Andrei Arlovski is not a social media expert, but he did his best to share his thoughts on his recent brawl with idiot influencer Jack Doherty … via over 50 Instagram Stories. Arlovski was on hand Friday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida for the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua boxing match. So […]
Andrei Arlovski is not a social media expert, but he did his best to share his thoughts on his recent brawl with idiot influencer Jack Doherty … via over 50 Instagram Stories.
Arlovski was on hand Friday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida for the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua boxing match. So was Jack Doherty, a YouTube prankster who is known for antagonizing people and then hiding behind his bodyguard. He shouldered past the former UFC heavyweight champ, who reacted with confusion. Then one of Jack’s friends took a swing at “The Pitbull” and it was on.
Doherty would blame Arlovski for starting the incident, but the footage doesn’t really back that up. In an endless torrent of Instagram Stories — filmed, it appears, as Andrei picked up a Christmas tree — the 46 year old BKFC fighter was surprisingly even-keeled about the incident.
“First of all, I didn’t beat anyone, I just stopped the threat,” he said. “They were threatening me, my wife, my kid, and I have another friend. I did what I was supposed to do, what every man is supposed to do: stop the threat.”
“I guess because they were looking for content for their website and I guess I was the victim,” he added. “They thought maybe it was going to be easy content for YouTube. Maybe that’s why. Maybe I’m old. Maybe because it was like three idiots and a big bodyguard.”
Arlovski suggested maybe Jake Paul could book him versus Doherty’s bodyguard in a boxing match.
“I saw him walking but I didn’t pay attention … he kind of landed one punch,” he said. “So I have to be more alert and pay attention to people that are around. That’s the lesson. That guy he was sneaky, he sucker punched me and I didn’t accept this f–king sucker punch, to be honest with you.”
He never did get his hands on Doherty.
“It was a successful escape,” he said. “He was successful in hiding and running away behind his bodyguard. He did a great job.”
In the end, Andrei doesn’t even consider it a real brawl.
“Fight? They just tried to film some content,” he said. “Youtubers looking for some content. Typical … I didn’t want to knock anyone out. I just wanted to protect my family from those that threaten me and that’s it.”
And protect his phone.
“I just changed my phone, so I was worried,” he said about his one-handed fighting style. “I worried about my phone, new one, expensive one.”
Arlovski is still fighting after 26 years as a pro and is set to fight Ben Rothwell in the main event of BKFC’s February KnuckleMania event.
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