Comments on: Affliction Banned From EliteXC, Loses Arena For First-Ever Event

By: Clozer

Clozer — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:50 +0000

I agree with you. There is zero chance of survival for Affliction as a MMA event host. They should have absolutely stuck to clothing because now that will suffer substantially as well. Watch and see, both will be gone with in the next 2 years.

By: KOuch

KOuch — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:57:08 +0000

Oh, indeed….very nice clothing. They should have stuck with the clothing sales. I admit the fight card looks great to the average fan because of the names on it but Affliction looks to be suffering from some sort retard disease with all their other actions.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:19:26 +0000

I would have to agree with you on that KOuch, it is only a matter of time before the funding is gone. I don’t think some of these new promotions realize how much money has to go into these events before you really start to see a ROI. I do like there clothing designs though.

By: KOuch

KOuch — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:42:55 +0000

The way I see it, the people behind Affliction should have been ready for issues like these. They went from sponsor to promoter and that is a great achievement. However, I do not believe this move was made without Affliction knowing they would be stepping on toes of other promoters. It does seem a little shady to be sponsoring fighters in one promotion only to start your own promotion that would have never been built without the bigger promotions showcasing sponsored Affliction fighters. Best of luck to Affliction but with this rough start I cannot help but question their business model, business plan and the people running the show. It does not seem like a strong company. Perhaps they produce Sylvia v Fedor and a few other catchy matches but that will be it. I do not even care to see Sylvia v Fedor because Sylvia is boring to watch. Affliction will pick up the UFC left overs just like Elite XC but probably fail in the long run. I just see Affliction throwing together 2-3 big fight cards with a bunch of popular fighters before they crash and burn. There will be more than 3 Affliction shows….just the quality of fight cards will suck after the first 3.