Ben Rothwell Bout Scratched From Affliction: Banned

Affliction has announced that their first event will not feature a fight for Ben Rothwell.

His opponent was predicted to be Andre Arlovski, but this bout has since been pulled. They are still confident that the Aleksander Emelianenko versus Paul Buentello event will take its place.

This will come as a big blow to Rothwell, and also to Adrenaline, who kept Rothwell off their premiere card in June so that he could fight for Affliction. Rothwell now looks likely to sit on the bench until Adrenaline 2, which is currently scheduled for September.