Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the next Affliction card, scheduled for October 11th in Las Vegas will include a fight between Tito Ortiz and Renato "Babalu" Sobral. As you know, the main event for this card will a bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Andre Arlovski.
According to Cofield, Affliction VP Tom Atencio will release details for the October 11th fight at a press conference on August 6th. Apparently Ortiz's UFC contract had a 60-day "non-compete clause" which has prohibited him from signing with any other organization as of yet. Ortiz, whose last fight was against Lyoto Machida at UFC 84 has expressed interest in Strikeforce and EliteXC, but was a very noticeable figure at the first Affliction card on July 26th.
At the post-fight press conference, after a victory over Mike Whitehead, Bablu referred to a fight with Ortiz as his "dream fight" stating that he'd "be here to kick his ass".
Well Babalu, you might just get your wish!
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