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Affliction rumored to sign Tito Ortiz to fight Babalu. Not sure I'd care but paired with a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, it suddenly sounds like the start to a good card.


http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/Affliction-scores-big-with-Tito-on-Las-Vegas-car;_ylt=ArhEo33_gAaCw1ZrlkIJOLA9Eo14?urn=mma,96545

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Affliction rumored to sign Tito Ortiz to fight Babalu. Not sure I'd care but paired with a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, it suddenly sounds like the start to a good card.


http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/Affliction-scores-big-with-Tito-on-Las-Vegas-car;_ylt=ArhEo33_gAaCw1ZrlkIJOLA9Eo14?urn=mma,96545

Yeah I was at a party where we ordered the first Affliction. The first card was great but the production was crap. It seemed like I was watching NFL classics with the poor picture quality.

I'll probably order the 2nd one though cause I'm a huge Arlovski fan.

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Here's a Arlovski story for you

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AhhFZs7093cfkHN4Wpg6sBA9Eo14?slug=ys-mmaweek080408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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Even CNNsi.com picking up the story.
Looks like Trump is going to over pay for a past-his-prime fighter.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/arash_markazi/08/05/ortiz.signs.with.affliction/index.html

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Looks like Affliction will also get:

International Fight League 205-pound championship and former Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran - Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko who has agreed to participate in the upcoming Affliction 2 show, “Day of Reckoning,” on Oct. 11 in Las Vegas in a rematch with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AlZgWxQWuQS44hmb3Utb3LA9Eo14?slug=yhoo-iflchampmatyushenkoagreesto&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

and

International Fight League’s lightweight stand out Chris Horodecki
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=ApOiohVP.sWzn0_zOj7zLC09Eo14?slug=ys-mmaweek080608&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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Fedor pussied out of the Arlovski fight (hand injury) so now Arlovski is taking on Josh Barnett for the #1 contender for the WAMMA belt.

If all goes well with the Couture situation though, he might get the next shot in December

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Looks like the Arlovski / Barnett fight is delayed, if it happens at all.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/Affliction-cancels-Vegas-card;_ylt=AnJRqpefD7Y2JDIdFgUBf1w9Eo14?urn=mma,106821

Affliction Entertainment, running into frequent obstacles attempting to promote a mixed martial arts card in the hometown of the rival Ultimate Fighting Championship, on Wednesday postponed its planned Oct. 11 show in Las Vegas. Just 800 tickets were sold for the event.

The card, which was to feature a main event between heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett, will lbe moved to the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on January 19, as reported by MMAWeekly.com.