Comments on: 5 Oz. Exclusive: Arlovski vs. Fedor likely to be scrapped

By: Chris Prewett

Chris Prewett — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:39:31 +0000

Andrei Arlovski will take out Barnett….. it will be a good fight though. Definately a great striking match! Fedor would knock out both of them though. Fedor, in my opinion, number 1 heavyweight. Andrei is my fav though, PITBULL!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:32:31 +0000

Am I reading this right? People are picking Barnett to beat Arlovski? Are you f#cking kidding me? Really?
No, Arlovski wins this fight, hands down. He might not beat Fedor, but he’ll take Barnett.

By: Josh Barnett vs. Andrei Arlovski to headline Affliction: “Day of Reckoning” :Five Ounces of Pain

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:32:16 +0000

[...] FiveOuncesOfPain.com was the first to break this story on Friday night, revealing that a tentative bout between Arlovksi and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko was likely to be scrapped due to a hand injury sustained by Fedor. We were also the first site to report the replacement main event featuring Arlovski vs. Barnett. [...]

By: Ross

Ross — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:05:20 +0000

Damn- you guys sure know how to ruin a sunday.

By: dpk

dpk — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:13:21 +0000

I can’t wait to see the promotion for this card, just insert the words “former UFC (insert weight class) champion. I wonder what Tito thinks about affliction talking pay cuts. But really this isn’t too bad, now in the lead up to UFC 88, you can expect the Chuck highlights to center around him knocking out Tito, Babalu, and Randy (just for good measure).

By: Warcry

Warcry — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:42:33 +0000

This is a crippling setback. Fedor is their bread winner. Without him Affliction only has a who’s who of Ufc castoffs!

By: CaptainAmerica1967

CaptainAmerica1967 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:46:23 +0000

I think AA is better now and say AA over the Steroid/Baby Face Assassin Barrnett. Is Barnett still using anabolics like he did while in the UFC when he beat Couture?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:51:34 +0000

what’s lame is he would have fought both AA and ” Jashuo Baaaanett ” now he will just fight the winner.. barnett most likley. should be a good fight though.. i’ll be ordering it on ppv even with out fedor , if the card has tito on it it will do alright i think even w/o fedor

maybe he fights randy in december in japan on hdnet fights? i heard something about cuban wanting to out this together for cable not ppv

By: bree marquez

bree marquez — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:15:26 +0000

this sucks so bad i was really looking forward to this.

By: mike wolfe

mike wolfe — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:58:24 +0000

AA isn’t mentally ready for Fedor right now. He beat Rothwell, who is a one dimensional fighter–tall striker with no known ground game. Before that he was tentative, fighting not to lose. And before that he lost twice to Sylvia, which really seemed to affect him mentally. The only plausible Affliction fight with Fedor is Barnett, and the org. should postpone that one for a while to let the drama build. They only have so many heavyweights, so let them fight in various combinations that lead up to the Fedor/Barnett finale. If the top two guys match up right away, the loser–probably not Fedor–loses box office appeal in subsequent matches.

By: Donk

Donk — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:55:26 +0000

Well, he sat out 2006 with an injury to his hand. I guess this is what happens when you hit so damn hard…

By: Breaking News: Fedor out off Affliction 2 » MMA Chump - MMA News, UFC, Affliction, EliteXC, Fight Cards, MMA Rankings, Fighter Profiles, MMA Fight Videos, MMA TV

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:01:44 +0000

[...] FiveOuncesofPain is reporting that: [...]

By: Bad Monkey

Bad Monkey — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:59:44 +0000

Yep, that sucks. But AA/Barnett would be a great fight. If Fedor is still intent on fighting on some dumbass Japanese New Year’s card though, he should drop down the rankings a lot. Either you stay in thick of it, or don’t expect to be considered the top guy.

The whole Japan on New Years thing is just a fat payday for Fedor and only hurts his status as a top HW fighter.

By: Arlovski vs. Fedor Scrapped? « MMA News And Rumors

Arlovski vs. Fedor Scrapped? « MMA News And Rumors — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:50:48 +0000

[...] the word according to 5ouncesofpain: FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned late Friday that a proposed main event for Affliction’s second-ever [...]

By: jeff the drunk

jeff the drunk — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:33:24 +0000

that sucks. i was really looking forward to that fight. the scary part is, look how quickly he destroyed sylvia with a “lingering hand injury”. hope he’s not out of action for too long.

By: Fightlinker.com » Blog Archive » Fedor out

Fightlinker.com » Blog Archive » Fedor out — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:27:27 +0000

[...] bad news for Affliction as 5 ounces reports that Fedor is off the card with a hand injury. The big question now is if they can still do well [...]

By: Jez

Jez — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:51:19 +0000

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:12:58 +0000

Ok, i’d MUCH RATHER SEE AA/Aleks.. than AA/Barnett right now.. AA/Barnett’s a really intriguing match-up.. but i just don’t like it right now..

AA/Aleks
Barnett/Sylvia
on the next card.. i’d like that more.. because we get to see Sylvia get his ass kicked.. and that’s ALWAYS AWESOME! and then, we see one of the craziest strike-matches of our lives between AA and Aleks..

who’s with me?

By: steak_knife

steak_knife — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:54:26 +0000

I agree. Affliction’s HW division + Elite XC’s production quality = solid promotion. It would be the only way for Elite XC to pull off a PPV.

By: Warcry

Warcry — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:56:19 +0000

This is the problem with the other promotions start-ups the lack of depth constantly has them behind the eight ball. There success is good for the sport and the fans. These promotions should probably get real and pool resources to compete with the Ufc on a real level. If they stay afloat long enough and the Ufc continues to piss off some marquee names than some real defections might go down.