Ricardo Arona Signing With Affliction Before ADCC?
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 26, 2009 3:48 PM EDT
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You were going to fight the ADCC, but it was postponed to September. You said you would sign fot a MMA fight before... Is it right?
I received proposals, as I said, of Affliction, Dream and other events, but I just know that the ADCC was postponed to September and this moved a lot with my plans, it wasn’t what I wanted, no way. I don’t want to wait until September to fight, I will renegotiate before that to see if I fight the best proposal.
United States or Japan?
Man, actually a fighter has to go always in the best proposal, but today, I think is better for me to try America, United States.UFC already spoke with you?
No, that’s what I said. Ultimate didn’t contacted me. I had contacts from Affliction, Dream, but had no position of the Ultimate.
Arona could sign with Affliction before their highly anticipated 3rd show set to feature Fedor, Josh Barnett, and rumored bouts between Sylvia vs Buentello and Chris Horedecki, Din Thomas, Gegard Mousasi, and Vitor Belfort as rumored participants.
With the addition of Ricardo Arona, the Affliction LHW lineup could look something like this:
Gegard Mousasi
Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Vitor Belfort (MW*)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Vladimir Matyushenko
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Tito Ortiz
Ricardo Arona
*Open to fighting at MW and above
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Affliction, UFC, or Strikeforce.
He has to choose ONE of those.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 26, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
But he just said he wasn’t going to sign with them. Either UFC or SF for him IMO.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Mar 26, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Since when do we start trusting Tito statements?
:)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 26, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Bout the same time we trust your rumors.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
And on a side note
I’m glad UFC didn’t contact Arona. I have a personal dislike for the guy, back when i trained at BTT he would charge $80.00 per person (in his "team") just to attend and hear him talk.. not to mention he would cut the shit 20 mins early most of the time. I’m glad I never went back.
BTW, Tito said in his last interview that he wasn’t going to sign with Affliction. So maybe Strikeforce? I hope! I wanna see him and Babalu finally go at it.
He could fight Babalu with either org, whichever org he signs with (except UFC), we will most likely see Tito vs Babalu.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 26, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
How about Arona/Fedor 2 on 7-11 for free?
If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.
It really is, and the LHW class is supposed to be weak outside of the UFC.
Add Feijao from Strikeforce and King Mo from WVR, and the non-UFC LHW class is looking pretty good.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Mar 26, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Add salt and pepper
….and Don Frye from 1998. What do you call this recipe?
"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry
by Blackout612 on Mar 27, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
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