FSN To Air Undercard Of Affliction “Banned”
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Fans worldwide now will have a free sneak peak at “Affliction Bannedâ€, the greatest MMA event ever staged. George Greenberg, Fox Sports Net (FSN) Executive Vice President of Programming and Production, announced last week that FSN will air the undercard of the “Affliction Banned†event live on Saturday, July 19 at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST. The broadcast will immediately be followed by all main event fights available on Pay-Per-View. This will be the first time that an event will air live on a basic cable network and immediately switch to Pay-Per-View.
“FSN has long been at the forefront of televised Mixed Martial Arts action,†said Greenberg. “Our viewers are loyal, informed and passionate about the sport. This is a great opportunity to deliver a major MMA event to them featuring world-class fighters.â€
The one-hour live undercard will feature at least two fights. In FSN’s main event, Aleksander Emelianenko (13-3) from St. Petersburg, Russia will make his American debut as he takes on Texas native Paul Buentello (23-10) in a 3-round heavyweight bout. This battle will follow a light heavyweight showdown between Chicago’s Terry Martin (16-4) and Vitor Belfort (16-8) of Brazil.
FSN was one of the first networks to televise MMA action and has been the home to UFC, PRIDE and IFL. Most every major star in the sport has fought on the network.
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 80 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
“Affliction Banned,†presented by Affliction Entertainment, is so stacked with talent that it had to be separated into two live shows produced for broadcast. The night’s activities will kick off with a one-hour, free live telecast on FSN (Fox Sports Net) in the United States and on The Fight Network in Canada starting at 5 PM Pacific (8 PM/ET), dubbed “Affliction Live.†Following that is “Affliction Banned†— five incredible fights on pay-per-view starting at 6 PM/PT (9 PM/ET) via iN DEMAND, TVN, Shaw Communications, Viewers Choice Canada, DirecTV, DISH Network, Bell ExpressVue and Star Choice in the United States and Canada for a suggested retail price of $39.95.
Tickets for “Affliction Banned†range between $50.00 and $1,000.00, and are on sale at Honda Center Box Office and also online at Ticketmaster.com.
Tags: Aleksander Emelianenko, Paul Buentello, Terry Martin, Vitor Belfort
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This just keeps getting better. Affliction is acting very desperate.
That is a move that is more respectable then naming a band.It sounds very desperate though.
that is lame that they are even thinking of makeing that bs undercard as a perk i bet that they think this will rival the ufc free card. plus the only one on there that may still be any good is vitor I dont even know if fedors lil brother is any good( i have no idea if they are actually related)
I like the free part, but would prefer to see the whole WITH the main event. But its free, hard to argue with that.
I know the whole Affliction thing is generally frowned upon my most who use this site & this latest move along with the megadeath thing definately strikes of desperation. However, Ufc’s July 19th event is live & free in the uk but if I had the means to watch the Affliction card ppv or otherwise I have to say I probably would, for me the draw of watching Fedor fight outweighs anything.
I’ll be finding a way to watch Affliction… but I will be watching UFC when it is aired on Bravo on the Sunday night.
SiMonsterD
Bravo ain’t got the UFC anymore mate, have a look on your sky planner for sunday night, ufc86 is nowhere to be seen. It now live & exclusive to Sentanta Sports it on at 3am in the early hours of Sunday morning, its on a tenner a month though, not bad when you consider all the other stuff they show.
I like how the UFC announced their free event and got called scared, desperate, worried along with many other inaccurate comments. The UFC throwing the July 19 event is exactly what I said it was, a **** slap to Affliction for trying to play the business game of MMA. Funny how Affliction went off signing MegaDeth and then announcing part of their card will be televised for free. The powers that be from Affliction must have seen too many internet polls and message boards filled with proof their PPVs were not going to be too swell. I’l still be watching the UFC event. I Might….depending on who is fighting in the UFC, might check on the free Affliction fights…maybe. I still predict Tim and Fedor go the distance after puttin half the crowd to sleep.(Tim’s Fault)(not Fedor’s)
Everyone wanted Dana to show the undercard of UFC ppvs free on spike.
Now Affliction is doing what should have been done by Dana.
This is a great move, it will get the buzz going for Affliction, so where will viewers go first – FSN or Spike on July 19.
This night is not a battle of the fighters, but a battle of the heads of MMA organizations.
This is so great of us fans.
WWDD – What Will Dana Do (now)
WOW! THIS IS SWEET! we get to watch Aleksander Emelianenko live for free… i am impressed with this.
I think the TUF finale was a big reason GODZ of War got shifted to 10/4 as it look like there is no MMA competition. Probably a big weekend for NCAA football though.
Dana will prob sit back and smile knowing that he is stealing thousands of would be viewers of the first ever Affliction card to watch a thrown together Fight Night card….
Dana doesn’t have to do anything. Affliction at this time is not competition to the UFC. They are looking to put on a show every few months while the UFC is putting atleast 1 on a month.
It is like saying Krystals is competition for McDonalds. It is just isn’t (YET)
Its so crappy for Affliction to do this.
Say you prebought the PPV now they take part of the value they sold you and give it away to every one else. Or worse yet you bought tickets expensive ones thinking you were going to be a part of the ppv audience. Then they just change the dynamic. It doesn’t instill confidence with the customer. Why should i buy this PPV at all. In August you might wrap a dvd of it in a 20 tshirt you can’t sell either.
Just checked the NCAA schedule…
No USC Notre Dame match ups but you do have…
Florida vs. Arkansas
Texas A and M vs. OK st.
Kentucky vs Bama
USC vs. Oregon
but the biggest I seen was Florida State vs The U.
This isnt anything new, they’ve been saying they were gonna be doing this for a real long while now. I can’t beleive you guys still complain when you get to watch 2 more free fights. This card should be bought because there are 4-5 fights of the best heavyweights and really good light heavyweights on it. Who cares if your part of a pay-per-veiw audience, I go to fight to see them in person, not because I’m part of a pay-per-view audience.
kouch
people have to be retarded to say the ufc is scared they were just flexing their muscles against affliction plus i think that they are not getting along already after dana squashed affliction and wouldnt let them sponser anymore ufc fighters. so i think that dana is just smacking them around and he is going to show them that is can put together a free event that will squash and event where affliction puts all of its best fighters in the same event are they just going to have the same card every three to 6 months lol do they have any other fighters??? i bet they will read this website and everytime kris announces that the ufc just let someone go they will pounce
pretty sad they will be eating table scraps from other organizations
Spud,
It seems we’re in the minority in the fact that we are both stoked for this event…and people need to get their facts straight before sounding off on how affliction is reacting to UFC’s free card…AFFLICTION ANNOUNCED THE FREE UNDERCARD BOUTS BEFORE UFC EVEN SAID THEY WERE HAVING A FREE FIGHT NIGHT!!! Get it straight people don’t mix up the facts, it is a good business move on UFC’s part not a desperate act from Affliction.
Affliction this is sweet man this i dont see why ppl on here are having such problems with this ppv like you will dish out $60 for a ufc card with onlY a couple Great names and followed by good fighters, the when Affliction puts out one ppv with a stacked card of world renowned fighters even guys who have never fought in the usa but are huge around the world and alls you do is piss about how you wont pay $40 and will stick to the ufcs free one even though it will be shown many times on spike tv with only one real big name on it, and a fight that he should win easily… im not saying ufc sucks but come on whats it going to hurt paying for a good show.
segablack,
WORD!!!!!!!!! I’m glad somebody else sees the bright side in this. Everyone getting their panties bunched because another org put together a killer card full of UFC vets and top notch international competition yet people still find a problem w/ it? I could care less if affliction goes under after this event as long as I walk out of the Honda Center on July 19th satisfied w/ the great MMA that took place, because isn’t that what it’s really all about if your a fan of MMA? great fighters & great matchups regardless of the ORG.
Joel,
You’re probably right about Affliction pouncing on every free agent fighter out there.
To those in the Affliction minority. Don’t take it personal or think the rest of us hate Affliction. We just do not see a bright future for Affliction when their first fight card is as good as it gets.(most likely) Not only that, but Affliction has had to add a band plus a free televised portion of the event. What does that tell you about the confidence of their own business? I love Fedor and really want to see him fight badly. My personal problem here is Tim Sylvia. If Fedor had a different opponent, it would be another story. As of now, Afflliction is getting what it deserves for dirty business tactics. I bet Affliction’s fight cards will never be this good again. They tried coming out of the starting gate with a bang and it blew up in their faces before their first event. What does Afflicion do when Arlovski, Rothwell, Fedor go else where or get hurt? There’s other important fighter’s who will draw for Affliction too…..I just don’t feel like making a list of names. What will Affliction do to retain fighters after they spent money on MegaDeth and as a result have less money for fighters?
Affiction is a good card and all but what about next time us the same guyies to make a good card again or what
this is ufcs fault i believe. this shouldnt be a competetion between organizations because its unfair to the fighters. the tons of excellent fighters around the world but the ufc will only except the best in there eyes, some people only like seeing the best fighters fight, some people like seeing as many fights as they can. this is for the fans and the fighters, Dana has made it all about him, i would love to tape my legs and arms into a triangle on him
and also this afflictions first event, and right away ufc tries to take that away from them , with megadeth and the free fights, there trying to get back the viewers ufc already jumped in and stole.
and is IFL putting on an event that night too? I think ufc should pick up chris horodecki, come on hes born in 1987 and look at his record!!
my prediction is barnett vs rizzo is the fight of the night, ass whoopin of the night is whitehead vs babalu the tubby killer
Curtis,
Nice work looks like the Southeast will be a noshow come 10/4. I guess I am going to get a refund.
Babalu is one of my favourite fighters hope he beats whitehead, if the ufc have given jesse taylor another chance get babalu back
Bravo UK to show Affliction: Banned sunday 20th As-Live 9pm.