Fedor vs Andrei Arlovski Betting Odds and Prediction
Robert K - December 16th, 2008 .Widely considered the best heavyweight fighter in the world Russian Fedor Emelianenko returns to US soil for only the third time in his career. He’ll face former UFC champion and top five heavyweight Andrei Arlovski. Betting lines are out for this much anticipated fight. We have the latest Fedor vs Arlovski odds for you below.
Here is the current line for this heavyweight match-up. All betting lines are correct at the time of posting.
Betting Line: Fedor Emelianenko (-475) vs Andrei Arlovski (+325)
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Fedor is the clear betting favourite coming into this fight. He is virtually undefeated and according to many pundits unstoppable. He has dominated the current interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on two occasions, destroyed Tim Sylvia and outclassed many of Pride‘s best heavyweights.
The Russian has performed particularly well on US soil. His destruction of UFC and Pride veteran Mark Coleman was followed by a extremely impressive performance at Affliction Banned. It took the Emelianenko less than a minute submit the once intimidating Tim Sylvia. Fedor truly looked like the best fighter in the world that night. It was a once in a life time performance.
Andrei Arlovski has also made a fine return to form in the past 12 months. The former UFC champion is in fact on a impressive five fight winning streak. During that run he has stopped 4 out of 5 five of his opponents via KO or TKO. His last two fight in particular have silenced his critiques and detractors who had written him of after his UFC departure. Former IFL stars Roy Nelson and Ben Rothwell were no match as both men were stopped inside the instance. It appears that the well rounded Belarusian is back to his best.
There is no doubt that he is the deserving favourite however are the current odds an overreaction? The answers in an empathic yes. Fedor probably is the toughest heavyweight in world at the moment but the hype surrounding Fedor over the past 6 to 12 months has outgrown reality. He is beatable. Everyone is. Andrei Arlovski has the game and experience to really test Fedor. The Russian hasn’t faced many fighters that have been more athletic than himself. He has in past had a considerable speed advantage to his heavier opponents. If Arlovksi can keep his cool and use his athleticism to keep this fight on the feet he has a decent shot at causing an upset.
This is one of the premier MMA events of 2009. Affliction: Day of reckoning featuring Fedor vs Arlvoski takes place Saturday January 24th. Head over to Sportsbook to bet on this historic fight.
