- AFFLICTION MMA PROMOTION NOW OFFICIAL
Friday, May 09, 2008 - by MMAWeekly.com Staff
Tom Attencio, a vice president at Affliction Clothing, on Friday
officially confirmed the company’s new mixed martial arts prom
Tom
Attencio, a vice president at Affliction Clothing, on Friday officially
confirmed the company’s new mixed martial arts promotion. He made the
announcement on a preview of Friday night’s edition of HDNet’s Inside MMA
program, which is currently available for public viewing on YouTube.com.
Fights
between Fedor Emelianenko and Tim Sylvia, as well as Josh Barnett and Pedro
Rizzo, have already been confirmed by the fighters and/or their camps for the
July 19 event.
Matt
Lindland also recently confirmed that he would be fighting on the event at the
Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Attencio noted on Inside MMA that Lindland’s
opponent would be the previously speculated Fabio Negao.
He also
announced the participation of Ben Rothwell, Mike Whitehead and Renato “Babalu”
Sobral. Although Attencio did not mention the match-up, the Xtreme Couture web site lists Whitehead – an Xtreme
Couture fighter – as facing Sobral at the Affliction event.
The full
episode of Inside MMA airs Friday night on HDNet’s television network at 9:30
p.m. ET.
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