Andrei Arlovski; Deerhunter
Posted by Dave Walsh on September 11th, 2009
Remember a while back the whole “Andrei Arlovski wants to kill himself” rumor that was floating around? Andrei Arlovski admitted to playing a game of Russian Roulette after his crushing loss to Brett Rogers. Arlovski sets the record straight on this. It wasn’t because he was depressed he lost to Brett Rogers, he was simply bored or stuck in some existential netherworld.
“Some guy on Internet said I played Russian roulette because I was depressed about losing,” Arlovski said. “Let’s get real here, guys. I didn’t play Russian roulette because I was depressed that I lost to Brett Rogers. I wasn’t depressed. I was just in a bad mood.”
When I’m in a bad mood I don’t usually hold a revolver to my head with a set number of bullets in it to see if I can get lucky. Maybe I’m just not in the Belarussian mindset like Arlovski, or maybe he is suffering from PTSD and just can’t leave behind the world which I’ve grown accustomed to. He also has made a tough decision to focus on MMA and put the boxing dreams aside.
“MMA now is number one priority for me,” Arlovski assured fans during a video chat, but he hasn’t buried his squared circle aspirations, adding, “Definitely, I want to try [boxing].” Arlovski also announced he’s considering competing at a North American Grappling Association event, saying, “I’ve been working on my jiu-jitsu.”
Oh, but he wants to fight Sylvia again. Ouch. Nobody wants that.