M-1 Challenge Veterans Lucio Linhares and Mikhail Zayats to Meet At Affliction: Trilogy

Posted by Bill Wannop on 06.17.2009

Under card shaping up nicely!

It was officially announced that a bout between M-1 Challenge veterans Lucio Linhares and Mikhail Zayats has been added to Affliction: Trilogy.

This fight is a rematch to a competitive bout between the two last June which was awarded to Zayats by unanimous decision. While Linhares is on a four fight winning streak, Zayats is trying to rebound from the first back to back losses of his career.

Here is the card, thus far for Affliction: Trilogy, which will take place on Aug. 1st at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.:

* WAMMA Heavyweight Title Bout: Fedor Emelianenko © vs. Josh Barnett
* Paul Buentello vs. Tim Sylvia
* Paul Daley vs. Jay Hieron
* Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
* Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi
* Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago
* Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
* Jesse Gibbs vs. Rob Broughton
* Lucio Linhares vs. Mikhail Zayats
* Mark Hominick vs. TBA
* Brett Cooper vs. TBA
* Deividas Taurosevicius vs. TBA