Andrei
Arlovski has managed to cram as much activity and achievement
into one career as possible, and the beat goes on.
The former
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder finds
himself in the midst of yet another resurgence despite being well
into his 40s. Arlovski—who has now competed in four different
decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s)—has rattled off four
consecutive victories at a time when most of his contemporaries are
kicked back and enjoying retirement. He last appeared at UFC on
ESPN 35, where he eked out a split decision over
Jake
Collier in their April 30 co-main event.
As Arlovski awaits word on his next assignment from UFC
matchmakers, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied
them to this point:
43: Years of age for Arlovski, who was born on Feb. 4, 1979 in
Babruysk, Belarus.
17: Arlovski victories by knockout or technical knockout,
accounting for 50% of his career total (34). His list of victims
includes
Travis
Browne,
Antonio
Silva,
Roy Nelson,
Ben
Rothwell,
Marcio Cruz
and
Vladimir
Matyushenko. Arlovski holds two other victories by submission
and one more by decision.
15: Seconds needed for Arlovski to punch out
Paul
Buentello at UFC 55 on Oct. 7, 2005. Having occurred 16-plus
years ago, it remains the fastest finish of his 56-fight
career.
38: UFC appearances for Arlovski, placing him second on the
promotion’s all-time list. Only lightweight
Jim Miller
(39) has more. Arlovski and Miller are tied atop the organization’s
win column at 23.
152: Significant strikes landed by Arlovski in his three-round
unanimous decision over the aforementioned Rothwell in their UFC on
ESPN 4 rematch in July 2019. It established a new personal
benchmark for the Belarusian, eclipsing the 92 such strikes with
which he connected against
Junior
Albini at UFC Fight Night 120 a little less than two years
earlier.
10: Countries in which Arlovski has competed as a mixed martial
artist. He has gone 26-15 with one no contest in the United States,
4-2 in Russia, 1-0 in his native Belarus, 1-0 in Canada, 1-0 in
England, 1-0 in Brazil, 0-1 in the Netherlands, 0-1 in Germany, 0-1
in Singapore and 0-0 with one no contest in the Philippines.
246: Days spent by Arlovski as undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.
He was promoted to the top spot on Aug. 12, 2005 at the expense of
an injured
Frank Mir, made
one successful title defense and then surrendered the throne to
Tim
Sylvia on April 15, 2006.
24: Consecutive calendar years in which Arlovski has fought at
least once. In addition to his 2-0 mark in 2022, he went 0-1 in
1999, 4-0 in 2000, 0-1 in 2001, 1-1 in 2002, 1-0 in 2003, 1-0 in
2004, 3-0 in 2005, 1-2 in 2006, 1-0 in 2007, 3-0 in 2008, 0-2 in
2009, 0-1 in 2010, 2-1 in 2011, 2-0 with one no contest in 2012,
2-1 in 2013, 2-0 in 2014, 2-0 in 2015, 0-3 in 2016, 1-2 in 2017,
1-2 with one no contest in 2018, 1-2 in 2019, 2-0 in 2020 and 2-1
in 2021.
11: Arlovski losses by knockout or technical knockout, accounting
for 55% of his career total (20).
Jairzinho
Rozenstruik,
Francis
Ngannou,
Alistair
Overeem,
Stipe
Miocic and
Fedor
Emelianenko were among the perpetrators. Arlovski has been
saddled with two other losses by submission and seven more by
decision.
.739: Cumulative winning percentage between the 19 opponents who
have beaten Arlovski: Sylvia (twice), Silva, Rozenstruik, Ngannou,
Overeem, Miocic, Emelianenko,
Tom
Aspinall,
Augusto
Sakai,
Shamil
Abdurakhimov,
Tai
Tuivasa,
Marcin
Tybura,
Josh Barnett,
Anthony
Johnson,
Sergei
Kharitonov,
Brett
Rogers,
Pedro Rizzo,
Ricco
Rodriguez and
Viacheslav
Datsik.