Aleksander Emelianenko failed to meet medical licensing requirements and was scratched from his bout against Paul Buentello at the Affliction: Banned event on July 19 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
At the time, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) Executive Director, Armando Garcia, was unable to elaborate on the situation due to California’s very strict medical privacy laws. And since Gary Goodrich was able to step-up on such short notice to replace him, much of the fallout from Emelianenko’s ban went by the wayside.
Then last week, Emelianenko tried to further downplay the incident by going public with his side of the story. Perhaps it was to dispel rumors that he was afflicted with very serious medical problems. Or maybe it was just to clear the air and reassure fans that he intends on competing at Affliction: ‘Day of Reckoning’.
Either way, it wasn’t very successful.
It seems his simple explanation of missed deadlines and poor timing isn’t sitting well with Bill Douglas and the rest of the suits over at the CSAC, who fired back recently on the Figure Four Daily Radio Show.
From Douglas:
“The one thing that I can absolutely say is that he (Emelianenko) was not and will not be cleared to fight in California. He is officially denied a license and that will stand for all of the United States of America”.
Pretty strong words from the commission.
Whether or not Emelianenko chooses to keep the rhetoric going is entirely up to him. But whatever he chooses, the CSAC sounds ready to refute him at every turn.
If Emelianenko has some sort of documented proof that he was medically cleared, now is the time to show it. Otherwise, he might want to take a page from our book and plead the fifth.
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“The one thing that I can absolutely say is that he (Emelianenko) was not and will not be cleared to fight in California. He is officially denied a license and that will stand for all of the United States of America”.
Dang! I wonder how this will affect Affliction going forward? I know he’s not as huge a draw as his brother but…anyone with an inside scoop on why exactly he wasn’t cleared?
That sucks for Affliction. Probably some ugly diseases going around russian prison.
lol…nice
Probably herpes, wehehe!!……Well seriously, I also wanna know what the deal is with this lil’ bro of Fyodor! I want him to share the success his big brother has in Affliction! Seems that the “Hepa-issue” does make things clearer now. And haven’t you noticed? Aleksander looks yellowish! Just like a hepatitis patient! But that’s just speculation of course, haha!!
Jaundice!
I am not ready to jump the gun! tO me California athletic commision is a JOKE thats always messing something up. If he isnt allowed to fight in Vegas which actually has a credible athletic comission, then I will believe it.
However, at yesterday’s Affliction press conference, Atencio or what ever the nerd’s name is said that Aleks wont compete on Affliction 2, but didnt say anything about him competing in the future. It doesnt look good, but I am not ready to jump the gun. I will just wait for the facts, while you guys gossip like lil school girls. lol
I am not very impressed with the CSAC either, and still think that they screwed Sherk. It isn’t just the mma world that has had people complain of their lack of integrity.
That being said, if Aleks can’t pass his next exam, then I would imagine that Affliction would have no choice but to let him go.
i like how this csac member is speaking for the rest of the u.s. i seriously doubt this guy holds any clout in a place like atlantic city are many other states for that matter.
Bill Douglas seems like a real asshole… WAR Aleks
Wasn’t there some kind of rumor years back about Aleks being arrested for a crime over in Russia? Maybe it might have something to do with him not being permitted to fight here. Just a guess.
I’m only saying the above because he fought Dan Bobish in Edmonton last year and I know for a fact that they blood test every fighter beforehand and they must pass in order to be cleared.
thanks for passing along that info.
Yeah, I thought I heard he has been arrested several times and served time. And he also had some strings to the russian mafia or something… I remember a thread on sherdog talking before about how they couldn’t believe he was let into the US. Probably has some role with them not wanting him to fight here
>I remember a thread on sherdog talking before
Yes, all these rumours seem to come from solid sources.
Better than pulling them straight from your ass but just barely…
Yeah I remember when he was first named to the affliction card someone posting a thread on sherdog that he had been in trouble with the law several times and that he had some connections with the russian mafia… I wouldn’t be surprised if that is true and why they won’t let him fight
Its no secret that he was in prison and he is covered with Mob tattoos. I was thanking nJOHN CHANDLER, for passing along the info that Aleks fought Bobish in edmonton last year and passed all his blood tests!
Alex Sign With ufc dana will suck major big ones right now to get some name in th hevy weight Div
Sorry Heavy Weight Division
Alexander has been to prison for a long time…..Could’t this be one of the reasons for this?
it’d probably be easy for him to have the russian authorities “erase” any trace of prison time and crimes. however, you CANNOT cover up blood tests, etc, which i have a feeling revealed hep B and/or C….who knows, maybe even HIV. these are life threatening conditions which are transferable via blood.
Probably Hepatitis.
Yikes! Hepatitis it is.
i wouldnt be amazed if he had been denied a work permit for the jail time
but if it were something medical and serious or transferable then how was he allowed to compete in pride and sambo and why would fedor train with him
brother or not if he has hep B hep C or HIV then the last thing youd logically do is train with him
It wouldn’t be any kind of law enforcement thing it woudl have to be medical. Either they think he could be in danger if he fought (swollen this or broken this where if could seriously injure or kill him if struck) or he is a potential danger to those he fights (some type of desease HEP HIV or something) they are not exacly going toh ave him infecting other fighters because of teh liklyhood of soem type of blood transfer during a fight so i am leaning toward he later
If it is Hep B, he’s sure regretting getting prison tats with a dirty needle (or whatever else he was doing). It’s transmitted via fluids, so there aren’t many “innocent” ways of getting it.
It has to be some kind of INFECTIOUS disease. I know the CSAC can screw shit on a many of occasions, but for them to say that he has been denied on the 19th of July and will NOT ever fight in the US, he MUST of TESTED POSITIVE for some infectious disease like HEP. I am beginning to beleive the initial rumors
maybe a bad staph?
hiv, hep b or c or staph are the only ones i can think of…
if it was staph then why a permanent ban??
gotta be hiv or hep
AIDS