Ursprungligen postat av Arlovski

A few days ago I was sparring with Alistair Overeem and experienced firsthand how it can end. As usual sparring goes: men represent strikes, touch each other, but do not tend to cause real damage to the partner. During one of the highlights of our sparring Overeem hit me with the hardest knee kick in the stomach. In a real fight would turn out for me by knockout."

Arlovski goes on to explain that the incident sent him to the hospital, nearly forcing him to withdraw from his own main event bout with Antonio Silva booked for Sept. 13.

"After that, I immediately went to the hospital to make sure that my ribs were not broken," said Arlovski. "Thank God, everything turned out OK, although at first we were afraid that my fight with Bigfoot would be cancelled. It was so unexpected and so unpleasant that at first I even wanted to take revenge on him, at least hit him with his elbow. But my boxing coach, Andrei Ivchuk, turned around and reassured me. "Do not be like the people who allow themselves to such dirty tricks - he said. - No need to stoop to their level. " As you can see, a competent coach - this is very important."

"Now I know that Overeem injured Jon Jones simply because he injures everyone with whom trains."