Andrei Arlovski is making the transfer to reveal knuckle.
On Saturday, Naked Knuckle Combating Championship introduced that Arlovski will make his promotional debut when he takes on Geronimo dos Santos at BKFC 76 in Fort Price, TX, on June 21.
The 46-year-old Arlovski is a former UFC heavyweight champion, having received an interim title at UFC 51 in February of 2005. Arlovski was later promoted to undisputed champion after a profitable interim title protection towards Justin Eilers at UFC 53. After dropping the belt to Tim Sylvia, Arlovski had an up-and-down profession, leaving the UFC in 2008, however returning six years later, the place he completed out his MMA profession. Arlovski left the promotion once more in 2024, following a four-fight dropping streak. “The Pitbull” then made his Soiled Boxing debut earlier this yr, stopping Terrance Hodges within the second spherical again in March.
A longtime MMA veteran with a report of 45-26-1, dos Santos made his BKFC debut again in April, stopping Aleksei Oleinik at BKFC 41.
*Replace* An earlier model of this story incorrectly said that this might be Arlovski’s retirement battle. The story has been up to date to take away that.
