EliteXC: Andrei Arlovski vs Roy Nelson | October 4, 2008

Riding a four fight win streak with three KO/TKO stoppages, former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei 'The Pit Bull' Arlovski appeared to be at the top of his game as he faced heavy-handed BJJ blackbelt Roy 'Big Country' Nelson, who had won four straight via KO/TKO.
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[@eatsnoreexplore8651]

The fact that the ref stood them up when Roy was in side control, is ridiculous.

[@Cg-ru3eh]

U can tell the boo’s from the crowd influenced that horrible call

[@cfields8507]

Nelson wasnt far from sinking that chimura, such a shitty call😂

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I just paused the fight to make that comment but you beat me to it

[@jeffkirk6731]

He did great fighting two guys in there.

[@metalrocks999]

Classic eliteXC

[@99Gara99]

2:40 Arlovski: "hey ref! Are you just gonna watch?! Help me here!" Ref: "ok, stand up!!

[@turdferguson2839]

I like Arlovski but that referee was definitely giving him special treatment, standing them up when Nelsons in side control and stopping the fight as soon as Roy fell back was very unfair.

[@HarryHeath-pb6rv]

Dude was a spoiled ex UFC king and he may have had special treatment

[@croakingfrog3173]

Roy was out. It was good stoppage but the ref shouldn't have stood them up earlier.

[@Valchrist1313]

Roy Nelson working a chimura lock while landing knees to the body from side control Ref: "Improve your position! okay STOP!"

[@jonpictogramjones4045]

Literally such a dominant position not much position he could even improve. He wouldn’t have had a kimura grip from other positions

[@Valchrist1313]

​@@jonpictogramjones4045 You never get the kimura in the pros, but you do get the guy to scramble and give up his back or the mount. Hate when the ref gets involved in the fight. They stop clinches along the cages way too early still.

[@labzline]

Yeah something about that seem weird. Also royal clearly won that first round. But the other two people in the ring against Roy that had microphones it said Orlowski one.

[@dano1307]

He let the Kimura go

[@cliffw7249]

Your profile picture speaks for itself, can't lay on your opponent not advance. Cry about.😂

[@shenanigans721]

This is ridiculous. I know it's old but come on ref, have at least a little mma knowledge. He basically took the fight away from Roy. Oh he's in side control and mid submission? Let's stand em up. What a joke.

[@joeye7518]

This was the same company that paid Seth to stand up with Kimbo. That's what they were all about.

[@DanTronman]

I don't recall ever seeing a ref make fighters stand up when there was obvious action and one with control. Fixed

[@Lmvtthivz]

Not enough action bruh, cope harder😂

[@lionelhutz5137]

Not to mention the referee stood them up after Arlovski motions to the referee with his hands and says "he's not doing anything". Like, really? The referee is the only one who should dictate when the fight should be stood up again. Shit referee.

[@Creeker.]

This isnt the UFC. Different brand, different rules. They push for more action in this brand

[@alexoidbushuyevich8818]

Классный боец Арловский, очень техничен, великолепный бокс и лоукики выводящие из равновесия.

[@quest808]

That was a sick pass. Im always amazed with big country’s ground game.

[@shadyganley8877]

I'm always amazed that he can get off the ground

[@Sketch_Sesh]

He has a brown belt in Jiu Jitsu

[@quest808]

@@Sketch_Sesh he’s a black belt now 🥋

[@Sketch_Sesh]

@@quest808 He's really smart about hiding his skills. In some fights, he claims to be a Kung Fu fighter. He doesn't advertise his BJJ

[@snicklesnockle7263]

what was wrong with it?

[@YourBestFriendforToday]

Prime AA's boxing was so fast and accurate.

[@BenRivered]

Why stand them up in round 1 with Roy threatening Kimura from side control. Ref smokin cra ck

[@kylekelly4648]

Why did the ref stop the ground fight?! This isn’t a boxing match!

[@tylersays-]

2 Legends of the sport 💪

[@hulkslayer626]

Arlovski was always one of my fav heavyweights. Had the look. Had the skills.

[@blockededited8280]

Same

[@Timbo978ragawa]

That is BS. Nelson had side control with the kimura grip. That's a dominant position in MMA. He was winning

[@Richard_dicky_Johnson]

Elite XC were pretty corrupt.

[@Pierre_Duel]

Ничего кроме бокового контроля у него не было. И не думаю что его навыков хватило бы хотя-бы на удержание Андрея на земле. Короче пук

[@Kbax3614]

@@Pierre_Dueldon’t matter. You dont make someone stand up from a side control. That’s stupid

[@grey0966]

@@Kbax3614100% ! That’s not right, he was throwing strikes too. Terrible decision from ref to stand them up

[@LedGuitar1218]

5:17 Andre fell back like Piston Honda in PunchOut

[@protectourfreedom8221]

😂😂😂

[@ChunkyPuke4me]

"He has a brown belt in jiu jitsu and veeeery heavy, so that's a problem." 😂

[@chadlovell5982]

Big Country cardio is surprising. Wouldn't want to fight either in the street.

[@alvincapone5859]

Beautiful

[@07slowbalt]

Andrei has been my favorite fighter since the beginning. Always entertaining kinda like a clay quida fight lol.

[@russkiydzhigit]

Roy is not the same without the mullet

[@stricnine69]

This must be super old. Even hulk hogan looks young on the video

[@sherlockholmes60]

It's from 2008

[@Annihilate3275]

Nelson could have been a force at 205, but he was content with being overweight and "tough". Now we see the result.

[@AlfredHugecokk]

Although I was hoping for Big Country to win, I like how Arlowski ended the fight. No useless punch. And a fair reaction to his opponent 2 seconds after the KO.

[@martinmartins7703]

@blake philbrook I'm not a fan of Roy either but roughly 2/3rds of his wins are by KO.

[@micahasher7600]

Roy was smart, and KOd a lot of people. I don’t remember him grappling a whole lot. All great champions did the “lay and pray”

[@TheHardway1916]

If you can neutralize your opponent who should be able to get up if it was only weight keeping on the ground, I think that a natural middle weight who don't train much and 80 lbs over his weight should be respected especially by chump who probably can barely beat off let alone beat someone up

[@scottcannon5341]

Did the announcer say arlovski won round one?

[@searchingfornessie8410]

That shocked me too. And he even said convincingly. I was like wtf?! Lol

[@chevyblock550]

One of the most egregious reffing decisions in MMA history.

[@chakko007]

Dunno about that. He totally looked knocked out, and didn't even get in any kind of defensive position when he went to the ground. That's a clear KO in my eyes. Just because he complained about an early stoppage afterwards doesn't make it the wrong decision. He would have caught some absolute bombs if the ref didn't stop it. He didn't even get his hands up to cover his head.

[@chevyblock550]

@chakko007 It's not the KO. It's the Stand up from the ground.

[@chakko007]

@@chevyblock550 You mean because he was able to stand up easily, he would have been able to continue the fight?

[@chevyblock550]

@@chakko007 No. When they're grappling on the ground and Nelson is stood up from side control on Arlovski.

[@chakko007]

@@chevyblock550 Ah, i see... Yeah, I'd also consider that a wrong decision.

[@Piquelele5928]

Arlovski prime una bestia

[@ivancarlos5099]

O roy estava com a luta de chão contralada o juiz mandou levantar isso é um absurdo

[@juanpadilla3203]

Arlovski been in the fight game since they invented kicks

[@razortongue9000]

yeah... In round one, the ref literally saved Arlovski from a losing position for no reason. WTF?

[@Pierre_Duel]

Спас? Нельсон ничего не предпринимал для таких заявлений, тупо лежал сверху. Единственное что мог Андрюха это задохнуться от вони из подмышек Нельсона, кек

[@juanrivera1624]

Andre Arlovski is such a class act.

[@user-ow1fr7ti9q]

Поздравляю с победой! 🇧🇾

[@user-km6ep2cc6g]

Привет земеля🇧🇾👋

[@user-ri4ig5no1o]

запоздал ты с поздравлением. Бой состоялся 14 лет назад

[@from_nowhere_0]

@@user-ri4ig5no1o фигасе

[@misha8505]

Рад за Андрея

[@goodsolonius7305]

1st knockdown of the fight Ref: STOP!! STOP!! *WAVES ARMS HYSTERICALLY*

[@BirdDawg1]

Both of these guys called to fight with a few weeks to train, this is the fight you get. Beautiful combo and finish by the Pit Bull.

[@gainesp2003gainesp]

If Nelson took his weight problem and fitness seriously he'd have been a monster. Shame.

[@99Gara99]

I think he used his weight in his favor

[@gainesp2003gainesp]

@@99Gara99 With weight divisions, you can always use weight on your side. But muscle weight is much more useful than fat weight. Think how good he would be if that weight was muscle, not fat. Also, he tired early in the fight, letting Arlovski go off on him. I think his big belly did help him with marketing, but I doubt it really helped him in any fight.

[@kirilltarasov3041]

@@gainesp2003gainesp зрелищно смотреть когда большое пивное пузо убивало топов в своё время)

[@damienholland8103]

Those kicks to the leg are just destroying Nelson I know how painful those must be.

[@user-ce6xk5kz7u]

Молодец!!! Уверенная победа!!!

[@snicklesnockle7263]

Arlovski is very under rated. He was out striking fedor. His boxing is crisp.

[@chakko007]

Didn't help him when he caught a right and went KO...

[@pretendhuman]

@@chakko007 I almost think it was a troll comment lol. Fedor reincarnated Arlovski. Killed him, dragged him through the afterlife, and gave him another shot at life. Fedor is a Shaman.

[@mikieemiike3979]

Sucks that he has a glass jaw. I used to root for him in early ufc.

[@snicklesnockle7263]

@@pretendhuman It's a troll comment that arlovski was lighting fedor up? You could even see on fedor's face he was getting frustrated. Then arlovski went full retard and tried a flying knee because he got over confident. Now you're saying andre having better striking is a troll comment? The fact your comment got likes means a shit load of people out there have 70 iq.

[@user-mr4gg3zi3j]

Красавчик, мой белорусский брат!!!!!

[@richvail7551]

That ref sucks. Seemed like every time Big Roy was in control the ref would separate them. I’ve seen fights that would spend way more time working along the fence without getting separated, and I’ve never seen a fight get brought too their feet when someone was working a submission. Rigged fight or perhaps just a bias ref who’d rather see Roy lose.

[@GarlicMonoxide]

Ref folded under crowd pressure 😂

[@user-ij4lt4ry6t]

Арловский красавец ! В молодости так вообще монстр

[@justinlombardo9388]

Both class act fighters. Arlovski always looks scary and at first a mean individual, after watching still scary but seems like such a nice guy.

[@the_borax_kid2233]

sportsmanship is the best

[@seanmadison6360]

I have to give kudos to the marshmallow man here for even stepping into the ring looking like that.

[@seregavolkov9190]

легенда ММА. Столько лет в деле

[@Dingo1964]

И в какой великолепной форме! Его проигрыш Феде я считаю досадной случайностью, Орловский до сих пор в топ 10 юфс!

[@user-iy6le3dc5e]

@@Dingo1964 а проигрыш Дацику?

[@alisheryakubov4178]

@@user-iy6le3dc5e только хотел написать))) Отвратительнее всего было его ликование, когда Фёдор проигрывал, это говорит о его мелкости и ничтожности, никакой он не чемпион, и тем более легенда.

[@miller1572]

​@@Dingo1964 Это не случайность, а закономерность.

[@user-eb6jz2ny2o]

Не понимаю,как спортсмен может быть таким пузатым

[@F0rkb0y]

Anyone else catch Hulk Hogan around the 4:51 mark ? ! :P

[@craigm2484]

That combo was nice.

[@chrisevers1682]

Roy had a kimura, and side control and the ref stands them up?!! That is some shit refereeing.

[@klondike69none85]

such good commentators love it

[@pegetto51]

Essa "levantada" no primeiro round foi um roubaço. Tá louco.

[@jhkuno88]

If Andrei wouldve fought like this in all his fights he would have won much more fights. Great performance

[@user-yk4ni2co8w]

Молодец Андрей!

[@Crackerbarrelkid56]

Great stand up War Arvolski

[@Cum007]

Nelson is in pretty good shape. Can go 3-5 rounds, excellent striking and jiu jitsu

[@franz909]

Great shape , did start breathing heavy until late in 2nd round

[@richardmillward8200]

Good fight

[@fnafVlad]

У Роя был шанс ,залежать Андрея!)

[@b.f.skinner4383]

And Roy Nelson never attempted to go for a takedown again because of this 😅

[@doge-xj7zb]

McDonald's cardio 🤣🤣🤣

[@josevaldembergsilva631]

Qd foi essa luta?

[@TheMastaDazza]

Roy Vs Andrei and the ref. I swear this didn't go down as a handicap match...

[@jaberjaber131]

Roy Nelson has heart and skills , he did pretty well for himself in the cages, I wonder how much better he would have been if he got himself leaner and better conditioned

[@Dewey-gx3lf]

Yea... right

[@JohnSmith-vx9re]

Prime arlovski was such a specimen.

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

That's a good ref

[@2ingrams]

When was this fight?

[@babon1148]

When was the fight ?

[@Mike-bs5xi]

This reff is clearly a rookie

[@MajikUrbina]

Badass ko!

[@williebrown1974]

I hope that ref was fired! What was the stand up for!!!

[@soslow67]

These guys left all the defense wrapped around the octagon.

[@kevenquinlan]

Sat next to Roy on a shuttle between terminals in Vegas- he was a nice, kind of quiet dude, lol.

[@yermekzimanov8758]

Great stoppage!

[@user-jh5ek8mu6m]

Андрюха Минск с тобой!!!

[@Mattyic313]

No wonder Roy grew that beard

[@ThumperT51]

That was some Pride similar reffing there. Not a fan of the hugging...but Roy was still active on top...

[@larryrobert3836]

Release Big Country vs Mark Hunt

[@AndyOamo]

The stupid ref stands them up when Roy was in side control, then the commentator said that Orlovsky easily one the first round. I wonder why this promotion tanked.

[@user-ec8vd3qc5w]

Андрей красава)

[@juanmonarrez9254]

Big country is all biscuits no butter

[@Lousasshol]

He got loaf of bread

[@manvsbridge1611]

I like dry biscuits

[@juanmonarrez9254]

@@manvsbridge1611 you're about as credible as a box of fruit loops #Pinche fresa wey

[@adrianmorelos3471]

I have no idea what that means but I agree

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Dominant side control and attempting a submission. But this terrible ref stands them up……

[@charlesa1039]

Terribly bias , everytime Nelson got him on the cage they stopped it giving the advantage to Arloskey

[@Kzany42]

Andrei has very good genetics

[@papwithanhatchet902]

Except for his glass chin.

[@sr4087]

Arlovski dominates nelson like csi dominates the ratings😂

[@ag9094]

I watched this live lol

[@chelovekin2945]

Ребзя, не пойму , это старый или свежий бой? Им же уже много лет.

[@keepontruckinoutlawlife1248]

Knew that was gonna happen!!!

[@karadeniz8415]

Arlovski vs Datsyk next fight?

[@ramazanartur9543]

💪, красава орловский

[@luigirnotyourbusiness8127]

Muscle always beats fat

[@fral.2708]

Nelson was actually winning already on the first round :D. Arlowski was saved by the referee.

[@leeroy7729]

Holy shit this was before Tuf 10 sheesh

[@docducttape9270]

Roy ain't been shit since he cut the mullet

[@montuckyman4982]

WOW! Ref totally caved to crowd pressure! Stands them up in the middle of sub attempt! What a absolute disgrace to to profession. Guy needs to be re trained as to what FIGHTING is!

[@user-jl5ew4jl6f]

Старый поединок, если не ошибаюсь 2008 года.

[@matThaHatter]

Arlovski was vlearly the favorite. And clearly they weren't aware yet of the guided missile Roy has in his right glove.

[@blly8325]

Wow, great fight ! What does Elite XC do, give these guys some type of age elixir ? They both looked a bit younger with the fire lit again !

[@rogshit]

I assume you're joking? :/

[@functionalvanconversion4284]

What would big country been if he cut the grains and bad food?

[@michaeljordan215]

He shouldn't be any heavier than his opponent.

[@thomasglorius5730]

yeh ref ???? why stand em up Roy was in .control ????????

[@vita1ogy.]

I fuck with Big Country heavy, but Andrei's always been my guy. Dude was the baddest motherfucker around in his prime