As we all know there were many rumors surrounding the reason Aleksander Emelianenko not being able to fight on the Affliction "Banned" card on July 19. There was rumors Paul Buentello (his opponent for the card) was overheard telling people that Aleks had Hepatitis. There were rumors of a Heart condition and stroke I heard on other forums. Aleksander claimed it was because of a passport he received too late and it was a timing issue not a health issue. Now in the same interview that Vadim Finkelstein said that Couture and Fedor was still possible, he also confirmed that Aleks has two possible destinations for his next fight. One was in his promotions in Korea (which no one could care less about) the other in his old stomping grounds of Japan at a future Dream card.
We do have some variants right now. Maybe he will take place in superfight at the next M-1 Challenge tournament in Korea or at one of the nearest DREAM tournaments.
I hope he ends up in Dream and their heavyweight division is starting to take shape with the signing of Gilbert Yvel and Mark Hunt back in action again. There are still a lot of heavyweights they can still sign as well that are not signed to exclusive deals and can come at a good price. EliteXC still has a partnership with them as well and could possibly groom some of their inexperienced heavyweight fighters in Japan as well. We will keep you informed as usual of any new rumors or news we get.
