Affliction has seemingly cancelled its Trilogy event officially. According to SI.com, Affliction has now officially cancelled its Trilogy event scheduled to happen on August 1st after the Josh Barnett failed drug test debacle.
“Finding an opponent for the number one ranked MMA heavyweight champion in such a short period of time was a huge endeavor and I’m thrilled at the amount of fighters willing to take on this challenge,” Affliction Vice – President Tom Atencio said in a press release. “But in the end, we just didn’t have enough time to promote a new fight to our standards.”
Following Barnett’s drug results, there was a lot of speculation of who could replace him against Fedor. The list included Brett Rogers, Middleweights Vitor Belfort, Jorge Santiago, Strikeforce Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum, perennial fighter Jeff Monson, etc.
However, in the end, Affliction MMA seems to be most hit by this turn of events and it remains to be seen as to whether they will continue promoting events or not.
In related news, the rumours have started as to whether Fedor will actually cross over and fight in the Strikeforce event scheduled after the August 15th Carano/ Cyborg card against Fabricio Werdum, although the chances of that fight happening are not as bright as it would otherwise have been.
