate a cross to the jaw, and this past weekend he threw an inside leg kick without defending his face; in an instant Brett Rogers made him pay for that mistake.
I think Arlovski has to focus on boxing for MMA. He seems to be training so exclusively as a boxer, that he is having problems putting the other parts of his game together.
Boxing for boxing and boxing for mixed martial arts are two different entities. You can take a little more punishment when a sixteen ounce glove slams the side of your face. When a 265 pound Brett Rogers lands a cross/hook combo to your jaw with four ounce MMA gloves, it’s lights out.
Freddie Roach and Michael Moorer are great boxing coaches, but they can’t get Arlovski’s MMA career back on track by isolating his training to boxing only.
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on Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 12:17 pm by Larry Vollmer.
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You are aware that boxers use 8-10oz gloves in competition, correct?
Yes, I was talking about the pillows that we use to train with. I could have worded that sentence better.
i agree.im a boxing trainer & i train mma fighter with there strikeing only!!!after that it is mandatory that they incorparate that into there mma game with there mma trainer.because sometimes the two trainer’s see thing’s different
The same thing would happen to Arlovski at the highest levels of boxing. Also why do mma fans think boxers fight with 16oz gloves?Arlovski needs to stay in mma because if he gets hit by a top ten heavyweight boxer he might not wake up.
Arlovski would probably be fighting a heavyweight can, but even at that level I don’t know how well he would do.
Also, a lot of mma fans think that boxers use 16oz gloves because a lot of MMA commentators make this point during fights. Thanks for the corrections, it will be noted in the future.