Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago confirmed for Affliction 3
by Gavin Vincent on June 18, 2009

Early this morning, Affliction announced that Vitor Belfort (18-8) will face Jorge Santiago (21-7) on August 1 for Affliction: "Trilogy" in Anaheim, California.

Belfort is coming off a 37-second first round knockout over Matt Lindland at Affliction "Day of Reckoning" and is riding a four-fight win streak with two victories in the Cage Rage promotion and two in Affliction. Recent wins include, Matt Lindland, Terry Martin, James Zikic and Ivan Serati.

Santiago is coming off an impressive fifth round submission victory over Kazuo Misaki at Sengoku "No Ran" in early January of 2009. Santiago is riding a nine-fight win streak, defeating Kazuo Misaki, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Siyar Bahadurzada, Logan Clark, Yuki Sasaki, Trevor Prangley, Sean Salmon, Jeremy Horn and Andrei Semenov. Santiago's last loss dates back to a vicious head kick he received courtesy of Alan Belcher at UFC Fight Night on December 13, 2006.

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