Affliction III: June 2009 Archives

from sherdog.com:
Bobby Lashley weighed 255.4 pounds Friday for his meeting with Bob Sapp, who tipped the scales at 322.2. The two meet Saturday in Biloxi, Miss., in the main event of Fight Force International's "Ultimate Chaos."

The pay-per-view kicks off at 9 p.m. ET. Other notable fights include Gilbert Yvel vs. Pedro Rizzo, the winner of which will fight Paul Buentello at Affliction's Aug. 1 event, and Din Thomas vs. Javier Vazquez.

Main Card:

Bobby Lashley (255.4) vs. Bob Sapp (322.2)
Gilbert Yvel (237) vs. Pedro Rizzo (243.6)
Din Thomas (146.6) vs. Javier Vazquez (144.8)
Chris Horodecki (155) vs. William Sriyapai (154.8)
Brett Cooper (169.2) vs. Waachiim Spiritwolf (168.4)
Tom Atencio (160.4) vs. Randy Hedderick (159)
John Harris (154.2) vs. Brandon Harder (154.2)
James Orso (173.2) vs. Danny Abbadi (174.6)

Prelims:

Eric Bradley (170.4) vs. Kelly Leo (168.4)
Colin McKee (174.2 vs. Lance Thompson (172)
Eric Graham (159) vs. Drew Wallace (159)
Greg Maher (265.2) vs. Rocky Overstreet (253.4)

from M-1global's Web site:
The M-1 film crew was in tow when Fedor Emelianenko made his way to New York for the press conference held earlier this week at the Trump Towers to kick off formal promotion for M-1 and Affliction's "Trilogy" event on Aug. 1 in Anaheim, Calif. at the Honda Center.

Hosted by M-1 Global USA Vice President Jerry Millen, the blog gives fight fans an all-access look at the start of Fedor's press tour. Watch as Fedor's oldest fan makes an encore appearance and shares her thoughts on Fedor's upcoming fight vs. Josh Barnett; Millen interviews Barnett and asks him what it will be like to fight a close friend; Renato Sobral's thoughts on sparring Barnett every day and what his feelings are about fighting M-1 Global fighter Gegard Mousasi at "Trilogy," and more.

from m-1 global:
With former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort refusing to agree to former DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi's challenge to meet at a catchweight, a new opponent for Mousasi has been secured for his first-ever fight on U.S. soil to take place on at Affliction: Trilogy.

Sources close to Mousasi have informed www,M-1Global.com that current Strikeforce light heavyweight champion and former UFC competitor Renato "Babalu" Sobral is expected to finalized as his opponent.