Andrei Arlovski vs. Stefan Struve Joins UFC 222 Fight Card

Andrei Arlovski vs. Stefan Struve Joins UFC 222 Fight Card

Veteran heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Stefan Struve are set to throw down March 3 at UFC 222 in Las Vegas.

Dec 28, 2017 by Hunter Homistek
Andrei Arlovski vs. Stefan Struve Joins UFC 222 Fight Card

UFC 222 just got bigger. 

Thursday, the UFC Europe Twitter account announced a heavyweight tilt between veterans Andrei Arlovski and Stefan Struve will join the March 3 fight card in Las Vegas. 

Struve and Arlovski are ranked No. 10 and No. 12 in the UFC's official rankings, respectively, but a deeper look at their records reveals a slightly less positive story. 

Struve is coming off a TKO defeat against Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 115, while Arlovski is just 1-5 in his last six, with three of those defeats coming via knockout. 

With Arlovski, there is a bright side, as the former UFC champ defeated Junior Albini in his most recent outing Nov. 11 at UFC Fight Night 120 in Norfolk. 

Similarly, Struve had pieced together back-to-back wins before his latest slip-up vs. Volkov, defeating Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva via knockout and Daniel Omielanczuk via submission in 2016. 

Also confirmed thus far for UFC 222 are a middleweight bout between CB Dollaway and Hector Lombard, the return of Cat Zingano, who faces Ketlen Vieira, and a bantamweight tilt between Sean O'Malley and Andre Andre Soukhamthath.