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Jay Hieron vs. Drew Fickett at Affliction

Hieron's manager says that they have verbally accepted the fight:

Former International Fight League welterweight champion Jay Hieron  has verbally accepted an offer to take on Drew Fickett  at Affliction 2 “Day of Reckoning” on Oct. 11 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Fickett’s manager, Alexander Oxendine of 2 A-T Media, confirmed his client had been made an offer and negotiations are ongoing.

“We’re in discussion with a few organizations and Affliction is one of them,” said Oxendine. “They are at the top of our list. As far as Drew is concerned, he’s made a great turnaround with his life and training. He is ready to move forward.”

This is a decent fight outside of the heavyweight division for Affliction and I'm glad to see that Hieron should be getting himself a nice payday.  What's more is that Jay Hieron is the kind of guy that a promotion can start building a bit of a division around.  Not in that he is invincible but he fights crowd pleasing fights and if brought along right could be a nice high undercard attraction below the heavyweights.

Now that I've said this it remains of some importance that he get past the tough Drew Fickett at "Day of Reckoning."

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Wow! This should draw little to no interest.

by nitro on Aug 23, 2008 3:02 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You don’t like MMA? Thats a shame

by smoogy on Aug 23, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You caught me..

I’m actually a counter spy working for John McCains Fascist anti MMA regime. We’ll have this thing shut down in no time, and you’ll be reduced to watching the WWE again.

by nitro on Aug 23, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always had a feeling about you...

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

by Brent Brookhouse on Aug 24, 2008 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let’s see how many other fights Fickett agrees to between now and the Affliction show…

by AJB on Aug 23, 2008 8:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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