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August 1, 2009, in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center.

Main Card

* Heavyweight Championship bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
* Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi
* Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago
* Heavyweight bout: Gilbert Yvel vs. Paul Buentello
* Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira

Under Card

* Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley
* Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
* Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
* Featherweight bout: LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez
* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius

Great card. Give me...

Fedor
Sobral
Belfort
Yvel
Gomi
Hieron
Rothwell
Lauzon
Vasquez
Hominick

Fedor over Barnett
Sobral over Mousasi
Belfort over Santiago
Yvel over Buentello
Gomi over Oliveira

Hieron over Daley
Rothwell over Gormley
Lauzon over Horodecki
Vazquez over Davis
Hominick over Taurosevicius

Nemesis21 wrote:Fedor over Barnett
Sobral over Mousasi
Belfort over Santiago
Yvel over Buentello
Gomi over Oliveira

Hieron over Daley
Rothwell over Gormley
Lauzon over Horodecki
Vazquez over Davis
Hominick over Taurosevicius

Those picks look familiar.

Cammo101 wrote:

Nemesis21 wrote:Fedor over Barnett
Sobral over Mousasi
Belfort over Santiago
Yvel over Buentello
Gomi over Oliveira

Hieron over Daley
Rothwell over Gormley
Lauzon over Horodecki
Vazquez over Davis
Hominick over Taurosevicius

Those picks look familiar.

Well, guess we agreed on something.

absolutely sick card, can't wait for this one!

Is it on PPV ?

Nemesis21 wrote:Is it on PPV ?

Yes, and the undercard will be broadcast on HDNet.

This card looks awesome, sadly I still don't think it will draw huge PPV numbers due to lack of publicity some of these fighters have, but should provide a good entertainment.

Why do you guys like Sobral over Mousasi? Not sure what Babulu has shown that he should be the heavy favourite. I think Mousasi's last few fights have been more impressive and the guy is still just 24!! I think he wins this fight and in the near future gets put into top 10 p4p discussion.

Main Card

* Heavyweight Championship bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett............Fedor
* Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi................Babalu
* Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago..................Belfort
* Heavyweight bout: Gilbert Yvel vs. Paul Buentello................Yvel
* Lightweight bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira............Oliviera

Under Card

* Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Paul Daley..........Hieron
* Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley..............Rothwell
* Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon.............Horodecki
* Featherweight bout: LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez...........Vasquez
* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius.............Taurosevicius

Could be Affliction's last event, which is sad because they've been putting out some stacked cards.

Fedor/Barnett fight in jeopardy...


http://sherdog.com/news/news/fedor-barn ... ardy-18663

BaYBaller wrote:Could be Affliction's last event, which is sad because they've been putting out some stacked cards.

If the Fedor fight falls apart that really increases the chances that this is the end of Affliction. Which, as a fan of mma, i wouldn't really consider a bad thing. The sooner the talent pool is no longer being divided and all the greatest fighters in the world gather to fight under one promotion, the better it will be for the fans - and more importantly the the sport in general - i think.

For some reason, I didn't believe the Fedor-Barnett fight would go through anyway. It's been the most obvious match for Fedor for 5 or so years, with the two of them always in the same org, but never got put together. I had pretty much resigned myself to it never happening. Which apparently it won't.

Vitor's 185 now, right? They're saying he's been offered the fight. Gegard is the best choice but he and Fedor are friends/training partners. Otherwise, THAT would be an awesome fight.

Affliction should try to nab Werdum, since Overeem is out of their fight on the Aug 15 SF card. Haven't heard anything that indicates this is a possibility, I just think it makes sense.

Apparently they are considering Bobby Lashley as well.

Who says he hasn't been in the gym since his last fight and sounds pretty reluctant.

Apparently Barnett has tested positive for steroids and now the fight is in jeopardy. MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Vitor Belfort might be his replacement. I wonder if Fedor secretly wants to be a middleweight.

If the Barnett fight is off, then this is the end of Affliction.

Belfort could still help sell the fight.

But yeah, this is a huge blow...

It is official. Barnett is out after testing positive for a banned substance.

Apparently Lashley, Belfort, and Brett Rodgers are possible replacements. Of the 3, only Rodgers interests me and that seems to be the least likely of the 3.

wow what a let down.