Report: Emelianenko-Barnett Agreed for Affliction 3 on August 1
Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko and contender Josh Barnett have agreed to meet at Affliction’s third event on August 1st at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, according to MMA Fanhouse.
Though bout agreements have not yet been signed, the bout is expected to be finalized and announced in the coming days.
Emelianenko (30-1) was last in action in January at Affliction: Day of Reckoning, defeating Andrei Arlovski via first-round knockout. “The Last Emperor”, whose lone loss came via cut TKO in 2000, also holds notable victories over Tim Sylvia, Matt Lindland, Mark Coleman, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Barnett (24-5), a former UFC heavyweight champion who was stripped of the title and booted from the promotion in 2002 after testing positive for steroids, has won four-straight bouts and 9 of his last 11, including Affliction wins over Pedro Rizzo and Gilbert Yvel.
Additional bouts between Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi as well as Tim Sylvia against Gilbert Yvel or Paul Buentello are also expected to be added to the card.
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After Fedor beats Barnett he should consider a go in the UFC.I know a lot people think he’s overrated, but i strongly disagree.
Fedor has beaten Big Nog,Colemnan,Cro-cop,Arlovski,Tim Sylvia and Randelman in one of his most exciting wins. All these guys were once champions. And they are top Heavyweights. I think he has the standup and speed to defeat anyone in the UFC, i, like everyone else just want to see him prove it and show everyone why he’s the 1 ranked Heavyweight in the world. There are guys who can beat him, but it won’t be that easy.
Fedor is too big of a name to not be in the UFC. I hope they can work something out, at least a one fight deal or something.
Fedor by tko in the 2nd
i don’t think they will give him just one fight! Dana has said “if he does come fight for the UFC he will get a title shot right away!”
and i don’t think they want someone leaving to go fight somewhere else with their HW title!
Looking over his “notable wins” it makes me wonder how he’d do against the UFC’s top 5 or so. I don’t think anybody on his list would be in the UFC top 5. I guess it just depends on how high you would rank the UFC’s new crop of young-guns, and how low you’d rank the older guard.
I think if Fedor fought the UFC’s top guys…it’s hard to predict what would happen because there’s a lot of guys that can take him out, but on the other hand, he has all the skills to beat those guys as well.
I think the UFC is playing their cards right…one of these days Fedor will lose and the shine and mystique will wear off on him.
are you serious?
Fedor beat them all when they were in the prime of their career. Sorry to say, but Big Nog, Cro Cop, even Arlovski’s time is over.
Although I’d never consider Randelman a legit Top anything heavyweight, the way Fedor beat him is most impressive. IMHO the best Fedor fight in his career based on the slam and what happened about a minute after that.
As for the story at hand … I think Barnett is the only legitimate heavyweight Fedor hasn’t beaten (too bad Barnett lost to Cro Cop twice which basically ended his shot at Fedor in Pride) … but there aren’t any other legit heavyweights out there that pose serious challenges for Fedor.
some would argue;
1. Frank Mir (he’d have a better chance surviving another bike crash)
2. Brock Lesnar (in a few years … maybe he’ll make round 2)
3. Randy Couture (never – too old, too slow)
4. Kongo (no comment)
Personally … I’d like to see Lyoto Machida move up to take on Fedor … although it’ll never happen, I think Lyoto’s got a better chance than any of the aforementioned UFC fighters.
Mir would get tkod or submitted in the second round
brock would get submitted in the first or second
kongo would get tkod or kod
not even going to mention grandfather couture
i think shane carwin would give him a fight and is more than capable of knocking him out.
Junior dos santos would probably hang in there the first round then get blasted.
cain velasquez…dude i’m not even going to say anything
“to be the best you have to beat the best”-Never Back down hahaha
I think for me to consider fedor the best, he’s got to beat mir or brock. Or even gnozaga, carwin or kongo. There are still guys out there he needs to beat so he can truly be “the best”
Njchan … what about if Anderson Silva moved up and Fedor moves down for a catch weight to make a Super Fight at like 215-220 lbs Fedor walks around at 230 and Anderson walks around at about 210. Personally I think Anderson has the best chance at beating Fedor… Anderson has the better technical strike ..Fedor has the better Power strikes and wrestling …Ground game is kind of close but Fedor I think takes the ground game.
Ya Fedor being in the UFC is long overdue. Im tired of all the arguing of his #1 p4p status, and Dana saying hes overated. Fedor should have fought Randy over a year ago and that never happened. When he beats barnett(which i think he most definately will) he needs to come to the UFC im just wondering if they will give him an immediate title shot or make him win a fight first.
I bet the long-term business plan of the UFC is NOT to sign him. They’ve done SO well promoting their newer HW’s…why sign him for a brazilian dollars only to have him lose to a Kongo or a Velasquez?
I’d sign him to a 1 fight UFC contract for a million brazillian dollars… it’s 458,715.60 dollars… couldn’t resist…
Nice conversion!
haha chris l that was funny dude
Even though fedor’s “notable” wins are dude that likely wouldnt be top 5 in the UFC HW div, I think he would do well against top hw’s in the ufc. It’s just too bad we’ll NEVER get to see this because of whatever reasons.
Carwin would put fedor to sleep
Fedor would probably submitt brock
Junior dos santos would give him a war
Frank Mir vs fedor would be interesting but fedor would tko him
kongo would get taken down and submitted
who knows!
Let’s see what happens with barnett first though
I dont think many of the UFC’s HW could hang with Fedor to be honest. sure some could land a big shot like dos santos or carwin, but the only guys who could actually compete with him round after round would be mir,lesnar,couture,and maybe Gonzaga. I dont think noguera’s as good as he was, his striking is alot slower and his head movement is almost non existent.
Just for the record…the brazilian line comes from the joke:
“Barrack Obama was told that 10 Brazillian Soldiers were killed in Iraq. His response was “What a tragedy. I didn’t know Brazil even had that many people.”
I think I messed up the punchline..but you get the point!
You screwed that punch line harder than I screw $2 crack whores.
The punchline is, “He looked up with tears in his eyes and asked ‘How many is a brazilian?’”
And it works better when the president is a bona fide short bus rider.
Well, this president did say we had 57 states… so obviously his counting skills aren’t exactly up to par.
No fighter bashing..but LET’s OBAMA BASH!
(greatest MMA site ever!)
Lets follow the conversation… the joke was told (poorly), the joke was corrected, then DBiz said the joke “works better when the president is a bona fide short bus rider.” Calling Bush mentally handicapped, then I pointed out the fact that Obama said “57 states” when we only have 50, and you want to complain about Obama bashing… I make a statement about something Obama actually did, that is provable with video evidence, and I’m bashing, but dbiz calls Bush a “bona fide short bus rider” and that’s not bashing…. riiiight.
Just for the record, I encourage ALL Obama bashing. For the sake our this wonderful forum, let’s just end it…and stay away from those $2 crack whores!
is the ufc all you people know? fedor 5-0 against former ufc HW champions 2-0 against a future ufc HW champion (Nog) and nog isn’t as good as he was when fedor beat him. Here’s some quotes from some of your own ufc fighters and champs.
Randy couture “Fedor would tear brock up”.
Mir “fedor is the best in the world”
GSP “fedor is the best p4p fighter in the world”
Shogun “fedor is the best p4p fighter in the world”
Randy couture ” Arlovski looks sharper than ever” that was said before fedor laid him out.
Face it all ufc HWs would be underdogs to fedor.
Fedor no doubt has defeated top Heavyweights around the world and has definitely proven he’s the 1 Heavyweight in the world, but as big Fedor fan, i can’t deny that there are some fighters out there that would be able to stop him.
He just beat Arlovski who had him backing up and possibly could have won had he not got careless and too confident going for that flying knee.
The reason why most of us talk about the UFC’s Heavyweight fighters is because right now, the UFC does have the best Heavyweights, many which can challenge Fedor and possibly upset him. He’s used to fighting in a ring, if he steps in the octagon it’s completely different. We honestly can’t say what would happen if or when he steps in the octagon, but my point is that there are a few guys that can beat him. Since he’s already beaten most guys outside of the UFC he should try fighting the guys in the UFC and go up against Heavyweights who are either in their prime or coming into their prime, because they can give him some real competition rather than him to keep fighting old champions.
we all know how good Fedor is, we just want him to fight better competition than Barnett and Sylvia, whether most poeple like it or not, the UFC has the best Heavyweights at the moment, they just don’t have Fedor, other than him, who else is worthy of talking about outside the UFC’s Heavyweight division?
How do Russian nuts taste?
Ps. Nog is not a future HW champ. He’s as done as Randy is.
wow fedor is good dont get me wrong but he is WAY overrated i mean come on he coulnt hang in there with a top 5 heavyweight in the ufc im pretty sure kongo, couture, lesnar, mir, and even cain could probly beat him
dude please tell me your joking. Fedor would crush kongo and cain. The other guys you listed would be good fights but to say that he couldnt “hang” there with them is obsurd.
Some of the comments left on this post are laughable . . . . . Things like Fedor being over rated and that Shane Carwin would put him to sleep! Please watch pre Affliction Fedor fights and then comment sensibly. Fedor has been the top HW in the world for 6 years now, Barnett is his biggest test since the fight with Nogueira at Shockwave 2004 and finally and I say this emphatically that there is not 1 fighter in the UFC HW division that could beat him, 1 or 2 maybe could go the distance but it would be a long 15/25 minutes for the guy
Dude, i’ve seen every Fedor fight to date. I know how good he is and how tough he is. I’m a big fan,but Fedor is not unbeatable. You say that not any fighter in the UFC can beat him:
Cheick Kongo can beat him
Brock Lesnar can take him down a will and finish him there.
Shane Carwin has the punching power to ko anyone, AND he showed in the Gonzaga fight that he can take a big punches and still maintain himself and come back from adversity.
Frank Mir can tap him out.
Fedor is a great fighter who can ko,ground and ound and submitt guys, but nobody in any weight class in unbeatable.
Marvel I know your a fan and we have had this convo before, you know out of the 4 cats you listed the only 1 that would give him trouble is Mir
Tw@,
dude i know what your saying, i just feel that there are some guys in the UFC like Lesnar, or Mir that would upset Fedor.
I’m just saying based on his fight with Arlovski, i know he knocked him out, but Fedor did look like he was gassing out pretty fast, his hands were down and it looked like he was starting to give in to the pace Arlovski was putting on him.
That;s why i feel that some Heavy;s in the UFC would be able to take advantage of that.
But i know what your talking about Tw@
Hopefully we will find out one day, if it does happen I dont see either of those fights taking place inside the octagon
That’s just how good the UFC’s marketing machine is. Suddenly the UFC’s HW division has gone from being its weakest division to having the best HWs in the world.
Frankly the UFC’s top HW’s all have downsides. Nog, Couture, and Gonzaga are coming off of losses that kinda embarassed them. Brock is 3-1 in his MMA career. Dos Santos, Carwin, Kongo and Cain are unproven against top competition. There are questions about Cro Cop’s (he just got resigned) and Frank Mir’s form of late (Frank Mir because of his recent injury, and his wins were over an ill Nog and inexperienced Brock)
Andrei Arlovski was the most legit contender to Fedor by far and he got mauled. He was on a 3 fight winning streak and left the UFC for greener pastures. Quite frankly, the biggest fight for him now is against Josh Barnett and he’s probably gonna win again. After that, if Brock gets say, 3 more wins against good competition then maybe we can say he’s the top challenger.
Until then, you guys just have to admit that “The best fighter to ever climb into any arena is Emelianenko Fedor”.
Ummm wow… I’m rather amazed/disturbed by some of these comments. About this fight… I am stoked. I have been waiting for this fight for years and it’s finally going to happen, now watch someone get hurt beforehand. Oh well I am still stoked.
As for the other comments here. Going off the Sherdog ranks there are only two heavyweights in the top 5 from the UFC. The top 3 is Fedor, AA, and Barnett. Fedor has beat world class kickboxers(Mark Hunt, Semy Schilt and MCC), world class submission specialist(Sobral, Minatauro,and Arona), olympic and collegiate wrestlers(Coleman, Randleman, Lindland) ,and the aforementioned former UFC champs. So to say he is overrated is ridiculous, regardless of where these guys were in their careers they are all still dangerous.
He may not fight in the UFC but what is his(and most of all his agents) incentive to? If he joins the UFC he’s no longer allowed to participate in Combat SAMBO tournaments and that’s his first love. He’ll be bound by the UFC telling him who and where to fight. He’s the major cash cow for his agents so they will continue to make outrageous demands as long as there is someone to pay them. If all of a sudden he has no where else to legitimately turn to then yeah that may make the UFC deal happen but until then don’t count on it. As for how he would do against the UFC fighters. He’d do the same thing he does to everyone, frustrate them to make them mistakes, play it smart, and then finish or clinch a decision. Could any one of the fighters land the shot to knock him out, hell yeah, but it’s been proven very difficult to do by anyone. He’s the best because he figures out how to negate whatever advantage another fighter may have over him and then he takes advantage of the openings and mistakes that are presented.
So yeah he doesn’t compete in MMA as often as most would like now, and you can argue the guys he fought weren’t all that great. However it means nothing. Until he’s knocked off or Dana and M-1 find a way to play nice this kinda moot. Randy Couture still have fought less than Fedor has in his entire career so calm down.
Well said chris. I totally agree but watch what you say about couture. lol.
I agree about the Couture remark.
I have no problem with Couture, I’m just pointing out he’s more loved than anyone(that I can tell from on here) and he’s not been as active.
“world class submission specialist(Sobral, Minatauro,and Arona), olympic and collegiate wrestlers(Coleman, Randleman, Lindland)”
Now, count the non-heavyweights and recalculate.
You have (based on fighting weights the majority of their careers) 2 heavyweights on that list. Yeah. Great logic for future heavyweight matchups. Make sure you add in Aoki to REALLY tilt that table in your favor.
You’re bragging about a heavyweight beating light heavies and middleweights.
“He’d do the same thing he does to everyone, frustrate them to make them mistakes, play it smart, and then finish…”
“He’s the best because he figures out how to negate whatever advantage another fighter may have over him and then he takes advantage of the openings and mistakes that are presented.”
That sounds like you’re describing a 2005ish Chuck Liddell for a while there, chrisl. And just like Chuck, age will catch up, then he will become obsolete. That is why the UFC is so smart not to give in to his demands until he is no good anymore. Then, the up-and-comers can kick his booty, and Dana can brag about having the best fighters in the world….and he’ll be right.
If Fedor signed a real contract with the UFC (not a one fight one) now, without “falling off” so to speak, Dana could still brag about having the best fighters. Not signing Fedor now doesn’t do anything to support the claim of having the best fighters, it actually hurts that claim.
Sure, but is it worth the investment? What if he loses? (Cro Crop, Wanderlei) He makes SO much more money than even the biggest UFC names per fight.
I would love to see him fight Mir and Lesnar, though.
Okay i’m gonna go out on a limb here….
Barnett is going to beat Fedor……
I know, I know, I know, but i’m gonna put it out there.
I believe Barnett has up’ed his game and poses a serious threat to Fedor. I’m not saying how he will beat him but if Barnett can keep it on the feet I think he’s got a true shot here..
Maybe it’s me, but I say Barnett is up to the challenge.
How dare you say a top 5 heavyweight can beat the number 1…haha seriously though I think it’s possible myself. The key will be Barnett’s conditioning. His first Affliction fight was pretty ugly but his next one he looked good. I actually think Barnett’s best shot may be to engage fedor in quick exchanges on the feet for most of the round and then get a take down w/ 30 seconds left. It makes it obvious he’s doing work and if he can land the takedowns it’ll look good on the score card. The key there is accuracy.
I have a question:
If Barnett wins, what impact would it have?
Where would that put Barnett’s career and Fedor’s?
Anyone please….
The answer is simple…not much different than it is now. Barnett would be the number 1 ranked Heavyweight, fedor would do his SAMBO tournaments and train others like always until a competitive fight is offered to either one. Their both such pros that neither one would really fall apart emotionally if they lost. The only other fight I’d see short term would possibly be something with Overeem maybe. Barnett would probably consider mending some fences and fight in the UFC faster than Fedor would.
Good evening MK4
IMO
If Barnett wins people will start “AGAIN” with how Fedor isn’t training right/properly/or with top level comp. or that he is just bored with fighting now and didn’t take this fight serious. But with all that said it opens the door for him having to fight in the UFC to get his credit or p4p best title back. Possibly.
For Barnett it will be ohh he got a lucky punch or it was a Matt Serra moment thats all sooo give Fedor a rematch.
As for Fedor that auro that is Fedor is tarnished and gone if he doesn’t rechallenge and beat Barnett soundly.
As to where it puts them in there career well Barnett can ask for more money now and Fedor now maybe will really consider fighting in the ufc. He would still be the bigest draw out there and really even in a loss you cant take away what he has done already 30-1
Did I just repeat myself???
what up OnlyTrue1
Every fighter loses his aura at some point, whether Barnett beats Fedor or not, his aura won’t last forever.
But i agree with what you said. If Barnett wins he problably won’t get the credit he deserves like when Serra beat St. Pierre, it wasn’t about Serra winning, but WHY didn’t GSP win, oh what was wrong with him and all that crap. Whether Fedor wins or loses, he should at least fight one time in the octagon before his career’s over. Barnett win or lose, i don’t see much changing in his career, if he wins, he still won’t be anymore famous or a bigger draw, he’ll be the guy who got lucky against Fedor, or the guy who took advantage of Fedor’s “being burnt out”.
Um Barnett is no Matt Serra… Barnett has only lost to 3 people in his career.
Rizzo- when Rizzo was actually a pretty nasty striker
Cro Cop
Minatauro
He’s the #3 Heavyweight in the world, if he beats Fedor he’ll get his credit believe me. He may not be well known to a lot of people but Barnett is still sick. He’s still got a contract to fight more for Sengoku(non-exclusive) so that’d be an issue in the UFC. Affliction actually, if you think about it, kinda needs Barnett to win so they can maintain some interesting story line if they do try for a fourth show. Not saying anything rigged will happen but you can bet Barnett will have some massive incentives in this fight contract.
Chris,
Fedor is basically the only thing that Affliction has where they can really trully definitively say, “We’ve got someone who’s better than who the UFC has.” If Fedor loses, I think it hurts Affliction, because their Golden Goose would be cooked, so to speak.
To summarize what Justin said more simply…
Fedor is to Affliction as Kimbo was to eliteXC.
But at least Fedor is actually good at MMA, versus Kimbo who isn’t.
I really really hopes he fights in the ufc much like everyone. Especially if he wins there is no one left to fight except the ufc guys.
Well here’s to hoping and wishing.
If Barnett wins, he becomes the next Seth Petrozelli (spelling?)because not enough of the 18-135 general market knows who he is, or cares…and the Fedor legend will die and fade away in the U.S. Undeservably, of course, but that’s the way the UFC promotional machine works…they’re the best.
WHAT is Fedor’s actual record. Here it is 30-1 but in yahoo sports it shows Fedor Emelianenko (29-1-1)
*confused*
Fedor is 30-1-1
there was a no contest in a bout w/ nogueria from an accidental cut from a headbutt and the one loss was actually BS since technically he only lost because he could not continue in the GP due a cut he sustained from an illegal elbow.
Which….
Is a loss. There’s no BS about it, except from nuthuggers.
i am just laughing hearing that he could submit frank mir… what i read it says he could so easily… just makes me laugh… but he prolly would tko him but i dont think he would submit him… fedor does belong close to the top of the ufc top 5
What a way to start off ….. will be a true fight for both . Mousasi vs Belfort also makes me want to see this card in a huge way . I’d like to see sylvia fight buentello but either one should be good . Wonder who else they got lined up ?
People don’t be surprised if Strikeforce picks up Affliction fighters after Affliction goes under… If the UFC isn’t welling to give Fedor the amount of money he is looking for I’m sure Fedor will just go fight in Strikeforce or Dream. Plus Dream and Strikeforce probably will not care about Fedor fighting in Sambo contests. Which is what f’ed the UFC over the first time they were trying to sign Fedor
Strikeforce is a growing promotion, yes, but I don’t think they have the kind of money to pay Fedor what he would be looking to get paid.
It wasn’t just the sambo, it was him wanting the UFC to pay for an arena in Russia for M-1 to use. If Fedor would ditch the Russian mob as his management team, he likely would be a UFC fighter.
Just a quick comment ….. I think the UFC should pick up Vitor Belfort before they pick up Fedor I’d much rather a good Anderson Silva contender then Fedor.. just because the Middle Weight Division seens to be the worst in the UFC right now ..Contenders in Middle Weight Division “Maia / Bisping / Okami..beat Hendo / Marquardt but they are still contenders Kang and Palhares and Almeida are good fighters but a few wins off a title picture… The Heavy Weight Division is looking good all the top ten fighters seem like good match ups.
Ya ive been hoping theyd scoop up belfort for a while now, hed be a GREAT addition to the UFC’s MW div. Sidenote A fight between him and hector lombard about a year from now would be fantastick, if the UFC could get them both.
Lots of good middleweights outside the UFC though. Jacare and Mayhem Miller for starters. I’d like to see Belfort against those guys.
It’s really too bad Almeida lost to Cote. Pretty sure he would’ve gotten that title shot if he beat him.
Anyway, I really don’t see how these people can complain that Fedor isn’t fighting top competition and in the same breath mention unproven fighters like Cain and Carwin, while completely ignoring that Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, and now Josh Barnett are worthy challengers. Outside of those guys the only interesting fight is against Brock, and only if he gets a couple more wins first.
Kang isn’t even in the same hemisphere as a title shot. Everyone complained that Leites hadn’t done enough to meet Silva, Kang better rip off about 8 straight wins to get there. After all, if a guy who was 14-1 overall and 5-1 in the UFC didn’t deserve his shot, you can’t place a guy at 1-1 in the UFC in a title conversation.
Does. Not. Compute.
everything I would like to say about the fedor-barnett match has been said, so eh. I like the vitor-mousasi match. that should be really good and maybe the ufc could pick up both guys. based on vitor’s last fights he looks like he is regaining his old form. he was one hell of a striker back in the day.
I still have nightmares from his fight with marvin eastman. Two brutal knees and about 8 punches in like 2 seconds leaving eastman with a cut the size of texas. Crazy.
@ GarRule- you really think Dana has just been not trying to sign Fedor until he falls off? Dana has been in negotiations off and on since 2007 trying to sign him. Twice they thought they had him and then Finkelstein gets greedy and tries to throw a lot into the contract at the last second. The UFC has never been “waiting” on Fedor I guarantee Dana has probably already had talks with them in the past month. There’s a big difference between waiting and just playing smart business and the UFC is doing the latter. If Fedor were to “fall off” it’d be less likely for him to sign w/ the UFC because then why would Dana want him?
@ Justin- I think while Affliction needs Fedor to win too BUT if he were to lose it’d be best for it to be against a high ranked guy like Barnett because a rematch would lead to more PPV sales than if Fedor destroys Barnett and then fights…ummm Rizzo? Belfort? There isn’t much left for him in the current Affliction stable and I seeing more and more people with Dbiz’s view of Fedor the longer he is outside of the UFC or not fighting top 5 guys(which will soon be almost all the UFC heavy’s). So a loss to Burnett while yeah it’d hurt the “Fedor the Invincible” view would also make Barnett the man who beat Fedor, giving them two viable draws to their promotion rather than one.
@ Dbiz- touche
I can see your point that if Barnett beats Fedor it gives them two viable draws… but then who do they fight? I think Affliction is done after event number 3, either that or they keep waiting six months or more between events so they can sell enough T-shirts to pay off all their debts from the last event.
I didn’t say they’d have the money to
I’m just saying it would give atencio something to go to his heads w/ to attempt a 4th event.
Im still surprised their doing a 3rd event. I guess the barnett fedor fight has enough interst to build a card around it and lose some more money. I wonder if their gonna pay any fighters a million dollars again. oh and maybe they will have metallica perform while their at it.
Well Fedor has beat every UFC champ he came against.Its funny because you think mabe he will lose to this guy or that,But he alayws beats them so bad you just wonder what the hells going on.I think Fedor is so mentally tough if he gets hit on the point of the chin in the back of the head or slammed he doesnt even flinch.The man even has said he can turn pain off with his mind when he is fightning.He is self admittly the hardest training mma fighter in the world.And Fedor seems very humble and honest in his speach.I have Fedor to beat anybody unless he is sick injured gets lazy which he almost did for his fight with Orvalisky of what ever its spelled. Or if his insane tough mental state diminishes.I have Fedor a winner till he retires or gets old thanks for reading
Carwin would put Fedor to sleep is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. Way way too funny.. seriously.. Fedor is 86% strike accuracy.. and he hits harder. Do math plz kthnx. Also.. fedor has absorbed THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IN MMA HISTORY. He’s fought 30 fights.
If you don’t think Fedor would rape any heavyweight out there, you don’t know as much about MMA then you think you do.
*wouldn’t.. lawls
why are people assuming Affliction is going to fail? Frankly, I don’t get it.
it’s one of the more popular t-shirt brands out there.
Get this, if they weren’t making events, they’d have to pay all those fighters sponsorship money to wear their shirts in someone else’s event. in an Affliction card, basically everyone is forced to wear their shirt.
The monetary losses from their fight cards are basically just their sponsorship costs. It’s just a different business model from any other fight organization out there. sponsors do pay out good money… Many UFC fighters have said they get paid more by their sponsors than by the fight promoter.
people assume afflicition is going to fail for one reason…they have yet to post any profit.
Plus the issue is that Atencio pissed off half the MMA world when he started his promotion because he did off proceeds from other promotions allowing him to use their fighters as advertisement. Affliction has actually been banned by most fight organizations due to them starting their own fight promotion. Also the monetary losses are in large part to how much they pay their fighters as well because between the live gates and the PPV buys they are barely covering payroll.
yeah but point is… they don’t have to post a profit. Instead of spending their money on sponsoring fighters they just throw them in fights, forcing those guys to wear their shirts anyways. It’s just an expense to their main business. like i mentioned, most fighters make more money in sponsorships anyway.
Unless we hear anything about the t-shirt business side going down anything else is just speculation.
also, they seem to have a great relationship with both strikeforce and DREAM.
Actually Affliction Entertainment is separate from the T-shirt company itself. Yes it is the same name and same label but Affliction clothing is Atencio and his friends and the entertainment side is owned in a large majority by Donald Trump w/ Atencio as the face. The T-shirt side cannot sustain the entertainment side if Trump decides he’s losing too much money and pulls his funding. It doesn’t help they are also giving money to Golden Boy on the back end of their shows as well. The T-shirt side is posting on average 6-7 million in sales currently but that’s just sales alone not revenue. The first fight Affliction ran cost over 10 million to produce on it’s own and that’s not including the huge pay outs to M-1 Global. So if you think they can run 2-3 fights a year costing over 10 million a show to produce with out posting a profit feel free to think that.
The T-Shirt business will survive no doubt but the entertainment company is at extreme risk when a businessman like Trump sees this as more of a liability than an asset to his bottom line. It’s speculation but it is speculation based on the books not just people hoping Affliction fails. I like seeing Barnett, Fedor, and Hieron competing on a continent where I can see the show at a reasonable hour so I hope they do find away to survive in some fashion but it is unlikely.