One of the quarterfinal or first-round fights from Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix, this is the first meeting between these two heavyweights.
Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski is riding a three-fight losing streak and is looking to rebound. Sergei Kharitonov, after losing in K-1 by knockout to Singh Jaideep, rebounded with a win at DREAM under MMA rules over Tatsuya Mizuno.
The winner of this bout faces the winner of Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers.
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