In a week chocked full of negative stories about EliteXC, we can at least end the week on a positive note from Affliction. Tom Atencio has confirmed the best news to come out of Affliction since the match first got canceled. Fedor Emelianenko will face off against former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski at Affliction’s January event.
The FSBC has released the fighter payouts for EliteXC “Heat” to Sherdog.com. Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.
$kala’s at it again in this video of the EliteXC “Heat” post-fight press conference. He calls Seth Petruzelli the “modern day Rocky Balboa.” Seth deserves all the credit he gets for stepping up last minute and beating Kimbo on the national stage, but $kala, like always, is way too over the top. A promoter’s job is to manipulate perception and turn it into reality, but you have to at least not come across as completely full of shit in the process.
EliteXC “Heat” took place this evening at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Seth Petruzelli had the opportunity of a lifetime fall into his lap when he was tapped to replace an injured Ken Shamrock in the main event against Kimbo Slice.
Jake Shields defended his EliteXC Welterweight Championship for the first time against the always dangerous UK Cage Rage Champ Paul Daley.
As the result of a co-promotion with Afflliction, heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson met in the cage for a possible chance to fight Fedor Emelianenko.
Gina Carano looked to keep her undefeated streak going against Kelly Kobald.
Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua and Benji Radach battled it out to get one step closer to a middleweight title shot.
Results and wrap-up after the jump.
EliteXC “Heat” will take place tomorrow, October 4, at 9PM ET at the BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will air live (east coast) on CBS. The weigh-ins will be held today at 4PM ET at the BankAtlantic Center.
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Awhile back, I spoke about how the Miami-Florida State game could adversely affect ticket sales for EliteXC. Ariel Helwani passed along a small update on that front.
Something definitely didn’t seem right when Gegard Mousasi said his Red Devil teammate, Fedor Emelianenko, would be fighting Josh Barnett at the Affliction event in January. Today, Sergio Non confirmed my suspicions when he spoke to Barnett’s representative, Shannon Hooper.
But no fights have been confirmed for the January show, Tom Atencio, vice president for Affliction, told me this week. And in an e-mail message, Barnett’s representative, Shannon Hooper, cast doubt on his prospects of fighting Emelianenko in the near future: “It is unlikely that Josh and Fedor will fight within the next few months.”
Remember the whole discrepancy between Affliction and Josh Barnett that prevented Barnett from fighting Andrei Arlovski on EliteXC’s CBS card? You know, the one where Tom Atencio said they couldn’t finalize a deal with him, leading many to believe he refused to take a pay cut, and Barnett said he was never even offered the fight. Yeah, strange, huh? Well, in Ben Fowlkes latest SI.com article, it looks like Atencio has rephrased what happened to something just a tad bit different.
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If you thought today’s announcement that Affliction fighters Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson have been added to EliteXC “Heat” was pretty crazy, wait till you hear this. Sergio Non of USA Today spoke with Affliction Entertainment COO Michael Cohen about the EliteXC co-promotion earlier today, and what he said could potentially be huge.
Elite XC and Affliction will also co-promote Affliction’s next event with Golden Boy Promotions, now scheduled for Jan. 24, Cohen said. That fight will air either on CBS or Showtime, he said.
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It looks like EliteXC “Heat” just got a little hotter. According to a report on Sherdog.com, EliteXC and Affliction will co-promote a fight between Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson on EliteXC’s third CBS event.
Former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (13-5) and IFL kingpin Roy Nelson (13-2) have been offered a heavyweight bout at EliteXC “Heat” Oct. 4 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. The event will be aired live on CBS.
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