Derek Bolender (MMAmania.com): You’re coming off a loss against Fedor Emelianenko at the last Affliction event. Were you feeling confident that you were executing your game plan up to the point where Fedor caught you? What did you learn from the fight as a result?

Andrei Arlovski: I didn’t fight to my game plan. It’s that simple. All my trainers were right about it. I have to be more disciplined. After this I was meeting with all my trainers and we found out what was working for me and I have to follow my game plan next time. I have to trust my trainers 100 percent.

Derek Bolender (MMAmania.com): After the fight your boxing coach Freddie Roach said that Fedor simply got lucky with his punch. Do you feel the same way?

Andrei Arlovski: For me that doesn’t make sense now whether he was lucky or not. He caught me. He knocked me out. This is fact. He got the best of me. Of course I still hurt after this. I am going to chase him everywhere and hope I can one day face him again. Next time I’ll be much smarter than I was before.

Derek Bolender (MMAmania.com): Of course, you’re a former UFC champion and the aforementioned Fedor has always been a guy who fans have wanted to see come to the UFC. Do you expect Fedor to ever join the UFC?

Andrei Arlovski: I don’t know. It would be up to his management team. I don’t know if he wants to fight in the UFC or not. I don’t know.

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