Affliction III hits a roadblock, Belfort and Mousasi can't agree on weight

by Zak Woods on May 27, 2009 1:37 PM EDT Comment 0 comments

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Affliction has been rolling out several names an match ups for their third show set for August. The first was Fedor and Josh Barnett, though nothing has been signed yet, go figure.

Next was a welterweight match between Jay Hieron and Paul Daley. Then a middleweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi. But it looks like Belfort and Mousasi is not set in stone.

Mousasi recently stated that he can't make 185lbs. any more and if Belfort were to fight him it would have to be at a catchweight. Beflort responded by saying,

"I fight at 185lbs. If they want to do this fight at 185lbs, it's done, otherwise I see no option to go up, because he isn't a challenge, a man without much name. To go up, I don't see him as a challenge. I want to fight with him in the weight he was champion (at DREAM), then I think it's worth it."

Mousasi was more than ready for this response and accused Belfort of ducking,

"I am very surprised that Belfort was willing to challenge Fedor at heavyweight yet it unwilling to fight me at a catchweight. If (Belfort) does not want to fight at middleweight, why not fight me at a catchweight? To be honest, I don't really care (about Belfort's claims that Mousasi was a no-name). But for me, his comments are strange because his paycheck will be unchanged whether he fights a bigger name than me or not. It is also strange that he does not see me as a challenge when many rankings have me ranked higher than him at middleweight.

Yeah, this fight is never going to happen.

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