Affliction Leaves Las Vegas: Event Postponed
Loretta Hunt Sep 10, 2008
The Oct. 11 Affliction event scheduled for the Thomas & Mack Center
in Las Vegas has been postponed, Nevada State Athletic Commission
Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed Wednesday to
Sherdog.com.
Affliction contacted Kizer on Wednesday morning to inform him that the event would be moved to a January date at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Advertising for the Oct. 11 pay-per-view event had already begun,
including in New York, where scheduled headliners Andrei
Arlovski (Pictures) and Josh Barnett
(Pictures) were featured on a billboard in
Times Square.
Arlovski’s management said they had not been contacted by Affliction with the cancellation as of this morning, and were “shocked” and “extremely disappointed” by the news.
Arlovski -- who delivered one of his more rousing performances of late with a third-round TKO over former IFL standout Ben Rothwell at Affliction’s first event on July 19 –- signed a non-exclusive, three-fight contract with the new promotion in early July. He had spent nearly eight years with the UFC, where he was a former heavyweight champion.
Arlovski’s management declined to comment on their fighter’s next move.
“Andrei was six weeks into his 10-week training cycle. He traveled from Chicago to L.A. to train for this bout, which he very much looked forward to,” said one of his representatives.
Calls to Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio were not immediately returned.
Affliction contacted Kizer on Wednesday morning to inform him that the event would be moved to a January date at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
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Arlovski’s management said they had not been contacted by Affliction with the cancellation as of this morning, and were “shocked” and “extremely disappointed” by the news.
Arlovski -- who delivered one of his more rousing performances of late with a third-round TKO over former IFL standout Ben Rothwell at Affliction’s first event on July 19 –- signed a non-exclusive, three-fight contract with the new promotion in early July. He had spent nearly eight years with the UFC, where he was a former heavyweight champion.
Arlovski’s management declined to comment on their fighter’s next move.
“Andrei was six weeks into his 10-week training cycle. He traveled from Chicago to L.A. to train for this bout, which he very much looked forward to,” said one of his representatives.
Calls to Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio were not immediately returned.
