Fresh off what many feel to be a major success with its first-ever show on July 19 dubbed, “Banned,” Affliction MMA will go for an encore in the backyard of the promotion that “banned” it in the first place.
Indeed, Affliction has its sights set on Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 11 for its next show, […]

Quick background: Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia fought three times under the UFC banner — “The Maine-iac” won two of those contests. Arlovski dated Patrycja Mikula for quite some time but the couple recently broke up. And when the two split rumors began to surface that Mikula and Sylvia were getting cozy when the pair […]

Affliction: ‘Banned’ will begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on the Fox Sports Net channel in the United States and The Fight Network in Canada. The broadcast will run for one hour on those networks, featuring two bouts before moving directly to pay-per-view (PPV).
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the action […]

Props: ESPN.com
Quoteworthy:
“MMA star Andrei Arlovski, the former UFC heavyweight champion from Belarus, has been training for a boxing career under the tutelage of trainer Freddie Roach. Arlovski, who has an MMA bout July 19, likely will make his professional boxing debut Sept. 13 (HBO PPV) in the opening fight on the Casamayor-Marquez card in Las […]

Aside from mentioning that Tito Ortiz was the latest UFC castaway to be pursued by Affliction, there was little in the way of actual news stemming from this afternoon’s press conference at Trump Tower in New York City.
Mr. Trump was confident that his involvement with mixed martial arts as well as the money to be […]

This is something that I never thought I’d type:
Donald Trump — who has forged a partnership with Affliction MMA — will tomorrow announce the acquisition of former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at a noon press conference at Trump Tower in New York, N.Y., according to MMARated.com.
In addition, “The Pitbull” will take on Ben Rothwell […]

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is expected to announce his future fight plans at a press conference today in Los Angeles, Calif., according to several published reports.
There’s speculation that the Chicago-based fighter will reveal that he has signed on with either Affliction or Adrenaline MMA and take on Ben Rothwell at the “Banned” event […]

The Affliction: “Banned” poster in its current form looks incomplete, but perhaps not for long.
May 19 to be be exact, which is just four days from now.
Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski could ink a deal in this time with the new promotion and take on Ben Rothwell at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on […]

“We were just talking about Arlovski. We want to sign him. It’s our intention to sign him. But I don’t know. We’re, well, I don’t know. We want to. Whether we will or not, I have no idea. We like Andrei and I know the fans like Andrei. I hope we can do something.”
– UFC […]

Event: Affliction: “Banned”
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV)
Location: The Honda Center in Anaheim, California
Main Event:
Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) vs. Tim Sylvia (24-4)
Main card (Televised on PPV):
265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (12-5) vs. Ben Rothwell (29-5)
265 lbs.: Josh Barnett (21-5) vs. Pedro Rizzo (16-7)
185 lbs.: Matt Lindland (20-5) vs. Fabio Nascimento […]