Confirmed: Barnett Out of Fedor Fight

Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio confirmed Wednesday to Sherdog.com that Josh Barnett has been pulled from an Aug. 1 matchup against Fedor Emelianenko.

The fight was scheduled to headline Affliction and M-1 Global’s “Trilogy” event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., but Atencio said that the California State Athletic Commission will not license Barnett because he has tested positive for a banned substance. The CSAC will release a statement Wednesday.

Atencio also said he hopes to secure a replacement Wednesday but would not comment on the new matchup until a deal is signed.

Sherdog.com reported Tuesday that Vitor Belfort has agreed in principle to face Fedor, according to two separate sources close to the negotiations. Bobby Lashley is also being considered, among others, but Tuesday night he denied knowing anything about replacing Barnett.

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Only users loose drugs, I mean loosers use drugs, bye bye lilla barnet

Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn I've been looking forward to that fight forever now. I'm really surprised that Barnett would juice it during his camp for a Fedor fight. He seems like one of those hard working, honest guys, that would never think about juicing it, but then again , that's what I thought about Royce too so...

I wouldn't mind seeing Bobby Lashley have a go, see what he can do. Vitor would get destroyed by Fedor IMO. I think Gegard Mousasi would have a good chance of beating him though, if Fedor didn't bring his A game, which he has for the past 30 or so fights!

OMG!

What a looser.

Its now official


THIS is what he used:




pretty cheap shot if you ask me

That's what he used the first time, this time he used this