Buentello vs. A. Emelianenko For Affliction, Lil Nog Signed

fight2night · 05-20-2008, 05:34 PM

From Sherdog...

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Aleksander Emelianenko (Pictures) will fight Paul Buentello (Pictures) at Affliction's debut event July 19 in Anaheim, Calif., the promotion announced Tuesday.

Emelianenko, the younger brother of Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), has won four straight bouts. He holds a record of 13-3, with wins over Sergei Kharitonov (Pictures), Assuerio Silva (Pictures) and Pawel Nastula (Pictures).

Buentello, 25-10, had also won four straight before Alistair Overeem (Pictures) defeated him in Strikeforce last November.

Affliction also announced the signing of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Pictures). The brother of UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures), Rogerio is 13-3 in MMA. He fought most recently in February, stopping Todd Gouwenberg (Pictures) in the second round of a Hardcore Championship Fighting bout in Canada.

The rumored card so far;

AFFLICTION: JULY 19, 2008
venue: The Honda Center in Anaheim, California

Main Card Bouts:
-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Tim Sylvia (#5 Heavyweight in the World)*
-Josh Barnett (#4 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Pedro Rizzo
-Aleksander Emelianenko (#10 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Paul Buentello
-Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
-Mike Whitehead vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral
-Ben Rothwell vs. TBA

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

The card just keeps getting better and better! Wonder who they are going to get Lil Nog to fight.

Saskabush · 05-20-2008, 05:48 PM

The Head Hunter is in for a beating here.

This card is going to be wicked.

theEmpiric · 05-20-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Saskabush

This card is going to be wicked.

And its in my neck of the woods. My boss at work just confirmed hes getting a suite at the top. So hopefully that means ill be there for my first Live Event!

Wooooot

AikaImmortal · 05-20-2008, 06:46 PM

I get more and more pissed that this event isnt going to be in Dallas by the day.

Rumbin · 05-20-2008, 07:31 PM

Any word on how he is getting into the country?

FEC4 · 05-20-2008, 11:05 PM

dang, main card looks great. I kind of wanna see and upset. I want Tim to beat Fedor. I def wanna see Josh barnett and Rizzo go at it. The others and good to but I go with those to fight. Then again, I do wanna see babalu fight. but idk thats just me. I hope theres and upset somewhere.

Pitbull · 05-21-2008, 02:35 AM

Nice. Should be a really exciting fight.

Mulla · 05-21-2008, 08:11 AM

Aleks by KO, first round.

Scarecrow · 05-21-2008, 10:18 AM

Affliction is going to dig them a big financial hole if they keep trying to stack cards like this. There's no way they're going to be able to afford it for more than 2-3 events.

I'll bet that the fighter payroll for this event will reach 6-8 million alone.