Arlovski back to the UFC
After six years away from the organization, UFC President Dana White tweeted that former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is back with the organization.
Andrei Arlovski is a former UFC heavyweight champion, but lost the title in 2006 to Tim Sylvia. After another loss to Sylvia, Arlovski ended his UFC career with three straight wins. Since leaving the UFC Arlovski has spent his career battling heavyweights in every major promotion that would pay him, but now after his latest stint with the WSOF, Arlovski has resigned with the UFC:
UFC President Dana White today announced the return of The Pitbull, tweeting, Welcome back, Andrei Arlovski!
MMAjunkie subsequently confirmed with a source close to negotiations that Arlovski was released from his contract with World Series of Fighting and is targeted for a UFC 174 bout opposite Brendan Schaub (10-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC). The source asked not to be named because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.