Affliction MMA today confirmed most of its line up for its return to Orange County, which is scheduled for The Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009.
"Trilogy" will feature a main event between WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko and top-ranked division player, Josh Barnett. Former DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi will also make his fighting debut on American shores against Renato "Babalu" Sobral in a light heavyweight showdown.
Also slated for the main card is former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort continuing his tear through the middleweight division against American Top Team standout Jorge Santiago, as well as a welterweight match between Paul Daley and Jay Hieron.
Here is the current Affliction 3: "Trilogy" fight card:
Main event:
265 lbs.: WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko (30-1) vs. Josh "The Babyface Assassin" Barnett (24-5)
Main card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Renato "Babalu" Sobral (32-8) vs. Gegard "The Dream Catcher" Mousasi (25-2-1)
185 lbs.: Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (18-8) vs. Jorge Santiago (21-7)
170 lbs.: Paul "Semtex" Daley (21-8-2) vs. Jay "The Thoroughbred" Hieron (17-4)
265 lbs.: Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello (27-10) vs. TBA (0-0)Under card:
155 lbs.: Chris "The Polish Hammer" Horodecki (12-1) vs. Dan "The Upgrade" Lauzon (12-2)
265 lbs.: "Big" Ben Rothwell (30-6) vs. Chase Gormley (6-0)
155 lbs.: Deividas Taurosevicius (10-3) vs. TBA (0-0)
170 lbs.: Brett Cooper (9-4) vs. Akbarh "El Caballero" Arreola (14-4-1)
205 lbs.: Lucio Linhares (12-4) vs. Givanildo "The Arm Collector" Santana (12-1)
265 lbs.: Jesse Gibbs (7-2) vs. Rob Broughton (10-4-1)
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of Affliction 3: 'Trilogy,' beginning with the pay-per-view (PPV) telecast at 10 p.m. ET. In addition, we will deliver up-to-the-minute quick results of all the under card action on fight night.
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