No reason to sympathize with Wlad. If he wants his fights broadcast he needs to engage. Seeing as how he is making boatloads off of the Hasselhoff fans, I don't see this happening.
Do you know what "mandatory" title defenses are? You do realize they are mandatory? Do you know what mandatory means?
I've been mocked on this forum for the last couple of years for stating this, but: that guy is Cris Arreolla. Vitali had the mental toughnes to keep cracking Cris on the way in, Wlad will try to hold. In MSG (where they are talking about holding the bout) that won't fly. Wlad may very well win that fight, but at least Cris will push him into a real fight.
You think there is a chance that Arreola takes the fight? I keep hearing that he is looking for another title shot but not against Wlad. I go to UCSD so I would LOVE to go to the fight if it was in LA.