{"id":151365,"date":"2015-06-23T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T14:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151365"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:23","slug":"ben-rothwell-calls-out-former-ufc-champ-andrei-arlovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ben-rothwell-calls-out-former-ufc-champ-andrei-arlovski\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Rothwell Calls Out Former UFC Champ Andrei Arlovski"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“But any of these guys that are out there right now, you know you\u2019re talking Werdum, Cain, JDS, Andrei Arlovski, Stipe. I think any one of them is going to build a good case for myself. So it really doesn\u2019t matter in the grand scheme of things. I\u2019m absolutely prepared for any one of them, because that\u2019s how the UFC rolls. They\u2019re going to do whatever. So we gotta to be prepared for anything. I tried to build a strong case for Andrei Arlovski. I think the fight makes sense. I think if Werdum is waiting till the end of the year and that\u2019s when Junior says he\u2019s going to be ready, well then I guess those two will fight. It doesn\u2019t matter to me though. Whatever happens, I think any one of them opponents is a worthy opponent and it\u2019s going to help me build my case.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you just exact fight logistics, but I\u2019m telling you that when he fought me, I was a boy,” said Rothwell. “I mean I was fighting around, I had a lot fights. I had a lot out there, but mentally I was a boy. I just am not who I am now. I went past being a man and I am just something else completely. As far as to say, I just – I\u2019ve said this before – I\u2019m the martial artist that I\u2019ve always dreamed of being, and I need Andrei Arlovski to face me. And he deserves to see what I can really do. He deserves to see me at my best, because he didn\u2019t. And I got to watch him get his shot, to go on take on Fedor – who at the time was thought of as the best heavyweight ever. So he got that shot, so I feel like I deserve my shot. And we’re going to fight again, and if he beats me again, fine, so be it. But obviously I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m doing for a reason.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s what UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell had to say to Submission Radio,<\/a> about calling out former champ Andrei Arlovski.<\/p>\n

Arlovski is currently in talks to potentially be the next title challenger, so we’ll have to see how things play out.<\/p>\n

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