The popular brand of clothing Affliction decided to stick its neck out in the world of event promotion and, from the look of its first show’s card, it’s not playing around. The company, which plans to reach the level of EliteXC and the UFC, will pay six million dollars just in purses of the athletes on the July 19 even Banned in California.
The battle between Pedro Rizzo and Josh Barnett and the main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Tim Sylvia have already been confirmed, but today the renowned American sports magazine Sports Illustrated announced there will be a middleweight match between Matt Lindland and Fabio Negao. Both have been away from MMA the last few months.
The American has not fought since April of 2007, when he was submitted by Fedor at Bodog Fight. Now the Lotus Club black belt is coming off a loss in the semifinal of Fury 5 in June of last year to Rousimar Toquinho, currently in the UFC and an athlete representing the BTT.
According to the SI report, Murilo Bustamante was contacted to concede Lindland a a revenge match for UFC 37, but an agreement had not been reached. Stay tuned to GRACIEMAG.com for more regarding this promising event.
