Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-28, pretty good finish between Andrei Arlovski and Francis Ngannou but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two (UFC Performance of the Night).The former Ufc Hw champion Andrei Arlovski entered this fight with a professional record of 25-13-0 (80% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 heavyweight in the world but he comes off three consecutive losses, against current #1 Ufc champion Stipe Miocic (=Arlovski vs Miocic), Alistair Overeem (=Overeem vs Arlovski) and Josh Barnett (=Arlovski vs Barnett).
His opponent, Francis Ngannou, has a mma record of 9-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Zoumana Cisse at his second pro mma fight in 2013, since then he has won eight consecutive fights beating Curtis Blaydes, Bojan Mihajlovic and Anthony Hamilton in 2016. Francis Ngannou vs Andrei Arlovski is on the undercard of Valentina Shevchenko vs Julianna Pena – UFC on Fox 23. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC on Fox 23: Shevchenko vs Pena
Date: 2017-01-28
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Division: heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg)
UFC on Fox 23 fight card (main fights):
Valentina Shevchenko vs Julianna Pena
Donald Cerrone vs Jorge Masvidal
Andrei Arlovski vs Francis Ngannou
Jason Knight vs Alex Caceres
Aljamain Sterling vs Raphael Assuncao
Arlovski’s next fight: Andrei Arlovski vs Marcin Tybura
Ngannou’s next fight: Alistair Overeem vs Francis Ngannou
Arlovski vs Ngannou Fight Video:
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Arlovski is a great warrior, but he needs to stop. He got knockedout way too many times…His speed is gone, his movement isn’t there and overall it looks like his body had enough of this. He had a great run, it’ll be bad to see him get really hurt.