Arlovski (photo via UFC)

By FCF Staff

Andrei Arlovski may have turned 40 earlier this year, but the former UFC heavyweight champ doesn’t intend to retire anytime soon.

The veteran fighter is preparing to face Augusto Sakai at the UFC’s upcoming, April 27th card in Fort Lauderdale. The fight will be the 46th of Arlovski’s careeer.

Recently while talking to MMA Junkie about his future in fighting, Arlvoski revealed that he hopes to fight for several more years yet.

“Best-case scenario, (I want to keep doing this for) maybe four, five more years,” Arlovski told MMA Junkie during a recent visit to American Top Team. “We’ll see. I still have, like, at age 40, I’m training more than I used to train when I was 25. Every morning, when I wake up in camp, I remember what I want. I want to be champion of the world again.

“I got a few losses right now, I think it’s like 50-50, but fact is I lost a couple of fights and I’m just in the beginning of my way again.”

Arlovski (27-18) is coming off a split decision loss to Walt Harris in December and has lost three of his last five fights.