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Kevin Iole has the scoop:

LAS VEGAS – Fedor Emelianenko will defend his newly won World Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight championship belt on Oct. 11 against Andrei Arlovski in the UFC's backyard.

Affliction’s second MMA promotion will be at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus, in the shadow of the UFC's corporate offices, according to a venue official.

Affliction made its promotional debut last Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with Emelianenko submitting ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in just 36 seconds.

Affliction vice president Tom Atencio said Wednesday an announcement on its next show would come Tuesday. But arena director Daren Libonati, who is a big MMA supporter, said he was excited to have Emelianenko back in his building.

Libonati was instrumental in bringing the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championship to the U.S. for the first time on Oct. 21, 2006, with a show at Thomas & Mack that featured Emelianenko defending his heavyweight title against Mark Coleman.

"We're really excited to have Affliction in the building and particularly to have Fedor and all those other great names," Libonati said. "I remember working so hard with all those people at PRIDE and the ultimate goal was to put on a show (at Sam Boyd Stadium, UNLV's football stadium) where the PRIDE champions would have defended their titles against the UFC champions.

"That's what we were working toward in those two (PRIDE) shows we did back then, but it never worked out. We always want to bring big events here, and any time you have Fedor in your building you have a big event."

Arlovski is a former UFC heavyweight champion who was impressive on Saturday’s Affliction show in stopping Ben Rothwell.

Five Ounces Of Pain reports that Renato Sobral has requested to fight Tito Ortiz at any upcoming event.

Los Angeles, CA, June 11, 2008 -- Puder Productions announced today that it will host the "Cops and Robbers" event at the world famous Playboy Mansion partially benefiting the Cops Care Cancer Foundation (a non-profit 501(c)3). The event will be co-hosted by Playboy's Amanda "Dream" Evans, myspace phenom Bobby Billard, and DJ Lady Tribe. The event will be held on August 23, 2008, between 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Fighters expected to attend include Chuck Liddell, Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez.

Preceding the main event at the Playboy Mansion is an exciting event on August 22nd (for VIP ticketholders) at an exclusive Hollywood hotspot (TBD) featuring the sexy stars of the Wet T-shirt Wrestling League (WTWL).

300 of Puder's "Knockouts" will be on hand for the event and tours of the historic grounds will be provided by Playboy bunnies. The event will also include the comedy of Brad Williams and Tapan, a sexy lingerie fashion show, auctions and more.

Tickets are available for purchase and sponsorship info can be found at puderpro.com.

The Cops Care Cancer Foundation is a Northern California Based company, whose mission is to provide financial assistance to children and their families who have been stricken with cancer. They provide financial donations and support to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Their contributions help fund social service programs for children, long term housing costs, prevention programs, research projects and a survivor's scholarship program. In addition to financial donations, the directors donate their time to visit the children and provide motivational presentations. For more information about the Cops Care Cancer Foundation, please contact Brian Simuro at (408) 406-1445 or visit: www.copscarecancerfoundation.org.

Chicago will be treated to one of the most exciting matches in recent history when it plays host to Thiago Alves vs. Diego Sanchez, set for UFC 90.

MMA Weekly has the scoop:

After first breaking the news that top welterweights Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez would meet at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England, MMAWeekly.com has just learned that the fight will instead take place on the as of yet unannounced card for UFC 90 set to take place in Chicago, Ill.

MMAWeekly.com confirmed the change with sources close to the fight. UFC president Dana White, in speaking to the Chicago Sun Times on Monday, announced an Oct. 25 date in confirming UFC 90 for the Allstate Arena in Chicago. He did not confirm any bouts for the event.

UFC 90 follows one week after the UFC 89 show in England. UFC 89 is currently still rumored to be a free show on Spike TV, but again, there is no confirmation for that yet from the UFC.

Alves and Sanchez were set to be part of the co-main event for UFC 89, but the promotion decided to push up the light heavyweight bout between Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida as the other headliner behind the main event featuring Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben.

It is now believed that the Alves vs. Sanchez fight will be part of the main event set up for the card in Chicago for UFC 90, but no other fights have been rumored or announced as of yet.

Cage Potato reveals that Brandon Vera will get Keith Jardine in his next match up at 205. This is a very interesting fight, with both guys on the cusp of the top tier of 205ers. Jardine was there, after the wins against Forrest and Liddell, and Vera is on his way. The winner of this fight is easily top 10 material, and the loser will most likely not be ranked.