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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008From a statement released on Saturday: -Straight from the mouths of my friends Tom Attencio and Todd Beard; No one is being asked to take a pay cut. They would never ask anyone to take a pay cut and don’t intend to. Tom was only referring to any fighters that may have been thinking that […]
Josh Barnett: I’m not taking a pay cut if asked
Thursday, July 31st, 2008We interviewed him on Wednesday night. We asked him about a report from Dave Meltzer, claiming that Affliction VP Tom Atencio would allegedly ask fighters to take a 50% pay cut to work the Las Vegas show in October. Barnett replied by saying that he was not going to take a pay cut to fight. […]
WEC media coverage gains steam for the heat-up to Sunday’s event
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Poll of the day: NBC Sports currently has a poll with the following question: After watching Fedor Emelianenko crush Tim Sylvia in spectacular fashion, which fighter do you think is most capable of beating him? Randy Couture was first with 47%, no one second at 27%, Andrei Arlovski third with 14%, Mirko Cro Cop fourth […]
Are you buying or selling Tito Ortiz vs. Renato Babalu?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Any time you have headlines screaming ‘Pro fighters tasered, beaten in hotel room’, obviously your eyebrows raise up a little bit. One person is currently in a coma. Keep up-to-date on story developments at TKO Xtreme. Steve Cofield has stirred things up by reporting on Affliction wanting to book Tito Ortiz vs. Renato Babalu for […]
Not much mainstream media coverage for EXC Stockton event
Friday, July 25th, 2008Tito Ortiz has been generating good press in the Phoenix media market for an upcoming blood drive this weekend in the area. Writing the obituary on the IFL. The Seattle PI: Elite XC is ready for round two The Oklahoman: Frank Shamrock steps behind the mic for Elite XC icLiverpool (UK): Cage Gladiators roll into […]
GSP on Fitch: “I’m better than he is”
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Georges St. Pierre seems very confident that he will beat Jon Fitch in August. ‘I’m better than he is.’ AOL Fanhouse has a preview of this weekend’s EXC show on CBS. Today, we have a motley selection of articles. No real theme or direction, just some news items to read. The Arizona Republic: Tito Ortiz […]
The Affliction web traffic boom
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Our traffic numbers on the site increased 50% over the course of the weekend of July 19th (18th Fri, 19th Sat, 20th Sunday). Well, at least we know the hardcore MMA fans online were excited. To put the traffic #’s into context… usually in the Summer months, traffic takes a real nosedive (especially because the […]
Video: Fedor vs. Sylvia
Monday, July 21st, 2008Plus, a bonus video… the return of Jerry Millen.
Today’s chalkboard (7/21/08)
Monday, July 21st, 2008If you aren’t a friend on our MySpace page, go ahead and add us. We’re going to try to make more of an effort to add content over there when possible. Sherdog (Jake Rossen): UFC Fight Night & Affliction minute by minute The Alexandria Town Talk (LA): A shot at the top for Kalvin “Hot […]
How the media covered Affliction: Banned
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Los Angeles Times: There was nothing artificial about Affliction’s first fight card Sherdog: Fedor reigns supreme USA Today: Fedor rings Sylvia’s bell just 36 seconds into Affliction bout Fox Sports (Mark Kriegel): The secret’s out – Fedor’s the best MMA has The Oregonian: Oregon House nominee Matt Lindland wins MMA fight The Orange County […]
Affliction post-fight press conference statements
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Fedor Emelianenko: “I was very pleased with my performance. Everything I wanted to do I was able to do.” “Yeah I was hoping I would end the fight then (first time he took Sylvia to the mat). I was prepared to fight standing up, but I knew I had a better chance to end it […]
ESPN gives Sherdog the Ring Magazine treatment
Saturday, July 19th, 2008For many media-types and fans in the sport of boxing, the weight class rankings in Ring Magazine are considered more legitimate than the rankings from various sanctioning bodies in the sport. Whenever you see ESPN cover a boxing event, they will talk about who the Ring Magazine champion is as opposed to who is a […]
Affliction: Banned 7/19 Honda Center
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Reports: Observer | Sherdog | USA Today | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania | Bloody Elbow | Five Ounces | Pro MMA | MMA Frenzy | MMA on Tap | Fightlinker | Total MMA Post all thoughts, results, reports, links here.
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