Andrei Arlovski Expected Frank Mir Fight To Be Easy

UFC 191 went down this past weekend (September 5, 2015), and it seemed as if many were actually more excited about the co-main event than they were about the flyweight title fight in the main event.

The co-main event featured a bout nearly ten years in the making between two rejuvenated former UFC heavyweight champions in Andrei “Pitbull” Arlovski and Frank Mir. Although the excitement and the story was there, the fight turned out to be a lackluster showdown at best.

The two battled it out in a rather uneventful three-round decision in which Arlovski ended up getting the victory, and extending his win streak to six-straight. Despite getting the win, the “Pitbull” didn’t seem too happy with the performance, and he actually admitted that he expected the fight to be easy:

“I’ve got to change something,” he said. “I thought it was going to be an easy fight, and it wasn’t.”

Speaking with FOX Sports later on, Arlovski stated that he thought Mir would actually tire out after the first round or so, but it was actually the Belarussian who lost energy as the fight went on:

“To be honest with you, I thought he was going to give me a real hard time for the first minute or two of the first round,” he explained. “But, he kept coming, kept coming, and he took me down a couple times. For some reason, I was real tired,” he admitted.

A win is a win, however, and Arlovski has definitely established himself as a possible title threat in the heavyweight division. That doesn’t mean a title shot could be next for the ageing “Pitbull” though, as Dana White announced that the belt could be on hold until next March.

Whether a title shot is next or not, Arlovski admitted that he learned from his fight with Mir, and that his next fight will be better:

“I took some lessons,” he said, in closing. “Definitely, the next fight is going to be better.”