Today's news focuses on Wanderlei's thoughts on Quinton Jackson and Chuck Liddell, the announcement of Aleksander Emelianenko versus Paul Buentello at Affliction: Banned, & Rashad Evans not appearing at UFC 85.

Wanderlei gives his thoughts on a third match with Jackson

Former Pride Middleweight champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva was a guest on MMAWeekly Radio and had this to say about current UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson:

“Of course I want to fight him,” said Silva about another fight with Rampage. “Him and I are going to have to fight, maybe next year, or however I’m going to fight with him. I want to fight him in the Octagon, because I want to beat him here in the United States, in the Octagon.”

Silva also had this to say regarding a possible rematch with Chuck Liddell:
“I know I’m going to fight with him again,” he said about a rematch with Liddell. “Because the last fight was a great fight. It was a great honor to fight him, and he’s a great name too.”

Aleksander Emelianenko versus Paul Buentello

Affliction announced at its press conferences in Los Angeles and New York that Aleksander Emelianenko (13-3) would be facing Paul Buentello (25-10) on its upcoming Affliction: Banned July 19th event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA.

The official fight card is as follows:
Pay Per View Main Card
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Ben Rothwell vs. TBA
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Nascimento
Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead

Preliminary Card
Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko
Ray Lazama vs. Justin Levens
Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
Brett Cooper vs. Mike Pyle

The preliminary card will appear on Fox Sports Net. The main card can be watched on pay per view.



Rashad Evans will not fight at UFC 85

The UFC announced via its website that Rashad Evans will not be fighting at UFC 85. Evans was scheduled to originally scheduled to face Chuck Liddell however Liddell was forced to pull out of the fight after a hamstring injury. The UFC then brought James Irvin in to face Evans however Irvin has suffered a broken foot and cannot fight.

The UFC has now promoted the Nate Marquardt versus Thales Leites bout to a main event card to makeup for the Evans/Irvin fight.

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