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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Wisdom and common sense prevailed, as the backers of Affliction’s MMA promotion announced that they are postponing their 10/11 Las Vegas event. The new event date is set for January 2009 in Anaheim at the Honda Center. The move makes great sense, as UFC is so politically well-connected in Las Vegas that it is impossible […]
Quote of the Day – Dave Meltzer
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008From the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer: It is very possible, and possibly even likely, that in the not too distant future, Elite, Affliction and DREAM will be gone, and UFC will be able to pick up any top fighter they want, and to do so without changing their current pay scale.
Affliction signs long-term deal with HDNet Fights
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Partnership solidifies HDNet as THE Home for Mixed Martial Arts on television DALLAS (September 3, 2008) – HDNet Fights today announced a long-term partnership with Affliction Entertainment to air live MMA events exclusively in North America on HDNet. These live events, featuring the top Mixed Martial Arts fighters from around the world, will be broadcast […]
We’re never going to see Couture vs. Fedor, ever?
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Can anyone read this with a straight face? Complicating a potential Emelianenko match is that the Russian is signed to two contracts. His primary promoter is M-1, led by his manager, Vadim Finkelstein. But he has two more fights on a contract with Affliction Entertainment for any bout in the United States. Affliction Entertainment vice […]
Fight Opinion Radio #89: The state of MMA outside UFC
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Consider this a group therapy session, as we spend this week’s show trying to figure out what the landscape of the MMA business is outside of UFC. Warning: You may get very depressed and fast. We discuss virtually every issue on the table and also talk about which newcomers to the sport have ‘superstar’ potential […]
Today’s drug test failures
Thursday, August 21st, 2008When the news breaks, post your comments right here.
Steve Cofield gets it right (again)
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Tito Ortiz as MMA’s version of Barry Bonds? About as good of a sports analogy as you can get right now. The difference between the two men, however? We still (think we) know that Bonds can swing a baseball bat and do so in a limited role as a DH. Can Ortiz beat anyone that’s […]
Affliction saves some money; Belfort not booked for Las Vegas
Thursday, August 14th, 2008MMA Weekly is reporting that Vitor Belfort will not fight Matt Lindland on the Affliction 10/11 Las Vegas show. That was an awfully expensive undercard fight to book. Affliction is now working to find a new opponent for Lindland. Speaking of Matt Lindland, any chance that he will be fighting Jake Shields soon? We interviewed […]
Enough of the Fedor/Couture talk already!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008I’m getting as tired of the Randy Couture/Fedor talk as I am of the nonstop discussion of Brett Favre these days in the sports media. Bas Rutten gave a lecture to the SF 49ers football team. They’re going to need all the help they can get this season. Matt (Fightlinker): Interview with Caleb from The […]
PR: Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski Joins For Pits’ Sake to Combat Dog Fighting
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008UFC Former Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski joins the For Pits’ Sake “Knock Out Dog Fighting” program to combat the cruel and illegal activity of dog fighting. Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) August 13, 2008 — Ever since Andrei Arlovski’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career began, he has been proud to carry “The Pit […]
Fight Opinion Radio #88: Jake Shields, Renato Babalu, & Daniel Puder
Monday, August 11th, 2008A great show for you this week, as we have three high-energy guests on the program. First, Jake Shields stopped by to talk about his latest win (over Nick Thompson), the prospects of facing Georges St. Pierre and how he thinks he could do against GSP, and why KJ Noons vs. Nick Diaz may not […]
Report: Barnett vs. Arlovski booked for 10/11
Monday, August 4th, 2008This, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. What makes this report so strange is that no one from Affliction has contacted the media about this fight being booked at all. Read what the LBPT article says: Affliction announced over the weekend that its next show will feature a showdown of two of the best heavyweights […]
Fight Opinion Radio #87: Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008They wanted to come on our show, so we gave them a not-so-cotton-candy Q & A session. Topics mentioned during the interview include: reports about Affliction pay cuts, will or will not Fedor fight on the second Affliction show, reasons for why Shayna got mauled by a woman named Cyborg, and why Shayna is all […]
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