{"id":145542,"date":"2015-05-24T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=145542"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:17:26","slug":"dana-white-two-hours-before-his-match-we-didnt-think-arlovski-could-fight2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-two-hours-before-his-match-we-didnt-think-arlovski-could-fight2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlovski Almost Got Pulled From UFC 187 Two Hours Before Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187.png\" alt=\"Andrei Arlovski UFC 187\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Andrei-Arlovski-UFC-187-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours before his fight of the year candidate with Travis Browne, Andrei Arlovski was in risk of being pulled from UFC 187. Arlovski injured his calf the night of the weigh ins and Dana White told the Fox Sports 1 crew during the post fight show that the bout was almost canceled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two hours before he came out, we didn&#8217;t think he was going to fight,&#8221; White said. &#8220;He popped something in his calf the night before&#8212; could barely walk, was limping. The doctors checked him out and I guarantee you, he gritted it out to show the doctors that he could fight. So the doctors said &#8216;It&#8217;s up to you, do you want to fight?&#8217; He said &#8216;Yes&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Arlovski told the doctors he was ready to participate in his bout with Browne, White had people get Arlovski to make sure he was prepared and feeling well enough to fight. &#8220;Then I had people go get him and bring him to my dressing room and said, \u2018Do you want to fight? Are you sure you want to take this fight? 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