· “Affliction: Trilogy” Adds Ben Rothwell Vs Chase Gormley
During a press conference today in new York City, Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio told MMAFanHouse that Ben Rothwell (30-6) will take on undefeated Chase Gormley (6-0) at "Affliction: Trilogy". Also announced was that Brett Cooper (9-4) and Deividas Taurosevicius (10-3) would be on the undercard but opponents have not been named for them yet.
"Affliction: Trilogy" takes place Saturday August 1 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The undercard fights will be featured on HDNet, while the main card will be on pay per view.
Rothwell, a former IFL champ, last competed in December against Chris Guillen at Adrenaline 2. He submitted Guillen with strikes late in the first round. Rothwell made his Affliction debut at "Affliction: Banned" where he lost to Andrei Arlovski. Prior to that loss Rothwell was on a thirteen fight win streak.
Gormley hasn't fought in over a year, last fighting at "MFC 16: Anger Management" where he won a decision win over Eric Pele.
The latest rumored "Affliction: Trilogy" card now includes:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett
Paul Buentello vs. Tim Sylvia
Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral
Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago*
Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley
Paul Daley vs. Jay Hieron
Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
Mark Hominick vs. TBA*
Brett Cooper vs. TBA*
Deividas Taurosevicius vs. TBA*
