“The first punch I threw. It was a straight left. I knew right away it broke. But I had to keep going. I couldn’t throw my combinations I had worked on. Coach Tompkins was yelling at me to throw my combos. At the end of the first round I went back to the corner and [...]

MMAFrenzy.com today acquired the official fighter salaries for Affliction “Banned” as reported to the California State Athletic Commission.
The ten-bout event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Main event winner Fedor Emelianenko took home $300,000 for his 36-second knockout of Tim Sylvia, who received $800,000 for the first-round loss. Other [...]

Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko cemented his status as the world’s top heavyweight and one of its best pound-for-pound fighters with a 36-second victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the main event of Affliction “Banned”.
The ten-bout event took place on Saturday, July 19th, in front of a sold out crowd of [...]

Fedor Emelianenko def. Tim Sylvia via submission – Round 1, 0:36
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski def. Ben Rothwell via KO – Round 3, 1:13
Josh Barnett def. Pedro Rizzo via KO – Round 2, 1:44
Mark Hominick def. Savant Young via submission – Round 2, 4:25
Renato “Babalu” Sobral def. Mike Whitehead via unanimous decision
Matt Lindland def. Fabio Negao [...]

Affliction “Banned”, the clothing company-turned-MMA promotion’s inaugural event, took place on Saturday, July 19th, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Former PRIDE heavyweight champion and top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko took on former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the “Banned” main event. Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell, Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo, Mike Whitehead vs. [...]

Affliction:Banned
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Emelianenko via submission, round 3.
To me this is a pretty simple pick. Fedor will definitely have respect for Sylvia’s punching power, and will likely only stand and trade with the much taller opponent for a short while. Fedor will shoot for a takedown here and there but will probably get [...]

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Affliction “Banned” Betting Odds

Fedor Emelianenko (-350) vs. Tim Sylvia (+275)
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski (-225) vs. Ben Rothwell (+185)
Josh Barnett (-450) vs. Pedro Rizzo (+300)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (-260) vs. Mike Whitehead (+190)
Matt Lindland (-500) vs. Fabio Negao (+350)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (-1500) vs. Edwin [...]

Fedor Emelianenko (230) vs. Tim Sylvia (263)
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski (241) vs. Ben Rothwell (264)
Josh Barnett (256) vs. Pedro Rizzo (242)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (201) vs. Mike Whitehead (206)
Matt Lindland (185) vs. Fabio Negao (185)
Edwin Dewees (205) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
JJ Ambrose (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171)
Ray Lazama (186) vs. Justin Levens (189)
Paul Buentello vs. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Earlier today Affliction released the complete and revised fight card for their star-studded MMA debut event “Banned” which is slated to take place next month in Anaheim, California.  The most recent addition to the card being a “swing” bout between former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, and UFC veteran Terry Martin. The “swing” label means that [...]

Vitor Belfort wants to make a legitimate return to the UFC’s Octagon, and he marked a line in the sand by calling out Tito Ortiz. On December 13th, TAGG Radio had Vitor on their show where he confirmed that he had spoken with Zuffa officials regarding a possible return to the UFC. He said that [...]