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[h3]http://www.themmapost.com/2008/10/fedor-emelianenko-vs-andrei-arlovski-is.html[/h3]
[h3]Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski is Official[/h3]
Props to MMA Rated for breaking the story.
MMARated.com has learned that WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Andrei Arlovski at the upcoming Affliction show tentatively scheduled for January 24th in Anaheim, Calif.
Affliction Entertainment VP Tom Atencio confirmed the news with us earlier today.
Atencio also said that the promotion will officially announce the date, location and main fights on the card sometime next week and that it will be an MMA-only card but still co-promoted with Golden Boy Promotions.
"We sat down with them and couldn't come up with a main event boxing match that everyone wanted," Atenco said.
Some great news for sure. With the way Arlovski has been fighting lately, this will surely be one of the toughest tests for Emelianenko to date. Arlovski may be the only heavyweight in the world that can match Fedor's speed. It should be a great fight and a dream match for fans that have followed both fighter's careers.
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fedor/arlovski should be a solid bout.
nobody getting up for the card this weekend?
im not surprised
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nobody getting up for the card this weekend?
im not surprised
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^ Yeah, just knowing its on tape delay and I can go online to find out the results just makes less desireable.
But for free, I'll take it. It better be free cause theres no way I would pay $40 for this card.
War Vera!!!
But for free, I'll take it. It better be free cause theres no way I would pay $40 for this card.
War Vera!!!
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P**s off already.
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^ Diego got injured. Kos is filling in on late notice.
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EW YORK -- Affliction has partnered with M-1 Global, which is shopping around a reality TV series called "Fighting Fedor" that will feature a 16-man tournament with the winner eventually getting a shot at Fedor Emelianenko on an Affliction card.
The partnership was officially announced Thursday at Trump Tower, along with some details on the show.
A promo video presented by M-1 Global explained that participants from various countries will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia, where they'll train at the Red Devil camp and compete in the tournament. The video said the show will be on "American TV," though it doesn't have a home yet.
"We're currently having negotiations with many different networks and channels," said M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelchtein through an interpreter.
Finkelchtein said networks are particularly interested because the show will focus on heavyweights. He also noted the international scope of M-1 Global, which through the M-1 Challenge has hosted events this year in Spain, Holland, England, Korea and Japan.
"There are many international fighters that the United States doesn't know about," Finkelchtein said. "Fighters from countries such as Bulgaria, Finland. Fighters that have very interesting and wonderful styles and are very exciting. We're now opening the doors to breed the next generation of MMA fighters."
M-1 Global and Affliction declined to set a timeline for when the show could begin production or air. However, Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio did say that Fedor would continue competing in the meantime, with his next match taking place in the "first quarter of 2009." Atencio added that Affliction has extended its contract with the top-ranked heavyweight.
Donald Trump, who is also aligned with Affliction, mentioned the success of his reality show, "The Apprentice," before assessing the potential of the Fedor show.
"I really believe, in its own way, this will be a great success," he said.
Trump will travel to St. Petersburg at some point, though he won't play a significant role. Although he was confident the show would succeed, he jokingly questioned the judgment of the 16 participants.
"I don't know who these folks are that are trying to qualify to get a fight with Fedor," he said. "I wouldn't particularly like to do that. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather be doing."
cot damn.Can Randy apply? I hope there's no age limit
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Can Randy apply? I hope there's no age limit
this fight is going to happen but it wont happen like it should.
right now, both fighters are riding high and they need to promote it as a UFC/Affliction or UFC vs. Affliction card.
i dont think randy is going to make it through both lesnar AND Nog. even worse would be if fedor gets toppled.
i want to see this fight while both are off of a victory, not liddell/silva style ( although that turned out to be one of the best fights ive seen) .
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Elite XC will be the downfall of MMA. Dana better keep these Ultimate Fighter fools under control also, Junie should be fed to someone if he wins the 155.
I can't believe Diego got hurt, I'm still doubting Alves would have made weight anyway.
War Spider!
I can't believe Diego got hurt, I'm still doubting Alves would have made weight anyway.
War Spider!
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^ alves is still fighting. koscheck is the replacement.
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^^^ That guy jbone strikes me as someone who rarely knows what he's talking about. Alves is STILL fighting. And STILL has to make weight to fight a verytough guy.
And stop with all the "downfall of MMA" melodrama. MMA will be fine. The NBA survived the Donaghy controversy. MMA has survived steroid issues. Ashas baseball. Y'all are getting your panties in a bunch for nothing.
bas trying to train kimbo to be a mediocre fighter just like he was.
who in today's game trains only one aspect no matter who they are facing?
Bas is a three time King Of Pancrase and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. His record is 28-4-1. I know he didn't fight at the height of MMA, when many ofyou jumped on the bandwagon, but to call him mediocre is moronic.
And most fighters who are dynamic in one aspect of MMA usually train heavier in other aspects. Kos doesn't train wrestling much anymore etc. You don'teven see Nog roll anymore really. He trains standup. It's not that uncommon. I can see why Kimbo wouldn't train much standup to fight Ken, who waswidely regarded as a submission guy. Kimbo's weakness.
I come in here for a second and I'm quickly reminded why I stopped coming in here. Many thanks all!
And stop with all the "downfall of MMA" melodrama. MMA will be fine. The NBA survived the Donaghy controversy. MMA has survived steroid issues. Ashas baseball. Y'all are getting your panties in a bunch for nothing.
bas trying to train kimbo to be a mediocre fighter just like he was.
who in today's game trains only one aspect no matter who they are facing?
Bas is a three time King Of Pancrase and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. His record is 28-4-1. I know he didn't fight at the height of MMA, when many ofyou jumped on the bandwagon, but to call him mediocre is moronic.
And most fighters who are dynamic in one aspect of MMA usually train heavier in other aspects. Kos doesn't train wrestling much anymore etc. You don'teven see Nog roll anymore really. He trains standup. It's not that uncommon. I can see why Kimbo wouldn't train much standup to fight Ken, who waswidely regarded as a submission guy. Kimbo's weakness.
I come in here for a second and I'm quickly reminded why I stopped coming in here. Many thanks all!
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Bas is a three time King Of Pancrase and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. His record is 28-4-1. I know he didn't fight at the height of MMA, when many of you jumped on the bandwagon, but to call him mediocre is moronic.
And most fighters who are dynamic in one aspect of MMA usually train heavier in other aspects. Kos doesn't train wrestling much anymore etc. You don't even see Nog roll anymore really. He trains standup. It's not that uncommon. I can see why Kimbo wouldn't train much standup to fight Ken, who was widely regarded as a submission guy. Kimbo's weakness.
I come in here for a second and I'm quickly reminded why I stopped coming in here. Many thanks all!
come on man, that aint fair comin in and tryin to take pot shots at everyone for being a mma noob or bandwagoner and +%!$. some of us are tryingto have intelligent discussions about the sport. dont sell everyone short cause of what 1 person says.
That being said, to call Bas Rutten a "mediocre fighter" is like saying Sammy Sosa was a "mediocre home run hitter". Was dude the best ofall time? Impossible to say as the game is evolving so rapidly, but guy is a legend, and not a legend for his bar fight defense clips (which are hilarious)but because of what he was able to do in the ring and cage. If he were to step into the ring today at his age and conditioning, I have no doubt that he couldstill tool some of these young buck up and comers. Even his last fight in that terrible terrible WFA event (cant believe I wasted $35 on that thing) he wasdominating. El Guapo gets the respect that he does (or deserves) because of his merits in the ring/cage.
On to this weekends card
Michael Bisping Vs. Chris Leben
Keith Jardine Vs. Brandon Vera
Rameau Sokoudjou Vs. Luiz Cane
Paul Taylor Vs. Chris Lytle
Paul Kelly Vs. Marcus Davis
Dan Hardy Vs. Akihiro Gono
Shane Carwin Vs. Neil Wain
Jess Liaudin Vs. David Bielkheden
Sam Stout Vs. Terry Etim
David Baron Vs. Jim Miller
Per Eklund Vs. Samy Schiavo
thoughts?
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Bas was disgusting back in his time
. You can't downgrade him justbecause the sport has evolved.
And in terms of the card this weekend, pretty good free card. Sokoudjou/Cane is something I'm pretty excited for.
And in terms of the card this weekend, pretty good free card. Sokoudjou/Cane is something I'm pretty excited for.
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yup for the canadian viewers out there the card is live on all 4 sportsnets right now.
Very solid card.
Notes:
lytle and taylor was easily fight of the night. those two threw down. i thought taylor has some openings to land bigshots and maybe finish it early in the third but he didnt tale them.
sokouju is an athlete but he has no gas tank whatsoever. half through the first round he essentially stopped moving and i knew he was going to get stoppedeventually. i cant even believe his routine response to eating a stiff punch is to put hi hands down entirely, stand straight up, and try to shake it off. theonly thing he should work on for jis next fight is cardio cardio cardio.
jardine and vera put on a a decent show. i had rounds 1 and 3 to jardine. very close fight.
bisping was way too technical, and the outcome was essentially what i expected.
Another card in a week, lots of mma this month.
Very solid card.
Notes:
lytle and taylor was easily fight of the night. those two threw down. i thought taylor has some openings to land bigshots and maybe finish it early in the third but he didnt tale them.
sokouju is an athlete but he has no gas tank whatsoever. half through the first round he essentially stopped moving and i knew he was going to get stoppedeventually. i cant even believe his routine response to eating a stiff punch is to put hi hands down entirely, stand straight up, and try to shake it off. theonly thing he should work on for jis next fight is cardio cardio cardio.
jardine and vera put on a a decent show. i had rounds 1 and 3 to jardine. very close fight.
bisping was way too technical, and the outcome was essentially what i expected.
Another card in a week, lots of mma this month.
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Wait wait wait. Chirs Leben has braids now...?
Joe Rogan a beard
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i had been wondering where rachelle leah went to for a while now so i looked her up.
didnt know she was still on a couple ufc programs.
turns out she'll also be posing for the cover of playboy in the nov 2008 issue
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not exactly a subscriber and it's late oct so i dont know if that's out yet.
EDIT: well, turns out the jiu jitsu is not the only thing that is brazilian.
didnt know she was still on a couple ufc programs.
turns out she'll also be posing for the cover of playboy in the nov 2008 issue
not exactly a subscriber and it's late oct so i dont know if that's out yet.
EDIT: well, turns out the jiu jitsu is not the only thing that is brazilian.
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the pics are out...but theyre not that great IMOOriginally Posted by Clutchshooter
i had been wondering where rachelle leah went to for a while now so i looked her up.
didnt know she was still on a couple ufc programs.
turns out she'll also be posing for the cover of playboy in the nov 2008 issue.
not exactly a subscriber and it's late oct so i dont know if that's out yet.
EDIT: well, turns out the jiu jitsu is not the only thing that is brazilian.
What did you guys think of the UFC 89 card? Personally it wasn't that bad, it was free. I was shocked with Sokoudjou losing like that. I thought he wouldhave taken Cane out in round 1. Brandon Vera really needs to think over what the hell he's doing, more props to Jardine though. That Jackson camp isinsane, KO'ing Chuck, having GSP as the champ and Jardine winnning last night must feel great over there. Bisping/Leben was a little boring for me.
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dude, i honestly can't remember seeing Sokudjou (or anyone from Team Quest Temecula) win a fight in the UFC
the smaller fighters were more exciting.. Kelly, Davis, Lyttle, etc...
Vera looks like he got no pop in his strikes.
Leben is really slow and Bisping runs too much... effective strategy for Bisping... though it just makes for a boring main event.
the smaller fighters were more exciting.. Kelly, Davis, Lyttle, etc...
Vera looks like he got no pop in his strikes.
Leben is really slow and Bisping runs too much... effective strategy for Bisping... though it just makes for a boring main event.
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Back after a month long suspension
Was really dissapointed in this weekends card, but since it was free, I can't complain. This weekend is gonna be
