Report: Jay Hieron agrees to fight Drew Fickett at Affliction II
August 23, 2008 by Adam Morgan
Sherdog is reporting that Jay Hieron has verbally agreed to a bout against Drew Fickett at Affliction: Day of Reckoning in Las Vegas in October. Fickett has yet to come to an agreement with Affliction and his manager notes that negotiations are ongoing. Should he sign, however, it appears that he will be facing off against Hieron in a 170 lbs. matchup.
Hieron last fought on an IFL show in April, recording a TKO victory over Mark Miller in the first round and defending his welterweight title in the process. He has steamrolled through his competition inside the IFL and Fickett would be a great test for him to see just how far he’s come.
Fickett has won five out of his last six fights and has been at the center of a lot of controversy over the past couple of months. An ill-fated EliteXC fight against Jake Shields never took place due to injuries to both combatants at different times which led to scheduling issues for the fight. Fickett also tried to step in and fight Luke Stewart at a Strikeforce event in June but was already booked for a fight with Mark Pavelich’s MFC promotion in Canada on July 25.
What resulted from the scheduling mixup was nothing short of ridiculous as Pavelich trashed Fickett on various MMA forums and also left a scathing and now infamous voicemail on Fickett’s phone which made its rounds on the internet as well. According to his management, Fickett is back on track with his MMA career and is now looking forward to taking his career and training to the next level. Let’s hope so.
As for Affliction, this is a pretty damn good fight for them to put together if Fickett signs considering the lack of welterweight talent outside of the UFC right now. When Hieron signed with them earlier this month, one of the things that was harped on was who his opponents would be considering the lack of depth at welterweight outside the UFC. Fickett is a very good opponent who poses a lot of problems and if they can put this fight together then they’ve done more than I think most people thought they’d be able to do for Hieron’s first fight.
yeah that is a good first fight for jay.
you have to give it to affliction for trying to set up solid fights.
there not worried about their fighters losing. what i mena is the ufc plays with us by not giving us the best fights that they can make. i mean look at bisbing yeah he has talent but he has not fought one guy at 85 to show us shit, i know liben is a solid match up but come on, it is all because they don’t want him to lose.
once again before everybody starts getting crazy on me i am just throughing this out there because i want to see the best fights and i feal that we don’t always get that i know the politics side of things but come on
like what is zuffa going to do with wagnney he should be fighting fabor soon
Bisping has had two fights at 185, what do you expect him to be thrown to the likes of Franklin/Hendo/Silva right off the bat?
His fight against Leben makes sense. Leben is a good MW gatekeeper and a solid win over him gets Bisping to the the middle of the 185 pack.
this will be a excellent fight! kudos to Affliction!
thumbs up t-shirt guys !!
War DRUNKEN MASTER Fickett!!!!
RNC round 1…watch