Andrei Arlovski vs. Roy Nelson Added To EliteXC: Heat
Heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson will square off at EliteXC “Heat” on October 4th at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.
CBS, EliteXC, and Affliction jointly announced the matchup earlier today.
Both Nelson and Arlovski are under contract with Affliction, indicating that the promotions are willing to work together to challenge the UFC’s position as the top mixed martial arts promotion in the world. Affliction also recently announced a partnership with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotion’s to promote events featuring both MMA and boxing.
Arlovski was to meet Josh Barnett in the main event of Affliction “Day of Reckoning” on October 11th while Nelson was to take on Paul Buentello on the event’s preliminary card. The event was recently resceheduled for early-2009 leaving Arlovski and Nelson open to clash on October 4th.
The main card for EliteXC “Heat”, which will be broadcast live on CBS, also features Kevin “Kimbo Slice†Ferguson vs. Ken Shamrock, 170-pound champion Jake Shields vs. Paul Daley for the EliteXC Welterweight Championship, Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold, and Benji Radach vs. Murilo “Ninja†Rua.
Who’s Got the Pit Bull?
This card looks much better now. They better have AA or Shields as the main event and not Kimbo.
And what is the line on Dana pulling something out of the Hat?
Really wow ProElite/Affliction merger? God if Shammy v Kimbo is still the main EliteXC is re tarded
I CALLED IT I KNEW THAT AFFLICTION AND ELITE WILL BEGIN TO MERGE I KNEW IT… THIS IS HORSE SH1T
Ya I think Dana will pull something crazy but with a week and a half left what would it be?
I got the Pit Bull
Both Nelson and Arlovski are under contract with Affliction
This show will be a co-promotion. Kimbo will probably be the main event because he’s the one all over TV Making appearances. The casual fan has heard of Kimbo Slice and the dedicated fan will probably get the PPV regardless of who the main event is.
A merger is possible, but I don’t see it happening here. This is a co-promoted fight.
man this card went from a C to a B+ with just one fight. I bet Dana will resign Tito and we will see some crazy fights coming up. i actually think this move is a counter to the Couture Lesnar fight. what do you guys think.
I can’t see Roy Nelson and AA fighting. Nelson is good, but is he in the same league as AA? Could Nelson be matched against Fedor? This looks like a triple A fighter against a major league fighter. I think AA will make quick work of Nelson. It should be an interesting fight to watch… as long as it lasts.
Does this mean Fedor v Barnett possible @ the next Affliction event in Jan ? They finally might fight? Sorry if spell shh wrong I’m driving down I 5 and doin this I’m bnored haha
Fedor announced on Dream 6 that he would be fighting in Japan on New Year’s Eve, didn’t he? I don’t think he’ll schedule another fight in January, but who knows?
There wont be any merger . if anythingg Elite XC will probably take the cream of Affliction and put them under contract . They are gonna have the money through the showtime people to do alot of signing and deals with DREAM/STRIKEFORCE . Affliction wont be around after their next card (if they actually do it ) ……
My guess…They are already running 2 old ppv’s and it seems alittle late for a live card…The easiest thing to do would be run the Atlanta show. The next best thing would be a marathon of unaired prelims…
I have Nelson…Andre will have problems with the weight. Nelson is Cabbage + Agility
I gotta say this is kinda funny. Great match-up but it does not bode well for EliteXC. Even if it is just a co-promotion for one fight it does signal some interesting things. Including a possible merger. To be honest though while roster wise it’d be genius business wise it would be an absolute disaster. Merger’s are never 50/50 no matter how it appears so that means one side takes over the other. Obviously, it would have to be Affliction taking over EliteXC after the massive losses posted by EliteXC. With Affliction trying to diversify(with the deal with Golden Boy) it would make sense since they need to add more fighters in different weight classes. I still think that Affliction could over extend itself and implode though if they are unable to strike a major network deal or gain more top fighters in weight classes other than Heavy. Should be interesting.
EliteXC is so in the red that CBS corporation(parent of showtime formerly part of Viacom) would only be able to do so much. If the UFC were to ever be able to iron out it’s deal with CBS corporation(which ironically spike used to be part of) then you could pretty much kiss EliteXC good bye.
Cool, if it happens. The Pitbull ftw. Did anybody hear about Cro Cops injury?, one of his nuts went up or should i say inside.
This card still sucks. Arlovski is the only guy that could even challenge for a belt in UFC, and he’d still have a great shot at losing. The only womens matchup that i’d give 2 shts about is Carano vs Cyborg.
holy crap! its chris leben ^
haha not quite
I JUST READ IT…BREAKING NEWS…DANA IS FIGHTING TITO THAT NIGHT LIVE WITH AN UNDERCARD PACKED WITH MIDGET AND DWARF FIGHTS!!!!
Andrei Arlovski is going to kick some a$$
hey guys this is completely hypothetical and will probably never happen but with elitexc using fighters from affliction this question has to come up…… what if fedor fought in elitexc? would they pour in higher ratings then the UFC? what do you guys think?
Personally I’d rather see the Pitbull fight Kimbo and finally get knock him down a notch rather than Shammy go out there and embarrass all the other old school fighters by laying an egg like he did twice against Tito. I highly doubt Dana will resign Tito, he said he’s no longer in the Tito business, and Tito hasn’t done much lately to show he’s an A class fighter.
If only Elite makes a billion dollars this next show will fedor come to elite. i’m sure elite tried to “borrow” Fedor for this fight but with no success. I’m sure this is just a ploy to get people talking if Kimbo is ready to fight a guy AA. Elite’s had some exciting, not between highly talented fighters, but exciting none the less. I’m glad to see better meat for the MMA zombies around the world though
Like AA, my bad
Perhaps Kimbo might see that he isn’t that good incompairison to AA…. Well after rethinking that Kimbo will probably say that he would knock AA out or even worse sub him…
It is a interesting turn of events for EliteXC and Affliction imo
If Fedor fights that Judoka guy I think he would be able to fight in January it might take Fedor 2mins to win that fight sooo anything is possible, I know that Fedor enjoys fighting in Japan on NYE but com’on he could return to fight Barnett in Jan
Kyle you raise a good point…however…Fedor is still technically a free agent since his Affliction contract is actually through the old M-1 group. So in other words don’t count on Fedor fighting in EliteXC…ever. I doubt the Barnett-Fedor fight will happen in Jan since Fedor is supposed to fight in Japan on NYE. Matter of fact there is more chance of UFC vs. Couture than there is him fighting eliteXC.
IMO AA would destroy kimbo due to nasty technical skill he has in all phases of the game. I really think Nelson would give AA more trouble just because of his weight.
Wow are all these other promotions pulling at straws hoping to get some exposure. What a joke. Elite XC is in trouble and Affliction is dead in the water. I like The Pitbull alot. I think he will destroy Nelson in less than 3 min.
Nelson is tough forsure under 3mins ehhh I do think The Pit Bull will win but under 3 I dunno
Hey speaking of TUF its almost on a group of free fights brought to us by Dana White and the UFC hahaha