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05-12-2008, 11:17 PM
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Cleaning The Mats
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**CONFIRMED** AA vs Rothwell Set For Affliction!!!
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http://www.mmahq.com/2008/05/12/andr...iction-banned/
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
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Rumor: Affliction Set to Announce Ben Rothwell-Andrei Arlovski Bout For July Event
***OTHER SOURCE*** B-Roth Himself from Sherdog forums.
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just remember back at the post "lets get the rumor right its not about who"
ya well i was trying to clear up that i was not fighting AA in Sept on another org. as the original rumor stated. I tried to never say if i was/was not fighting AA but most all the forum took it that way, sorry i guess.
anyway I'm excited to fight a top10 HW, so thanks for the support, peace
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05-12-2008, 11:34 PM
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This should be a fun fun card. Arlovski vs Rothwell should be great, Buentello vs Aleks should be great, I was originally against it but I've come around to loving the Rizzo vs Barnett match up and Sylvia vs Fedor is a very interesting main event.
What a card of HW's.
and it's official the UFC HW divison is bad. When compared not only to this card with Fedor, Aleks E., Sylvia, Arlovski, Rothwell, Barnett, Buentello and Rizzo.
But I think it's fair to say that Adrenline with Arlovski, Rothwell and Sylvia has a better top three than the UFC does with Nog, Werdum and ??? (Vera I guess or maybe Mir?)
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05-13-2008, 03:33 AM
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****Arlovski vs. Rothwell**** [SOURCE INSIDE]
http://www.mmahq.com/2008/05/12/andr...iction-banned/
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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. Rothwell still is under contract with Adrenaline MMA but is fighting with permission on the Affliction card. Since the inaugural Adrenaline event is just a month earlier, he will not be available for the Adrenaline show.
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
** UPDATE **
The original story on Adrenaline MMA’s website has been taken down and as a result I removed the link from my post as well. Also, I have since updated the post to [Rumor] status and am trying to reconfirm the bout through some other sources.
** UPDATE 2 **
It appears that none other than Ben Rothwell himself has confirmed the story in the Sherdog.net forums. So, rest easy boys, I don’t post stories without the [Rumor] tag unless I’m sure they are legit.
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Adrenaline MMA's website initially offered up the news, but since took it down. But Ben Rothwell, a legit user on sh*tdog.com, confirmed the fight:
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Originally Posted by Ben Rothwell
just remember back at the post "lets get the rumor right its not about who"
ya well i was trying to clear up that i was not fighting AA in Sept on another org. as the original rumor stated. I tried to never say if i was/was not fighting AA but most all the forum took it that way, sorry i guess.
anyway I'm excited to fight a top10 HW, so thanks for the support, peace
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What a F*CKING card. 
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05-13-2008, 05:36 AM
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This is unreal for a first event!!  Dana & the Fertita's must be shitting bricks! |
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05-13-2008, 06:47 AM
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This is great, not only this card, but the fact that we could see in the future matches such as Barnett-Fedor or Arlovski-Fedor, if they copromote with Dream and Elitexc add Antonio Silva and Cro Cop to the mix . |
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05-13-2008, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Pyros
This is great, not only this card, but the fact that we could see in the future matches such as Barnett-Fedor or Arlovski-Fedor, if they copromote with Dream and Elitexc add Antonio Silva and Cro Cop to the mix . |
Yeah man, my signature looks like its gonna work out!!
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Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
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05-13-2008, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Shamrock-Ortiz
Yeah man, my signature looks like its gonna work out!!
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Hahaha yes, and only some months ago this would have seemed unthinkable. I love Affliction. |
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05-13-2008, 07:59 AM
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Cleaning The Mats
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What a card, i hope this is all confirmed because this has to be the best card in MMA history.
I just hope they can keep it up for there next events, because i dont see them making much money on this, with the amount they must be paying them all.
I bet Fedor and tim must be getting close to a million each. Even Matt and Aleks i would think would be getting close to 200 grand.
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05-13-2008, 10:31 AM
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Cleaning The Mats
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Man this card is sick. Sooooo many great fights- I can't wait to see this. Arlovski leaving the UFC just makes their HW division weaker and weaker.
It's great to see a card with so much HW talent.
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05-13-2008, 11:11 AM
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The UFC HW division is pretty crippled right now, this event makes up for it.
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****Arlovski vs. Rothwell**** [SOURCE INSIDE]
