Affliction just announced today that Andre Arlovski and Ben Rothwell will fight each other at Affliction: Banned on July 19.
The “Banned” fight card will be the first show promoted by Affliction and has one of the best fight cards of the year. Both Rothwell and Arlovski are under contract with Adrenaline MMA but are fighting with permission on the Affliction card. Since the inaugural Adrenaline event is just a month earlier, both fighters will not be available for the Adrenaline show. The Adrenaline website does say both fighters are still scheduled to compete on the second Adrenaline fight card on September 6.
Here is the current fight card for the Affliction: Banned event:
Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell vs Andre Arlovski
Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello
Matt Lindland vs Fabio Negao
Renato Sobral vs Mike Whitehead
Savant Young vs Mark Hominick
Brett Cooper vs Mike Pyle
Ray Lamaza vs Justin Levens
JJ Ambrose vs Patrick Speight
Well well well, Good working name so far, and i have to say its shaping up to be the best selection of HW contests we may have ever seen.
Also major rumours that bands such as Korn, Megadeth and The 69 Eyes will be playing live at the event, making for a festival of everything hard, well minus Hugh Heffner being there it seems that way. Although how is a Woodstock style of show going to work?
Do we get a stage at the end with plenty of room for a mosh pit? . Or will the bands haul equipement into cage and play from there? .
This could just highlight the massive platform in which modern MMA now stands on, it could well move things on to the point where the UFC needs to stand up and try something new , BUT, if its not broken why fix it ?? I think only time will answer that one.
More soon so watch this space
Paul
The “Banned” fight card will be the first show promoted by Affliction and has one of the best fight cards of the year. Both Rothwell and Arlovski are under contract with Adrenaline MMA but are fighting with permission on the Affliction card. Since the inaugural Adrenaline event is just a month earlier, both fighters will not be available for the Adrenaline show. The Adrenaline website does say both fighters are still scheduled to compete on the second Adrenaline fight card on September 6.
Here is the current fight card for the Affliction: Banned event:
Fedor Emelianenko vs Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell vs Andre Arlovski
Aleksander Emelianenko vs Paul Buentello
Matt Lindland vs Fabio Negao
Renato Sobral vs Mike Whitehead
Savant Young vs Mark Hominick
Brett Cooper vs Mike Pyle
Ray Lamaza vs Justin Levens
JJ Ambrose vs Patrick Speight
Well well well, Good working name so far, and i have to say its shaping up to be the best selection of HW contests we may have ever seen.
Also major rumours that bands such as Korn, Megadeth and The 69 Eyes will be playing live at the event, making for a festival of everything hard, well minus Hugh Heffner being there it seems that way. Although how is a Woodstock style of show going to work?
Do we get a stage at the end with plenty of room for a mosh pit? . Or will the bands haul equipement into cage and play from there? .
This could just highlight the massive platform in which modern MMA now stands on, it could well move things on to the point where the UFC needs to stand up and try something new , BUT, if its not broken why fix it ?? I think only time will answer that one.
More soon so watch this space
Paul
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jk, man wonder how much they will lose on this card paying the fighters an the bands.
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