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07-23-2008, 07:04 PM
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|  Yahoo Sports confirms Fedor/Arlovski Fight
Affliction to hit Vegas in October - MMA - Yahoo! Sports Quote:
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
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LAS VEGAS – Fedor Emelianenko will defend his newly won World Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight championship belt on Oct. 11 against Andrei Arlovski in the UFC’s backyard.
Affliction’s second MMA promotion will be at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus, in the shadow of the UFC’s corporate offices, according to a venue official.
Affliction made its promotional debut last Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with Emelianenko submitting ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in just 36 seconds.
Affliction vice president Tom Atencio said Wednesday an announcement on its next show would come Tuesday. But arena director Daren Libonati, who is a big MMA supporter, said he was excited to have Emelianenko back in his building.
Libonati was instrumental in bringing the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championship to the U.S. for the first time on Oct. 21, 2006, with a show at Thomas & Mack that featured Emelianenko defending his heavyweight title against Mark Coleman.
“We’re really excited to have Affliction in the building and particularly to have Fedor and all those other great names,” Libonati said. “I remember working so hard with all those people at PRIDE and the ultimate goal was to put on a show (at Sam Boyd Stadium, UNLV’s football stadium) where the PRIDE champions would have defended their titles against the UFC champions.
“That’s what we were working toward in those two (PRIDE) shows we did back then, but it never worked out. We always want to bring big events here, and any time you have Fedor in your building you have a big event.”
Arlovski is a former UFC heavyweight champion who was impressive on Saturday’s Affliction show in stopping Ben Rothwell.
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Oh I cannot wait to see this fight... I hope they can pull together a good card to go with it!!!
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07-23-2008, 07:07 PM
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I think I might have to take a trek up to Vegas for this.
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07-23-2008, 07:28 PM
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07-23-2008, 07:36 PM
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Great news I am so Glad Affliction is picking up the slack we all hoped Elitexc, Strikeforce or some one else failed to do.  | |
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07-23-2008, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Severn  WAR RUSSIA!!! | Haha no kidding! This should be a great fight, I'm totally excited! War Fedor!! 
Arlovski obviously has power and a puncher's chance, but it won't be enough for Fedor. Andre also has good speed for a HW, but I don't see that helping much in this fight.
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07-23-2008, 07:42 PM
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It is too early for this fight. Arlovski isn't ready, he has only had one good fight and needs at least one more big win to build his confidence before fighting Fedor. Fedor by TKO in the second.
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07-23-2008, 07:56 PM
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We were all clamouring for this fight even before Fedor/Couture was mentioned. As BJM would say "Lets Get it On!!"
Im fucking pumped to see Fedor is gonna start fighting legit fighters again, he already beat Sylvia imagine if his next fights are AA, Barnett then Couture! The guy could easily retire the greatest of all time with no debate whatsoever(not like theres much now)
Hope they can put together some decent fights to go along with this headliner, thatd be sweet. Bring on da pain Russians!!
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what was the price range for tickets to Banned??? I would love to go and see this fight if the price is right. This fight will be something to see.
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Im fucking pumped to see Fedor is gonna start fighting legit fighters again, he already beat Sylvia imagine if his next fights are AA, Barnett then Couture!
| That's what I'm talking about!! Fedor against the top HWs just like back in the day...so many doubters to be silenced!!
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Oh man, I can't wait. WAR Affliction!!!!
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