More Questions Than Answers For Third Affliction Show
Apparently Carmichael Dave (of the Carmichael Dave KHTK Radio Show) likes to occasionally hand down insider information via the sherdog forums, the most recent edition featuring some curious news about Affliction’s third yet to be named MMA endeavor. Via BloodyElbow:
“…I have spoken with a highly placed source with Affliction who has confirmed the following:
- Affliction is going ahead with plans to have their next show go against UFC 100 in July.
- Fedor and Barnett WILL both be on the card, but WILL NOT
be fighting each other.- The card will be shown for free in its entirety, network TBA.
- No confirmation on whether or not this is the final show for
Affliction, but the quote given to me was:” We arent stupid. We arent bringing a knife to a gun fight. This
card will be STACKED from top to bottom.”When I countered that with that statement made, a ton of pressure will be put on Affliction to find a favorable opponent for Fedor (since it will be a natural letdown that it isn’t Barnett), the quote was:
“The fans will have ZERO problem with Fedor’s opponent”
So let’s get this straight: Affliction is confident that their third installment will be strong enough to combat UFC 100, on a mystery network, with Fedor, but despite speculation and logic, without Fedor going against the only legitimate heavyweight left on the planet who he has yet to knock off. Well color me intrigued.
Who in the world could Fedor be facing that fan’s will have “zero problem with”? And given Affliction’s fairly slim roster and diminishing bankroll, what other bouts are making this card so stacked? Oh…and why the hell can’t Fedor face Josh Barnett if both are competing on the same card? Sure I’d be mildly interested in seeing Fedor submit Tito Ortiz or demolish a bloated Vitor Belfort, but Barnett is really the only man for the job in my eyes- and by that I mean someone who actually has at least a semblance of a chance at dethroning The Last Emperor.
All bickering aside, more MMA is more MMA, so if nothing else, I hope Affliction leaves the horrible announcers and metal bands at home and puts on a solid event. Hey even if they don’t at least its free…somehow.
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Hey man.. metal bands kick ass.
If Tito is a announcer again….. free still wont be good enough for me to tune in, i dont care how stacked this card is gonna be so they say.
Not saying the rest of them are good, cuz hey, they are just as awful, but Christ…….. last show i watched of their’s made me cringe with those announcers.
The only way i wouldn’t have a problem with that is if fedor was to fight a clone of himself,which i don’t think affliction has developed the technology yet.
metal bands have their place… an MMA PPV show isn’t it…
I had a feeling Barnett and Fedor wouldn’t fight, oh well. My question is who wouldn’t fans have a problem w/ seeing fight him? Lesnar won’t be available(haha) and there aren’t any REAL heavyweights that I can think of that are either available or ones that Fedor hasn’t already defeated. So we’ll see there.
I don’t see that many fights they could put on that would be so awesome, but they could prove me wrong. Their roster just isn’t very deep in young talent or established fighters not in the twilight of their careers. We’ll see though!
If Barnett V.S Fedor is not happening, then I wouldn’t mind if Fedor was to fight Arlovski again, but that is not going to happen.
I also believe that Arlovski is a good fit to be fighting Barnett. That way if Barnett wins he would have to fight Fedor, and if Arlovski wins he could get a rematch against Fedor.
What do you guys think about that?
Arlovski-Barnett would be fun but how willing will AA be to jump back into an MMA camp after focusing on Boxing. Would be fun though.
Brother vs Brother
I think that is less likely than Barnett v. Fedor
They can buy Bobby Lashley and put him against Fedor.
Affliction is picking the wrong fight (going up against UFC 100 {or 132 however u do your math}) I don’t care if it is free either, I will just dvr the s.o.b and watch it when I’m super drunk then bitttch about the fact that Fedor v Barnett didn’t happen again…. Perhaps Fedor v Werdum as the main event yay super groovy F~WAMMA
news flash fedor vs the undertaker with stone cold as the special guest ref and the rock as the special guest timekeeper in a lumber jack match were the winner will go on to fight mike tyson and butterbean in a two on one handi cap match…………. ok maybe that was a little over the top.
affliction unless its fedor vs randy/lesnar/kongo/carwin i dont give a sh!t so stop wasting my time the ufc time and mma frenzy time and just shut down many thanks johnboy :}
Ortiz, Belfort, Cro Cop, Rickson ………
Cro Cop is rumored to be on UFC 99 doubt he’d be ready in time
Cro Cop is also rumored to have re-signed with DREAM… so… who knows what he’s actually doing.
maybe its gonna be fedor vs… timmy, aa, belfort, tito, crocop, randy, and 8 other guys all at once, and fedor will still beat them all one by one.
Fedor vs. Godzilla in Tokyo… haha
seriously who the hell do they have on their roster that fans will be happy with? only barnett and they wont fight, even if they did, they are friends and I doubt they would fight hard. this is more than likely afflictions last fight. there are two good things about that, no more affliction, and fedor will be a free agent and he could sign with the ufc.
this is bull. i am not a fedor fan but barnett is the only one that should be fighting him. AA would be nice but barnett has been waiting a long time for his shot and it would be a great end to the org seeing fedor dethroned.
Most likely it is kimbo slice and they are excited because they think a bunch of noobs would tune in for that fight, not realizing that they all jumped off the band wagon when seth dropped him. Well that is what i am calling….fedor vs kimbo. Winner will be……………………………………kimbo. lol.
OH YEAH BABY!!!!
FEDOR VS. SLICE!!! THAT’S GOTTA BE IT!!!
(seriously, there’s nothing they can put together on such short notice, and with such a small budget to work with, that could possibly appease fans more than UFC 100. give up, trump. you lost.)
It will be Alistair Overeem!!!!!!!!!!!
Or Minotoro
The main event is probably Tito v. Fedor. Still, Huntington Beach Baby Boy, it’s a big drop from PPV to free TV. Wonder how that will help support 2 kids. Especially since everyone will TiVo it while watching the UFC. Double whammy.
if its alistair overeem… ill tape it while i watch ufc 100
ok…im curious why everyone hates Affliction so much. Is it because t-shirt guy started getting big because of UFC, then he went rogue? You dont like any of the fighters?
Im seriously not trying to be an asshole, but I’ve watched the last 2 Affliction cards and both were pretty good (especially since they charge less than UFC in CO). Is it sort of like people that hate PS3/Xbox360 just because they own the other one and like it so much?
Personally with Affliction I do not like the way they do business, I thought it was pretty messed up(and unethical) to start a company on the backs of UFC fighters(and Dana White too) and then try to steal them away when you want to start your own company. I still love and respect DREAM and other organizations but I cannot respect a guy who starts like that and then gets pissed when the UFC fights back.
The price has been the same here but I’d rather not pay to see a bunch of fighters who are past their prime(other than Fedor) when I could watch much better competitions. The Affliction cards were ok(watched them online) but still not as good as the DREAM, UFC cards or even WEC cards.
Chris basically summed up my feelings as to why I don’t like Affliction. However, not only did Affliction have guys in the UFC wearing their shirts, but EliteXC as well. When rumors started that Affliction was looking to start their own promotion, they were banned from both organizations. I have read reports (though I do not know anything regarding their accuracy) that there was actually an offer floated by Affliction before the first PPV that they would disband the promotion and not run the event if the UFC would let them back into the Octagon.
I also think that it is messed up that they hail themselves as champions for fighter pay just because they pay the guys at the top of the card sums of money they are not worth, while the guys at the bottom get less than the guys at the bottom in the UFC.
If Fedor isn’t fighting Barnett in the Battle of the Bulge, they may as well make him a ring girl.
thank you for that nightmare dbiz haha
Fedor and Barnett carrying around the round signs? Battle of the giant floppy nipples?
Word is Affliction are bringing that Bulgarian guy who topped him in that sambo comp a few month back in for a so called “rematch/grudge match” and to be fair the only cat they can give to Josh Barnett thats has fights remaining with them is Buentello
Affliction sucks
Thank god for DVR, because if fedors not fighting barnett and fighting overeem I’ll go ahead and record it while I watch UFC 100.