Fight Cards - May 11, 2008 - 0 Comments

Affliction: “BANNED” Fight Card

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: Honda Center — Anaheim, CA

Main Event:

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia

Main card (televised):

Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Matt Lindland vs. Fábio Negão
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
Renato Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead

Preliminary card:

Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
Mike Pyle vs. Brett Cooper
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama
J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight

News - April 8, 2008 - 0 Comments

Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko to fight in July

The former UFC heavyweight champion and current Adrenaline MMA fighter, Tim Sylvia (24-4) will face Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) on July 19 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, according to Sherdog.com.

The event will be promoted by Affliction and with the American Airlines Arena in Dallas being the home of HDNet Fight’s there is a good chance it will be shown on Mark Cuban’s TV network live.

Fedor on Sylvia:

“[Sylvia] is a good fighter, a strong fighter, the former UFC heavyweight champion, which is important. I am looking forward to fighting him and training hard for this fight.”

Tim Sylvia has recently parted ways with the UFC in a split that has been categorized by both parties as amicable. Sylia was granted permission to sign on with his long time manager, Monte Cox, who runs Adrenaline MMA promotion.

News - February 8, 2008 - 0 Comments

Official Open letter from Fedor Emelianenko to UFC President Dana White

“Numerous times have I read mister White’s statements on Internet concerning myself. In my opinion, allowing yourself to say those things is not a sign of a gentleman or a grown man at all! If he candidly wants to prove himself right then let my fight with Randy happen or let me face the reigning UFC champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. In the future I wouldn’t want to hear those statements in my address ever again and I won’t tolerate that.

My last fight in Japan proved that I’m ready to fight anybody with any height advantage, skillset or experience. I have fought and still wish to fight the best athletes. The Randy fight is my goal number one right now, he’s a great fighter and this is a very unfortunate situation when too strict and one-sided UFC contracts don’t let this fight happen.

The whole world is eager to see me fight your champions, people don’t want to listen to your press-conferences. I’m signed with M-1 Global and this promotion is ready to organize such fights under our banner or in co-promoted events.”

source: M1MixFight.com

MMA Videos, News - January 24, 2008 - 0 Comments

Randy Couture wants to make Fedor Emelianenko fight happen (Video)

Video:

source: ESPN

News - January 21, 2008 - 0 Comments

Fedor Emelianenko talks about Randy Couture, future fights and more.

This interview was taken by The No Holds Barred host Jaime Martinez in LA.

Jaime Martinez: Are there any concrete plans to fight in the United States? If yes, who are you negotiations with?
Fedor Emelianenko: I plan to fight 2-3 times this year. The first bout will be held April 11, but I am not sure who I will fight against. It will be either Jeff Monson, or Pedro Rizzo.

JM: If you take part in all of these fights this year, do you feel that this will enhance your readiness for a possible battle against Couture?
FE: I am ready to fight with Randy right now, even without one or two fights scheduled in advance. I think that Randy is having some problems with his organization.

JM: What is the strength of Randy?
FE: Randy – a good fighter. He feels fighting. He is also a high level fighter, a good wrestler and a stand up fighter.

JM: You met with Randy Couture last week in Los Angeles. How did your meeting go, what did you talk about?
FE: It was a business trip for shooting promotional video. I met with Randy. We talked a lot about what: in-mostly on families, I invited him to Russia. He told me a story about him visiting Russia once. He invited me to his house.

Full interview can be found here. (in Russian)

MMA Videos, News - January 20, 2008 - 0 Comments

Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko face off for Affliction Ad (Video)

A dream match, that will happen….soon.

MMA Videos, News - January 14, 2008 - 0 Comments

Randy Couture speaks on “Operation All-In” and talks about his plans for 2008 (video)

Randy sat down to talk with Raw Vegas’ Dave Farra about the “Operation All-In” (a celebrity poker tournament with a cause) and how he is hoping to see 2008 roll out.

Here is a snip:

Raw Vegas: Are you confident that if today arm aside you were to fight him[Fedor Emelianenko], that you would win?
Randy Couture: Yea, I believe that I could beat him. I think I have the skill set to go out and be hard on him, I think he is tough, he is a great challenge….

Check out the video: