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10/10/08
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MMARated.com has learned that WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Andrei Arlovski at the upcoming Affliction show tentatively scheduled for January 24th in Anaheim, Calif.

Affliction Entertainment VP Tom Atencio confirmed the news with us earlier today.

Atencio also said that the promotion will officially announce the date, location and main fights on the card sometime next week and that it will be an MMA-only card but still co-promoted with Golden Boy Promotions.

"We sat down with them and couldn't come up with a main event boxing match that everyone wanted," Atenco said.

Originally, it was announced that the January show would be a mixed boxing/MMA event.

Affliction's second pay-per-view show entitled "Day of Reckoning" was supposed to occur tomorrow but was cancelled last month after reported poor ticket sales at the Thomas & Center in Las Vegas. Atencio did mention that January's show will also be called "Day of Reckoning" and will be "more stacked" than its original offering.

Last week, Arlovski defeated Roy Nelson at EliteXC: Stand Heat while Emelianenko last fought in July on the first-ever Affliction show making quick work of former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.

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10/13/08
I have AA on this one 'cuz its gonna be an easy win. http://mmapredictionleague.com
10/11/08
AA FTW!!!
10/11/08
good, now we dont have to worry about fedor facing off against some obscure sideshow.
10/11/08
Good job breaking this guys - love the site, keep up the good work - stand/heat...lol...peace.
10/11/08
Barnett has best chance to beat fedor. AA will lose in first round. Fedor has a good chin and rarely gets hit anyways. I am stoked though, it will be good fight night. also good that theres no boxing on the card. "We sat down with them and couldn't come up with a main event boxing match that everyone wanted," Atenco said. I call this bullshit, they kno fedor and AA would outperform any boxing match, but yet boxers make gagillion dollars more. there will be mma/boxing card when there is no name mma fighters on it, that way boxers look better and no1 complains about money.
10/10/08
GO AA GO and hopefully not just to the bank like Timmy!!!!!!!!!!!
10/10/08
So freakin happy there's not going to be boxing on this card, i will purchase it for sure. Fedor will tool Arlovski on the ground, hell Big Country almost had the kimura on Arlovski. Andrei's got a punchers chance in the stand up though. Great fight
10/10/08
Is there really anyone else Fedor should be fighting? I think AA has a better chance than Couture to beat Emelianenko. He has speed on the feet and good take down defense, which I think is the best combo to beat the Russian. I wonder what everyone else thinks...
10/10/08
hows taste fedor's pee pee pee
10/10/08
"that it will be an MMA-only card"... Thank you, now I'll be there for the PPV for sure.
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