Aleksander Emelianenko's Mystery Illness Revealed: Hep C

An original part of the Affliction Curse which eventually did the promotion in was the brother of Fedor, Aleks, having to pull out from Affliction: Banned due to a mystery illness that left the athletic commission unable to allow him to fight, for both his safety and his opponent's. Affliction: Banned was a weird show; something new with a great live atmosphere and a lot of excitement around it. At the time, while running my old website, we had a writer on the floor and backstage who texted me that Aleks would be unable to fight and from what he heard from a reliable source, Aleksander had Hepatitis C. We opted, regardless of how big the story was at the time, not to run with it as to not compromise the source backstage and not to particularly put Aleksander's career in jeopardy if it was not true.

Well, never mind that. MiddleEasy posted this, which comes straight from MMARocks.

"We planned to put Mariusz Pudzianowski against Aleksander Emelianenko, but the unpleasant thing happened. Aleksander has got Hepatitis C, that's a serious disease and we won't risk Mariusz's or any of our fighters' health in such a fight. It's safe to say that because of that the deal between our promotion and Aleksander won't come to fruition"

Tough luck. [Source]