Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arloski, took to his official website to discuss this past weekends fight he had against Tim Sylvia at ONE FC 5. A fight that ended in controversy, when the fight ended in a no contest, due to ‘Illegal’ kicks thrown by Arlovski when his opponent was on the ground attempting to scramble away from being attacked.
“First of all, I want to mention that I feel Tim Sylvia is no slouch, and the various punches he delivered in the first round were very strong. But I want to make it very clear that in the second round I felt in total control, and regardless of the current decision Tim would have lost this bout.
I guess his comments about doing the soccer kick on me just got the best of me in this bout, but let me clarify – the first kick I delivered was on his shoulder. After I punched him and he went down like a tree and attempted to start moving away from me, (it) made me think he was still conscious and aware of his surroundings.
The second kick was in fact to his head, but it came after I noticed this questionable-overall referee running with his hand up from behind me. The reason I say questionable is simply – in my bout alone this guy missed various serious calls (such as) where Tim was grabbing and leveraging the fence to control our clinch in the first round. In the second round, the vicious and clearly intentional head butt was simply ignored by the referee completely.
I am content with my performance during this bout, specifically testing my so-called ‘glass chin’ in the first round, delivering leg kicks that ultimately broke Tim’s arm and the knock down that made him go down. The kicks obviously caused the decision I received, but by the sound of my fans I hope to be back soon and keep you all excited about what’s to come.
My team is proud of me, and I feel like I am making the right progress in my MMA career. My beef with Tim Sylvia is now behind us both and the outcome of this bout is clear to me, but I’ll let you guys decide.”
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