Fedor Emelianenko vs Andrei Arlovski Affliction fight video promos

LOL! Belfort, Lil Nog and Babalu….. lol. Belfort – Way past it, shadow of his former self, not a big name in ANY way. Babalu is a no-no. Guy is good, but not a top name. Lil Nog, read what I said about Babalu, same thing applies for him.

Yes, they are good fighters, but they have been over-hyped just because they arent in the UFC. Who have any of them beat of note recently

im with Nick J,
Solid overall event … and it would be intersting to see of Arlovski can clip Fedor on the way in

lets not forget “the law” will be fighting too. i’m a huge ufc fan, they’re gonna be around a long while and affliction may not be, but its because affliction has STACKED cards and huge fighter salaries. this card is ALL AROUND better that 99% of ufc cards, if you’re a “true, unbias mma fan” that is…

They have put on 1 stacked card, and this one appears to be stacked as well. The only problem is that they are just moving around the same fighters. That will not work for more than maybe 1 more card. They are seriously lacking depth. The heavy class is good, but they need more people. The other classes are almost non existent. I want to see Affliction make it, but it will be very hard, and they will have to be able to bleed money for a while. It doesn’t sound as if they are willing to do that.

I know what he’s sayin a little bit, I mean, you guys can claim your buying it for more than JUST Fedor, but I havnt heard ANY of those fights even mentioned by ANYBODY, Fedor is the only fight being discused. Also, This is absolutly NOT better than 99.9% of UFC cards. The new years card, and the Penn/Pierre are both much better.
On the flip side, I am not saying that this is not a good card, and I will be more than happy to be a customer.

ha, 99%, not 99.9… and the new years eve card isn’t exactly par for the course with them, its clearly much better than any ufc OR affliction card, but its not as if they shoot those kinds of big names at us every month. so to compare the ufc’s end-of-year bonanza and their mega-super bowl card to affliction’s second card is kinda goofy. i guess if you’re gonna strip me of my exaggeration, i’ll say the 2nd affliction card is better than 10 of 13 ppv’s the ufc will have had spat out at us by the end of this year… leaving us at 76.92%….

but ya i agree, they really need to promote some of the other names in the organization, that or they’re gonna have to wait half a year every show so that fedor can be ready to fight again

haha I knew using the new years card for an example was gonna backfire on me. Anyway yeah thats what im sayin, not just the promotion though, but for the posters here that are claiming they are watching for something more than Fedor. To that I say yeah right, show me one post that is stolked on anything other than Fedor. This is why I disagree with your percentages, the Fedor fight is whats carrying this thing, im not very stolked on much more than just the AA, Fedor fight, but like I said, I would buy this card, so it’s not like im really hating on it.

aa has had his day! fedor really hasnt fought anybody thats done worth a crap in the UFC!! affliction is picking up where a dying pride has left off!! tito,babaulu,belfort!! please!!! theyre just looking 4 paychecks!!! if they still had heart they would be fighting 4 titles in the UFC!!! bottom line!!! affliction will not last!!!

I am not sure what a true fan would do, but I know what Arlovski should do. Keep the fight standing, and borrow Nog’s chin.

lol very true

lol, my English is better than yours. What’s with the hate on me? For not liking Affliction and saying that those who do like Affliction are nut-huggers (paying $50 to see one fight). With UFC you know you are going to get a solid card almost every time, with great commentators and prodcution values. With Affliction you are going to get a card of washed-up has beens, and a Fedor fight.

Adam – I don’t hate anyone mate (well maybe my neighbour up the road) I just think you are full of s**t. It is nothing to do with liking the UFC, liking Affliction. Your uneducated comments of fighter talent shocks me and your thoughts of all UFC cards is a joke. Maybe you clean toilets at the UFC head office and Dana is slipping you and extra $100 for coming on this site.

Uneducated comments… so Belfort isnt past his prime? Lil Nog is a top LHW contender? And Babalu is also a top LHW contender….? No.

With UFC cards you know you are going to get a stacked card (name wise and entertainment wise). With Affliction you know you are going to get Fedor and some has-beens, also dont forgot the crappy production values, the massive and way-too-big ring, and a load of shitty rock music

I think the main reason it’s so big of a fight could be that this is , according to many, the first time that Fedor has fought someone of worth in quite some time.

Chef, it might be a big fight, but that doesn’t mean it will be a good fight. AA has not been the same since he got KTFO and I hope he wins, but he will probably fight scared and get destroyed.

i was just being sarcastic. i actually think andrei has a decent chance in this fight. look at it this way, it BNF.it’s universally agreed that cro-cop gave fedor his toughest fight in pride and went the distance with him. was cc that much of a better fighter then, than what a.a. is now? i dont think so. i think andrei has better striking with his fists than cro-cop and has better takedown defense and a better sprawl and is an overall better athelete. people put to much into the fat fck nelson fight. andrei took nelson to the matt and got reversed. nelson didnt take andrei down and imo that fight would have never seen the ground if andrei didnt take it there. same with the rothwell fight. the longer the fight stays standing, the more andrei has a better chance of winning. if fedor takes it to the ground, it will end quick. now the big question is, would i bet money that i couldn’t afford to lose against fedor, HELL NO!

i think AA its in his best moment but please guys dont put your money on AA…..well better you always put your money on fedor

b.w., I wasn’t being sarcastic. This is a good fight but, bigger than any fight the UFC could put on? I know AA has a chance, but I was just busting the Fedor lovers balls. There is a lot of contradiction on this site and I was trying to point that out. People always talk sh*t about mis-matches, but if Fedor is fighting that goes out the window. Huge fight, but AA has no chance, then why watch? The only reson I will watch is because I am one of those people who wants Fedor to lose so I don’t have to hear the “Fedor is God” bullsh*t anymore. That makes me want to puke everytime I hear it. :)

Great write up B.W. I couldn’t agree more. I also would stand to question where anyone has seen Andrei convincingly lose a fight since taking the HW title in UFC? The only fight that comes to mind is his second fight against Tim where he got ko’d but that was immediatly after he had put Tim to the mat himself. The third fight imo should have went to AA. Anyway since that time he has not lost a fight and really not been in any real danger in any of his fights either. I think AA just isn’t as aggresive as he used to be yes, but I also think he’s matured much as a fighter and wants to take little damage during the fight and explode in the later rounds. He has the cardio and skill set to do it and I will be the only person on this site to admit that I am going to be putting down money on AA to win this. I like Fedor but AA has consistently fought anyone and everyone put in front of him and has my respect and loyalty as a HW. Fedors record earns my respect but his competition doesn’t win me over as a die hard fan. I’m glad to see him fighting in Affliction because he will get solid competition from this point on. I’m just glad there wasn’t an AA vs Barnett fight because Barnett fighting the winner of this will be another “epic” fight.

BNF. my bad. i didnt mean to discredit your points, i didnt get it at the time when i read them, but now that i do, i agree totally. well said! :)

CES. back at you! very good, unbiased post.

Woah, Cogito, how can you not respect Fedor’s opponents? He’s fought the best in the world and beat them convincingly. What’s wrong with that?

I don’t see how anyone could reasonably believe Arlovski stands a good chance in this fight.

agreed

Good posts Machine! I am the biggest Fedor fan alive, and I also happen to be a big fan of Arlovski. This is without a doubt the biggest Heavyweight fight since Fedor vs. Cro Cop in 2005. Arlovski is in tROUBLE!

U made a great point baout people crying about the weight difference when Fedor fought lIndland! Fedor is a light heavyweight who has made a career out of destroying MONSTER Heavyweights. mostly every fight Fedor has ever been in, Fedor had to give up at least 10-15 pounds to his opponents. So quit crying over the lindland fight. Fedor.

Arlovski is a 10 times better striker than cro cop. Arlovski’s footwork is top of the line… cro Cop just looked for the big home run swing.

I think Arlovski loses this fight in his HEAD! we have yet to see an exciting and valid performance by Arlovski against a legit top HW since he got KO’ed against Sylvia. Sure he looked good against guys like Rothwell and Nelson who are C level fighters. Arlovski is going to lose this fight in his hEAD….the bad part about this fight is it will be the DEATH of Arlovski. Andre will NEVER recover Mentally for what Fedor is going to do to him. Its a shame because I love the pitbull, but lets keep it real….Hope Arlovski is getting paid a lot because this fight will ruin his career. Fedor steals souls. Look what he did to Sylvia….. Tim is in witness protection looking to fight chumps like Shamrock now!

Hopefully, Americans more familiar with Andre bet on the pitbull so I can get better odds on my mONSTER Fedor bet, but I wont count on it!

LOL but how do we know its his coach?

oops! i meant to say COUCH not COACH.

The Sambo loss (he earned the bronze) was the 1st after 8 years of dominance. If you used that example to further your point that Fedor can be beaten then i agree there but if you’re somehow implying that it means he isnt as good as many believe then i strongly disagree.

Not necissarily directed at you but its one thing to not buy into the hype based on random comments by internet Fedor-huggers but to conciously ignore the endorsements of nearly every top professional fighter in every MMA promotion is utterly ridiculous. You dont have to like Fedor or be a fan to realize this.

Action, Fedor’s record is stacked with top tier fighters who he fought at the height of their careers. So what if he has a few cans in their. What fighter doesn’t? I’d be willing to bet Fedor has a higher percentage of top tier fighters in his record than the vast majority of fighters. Just look at AA’s record. Until recently he’s lost to almost every fighter he’s fought who wasn’t a can. You can’t single out one or two of his fights, or a world championship sambo tournament he didn’t train for and say “Fedor’s not as good as everyone says.” The burden of proof is in your hands, as Fedor’s record and fight videos clearly speak for themselves. He doesn’t need a compelling argument in his defense at this point. Like Machine says, all the experts, all the fighter, they all agree: Fedor is incredible. AA has a lot to prove before the same can be said of him.

hahaha, you gotta be swinging pretty low off of fedor’s nuts to claim that he didn’t train for his sambo tournament and that’s why he lost. i can’t wait to hear what kind of excuses you have in january. and nobody is saying fedor isn’t one of the greatest fighters of all time, but that he isn’t unbeatable.

Action, Just because I think Fedor’s a great fighter doesn’t mean I am “swinging low from his nuts.” Come on, man, grow up. Anyway, Fedor and independent sources said he barely trained for the Sambo tournement. The people who beat him probably o nothing BUT train sambo. There, how’s that nut hugging for you? Make a reasoned argument next time. Don’t waste my time with name calling and arguments without facts.

You know AJ, we all have our opinions. And debating them makes for some good times. As a fan of Fedor, I can say that there will be NO excuses if he loses (unless it’s a stoppage due to a cut) b/c he has stated publicly that he wasn’t doing the publicity tours so he could concentrate on traing. But, if the fight, and don’t tell me it won’t, let’s go hypothetical here,ends by AA getting smashed or submitted (as most are predicting)what will be your excuses for AA? Whew, that was quite the run-on sentence. And has for him being unbeatable, I agree that anyone can be beaten, I just can’t see really anyone but MAYBE AA (though IMO not very likely) and maybe Barnett. As for the challenges offered to him by fighters in the UFC, nobody buy Nog, nobody.

nobody BUT Nog has a chance IMo, and a slim one at that.

of course he said he barely trained, because he lost. sore losers always have excuses. and how is saying something ridiculously vague like, i have independent sources, a “reasoned argument?” as a matter of fact, i have several independent sources that say your independent sources are wrong. if andrei loses, there won’t be any excuses, just the fact that he lost to the #1 p4p fighter in the world. i never claimed that andrei is perfect.

I suppose your early statements and subsequent “nuthugger” comment should have been a warning sign, but I bit anyway. Shame on me.

Maybe a spirited match of tic tac toe or hangman is in order? Get it? On Paper? Get it.

/crickets chirp

hehehehehe

You’re lucky then, I’m a bears fan…..so 2.5 minutes of entertainment is hard to come by.

haha at least you guys were good at some point since the leagues merged. good man if youre rootin for “DA bears”