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Quick Hits: Fedor To Fight Twice More In 2008, Rampage To Resume Training, Kampmann To Undergo Surgery, and More
Jul 11, 2008 - 9:00 am ET | 18 Comments

Fedor Emelianenko’s manager, Vadim Finkelstein, has announced that the top-ranked heavyweight plans on fighting two more times in 2008. The first bout will be at an October Affliction-promoted event and the second will come in December at a New Year’s Eve event in Japan.
UFC veteran Joe Jordan will take on Ryan Ford in the main [...]

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“Affliction Banned” Drawing Record Media Interest
Jul 10, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 52 Comments

It’s only appropriate that the greatest show in mixed-martial-arts history, “Affliction Banned,” has already set an MMA worldwide media interest record for a single event. The star studded pay-per-view, featuring the WAMMA heavyweight championship fight between the most dominating, lethal MMA heavyweight of all-time, Russian M1 legend Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (27-1), and former [...]

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Affliction Announces Broadcast Team For “Banned”
Jul 8, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 20 Comments

“Affliction Banned,” the greatest MMA show of all-time, will feature an all-star broadcast team for its July 19th pay-per-view event, featuring the WAMMA heavyweight championship fight between the most lethal MMA heavyweight of all-time, Russian M1 superstar legend Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (27-1), and former UFC heavyweight champion Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (24-4), live [...]

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Quick Hits: Arlovski To Make Boxing Debut, Pulver Planning October Return, Fights Booked For Upcoming UFC Events, and More
Jul 7, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 31 Comments

Former UFC lightweight champion and current WEC featherweight Jens Pulver, who is coming off of a loss to WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, will likely return to the cage in October, possibly against Alexandre Franca Nogueira.
The UFC is planning to hold an event in Chicago in October and in Boston in November and will also [...]

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Photo of the Day: WAMMA Heavyweight Championship Belt
Jul 5, 2008 - 11:45 am ET | 13 Comments

 
WAMMA Chief Operating Officer Michael Lynch, Donald Trump and WAMMA Chief Executive Officer Dave Szady with the WAMMA Undisputed Heavyweight Championship Belt made by world famous belt maker Johnny Najjar of Masis Boxing.
The first-ever WAMMA heavyweight champion will be crowned on July 19th at Affliction “Banned” when former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia takes on [...]

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“Affliction Banned” on Closed Circuit TV Across The Street From UFC Fight Night 14
Jul 4, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 29 Comments

Dueling MMA events will be shown within walking distance of each other July 19 for fight fans in Las Vegas as Affliction Entertainment presents “Affliction Banned” on closed circuit television at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino, directly across the street from where UFC’s Fight Night will be broadcast at the Palm Hotel and Casino.
The [...]

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Big John McCarthy Joins Affliction Banned as Color Announcer
Jul 4, 2008 - 8:00 am ET | 17 Comments

Former MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy may have retired from working in the UFC Octagon but he will be a color commentator for the July 19th “Affliction Banned” pay-per-view event, featuring the WAMMA heavyweight championship fight between the most lethal MMA heavyweight of all-time, Russian M1 superstar legend Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (27-1), and [...]

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FSN To Air Undercard Of Affliction “Banned”
Jul 2, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 27 Comments

Fans worldwide now will have a free sneak peak at “Affliction Banned”, 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 [...]

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Arlovski, Rothwell Ready To Brawl At Affliction “Banned”
Jul 1, 2008 - 5:00 am ET | 21 Comments

There are a number of reasons not to miss the mega mixed martial arts extravaganza, “Affliction Banned,” this July 19th at Honda Center in Anaheim, California — not least of which is the unbelievable main event — a dream match-up between heavyweight champs Fedor Emilianenko and Tim Sylvia. But the list of transcendent fight talent [...]

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Affliction Marketing: Will Dana Mind?
Jun 29, 2008 - 10:12 am ET | 30 Comments

Ignoring the overall cheesiness of the advertisement, one will notice that Affliction has apparently decided that its okay to use a competing promotion’s spiteful president as a reference. It could be a simple oversight, or Affliction could be slipping in as many subtle jabs as they can at the older bullies in the playground. I [...]

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Roundup: EliteXC Finds Opponent For Silva, Taylor-Dollaway Rumored for UFC Fight Night 14, and More
Jun 27, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET | 33 Comments

Infamous Ultimate Fighter 7 outcast Jesse Taylor is rumored to return to the UFC at UFC Fight Night 14, against fellow TUF cast member CB Dolloway.
Brandon Vera, who will meet Reese Andy at UFN 14, confirmed that he did in fact turn down a fight with Lyoto Machida, but was open to fighting Dan [...]

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Megadeth To Perform At Affliction Banned
Jun 19, 2008 - 4:30 am ET | 13 Comments

Affliction Entertainment, scheduled to make MMA history on July 19th at Honda Center in Anaheim with the greatest line-up of mixed-martial-arts fights ever presented in one night, keeps building this event with the latest news—heavy metal band Megadeth, led by frontman, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine, will be performing live at the event.
The platinum selling [...]

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Roundup: UFC 87 and UFN 15 Updates, Dana White Scales Back On Announcement, and More
Jun 16, 2008 - 12:00 pm ET | 28 Comments

While much has been going on in the world of MMA this past week or so, we at MMAFrenzy.com would surely be remiss if we neglected to report some of the MMA news that has slipped through the cracks.
Here are some things you may have missed:

Though superfluous in nature, it has been announced that Fedor [...]

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Report: UFC Planning July 19th Event; Wanderlei Silva vs. Brandon Vera May Headline
Jun 16, 2008 - 12:00 am ET | 38 Comments

Not to be outdone by an upstart promotion’s inaugural fight card, the UFC is rapidly planning a July 19th event that would air on Spike TV opposite of Affliction “Banned”. Sherdog.com broke news of the event late Sunday.
Here’s a snip from the report:
The proposed event would take place the same evening that popular clothing line [...]

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Affliction Announces Full Lineup For “Banned”
Jun 12, 2008 - 2:30 pm ET | 38 Comments

Affliction Entertainment will make MMA history with the greatest line-up of mixed-martial-arts fights ever presented in one night. Live on July 19th, from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, “Affliction Banned” will showcase talent from around the world in the fastest growing sport on earth.
The superstar-studded card is so stacked with talent that it had [...]

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