MMA Frenzy is reporting that the California State Athletic Commission will announce that one fighter each at the Stockton EliteXC card and the Affliction: Banned event tested positive for a banned subject. Not sure why the CSAC just didn’t announce who it was, but they’ve exhibited some curious behavior in the past and given …

A couple of notes from Josh Gross’ interview with the Russian fighting god Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor is planning to return to the ring in Japan on New Years Eve, but it won’t be against Mirko Cro Cop or as some have suggested the winner of the Josh Barnett/Andrei Arlovski fight at Affliction: Day of …

This was pretty much a foregone conclusion, but a press release sent out by WAMMA makes if official–sort of:
Coming off a pair of explosive performances in their first appearance for Affliction, #4 WAMMA Ranked Heavyweight and former UFC ® Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski (13-5) will take on #3 WAMMA Ranked Heavyweight and former …

Add another match to the tentative card for Affliction 2, which is supposed to be taking place on 10/11/08 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas and its a good one–SAVSCI Oregon homeboy Matt “The Law” Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort:

Olympic Silver Medalist Matt Lindland will take on former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort …

The WAMMA heavyweight title belt–to be awarded to the winner of the Fedor Emelianenko/Tim Sylvia match at ‘Affliction: Banned’–has been completed and looks pretty impressive. There’s a big article up on the official WAMMA website about the design and manufacture of the belt which might be of more interest to metallurgy enthusiasts than fight …