Fedor Emelianenko will make his second appearance on American soil against Tim Sylvia at Affliction “Banned,” on July 19^th at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California.  Judging by their lineup, the clothing company appears to be ready to lose money on their first event to get their foot in the door and has an astounding lineup of fighters set to battle on their inaugural show.  

In addition to the main event, TUF 2 veteran Mike Whitehead is scheduled to Fight another UFC castoff Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Matt Lindland is set to fight Fabio Negao, Pedro Rizzo is set to rematch Josh Barnett, and Ben Rothwell is also set to compete on the card. Rothwell is rumored to be fighting Andrei Arlovski, however that fight is only speculation at this point in time.  

Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young, and Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello, are other fights that are rumored to be on the card. The interesting thing about this card is of most of the name fighters on the card are former UFC fighters. Affliction appears to be looking at taking the UFC head on starting with their fighters. The Affliction brand was once a popular sponsor of UFC fighters but the brand was banned from UFC events once the brass at the Ultimate Fighting Championship discovered that they were interested in holding their own MMA events.