With all the talk about a possible Tito Ortiz vs Babalu fight in October many people have forgotten that there is another top ten Light Heavyweight on Affliction's roster. Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira also wants a shot at any gold Affliction may have a fight for at their October show. In a new interview with Tatame "Lil Nog" as fans know him spoke out at a possible fight for the light heavyweight belt for Affliction against Babalu Sobral. “I’ll fight in October 11th, but it’s not right yet against who. They’re speculating a lot of opponents, but they didn’t say anything yet”, told Rogério, that didn’t knew yet about Belfort’s fight. “Did they created a belt for him? Do you know if they’ll create a belt to light-heavyweight too?”, asked Nogueira.After hearing a “no” as an answer, Nogueira promised win the belt – when Affliction creates one. “If they make one it’ll be great… I wanna be on top, and I’m ready. If I get this belt I can be a top 3”, said Rogério, that commented about the rumors of the fight between Renato Babalu Sobral." As many fans of Pride will tell you Lil Nog is no joke of a fighter and can not be overlooked by either Affliction in any title talk. With the need to sell pay per views and fill arenas, Tito Ortiz and Babalu may happen before he gets his chance at Affliction's gold. The basic fact is they now have another top 10 fighter to consider down the road to stir up interest for the promotion amongst hardcore fans while "NooBs" and the mainstream audience catch on the promotion as well. By the way try to keep up were ahead 2-1 today, even though you got the bigger story which makes it even.Thanks for the support, Subfighter.com and sherdog.net forums.
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