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And check out the snazzy poster too.

Kenny Florian appears to have a 1″ height advantage over BJ until you realize it’s just his helmet hair. Then he loses an inch. Anyways, the co-main event, and possibly more anticipated fight features Anderson Silva taking on Forrest Griffin at 205lbs. One has to assume that Anderson Silva is on the doorstep of a title shot at 205lbs should he get past Griffin, though the UFC would have to shell out big bucks for Silva to take on his teammate Lyoto Machida.

However, as good as that fight would be for hardcore fight fans, the casual fans may still not be aware of Lyoto Machida yet. I say build the fight on TUF 11. You heard it here first. Here’s the rest of the card:

Main event:
UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian

Main card:
205 lbs: Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva
185 lbs: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
185 lbs: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
155 lbs: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer

Prelims (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs: John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory
170 lbs: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
155 lbs: George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson
170 lbs: Danillo Villefort vs. Jesse Lennox
185 lbs: Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites
155 lbs: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley

Former King of the Cage Champion vs. Tim "beep beep" Sylvia

Tim Sylvia vs Paul Buentello has been added to Affliction’s 3rd card, again at the Honda Center in LA, California on August 1, 2009.

Sylvia’s last fight was the main event of Affliction’s debut card, where he took on Fedor Emelianenko back in July 2008. He lasted 37 seconds before being hammered and choked out. It will be over a year once he gets back in the ring vs Buentello, but he will have a little warm-up match, if you will. Big Timmy is scheduled to take on Ray Mercer of boxing fame, at Adrenaline III in Birmingham, Ala., June 13. Mercer will be 48, I repeat, 48 years old. It’s a straight boxing match, but…damn. Isn’t that considered senior abuse? This match was not approved by the New Jersey Athletic Commission…so the promoters moved the fight to Birmingham, which has no athletic commission. Smooth.

Buentello has fared a bit better since leaving the UFC, going 5-1 with his lone loss coming to Allistair Overeem. And he isn’t planning on beating up any seniors either.

Thus far, Affliction 3: Trilogy looks like this:

Main Event:
WAMMA Heavyweight Title: Fedor Emelianenko vs Josh Barnett

Main Card:
205lbs: Gegard Mousassi vs TBD
265lbs: Tim Sylvia vs Paul Buentello