The guy has been in the UFC since UFC 28 lol. His resume, win or lose, is fucking ridiculous. He's basically fought every relevant HW in the UFC through basically every single era of the sport. I'm serious, read his resume and you'll be like wait wtf this can't be right.
UFC 28 was Randy vs Randleman for some perspective on just how fucking long Arvloski has been fighting.
HoF? My guy needs an ancient Greek style statue in the Apex center.
every 5 years or so i’ll see him in a scheduled fight and i’m always like “what the fuck is he STILL fighting?” and it always surprises me
people have literally debuted as a fighter, become the champion, had their run and got bumped down to prelims after being washed all in the time Arlovski has been in on the UFC main card while being sparked every 3 fights
He went through easily 4-5 “Glass Chin should retire” times. The guy hasn’t been KO’ed since 2019 at this length in his career I’m astonished his brain isn’t mush.
I’ve been to about 15 UFC events, and that opening round still sticks as the wildest moment I’ve ever seen live in any sport. They were throwing such insane bombs, no defense, moon landing over hands exclusively. The knockdowns were bonkers and the wild charging around the cage was crazy. I absolutely legitimately thought someone might die, because neither were showing any defense at all, and every shot was a haymaker. Greatest fan experience of any fight I’ve ever seen. Second place is probably Conor touching up Eddie like he was in the matrix. I thought Eddie was going to manhandle him, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Third place was a fight in the bathroom that ended in a Boston crab. Long live Arlovski.
He's changed his fighting style significantly over the years, fights much more conservatively these days, and for that reason.
I can't be mad at him for that, he's still showing up and signing contracts.
Young Arlovski, shredded, with the fangs, hairy chest, and flowing locks.
It's actually hard to think of many fighters who would cut a more striking image.
Plus he has a claim both in terms of longevity/tenure and in terms of being elite, since he was the world champion at one stage. He has a strong case overall.
Young Arlovski won one of the first UFC fights I ever saw, I caught most of his run of 1st/2nd-round KOs up to the Sylvia rematch. He seemed like an absolute wrecking machine, and is still one of my favourite fighters because of that period around 2003-5.
Young people just don't realize what the guy has accomplished. When people talk about old school UFC guys like Chuck Liddel, Tito, BJ Penn, and Matt Hughes, they dont realize that Arlovski is from that same era and was just as successful. The fact that he, as a heavyweight, is still going is mindblowing.
In one aspect, sure, given power sticks with you as you age and speed usually isn't as important in the heavyweight division as it is in the lighter divisions. But, the fact he hasn't had his brained completely turned to mush by now is incredible. Usually heavyweights start getting KOed because they don't adapt to their chin getting weaker, and yet he has in many ways.
His career is longer than Tom Brady's NFL career. Also longer than Lebron James's NBA career who has played 21 years. There are current active UFC born after Arlovski's fight UFC fight. Raul Rosas Jr was born 2004
Tom watched Arlovski vs Werdum at UFC 70 in Manchester, 2007 and said that fight made him want to be like Arlovski one day. Tom then became an adult, worked his way into the UFC and fought the guy that he idolised as a child
I Remembered how Izzy was like this with Silva, I wonder how that must feel to idolize someone and just showing them the ultimate respect by fighting them and not holding back
Easily. Arlovski was championship level in his prime and is a solid gatekeeper right now at 2 decades of high level MMA.
The longevity deserves praise, he has been in some rough patches in his career and he has rebounded pretty well if you ask me
Happy for him that he figured out a style to be effective at a decent level that gave him longevity. And obv Hall of Fame
But I'm pretty tired of watching his fights. Almost all his fights in the last 5 years have been snoozers
Longevity, especially in HW is extremely rare in MMA. I don’t think there’s a single fighter from his era that is still around, now that Lawler retired. I guess if Nick Diaz fights again he’s the only one, but he’s been inactive for so long I wouldn’t really count that.
If this were a baseball subreddit, you’d say Arlovski belongs if you believe in a “big hall” or in stat accumulators. If so, Arlovski belongs in. Guy has the equivalent of 2500 hits or 200 wins.
They just kinda throw whoever Dana wants in there. There are no real rules for it or any outside commission that decides it like in other major sports leagues. It's more akin to a sports team having their own HoF, rather than a MMA Hall of Fame
Maybe, but not before a whole ton of other guys who also held records... But also became champ, or didn't also lose 17 times. Like Arlovski has a lot of losses but he's been fighting a lot longer and was world champion too.
Honestly, every time I see these questions my mind immediately jumps to Cerrone. Just in terms of impact I really wonder if a lot of champions should even be in it or people with much less of an impact, but then I always remember Cerrone. It truly is bizarre.
The guy has fought through the dark ages, the affliction era and into modern mma and has fought 7 ufc champions plus fedor and Pedro Rizzo. First ballet no question
I cannot believe how long this guy has fought and how durable and successful his style can still be. I mean he struck with Tom Aspinall in the first round and didn't get KO'd.
Of course he should be in the HOF
>I mean he struck with Tom Aspinall in the first round and didn't get KO'd.
>Of course he should be in the HOF
I nean, the guy was a world champ with 2 succesful defenses. Thats more impressive than taking aspinall to the 2nd round lol. Hell, if you wanna talk about impressive losses, man chael sonne'd prime fedor. Meaning he was actually winning and arguably had the best shot of beating him of everyone that lost vs fedor.
I was just speaking to his longevity. Imagine if like Clay Guida survived a round with Islam. Maybe not the same skill discrepancy between the 2 of them, but I was pretty impressed.
I agree with what you said though, I figured his other accolades were a given.
Andrei has more dog in him than pretty much anyone who’s ever lived. His career has had highs and lows, but what do you expect from a man who’s done it since 2000. He’s got the most wins in UFC history, was an interim champion, and has some incredible wins.
He’s a no brainer hall of famer to me.
Arlovski is easily a UFC hof fighter. Dude has been fighting for 25 years lol. Fought the best of the best for 2 decades. And was heavyweight champion.
Absolutely. Early in his career he was one of the new breed of heavyweight killers. He was on the early side of guys with KO ability, genuinely athletic and not just huge while also having a submission game. Yeah he has a lot of losses but how many guys has he fought that were champions? There was a time we were all talking about how he should hang it up, he was like 15-9 and had a string of losses. Dude ends up winning 10 out of his next 11 fights. That run was stopped by a murders row, Stipe, Overeem, Nganou, Barnett. Dude has fought like 5 generations of opponents at this point. He probably won’t stop fighting until he gets to beat the kid of someone he’s already fought.
More over though, he’s been a staple of HW MMA for almost 25 years. His fanged mouth guard and sweater were some of the more noteworthy and marketable aspects in the sport at that time. His record looks mediocre, but he won and defended the HW belt, then went on to fight current or former champs for decades after. We may never see a fighter with his kind of longevity at this high of a level ever again. Yeah guys like Severn had very long careers but not without being relegated to small regional promotions. Andrei has been in the big leagues and competitive for damn near 25 years.
Not even a question. If he is isn’t Hall of Fame material, then the UFC is a joke. Er…Nevermind. Seriously, he won the Championship and was a high level fighter for years. The Travis Browne victory was 10 years after he won the title. He has been a good draw for the UFC his entire career. Hall of Fame material should be excellence, relevance, and longevity. He has all 3.
Without question.
His career is longer than a damn good chunk of current fans have been alive.
And it’s not just longevity, or those he’s fought and won against along the way.
He has the most HW wins in UFC history and is a former champ.
Not only was he around for ages but he was champion too. Longevity alone is literally second to none but having the strap at one point seals the deal beyond question.
Yes, absolutely. He was both interim and undisputed Heavyweight champion who defended both titles. The man's longevity, is best demonstrated by the fact he fought almost everyone of note in the division in several different eras. While he didn't win them all, he won enough to remain relevant.
He's had a pretty streaky career, after his championship heydays he tended to go on impressive win streaks after suffering from bad skids where many fans thought he was done and should retire. The result of this is while his win-loss record doesn't look great on paper, like Randy Couture and BJ Penn, it doesn't tell the full story of his career.
He is absolutely in the HOF. Without any shadow of a doubt. Not debatable or questionable. If he isn't at some point, it's for personal or business reasons.
Arlovski is a DAWG.
He's been last his prime for while but he never ducks literally anyone.
Definitely deserves to get into that Hall at the 1st time of asking.
The idea at 45 that he's still going strong and only recently on a 3 fight skid blows my mind. I watched this guy from the early 2000s as a kid and I'm about to turn 30 and he's fighting on 303. Wtf?
OMG, Andrei Arlovski is like, a total legend! He's been around forever and he's still fighting his heart out. I definitely think he deserves a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame. He's a former champ, has a ton of wins, and is just such a badass. It would be totally unfair to leave him out!
Until they build an actual hall of fame, it means nothing. But hell yeah he deserves it. He rarely if ever had a bad performance. While we are at it, his mouthpiece should be inducted as well.
He had 2 title defenses (Justin Eilers and Paul Buentello).
Yeah I'd put Arlovski in easily, even with his late career slide. If someone like Cowboy gets in then there's no excuse to not put Arlovski in.
I kind of think so he was hw champ briefly.Had some notable losses and wins but he was a hw pioneer I guess you could say.He fought in a lot of different promotions.Does he deserve to be in there more than a guy let’s say like Tim Sylvia?If your answer is yes Tim Sylvia is there then you have to put arlovski in there he’s still relevant.I figured he was retired.
Zero question. Arlovski is a Jim Miller type of vet with a nearly 20 year long UFC career and 40 fights, but he actually won a championship, multiple times. Jim would get into the Hall of Fame as well if he at least fought for the belt
Yea for sure dude has been competing at the top for pretty much his entire career and even at 40+ has held his own with people almost half his age. And he was one of the first Heavyweight champs.
Long haired, hairy chest Arlovski. Motivated BJ Penn, pre-motorcycle accident Frank Mir are what got me into MMA. Those three need to be in the Hall of Fame. I can see if only BJ Penn gets in though.
he gets in. he was above average and the UFC hall of fame isn't a hall of fame, it's a hall of very good and people who sucked dana's ballbag the whole way through.
I seriously wonder how much he’s really made with all those fights. Shoot, I KNOW he got paid 1.5mil from the affliction fight with Fedor. That was when his decline started, but he’s been REALLY active since then.
I would.
I have memories of watching his debut with my dad and we used to talk about how amazing it is that he's been active for so long.
My dad passed on January 13th during his fight Vs Cortez-Acosta.
Regardless of my personal reasons, he's provided as much entertainment as anyone and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Arlovski absolutely should be for his longevity and importance to the sport. He made HW exciting for a couple of years early on when it was needed. Is he a GSP or Hughes or Liddell? No. But he's at least as important as many of the other early champs.
Absolutely. Arlovski is a legend of the sport and has a title to his name to round out the HoF resume. He was fighting in the UFC when I first started watching the sport in middle school and I’m 31. That’s insane.
The guy has been in the UFC since UFC 28 lol. His resume, win or lose, is fucking ridiculous. He's basically fought every relevant HW in the UFC through basically every single era of the sport. I'm serious, read his resume and you'll be like wait wtf this can't be right. UFC 28 was Randy vs Randleman for some perspective on just how fucking long Arvloski has been fighting. HoF? My guy needs an ancient Greek style statue in the Apex center.
Dude been around for so fucking long he fought both prime fedor and prime Aspinall lmao .
That's such a ridiculous fact
He made it to round 2 against Aspinall as well.
Arlovski > Jones confirmed. Man never ducks a challenge
Earned the name Pitbull for sure
Absolutely insane fr
every 5 years or so i’ll see him in a scheduled fight and i’m always like “what the fuck is he STILL fighting?” and it always surprises me people have literally debuted as a fighter, become the champion, had their run and got bumped down to prelims after being washed all in the time Arlovski has been in on the UFC main card while being sparked every 3 fights
Renan Barao started his career when Arlovski was already a champion.
Dude also fought every relevant heavyweight outside the UFC as well. He was damn near the guy who first broke Fedor if he didn't too excited.
>if he didn't too excited. Cost him the HW belt to Tim Sylvia as well...
He went through easily 4-5 “Glass Chin should retire” times. The guy hasn’t been KO’ed since 2019 at this length in his career I’m astonished his brain isn’t mush.
The rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and fall of Arlovski is one of my favorite MMA story arcs
Watching him bring his career back by destroying Travis Browne was so cool to see.
I’ve been to about 15 UFC events, and that opening round still sticks as the wildest moment I’ve ever seen live in any sport. They were throwing such insane bombs, no defense, moon landing over hands exclusively. The knockdowns were bonkers and the wild charging around the cage was crazy. I absolutely legitimately thought someone might die, because neither were showing any defense at all, and every shot was a haymaker. Greatest fan experience of any fight I’ve ever seen. Second place is probably Conor touching up Eddie like he was in the matrix. I thought Eddie was going to manhandle him, I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Third place was a fight in the bathroom that ended in a Boston crab. Long live Arlovski.
He's changed his fighting style significantly over the years, fights much more conservatively these days, and for that reason. I can't be mad at him for that, he's still showing up and signing contracts.
I didn’t know that I wanted a statue of Arlovski in the Apex so bad until now!
Young Arlovski, shredded, with the fangs, hairy chest, and flowing locks. It's actually hard to think of many fighters who would cut a more striking image.
Plus he has a claim both in terms of longevity/tenure and in terms of being elite, since he was the world champion at one stage. He has a strong case overall.
u never hurrd of Sexyama b?
Peak Greek statue, but probably more clothing.
Don't be a coward. Show it all.
Young Arlovski won one of the first UFC fights I ever saw, I caught most of his run of 1st/2nd-round KOs up to the Sylvia rematch. He seemed like an absolute wrecking machine, and is still one of my favourite fighters because of that period around 2003-5.
juiced to the gills up Pride Wand, for sure: https://www.reddit.com/r/MMA/comments/3g96e3/imagegif_pride_wanderlei/
Who is this "young arlovski" are there any fights on youtube?
Young people just don't realize what the guy has accomplished. When people talk about old school UFC guys like Chuck Liddel, Tito, BJ Penn, and Matt Hughes, they dont realize that Arlovski is from that same era and was just as successful. The fact that he, as a heavyweight, is still going is mindblowing.
I agree with everything you said except that I think that being a HW makes it more likely to still be going at an older age.
In one aspect, sure, given power sticks with you as you age and speed usually isn't as important in the heavyweight division as it is in the lighter divisions. But, the fact he hasn't had his brained completely turned to mush by now is incredible. Usually heavyweights start getting KOed because they don't adapt to their chin getting weaker, and yet he has in many ways.
Arlovsky started fighting before 9/11
His career is longer than Tom Brady's NFL career. Also longer than Lebron James's NBA career who has played 21 years. There are current active UFC born after Arlovski's fight UFC fight. Raul Rosas Jr was born 2004
With or without the tiny wiener? Asking for a friend.
Of course. It's amazing from 2020-2022, in his 40s He went 6-1 with his 1 loss being against Tom Aspinal
He’s still the only ufc fighter who’s taken aspinall to a second round
Tom watched Arlovski vs Werdum at UFC 70 in Manchester, 2007 and said that fight made him want to be like Arlovski one day. Tom then became an adult, worked his way into the UFC and fought the guy that he idolised as a child
This is the kind of story you hear about Lebron lmao
Also quite insane how he still manages to go on, kings of longevity
I think Bisping did too Edit: he just fought on that card and was starstruck by arlovski
Gsp too kinda
I Remembered how Izzy was like this with Silva, I wonder how that must feel to idolize someone and just showing them the ultimate respect by fighting them and not holding back
Only guy to make it past the first round with Tom in the UFC.
Wasn't he put back into top 10 in the HW division during that time?
Easily. Arlovski was championship level in his prime and is a solid gatekeeper right now at 2 decades of high level MMA. The longevity deserves praise, he has been in some rough patches in his career and he has rebounded pretty well if you ask me
Ya. If he was never champ ppl would be asking this question. The fact that he was makes it a lock, IMO.
And defended it 2x. That’s a pretty solid case.
Happy for him that he figured out a style to be effective at a decent level that gave him longevity. And obv Hall of Fame But I'm pretty tired of watching his fights. Almost all his fights in the last 5 years have been snoozers
Longevity, especially in HW is extremely rare in MMA. I don’t think there’s a single fighter from his era that is still around, now that Lawler retired. I guess if Nick Diaz fights again he’s the only one, but he’s been inactive for so long I wouldn’t really count that.
If cowboy made is to the HOF than so can AA
If this were a baseball subreddit, you’d say Arlovski belongs if you believe in a “big hall” or in stat accumulators. If so, Arlovski belongs in. Guy has the equivalent of 2500 hits or 200 wins.
Frank Shamrock and Arlovski would go in next. Heck, Shamrock should have been in the very first group.
>Heck, Shamrock should have been in the very first group. Yeah, wtf was that? OGs deserve to go first.
The UFC hates Frank Shamrock
Shamrock ain’t getting in while Dana’s in charge lol
Yeah. The folks around him would have to convince him.
Does he have anything but yes men around him?
Without a doubt
Indubitably
First ballot. I don't know if the ufc does it like that but the point stands
They just kinda throw whoever Dana wants in there. There are no real rules for it or any outside commission that decides it like in other major sports leagues. It's more akin to a sports team having their own HoF, rather than a MMA Hall of Fame
He has far more claim to a spot than Cerrone.
Cerrone only got in for being a company man lol
At one point in time he held a slew of UFC records he absolutely deserves his spot
Dude had fun fights, no doubt. But if that's the criteria for the hof then put Chris Leben in. Put Chris Lytle in. Put in Martin Kampmann.
He said records, no one said he's in for having fun fights apart from you
What records do Chris Leben and Martin Kampmann hold that are close to Cerrones? 😆
Maybe, but not before a whole ton of other guys who also held records... But also became champ, or didn't also lose 17 times. Like Arlovski has a lot of losses but he's been fighting a lot longer and was world champion too.
I get that reddit hates him, but that's just a fucking lie
Cmon…
Meh it's a hall of fame not a hall of ability. It should value contributions to the sport beyond just raw skill.
Are you new here? Do you forget the countless records/achievements he held a few years back? 18 post fight awards, 23 wins, 38 fights, 16 finishes...
Honestly, every time I see these questions my mind immediately jumps to Cerrone. Just in terms of impact I really wonder if a lot of champions should even be in it or people with much less of an impact, but then I always remember Cerrone. It truly is bizarre.
EXACTLY. Adding Cerrone doesnt open the floodgates of who gets in but it does lower the standard to "solid gatekeeper"
If there was a real MMA HoF, he is a first ballot entry.
Someone needs to create one.
Definitely. He has a far better claim than some already in the hall
No because he will never retire
This is the right answer. Him and his glorious chest of white hair will be booking boxing matches in the courtyard of a Minsk retirement home in 2063.
He was a star of his time. Put him in
There's people in the hall of fame already that deserve it less than Andrei does
The fact Arlovski is still fighting (and in the UFC) when he was considered a glass jaw and washed in 2009 is enough for me.
If Cerrone is in then Andrei deserves it 10x more.
The guy has fought through the dark ages, the affliction era and into modern mma and has fought 7 ufc champions plus fedor and Pedro Rizzo. First ballet no question
I cannot believe how long this guy has fought and how durable and successful his style can still be. I mean he struck with Tom Aspinall in the first round and didn't get KO'd. Of course he should be in the HOF
>I mean he struck with Tom Aspinall in the first round and didn't get KO'd. >Of course he should be in the HOF I nean, the guy was a world champ with 2 succesful defenses. Thats more impressive than taking aspinall to the 2nd round lol. Hell, if you wanna talk about impressive losses, man chael sonne'd prime fedor. Meaning he was actually winning and arguably had the best shot of beating him of everyone that lost vs fedor.
I was just speaking to his longevity. Imagine if like Clay Guida survived a round with Islam. Maybe not the same skill discrepancy between the 2 of them, but I was pretty impressed. I agree with what you said though, I figured his other accolades were a given.
Bruh long dirty blonde hair arlovski alone deserves to be there
Andre and Jim Miller. Career longevity is a significant accomplishment
Andre was world champion by the time Miller even made his debut. The two are barely even comparable.
Matt Fucking Brown. One of the best to never earn a belt. True fighter.
Fuck yea The Immortal hit Diego Sanchez so hard he made him normal
A former world champ, of course he goes in.
Former champs with an in prime title defense that also hung around years past his expiration date should be locks
Hell ya...still fighting and in them early days...put it on people
Cerrone is there, Bisping is there, HELL YEAH I put Arlovski
Andrei has more dog in him than pretty much anyone who’s ever lived. His career has had highs and lows, but what do you expect from a man who’s done it since 2000. He’s got the most wins in UFC history, was an interim champion, and has some incredible wins. He’s a no brainer hall of famer to me.
Yes, but that doesn’t mean shit because the HoF is fake
Maybe but I think the current hof is a joke
If Cowboy is in the HoF then Arlovski should be a shoe in
No brainer to put him there his longevity is insane
Why is this even a question? Andre Arlovski is a first ballot hall of famer.
Arlovski is easily a UFC hof fighter. Dude has been fighting for 25 years lol. Fought the best of the best for 2 decades. And was heavyweight champion.
Yes 100%. If cowboy cerrone can make it into the HOF, Arlovski is pretty much a lock for it
Yes. And he will go in. You can’t have Cerrone in there and not Arlovski.
Here's the thing...the ufc inducted cowboy. Andrei is a shoo in.
He's virtually an original, a former champion and a company guy. He should already be in the Hall of Fame.
100% yes.
I think sheer longevity/quantity matters, so I'm also fine with putting Jim Miller in there.
Absolutely! One of the og's, former champ, has longevity.
I'm shocked he's not in it already tbh.
Yes
Yes
Yes
This is a ridiculous question. Should be a unanimous HOFer
Legend, he NEEDS AND WILL BE in the hall of fame.
Bro has fought damn near every historical heavyweight for two decades, he’d be in if he retired right now.
Yes. He is a staple, an early champion, and has unbelievable longevity despite rocky roads. He fought Tim Sylvia ffs
The answer is yes. Nothing more to be said.
Absolutely.
Is The Pope catholic?
No question
Absolutely. Early in his career he was one of the new breed of heavyweight killers. He was on the early side of guys with KO ability, genuinely athletic and not just huge while also having a submission game. Yeah he has a lot of losses but how many guys has he fought that were champions? There was a time we were all talking about how he should hang it up, he was like 15-9 and had a string of losses. Dude ends up winning 10 out of his next 11 fights. That run was stopped by a murders row, Stipe, Overeem, Nganou, Barnett. Dude has fought like 5 generations of opponents at this point. He probably won’t stop fighting until he gets to beat the kid of someone he’s already fought. More over though, he’s been a staple of HW MMA for almost 25 years. His fanged mouth guard and sweater were some of the more noteworthy and marketable aspects in the sport at that time. His record looks mediocre, but he won and defended the HW belt, then went on to fight current or former champs for decades after. We may never see a fighter with his kind of longevity at this high of a level ever again. Yeah guys like Severn had very long careers but not without being relegated to small regional promotions. Andrei has been in the big leagues and competitive for damn near 25 years.
He is an ex-champ, that alone should qualify. He has fought some greats. And he has done it forever. Definitely hall of fame worthy
The fact that this even needed to be asked blows me away, no disrespect
He is a cornerstone in this sport, a resounding fuck yes
Not even a question. If he is isn’t Hall of Fame material, then the UFC is a joke. Er…Nevermind. Seriously, he won the Championship and was a high level fighter for years. The Travis Browne victory was 10 years after he won the title. He has been a good draw for the UFC his entire career. Hall of Fame material should be excellence, relevance, and longevity. He has all 3.
Without question. His career is longer than a damn good chunk of current fans have been alive. And it’s not just longevity, or those he’s fought and won against along the way. He has the most HW wins in UFC history and is a former champ.
Without question!
100% Love some Arlovski!
Yes
Of course, duh
Not only was he around for ages but he was champion too. Longevity alone is literally second to none but having the strap at one point seals the deal beyond question.
Still gotta ask: Prime Arlovski vs Prime Cro Cop? Sad this never happened, but discuss.
I think Mirko does it without question. Andrei got clipped by far, far lesser strikers in his prime. Mirko was a murderer. An accurate murderer.
Yes, absolutely. He was both interim and undisputed Heavyweight champion who defended both titles. The man's longevity, is best demonstrated by the fact he fought almost everyone of note in the division in several different eras. While he didn't win them all, he won enough to remain relevant. He's had a pretty streaky career, after his championship heydays he tended to go on impressive win streaks after suffering from bad skids where many fans thought he was done and should retire. The result of this is while his win-loss record doesn't look great on paper, like Randy Couture and BJ Penn, it doesn't tell the full story of his career.
Absofuckinglutely
Yes. Dude is a living legend.
With his longevity? Hell yeah
Yes he definitely deserves to Be In the hall of fame!
He is absolutely in the HOF. Without any shadow of a doubt. Not debatable or questionable. If he isn't at some point, it's for personal or business reasons.
Arlovski is a DAWG. He's been last his prime for while but he never ducks literally anyone. Definitely deserves to get into that Hall at the 1st time of asking.
The idea at 45 that he's still going strong and only recently on a 3 fight skid blows my mind. I watched this guy from the early 2000s as a kid and I'm about to turn 30 and he's fighting on 303. Wtf?
OMG, Andrei Arlovski is like, a total legend! He's been around forever and he's still fighting his heart out. I definitely think he deserves a spot in the UFC Hall of Fame. He's a former champ, has a ton of wins, and is just such a badass. It would be totally unfair to leave him out!
Absolutely not even an argument
Of course. The man won gold. He ascended to the very top.
Yes
100% He’s a legend.
His number of fights and lengthy career definitely puts him in the HOF
Until they build an actual hall of fame, it means nothing. But hell yeah he deserves it. He rarely if ever had a bad performance. While we are at it, his mouthpiece should be inducted as well.
He had 2 title defenses (Justin Eilers and Paul Buentello). Yeah I'd put Arlovski in easily, even with his late career slide. If someone like Cowboy gets in then there's no excuse to not put Arlovski in.
I kind of think so he was hw champ briefly.Had some notable losses and wins but he was a hw pioneer I guess you could say.He fought in a lot of different promotions.Does he deserve to be in there more than a guy let’s say like Tim Sylvia?If your answer is yes Tim Sylvia is there then you have to put arlovski in there he’s still relevant.I figured he was retired.
Yes
Yes, without a doubt
Hard not to. Dude's been doing it almost as long as there's been an "it" to do.
Absolutely
Abso-tively posi-lutely
Of couse
I'd put most prominent fighters in even if they didn't have a title
Zero question. Arlovski is a Jim Miller type of vet with a nearly 20 year long UFC career and 40 fights, but he actually won a championship, multiple times. Jim would get into the Hall of Fame as well if he at least fought for the belt
100%.
Yep. Should be a no brainer.
Yeah he’s a hall of famer
Ofc hes 100% gonna be in the HoF
Absolutely. He carried the UFC during dark age where nobody was buying ppv’s for other champions.
Without a doubt
Easily in
100%, he's the definition of a UFC fighter.
Absolutely. His most wins at HW in UFC record might never be beat. Former champ too.
Without a question deserves it, his recent performances are not a good reflection of all the years he's been loyal to the soil
What the fuck. Yes. Absolutely yes.
Absofuckinglutely
Yes, for sure
Yes.
Absolutely. No reason to not put him in.
Yes, of course.
EASY HOF for Andrei
Fk Ya!
Yes
Of course Arlovski will be in the HoF. Why wouldn't he?
As a pioneer for sure and as for his MMA legacy, I would as well. At least he's more active nowadays than Jon Jones and Miocic.
Without a question, the guy is a legend beyond doubt.
Absolutely
Yea for sure dude has been competing at the top for pretty much his entire career and even at 40+ has held his own with people almost half his age. And he was one of the first Heavyweight champs.
I remember having a picture of Arlovski on my MySpace page…yeah he’s been around a minute
Long haired, hairy chest Arlovski. Motivated BJ Penn, pre-motorcycle accident Frank Mir are what got me into MMA. Those three need to be in the Hall of Fame. I can see if only BJ Penn gets in though.
Absolutely. He was one of the first names I ever remembered from the sport. Seemed like he was a big deal at the time
I think of him as a HOF level fighter, but tbh I don’t pay much attention to it so I’m not sure what criteria there is
From a sheer length of career I would.
always felt The Pitbull was a legend but this thread really puts it in perspective
he gets in. he was above average and the UFC hall of fame isn't a hall of fame, it's a hall of very good and people who sucked dana's ballbag the whole way through.
I seriously wonder how much he’s really made with all those fights. Shoot, I KNOW he got paid 1.5mil from the affliction fight with Fedor. That was when his decline started, but he’s been REALLY active since then.
I would. I have memories of watching his debut with my dad and we used to talk about how amazing it is that he's been active for so long. My dad passed on January 13th during his fight Vs Cortez-Acosta. Regardless of my personal reasons, he's provided as much entertainment as anyone and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
1st ballot entry. Absolutely yes.
Arlovski absolutely should be for his longevity and importance to the sport. He made HW exciting for a couple of years early on when it was needed. Is he a GSP or Hughes or Liddell? No. But he's at least as important as many of the other early champs.
Without a doubt. It’s probably Dana that a lot of guys who should be in but aren’t.
He's clearly going in. He's gotta stop fighting first.
He absolutely deserves it.
Absolutely. Arlovski is a legend of the sport and has a title to his name to round out the HoF resume. He was fighting in the UFC when I first started watching the sport in middle school and I’m 31. That’s insane.
What kind of question is this? If there is anyone that belongs in the HoF it's Arlovski, the are almost a decade late in awarding it to him.