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Two of the most explosive heavyweights of all time came back to the world of MMA and did not dissapoint.  
Arguably the pound for pound best fighter the world has ever seen, Fedor Emelianenko dismantled former UFC HW champ Tim Sylvia in a mere 36 seconds.  Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski returned to his championship form as he destroyed "Big" Ben Rothwell.  

After the Fedor fight there is no question in my mind who the top fighter is, it’s him!  He’s like the terminator, he comes to the ring emotionless with a blank stare and once that bell rings, it’s on!  Sylvia had a game plan to use his jab to keep him at bay, but that didn’t work as Fedor bum rushed him with barrage of punishing punches that floored the 6′8 giant.  On the ground Fedor wasted no time sinking in a half a$$ guillotine choke that did the trick as Big Tim quickly tapped out.  
Fedor earned the WAMMA heavy weight belt that was presented by Donald Trump.  He was asked who he wanted to fight next and he said Randy Couture!  Couture entered the ring and had a chat with his friend Fedor and was hopeful that this supersite would take place this year.  Stay tuned for that one!

I was sitting excuse me standing sixth row during the event and the electricity of the crowd was over whelming.  The crowd was very much Pro Fedor.  
I’ve had the opportunity to witness a lot of fights live and this by far was the best!  If Fedor is fighting anywhere near you, you gotta check it out.

I was also able to score a picture with Randy and let him know about what bodybuilding.com has been doing with the MMA scene and asked him to check out my writings, so that was cool!

The Co main event was an absolute violent slobber nocker with Andrei Arlovski punishing the very resilent Ben Rothwell.  I gained a lot of respect for the chin of Rothwell as he with stood ppunishment from Andrei the whole fight.  

The second round of this fight was amazing and one of the best rounds this year.  Arlovski was punishing Rothwell with combos and nearly sunk in a nice heel hook.  Rothwell was able to gain top position on Andrei and let loose with some stinging elbows and punches.  
The third round belonged to Arlovski as he hurt Rothwell with huge knees and punches and earned the TKO victory.

Rumor has it that a superfight between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski will happen Oct. 11 in Las Vegas at the Thomas and Mack Center, look for me ringside for that one!  Hopefully Tito will be in action as well!

All in all this was a huge success for Affliction and MMA fans in general.  Affliction easily has the best heavyweight talent in the world and will no doubt give us the dream matches we’ve wanted for years!  The competition will no doubt force the UFC to up their game to give us even better cards than what we’ve had before, so it’s a good time to be a MMA Fan!!!!!