“When I was a kid, all the walls in my room were papered with posters portraying Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. I think working with Van Damme was a great experiment. It was awesome!”

Andrei Arlovski is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist, bare knuckle boxer, and actor. Born in 1979, he has competed across major combat sports promotions and is best known for his long career in heavyweight fighting. He competes for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, where he is the current BKFC Heavyweight Champion. He is also a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and holds the record for the most wins in UFC heavyweight history, with 23. His career has also taken him through Strikeforce, WSOF, Affliction, EliteXC, ONE FC, and M-1 Challenge.