Did
Barnett Turn Down Arlovski Fight?
In an interesting twist the
announcement that Affliction was going to allow Andrei Arlovski and Roy
Nelson to compete on EliteXC’s October 4th event, various reports were
surfacing that Arlovski’s original opponent for “Day of Reckoning”
had turned down the fight. Josh Barnett and Arlovski were scheduled
to fight on October 11th in Las Vegas, but once card was postponed the
fight was put on hold. Feeling compelled to respond to the report,
Barnett wrote a blog on his MySpace account which said the
following: “I read somewhere that I had declined the fight because
I would have had to take a pay cut. I suppose others may also formulate
some story about me declining the fight for other reasons. To discuss this story in our online forum, click
here.
Silva
vs. Jackson In January 2009!
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports is reporting
that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will get a third attempt to defeat Wanderlei
Silva in January at UFC 93. “It’s a very fluid situation, but it’s almost
certain it won’t happen in November and it’s very unlikely for December.”
Iole cautioned. It was originally thought that Jackson/Silva would
co-headline at UFC 91 in Oregon with Randy Couture’s UFC return against Brock
Lesnar. Instead, they will complete their trilogy at UFC 93 in January. To discuss this story in our online forum, click
here.
Did
Barnett Turn Down Arlovski Fight?
Silva
vs. Jackson In January 2009!
