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Fedor Vs. Arlovski at Affliction This October?
Fedor Emelianenko might be defending that new WAMMA heavyweight title a bit sooner that November. Fedor should be back in the ring as early as October to defend his title against Andrei Arlovski.
The event will be in Las Vegas, hometown of the UFC this October 11th at the UNLV Campus. It will be Afflictions second show, their debut was deemed a success by Affliction President Tom Atencio.
Fedor Emelianenko defeated Tim Sylvia last weekend to be the first holder of the WAMMA heavyweight championship. Arlovski also took part in the event defeating Ben Rothwell.
Affliction #2 Likely in November
After their debut show this past weekend Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio has said that the next Affliction card is likely to be this November. As of yet there has been no official time or place sealed.
Atencio said the show would be at the beginning of November with no venue finalized as of yet. Atencio also went on to say that the “big guys” referring to the fighters that took part in this weekends event would all be there in November.
Fighters that will be taking part in the event are the crowd pleaser’s Fedor, Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett. Babalu also asked Affliction to get him a fight against ex-UFC fighter Tito Ortiz.
Atencio also believes he will bring back younger brother of Fedor, Aleksander Emelianenko who was scheduled to fight but did not meet requirements. He will likely be facing Paul Buentello.
Affliction ‘Banned’: Official Salaries
The Affliction salaries have been released. The total payments top $3.3 Million which I believe makes it the most expensive fight card in history.
Top earners from the event are Tim Sylvia who got $800,000 for his 36 second loss against Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski who got $750,000 for his win over Ben Rothwell.
The total fighter payout for the event totaled $3,332,100
Here is the full list of fighter payouts:
Fedor Emelianenko: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tim Sylvia: $800,000
Andrei Arlovski: $750,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothell: $250,000
Josh Barnett: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Pedro Rizzo: $70,000
Mark Hominick: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Savant Young: $7,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $90,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def: Mike Whitehead: $50,000
Matt Lindland: $300,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Nascimento: $20,00O
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Edwin Dewees: $15,000
Mike Pyle: $20,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
JJ Ambrose: $5,000
Vitor Belfort: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
Terry Martin: $30,000
Paul Buentello: $80,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
vs. Gary Goodridge: $25,000
The fight between Ray Lizama ($3,000) and Justin Levens ($6000) was postponed so both fighters got paid a negotiated salary.
Affliction Banned - Fedor Vs. Sylvia Preview
This weekend Russia’s own Fedor Emelianenko will be fighting Tim Sylvia at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California for the WAMMA Heavyweight title of the world. The event will be Afflictions first event and is titled “Banned“.
The 31 year old Russian Fedor is one of the greatest fighters to live. His current MMA record is 28-1 with one no contest. Over 50% of his 28 wins come from submissions with 14 in total. He also has 6 (T)KO’s and the other 7 fights were decided by decision. His only loss was many years ago back in the year 2000 against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka. The fight lasted a whole 17 seconds with Kohsaka getting the (T)KO due to a cut. I have never seen the fight but getting a cut 17 seconds in does seem a bit drastic. Since then Fedor went on to defeat some of the greatest names in the heavyweight division including Mark Coleman, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Heath Herring. Theres one more he is looking to add to his list and that will come this Sunday against Tim Sylvia.
Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia has also had his fair share of fights against some also very notable fighters. Unfortunately for him most of those notable fighters defeated him like Nogueira a few months back. Slyvia’s current MMA record is 24-4 with 16 of the wins by way of technical knockout. Even though Sylvia’s record is not as good as good as his opponents he shouldn’t be taken lightly by Fedor. Tim Sylvia will be going into the fight this Saturday night after a loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He should be looking to redeem himself.
A look at both fighters together shows us that Tim Sylvia does have a significant height and weight advantage over Fedor. A whole 8 inches to be exact. Just look at the image above. I was showing this to a friend who was asking about Affliction this weekend (He isn’t really into MMA) and he said it looked like the most uneven fight he had ever seen. Little does he know it is pretty uneven for the big guy and Tim Sylvia will have to pull something good to get a win over Fedor.
The event will be live this weekend from the Honda Centre in Anaheim California only on PPV make sure you check this one out.