Ariel Helwani: Have you signed a long-term deal with Strikeforce?

Andrei Arlovski: No, no. I am still under contract with Affliction. We will see what will happen after.

Is there a chance that we’ll be seeing you fight at “Affliction: Trilogy” on August 1?

Yeah, maybe. Who knows?

What do you know about Brett Rogers?

I just saw him once fight excellent. He fought in San Jose (against Abongo Humphrey), and he knocked out his opponent. He’s a tough, big guy. He likes to strikes and he has heavy hands. He likes to strike, I like to box, so it will be an interesting fight.

No one has really tried to take him down. Is that something that you are hoping to do?

I can tell you one thing: I practiced my freestyle wrestling a lot and jiu-jitsu before I came to my training camp in L.A. I focused more on my wrestling and jiu-jitsu.

Have you been training for this fight at Freddie Roach’s Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles?

Yeah. I’m training a lot there, but not for this fight. I was supposed to have a professional boxing match on June 27 in L.A., but in my mind, I was thinking that I could fight somewhere in June for Affliction in MMA. So, that’s why I was training a lot in wrestling and jiu-jitsu.

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