Nogueira (13-3), who is twin brothers with UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is an elite, consensus top 10 light heavyweight. He recently defeated Todd Gouwenberg in his last fight for the now defunct HCF promotion out of Canada. He owns victories over other elite competition including Dan Henderson, Guy Mezger and Kazushi Sakuraba.

Vernon White (26-32) is a popular former UFC veteran who will be looking to get back on track after dropping five of his last seven fights.

Below is Affliction: "Banned" fight card as it stands:

MAIN CARD (PPV)

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia

Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo

Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Nascimento

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vernon White

Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead

Ben Rothwell vs. TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (Fox Sports Net)

Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

Ray Lazama vs. Justin Levens

Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young

J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight

Brett Cooper vs. Mike Pyle