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UFC Absorbs 20 Affliction Contracts; Rothwell – Gormley at UFC 104

MMA Rumours — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:38:03 +0000

The UFC has taken control of close to twenty Affliction fighter contracts and the rumour is that this includes some really big names. The first of the new UFC fighters to fight will be Big Ben Rothwell who will take on Chase Gormley as scheduled for Affliction: Trilogy. The fight will take place on the UFC 104 card on October 24th at the Staples Center.

With all the rumours of the announcement of Fedor signing to the UFC floating around, the collapse of Affliction’s promotion business might turn out to be a good thing for a lot of the fighters. Of course, this does not include fighters who have since signed with STRIKEFORCE such as Gegard Mousasi, Jay Hieron et al.

This makes UFC’s Friday conference call an even more anticipated one with all the major announcements that can come through at the call.

Vitor Belfort to the UFC!

MMA Rumours — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Back to the UFC?

The rumours are strong and the rumours are good! The latest rumour coming out of the demise of Affliction is that Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort is finally making his return to the UFC.

Belfort was scheduled to fight Jorge Santiago on Affliction’s now defunct MMA event on August 1st. With Dana White’s previous comments about wanting Belfort back in the UFC, the recent happenings made it easier to get the deal done apparently.

The question is, of course, who gets to fight Vitor first as he gets back in the octagon. The possibilities are amazing!

Diaz – Alvarez for EliteXC Lightweight Title?

MMA Rumours — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:38:32 +0000

From fiveouncesofpain.com

Nick Diaz and Eddie Alvarez might be the two fighters chosen to fight for the now vacant EliteXC Lightweight title come November 8th. The title that is vacant after EliteXC stripped their champion KJ Noons for not defending the title against Nick Diaz, is now up for grabs and the fighters chosen to fight for the title are non other than the opponent that Noons refused to fight and the fighter he wanted to.

Eddie Alvarez is currently 1-0 in EliteXC and has cemented his place in the DREAM lightweight circuit by going till the finals of the lightweight tourney. He was forced to withdraw from the final match that had Joachim Hansen win the belt after defeating Shinya Aoki, due to injury.

Nick Diaz, who after a lackluster performance, was chosen to fight Noons by EliteXC promoters last seen creating a ruckus at the UFN 15 post-fight press conference.

EliteXC is currently not commenting on the situation.