Andrei Arlovski Dropped, Plus Gomi, Aleks, Ishii, Arona, Assuerio, and Blagoi Ivanov Updates
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 22, 2009 8:02 PM EDT
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Rogers Knocks Arlovski Out Of Affliction:
Fighters Only Magazine reports that Affliction will not be offering Andrei Arlovski a new contract at the moment:
Andrei Arlovski will not be offered a new contract by Affliction Entertainment following the expiry of his current deal, which ended with Arlovski's fight against Brett Rogers on the June 6th Strikeforce show. The former UFC champion, who lost to Rogers by KO after 11 seconds, had a three-fight deal with Affliction which took in clashes with Ben Rothwell, Fedor Emelianenko and most recently Rogers "His contract has expired and right now we have so many fighters under contract that we are just concentrating on working with them," said Affliction VP Tom Atencio. Asked if they would be talking to Arlovski about a new contract he said "No, we are not looking at that right now."
Will Arlovski stay with Strikeforce now?
More Updates After the jump...
Ricardo Arona to Make His MMA Return In Brazil 2 Weeks Before
Competing at ADCC In September:
He made his announcement in a Portuguese interview:
Before going to the next ADCC, Arona will be back in the rings to face a not-yet-named opponent in Sep 12. The fight will take place at "Amauri Bitetti Combat" event, the first Vale Tudo (MMA) show inside Rio de Janeiro in a while since its banishment several years ago. In Sep 24, Arona will be going to Barcelona/Spain to compete at ADCC. The MMA fight is already signed, and he said he's already training boxing, BJJ and Luta Livre (wrestling)
Aleksander Emelianenko Takes On The Man Who Beat His Brother:
Aleksander Emelianenko's official web-site reports that AE has signed with the Korean promoter Fighter Mania Championship (FMC) and will fight Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov who holds a win over Fedor in Combat Sambo. The event will take place in Seoul on September 29th. The press conference will be held early in July in South Korea. Blagoi Ivanov and AE will be among the participants. According to AE, "it's going to be an interesting test in his[AE] career. Blagoi is a decent opponent. I'm sure MMA fans will have tons of enjoyment with our fight". AE is currently going through training camp with Fedor in their hometown, Stary Oskol.
Blagoi "The Man Who Beat Fedor" Ivanov will take on Aleksander
Emelianenko and Kazuyuki Fujita For MMA Debuts:
Ivanov will have a hell of an MMA debut, taking on two Japanese MMA HW giants in Aleks and Fujita. He will be fighting Aleks in the Korean promotion FIghter Mania Championship (FMC) and Fujita in Sengoku a few months later. MMAFighting has the story:
Aleksander Emelianenko, the younger brother of consensus number one heavyweight Fedor, has signed to meet Blagoi Ivanov on September 29 for the upstart Fighter Mania Championship (FMC) promotion in Seoul, South Korea.
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The Bulgarian wrestler Ivanov also recently signed with World Victory Road to make his mixed martial artsdebut on August 2 against Kazuyuki Fujita at Sengoku 8.
Gomi to Fight In America and In Vale Tudo Japan:
Gomi stated in the Gonkaku magazine that he will participate in an American promotion real soon and also in the mysterious Vale Tudo Japan promotion, which has been hinted all year in Japan.
There’s a Takanori Gomi interview in the Gonkaku magazine and it says that his next stages are America and…Vale Tudo Japan.
He is currently in talks with Affliction and the UFC, although he has been in talks with the UFC for the past couple of years.
Derek Bolender (MMAmania.com): Now that the (Brett) Cooper fight was called off can we expect your next fight be in Japan or in the United States? Takanori Gomi: My next fight will be in the U.S. Now we have several offers from some promoters, including, of course, Affliction. We are considering all those offers right now. I am willing to have a fight in the U.S. as soon as possible. I want to show the U.S. fans my fighting spirit. Derek Bolender (MMAmania.com): Has the UFC ever been in contact with you about potentially joining its organization going forward? If so, how did those discussions go? Takanori Gomi (MMAmania.com): We do have their offer and we are in the middle of discussion.
In my opinion, he will fight in Affliction so that he can participate in teh Vale Tudo Japan shows, since the UFC would not allow him to compete outside of their promotion.
Assuerio Silva To Jumpstart MMA Career in Jungle Fight:
Assuero talks about recently signing with promotions that failed:
I hope soon ... I have some proposals for international events, but last year, took no luck. Had signed with events that failed, like the HCF, the EliteXC, but my business is running after it, of some international fights for me, but before that, must go through the recycling. First, I have to make these fights here in Brazil and in the media appear to realize this international contract, I am waiting.
Fighting in Brazil for the next three Jungle Fight shows:
I have a fight scheduled in the Jungle, I have another fight in Muay Thai in August, an event that Fairtex doing here in São Paulo, is also with the other events Carlão Barreto and so on. This will make three Wallid Jungle Fight here in São Paulo and, in those three events, I have guaranteed my participation, and other struggles that I have to dial in Fortaleza, Natal, and these events will be the window to get back to top the world of wrestling.
Satoshi Ishii To Take On Fujita For MMA Debut?
According to Fight Opinion:
As for Mr. Ishii, Sengoku recently held a fan poll to gauge interest on who Ishii’s debut opponent should be on August 2nd at Saitama Super Arena. If you guessed that Hidehiko Yoshida won the poll, you’re wrong. The winner? Kazuyuki Fujita, which would be a horrible first-match opponent for Ishii.
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Arlovski didn't leave them with a choice
When his manager is busting there balls over guaranteed payment it doesn’t help that he goes out there and losses.
I would think there is a VERY GOOD CHANCE that Arlovski will be fighting in Strikeforce or in Japan real soon. It makes sense if he continues with Strikeforce though, since he is a Showtime fighter and can continue to pursue his boxing career if he wants. I am assuming Sylvia will be dropped as well, and they can have Timmy vs Arlovski 4 at Strikeforce, perhaps.
Thats my take on it, anyways.
=)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 22, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Timmy vs Arlovski 4
Already a tough sell before last month. Only if it’s MMA first ever loser must retire match.
Someone has to win, and they hate each other.
=)
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 22, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
No win situation.
Timmah/Arlovski 4 is the Kobayashi Maru of fights.
Keep firing Assholes!
Out out, you demons of stupidity!
by Ubernoober on Jun 22, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
How do you have a fourth match when one guy is already 2-1? All an Arlovski (fluke) win would do is make Sylvia/AA V mandatory. Kill me now.
by Derek Suboticki on Jun 22, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Japan actually tried to schedule Wandy/Saku IV – Saku got hut, so Hunt replaced him. Crazy Japanese MMA…
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jun 22, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Ever hear of a draw?
Due to Cheick Kongo's atrocious takedown defense....
Walla walla walla, I’m an idiot
I don't see Strikeforce paying AA enough.
Arlovski is coming off of making 1.5 million, I don’t see him accepting a flat fee of 200-400k. That would be the max Strikeforce would pay.
The only reason that AA was on the Strikeforce card was that Affliction had to get his fight off the books. His contract expires at the end of this month. If he had not fought, they still would have had to pay him the full amount.
Strikeforce only paid a fraction of his fee, with Affliction eating the rest.
Andrei doesn’t have too much leverage right now. I can’t imagine anyone out there wanting to give him even $500k/fight right now.
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Exactly, AA isn’t exactly negotiating from a position of strength at this point. If he’s looking for a million dollars a fight he’s going to be sitting out longer than Tito Ortiz.
Due to Cheick Kongo's atrocious takedown defense....
Walla walla walla, I’m an idiot
Timmy’s contract situation is going to be an interesting one.
The UFC can extend your contract if you turn down a fight due to injury, and I can see Affliction using that logic to prevent/delay them in having to Pay Tim any guaranteed money, saying that his KO by Mercer is an injury preventing him from fighting at Trilogy.
If Sylvia has guaranteed money coming, it doesn’t really make sense to just pay him without fighting. Put him in the ring and take the shot that he’ll spectacularly KO someone or that he’’ll get KO’d and build someone up.
As for Arlovski, very, very soon he’s going to realize that the Affliction Contract was a once in a lifetime offer, and if they’re not playing ball, he’s going to have to change what he’s looking for.
As I understand it, Tim’s contract is not directly with Affliction, but with Monte Cox’s Adrenaline MMA.
I thought he had a contract with both, we know Monte Cox isn’t paying him 800k to fight for Adrenaline.
800K was for being the main event. There is no way he was getting paid 800K this time around.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 23, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I doubt Adrenaline MMA was paying Tim even a quarter of that amount and why would they pay Tim to be on an Affliction show to start with? The point is that Tim has multiple contracts floating around.
It’s a fact he has multiple contracts, like many Monte clients. I was just saying there was no way he was getting paid 800K again.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 23, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we can safely conclude that there is no way he will be making 800k again ever from anyone. It’s quite possible he had a “I’m fighting Fedor, pay me way more money” clause like AA and Barnett seem to have, of course even in that Tim seems to of got the short end of the stick compared to the other two.
I am sure there is some PPV main event cash money tied to main eventing.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 23, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey look
More potential MMA prospects being thrown to the fucking wolves instead of properly developed. Good luck, guys.
by Derek Suboticki on Jun 22, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Fujita is not the great fighter he once was, so, its really Ivanov, which is happening in the Korean promotion, not Sengoku. Sengoku is actually does a pretty good job developing talent.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 22, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm curious on affliction not signing him..
Could it be that AA is in talks to return to the UFC with a reduced salary?
Or
Does tom atencio feel that AA isn’t worth it anymore? And could him not even wanting to talk to AA about a cheaper contract be a result of the company having troubles to stay afloat?
I hope affliction does well cause they do give us good shows, but I really have the feeling that it is the latter.
Arlovski to the UFC after losing twice BAD is not the reason.
The reason is that Arlovski demands a big pay check, and Affliction has no need for him in the near future.
It makes more sense that he stays with Strikeforce and Showtime.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 22, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
How could he stay with SF if he was never with them? lol Still I do think he’ll end up there. When Rogers loses to Overeem AA could ask for a rematch. :)
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by xFenixKnightx on Jun 22, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
And risk burying his career even more?
I think the rematch will only happen after AA gets some wins and if rogers is the champ.
Putting him in an immediate rematch would be bad matchmaking, cause if both of them are coming off bad loses, one of them loses their value.
They can potentially get more hype and marketing after they get a string of wins before booking the rematch. Or if one of them holds the belt.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 22, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
But tom was asked if he was willing to negotiate with him
He didn’t even try to get a smaller contract for him.. Maybe affliction really is struggling.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 22, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe. But Afflictions HW fights have basically all been structured around Fedor and the belt. Arlovski is well and truly out of that picture now and if they are looking for Monson or Overeem to come in and fight Fedor, a loss against Arlovski discredits the challenger and puts them in a difficult spot. I dont know who else they would match AA up against and he is too expensive I would imagine to be thrown up in non-title chasing fights against Kiril, Buentello or other mid tier guys.
It’ll be interesting to see what they do after the Fedor v Barnett fight. If Barnett loses, does he share the same fate as AA? If Fedor loses, who does he rebound against? Buentello? Yvel?
So far Affliction have been able to promote their winners and basically turf out the losers, but when the losers are big name fighters, managing them presents some challenges when your cards rely on being stacked and are relatively infrequent.
It’ll be interesting to see what they do after the Fedor v Barnett fight.
heres the short term possibilities
1. go bankrupt = affliction dies
2. lose a lot of money = still continue
3. lose a few money = still continue
4. lose money = they fold
5. even = so they continue
6. they don’t earn = so they fold
7. make a small profit = they continue
8. make a HUGE profit = were just probably high or it’s the end of the world..
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 23, 2009 3:42 AM EDT up reply actions
1. go bankrupt = affliction dies
Affliction gets its revenue from selling clothes, not promoting fights, so they will not die.
Affliction Entertainment will probably still be around, even if they stop promoting fights.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 23, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Affliction gets its revenue from selling clothes, not promoting fights, so they will not die.
Correct, they will still be pulling in a lot of cash from their Affliction/Sinful clothing lines.
Affliction Entertainment will probably still be around, even if they stop promoting fights.
Incorrect. When you lose several million dollars in one year’s time and no longer are doing the one thing you went into business to do in the first place that’s not a recipe for a long term business plan.
Due to Cheick Kongo's atrocious takedown defense....
Walla walla walla, I’m an idiot
Affliction apparial and Affliction entertainment are two separate things, the apparial company isn’t going anywhere but it does seem that Affliction entertainment is on it’s last legs. They can advertise t shirts a lot cheaper to a lot more eyes by just going back to sponsoring fighters and events as opposed to running their own MMA organization.
You are assuming that all Affliction Entertainment can do is put on MMA shows, which we are not certain of. Plus, last legs? Not just yet.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 24, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Well Affliction already sponsors boxers and boxing events, I guess there is always a need for someone to sponsor Ozzy tours and such too but honestly they don’t need a separate entertainment company for either of those they just need to do the same things they did before they made the separate MMA company, sponsor big name athletes and musicians and run their logo on events as a sponsor.
Some very unsubstantiated rumors that Affliction Entertainment might get new management or be sold to someone.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
Those have always been around since the beginning of the year.
by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 24, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus,
Imagine if ivanov beats aleks? Wouldn’t that be great? A sambo guy beats both emelianenkos. Haha.
Then they’ll have to sign that fighter to fight fedor in mma, or he could go to the UFC.
yeah, imagine him promoting him as the guy who beat both emelianenkos
then feeds him tough matchups just to show that he really sucks. hahaha.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 23, 2009 3:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Arlovski's chin is so weak
that even Tom Atencio dropped him.
Bah- dum. CHHHH
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by ElliotMatheny on Jun 22, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 13 recs
Never get to see enough of Aleks! Glad to see him scheduled to fight again.
The ‘You beat my brother’ angle makes it more interesting. He should murder him in MMA. Would rather see him fight in a big show against a legit MMa opponent though.
As for the Ishii matchup, lucky its only a fan poll…
by Well Read Idiot on Jun 23, 2009 7:10 AM EDT reply actions
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