I normally don’t like to speculate on fights that I haven’t been able to get a reasonable amount of confirmation on, but with the lack of news stories lately, the MMA world is abuzz today with news that Andre Arlovski and Brandon Vera might fight at UFC 78 in November. UFCMania.com is reporting the story, and even they are very non-committal about the fight, saying they can’t get either confirmation or denial of the bout.
But with all the talk about the fight and many of you readers wanting to know what is next for both Arlovski and Vera, I’ll put it out there. Brandon Vera has recently been quoted as wanting to get in at least two fights before the end of the year. If Vera does fight at UFC 78, it is unlikely that he will fight twice due to the fact that UFC 78 is currently slated for November.
Arlovski hasn’t fought since April at UFC 70 when he won a lackluster decision against Fabricio Werdum. Prior to the fight, it was widely thought that if Arlovski won he would be next in line for a heavyweight title shot. Well, Andre’s performance against Werdum was less than stellar and the UFC has since added some more considerable firepower to their Heavyweight division. Andre’s title shot seems like a distant thought at this point.
If this fight does happen, it should be a very exciting fight. Even if its not exciting, it will be good to finally see Brandon Vera back in action.
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(via MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis)