Affliction Banned Payouts via SI.com. The event payed out an unprecedented 3.3 Million to the fighters. Fedor Emelianenko was rumored to be asking 2 Mil a fight, but his 300k was nothing compared to Tim Sylvia’s 800k.
Tim Sylvia reportedly pocketed 100k for his fight at UFC 81.
Affliction Banned, July 19 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Headlining the card is a heavyweight superfight between Fedro Emelianenko and former two time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.
CageToday will have live results of the under card starting at 6pm EST, with the PPV following at 9pm EST.
Affliction Banned Weigh-In Results
Affliction Banned Preview and Predictions
Arlovski Professional Boxer?
Interview with Arlovski Arlovski
Interview with Fedor Emelianenko
Josh Barnett Interview
Countdown to Affliction Banned
Affliction Promoter Tom Atencio Interview
Fedor Emelianenko (230) vs. Tim Sylvia (263)
Andrei Arlovski (241) vs. Ben Rothwell (264)
Josh Barnett (256) vs. Pedro Rizzo (242)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (201) vs. Mike Whitehead (206)
Matt Lindland (185) vs. Fabio Nascimento (185)
Edwin Dewees (205) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
JJ Ambrose (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171)
Ray Lazama (186) vs. Justin Levens (189)
Paul Buentello vs. Gary Goodridge *
Vitor Belfort (185) vs. Terry Martin (185.5)
Mark Hominick (144) vs. Savant Young (145)
*Paul Buentello and Aleksander Emelianenko didn’t weigh-in, a problem with Emelianenko medical clearance is rumored to be the cause (CSAC strikes again). Stay tune to CageToday as this story develops.
UPDATE:
The Buentello vs. Emelianenko fight was canceled by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), after Emelianenko failed to meet the medical licensing requirements.
MMA veteran Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge has stepped in to fight Buentello on short notice.
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