Updated Fight Card For Affliction “Banned”
- By: Kris Karkoski | May 10, 2008
Official Fight Card
MAIN CARD
- Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko
- Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett
- Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
- Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
- Ben Rothwell vs. TBD
PRELIMINARY BOUTS
- Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
- Ray Lamaza vs. Justin Levens
- JJ Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
- Brett Cooper vs. Mike Pyle
Rumored Bouts
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
- Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko
For the latest Affliction rumors check out the MMAFrenzy.com rumors section.
Great fight card. Seems like a gift for Lindland…Negao is 8-3 and hasn’t fought any real outstanding guys. Don’t know about that Arlovski/Rothwell rumor…Arlovski’s info is still available @ UFC.com, which leads me to believe that he hasn’t actually been cut from the UFC yet. Hope this one airs on PPV so all of us who don’t get HDnet can watch. Would be better for Affliction as well.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
GREAT FIGHT CARD!!!!!!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
That is an amazing first card for Affliction. Rare to find a card dominated by heavyweights that sounds exciting. I’d like to see it on HDnet as it’d save me some cash.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Will - The main card is definitely on pay-per-view. They’re in talks to air the preliminary bouts on HD Net but the main card will for sure be PPV, no word on pricing yet though.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
This card is amazing. Let’s hope affliction can really pull this off. It will put the pressure back on the ufc to put together more “super fights” onto one card.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:46 am
i really hope that big tim takes away some wind from fedors sails. then maybe all the hype over fedor and coulture will go away.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead is the matchup besides the main event that im looking foward to. That is going to be a great one. Did Babalu go heavyweight??
May 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am
first of all, they should have Arlovski fight Aleks E., and have Rothwell fight Buentello. Those are better matchups. And I hope they don’t price this at $40-$50, expecting to pull UFC numbers in PPV buys. I’m a huge MMA follower, but I don’t think i’ll get it if it’s more than $20. They also said they plan on having a live performance. I’m all for the cool production effects (a la Pride/Dream), but no live performances, I don’t care who it is — stick to the main draw…MMA!!
May 12th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
JUST BOUGHT TICKETS. i’M STOKED.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I got tickets too son!. Im gamed for these great match ups…Lets get it out….
June 8th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Arlovski vs. Rothwell is confirmed and official. Best card outside of UFC in ages. Lets hope the heavyweights don’t lay on each other and it should be a good night.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
THIS CARD IS AMAZING!!! IM NOT A HUGE FAN OF TIM SYLVIA BUT ADMITTEDLY FEDOR WILL HAVE HIS HANDS FULL! ALL THESE HEAVYWEIGHTS ARE BANGERS WHO HAVE ALL BEEN IN WARS BUENTELLO ALEXANDER ROTHWELL SYLVIA AND FEDOR!!!!! WOW UFC LOOK OUT! ID LOVE FOR THEM TO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS THAN UFC; ALTHOUGH THEY PROBABLY WON’T!!! I AM MORE EXCITED FOR THIS CARD THAN ANY UFC CARD - ASIDE FROM WHEN MY BOY ANDERSON SILVA IS FIGHTING!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:19 pm