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I'm wondering whether there might be some Partnering and/or Co-Promotion underway with OneFC & ProElite! In either case it is great to see Arlovski still getting the attention of other Top Promotions and I would think he would have the blessing of ProElite at the very minimum and another big Win would look great on his Record for a Big Return back to ProElite when called for Upcoming Events.

Hey, it seems like Andre Arlovski might be fighting at ONE FC: Pride of a Nation
July 13th, 2012

As you probably know by now, ONE Fighting Championship will be having it’s Pride of the Nation event in Manila on the 31st of August 2012. The event will be held at the Smart Araneta Stadium, which is the same stadium that housed the historic Thrilla in Manila fight between Mohammed Ali and Joe Fraser. ONE FC is expecting this to be their biggest event thus far with a sellout stadium that can hold up to 16,500 fans. To get things started, ONE FC will be holding a press conference for the event next week as the promotion has announced on its Facebook page:

“ONE Fighting Championship, Asia’s largest MMA organization, will be holding a Press Conference next week on July 18 in Manila to announce the fight card for ONE FC: Pride of a Nation. DREAM Champion Shinya Aoki, DREAM Champion Bibiano Fernandes, former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski, URCC Champion Eduard Folayang, and many other MMA superstars will be in attendance at the Press Conference in Manila next week. Fans are welcome to get pictures and autographs at the Discovery Hotel from 11am onwards.”

In case you didn’t realize one of the names that was thrown out in that statement was former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Andre “The Pitbull” Arlovski. In case you’re new to this glorious sport we call MMA, Arlovski is one of the pioneers of it. He was the UFC Heavyweight Champion in 2005 and he’s faced the best in the business including Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Fabricio Werdum and everybody’s favorite fat boy Roy Nelson. Arlovski might have hit a dry spell from 2009 to the beginning of 2011, losing to top names such as Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Silva and Sergei Kharitonov but he has done well for himself recently with new promotion ProElite where he has gone 2-0. The Pitbull has been looking to rejuvenate his career and ONE FC might be a perfect place to do it. While no details have been provided on his involvement with the promotion, we can only assume that him being at the press conference is an indication that he will fight for the promotion. That or he’s there just to look cool in a suit and show people his fanged mouth guard. We pick the former reasoning though.

While it’s still more than a month away from the event, rumors have been going around like crazy about who will appear on the card. Bloody Elbow has recent reported that their sources have informed them that not only will Arlovski be on the card, other possible names include veteran mixed martial artist Antonio McKee, Tiger Muay Thai’s former head honcho Ray Elbe, Evolve MMA’s Rodrigo Ribeiro and JENS FREAKING PULVER. We don’t know about you but we still think that Jens Pulver is Da Man. These are of course rumors and will remain rumors until officially announced by ONE FC but seriously, mad props to you Bloody Elbow guys! Awesome stuff. Add all these names to the ones that have already been announced like Aoki, Bibiano, Baroni, the Gracies and possibly, a number of URCC Champions and damn, you got yourself an event!

Even before the final card has even been announced, ONE FC’s Pride of a Nation is making some noise and looks like it’s going to set Manila on fire come the 31st of August. With so much going on, we’re pretty sure that this event is going to be epic. Keep your eye on this space for more updates on Pride of a Nation and it’s press conference which is scheduled for next week.

http://www.thefightnation.com/hey-it-seems-like-andre-arlovski-might-be-fighting-at-one-fc-pride-of-a-nation/