Affliction
Tito Ortiz Is Delusional
Tito on possibly re-signing with the UFC:
Ortiz — who made his debut at UFC 13 in 1997 — said recent talks have been less than promising though.
“I got the first negotiation of what they offered me, and I was still looking at the same [figure] that I had left from,” said Ortiz. “Dana had his [...]
Josh Barnett vs. Fedor Emelianenko…Finally?
As we all know Josh Barnett will be fighting Gilbert Yvel and Fedor Emelianenko will be fighting Andrei Arlovksi at the Afflicition 2 card. According to Tom Atencio:
“The winner of Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel will face the winner of Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski”.
Why Tito Ortiz Will NOT Fight For Affliction
At first I wasn’t even going to address the whole Tito Ortiz attending an Affliction press conference. But now that it’s come about that Ortiz is supposedly signing with Affliction? I just had to comment on it.
Sources…indicated that Ortiz revealed that he has agreed to sign with Affliction Entertainment.
Everyone pretty much knows that Affliction is [...]
What Was Fabricio Werdum Talking About?
Ha! Remember when Fabricio Werdum said that Affliction was planning on having more than 16 shows in 2009? I was making jokes about Werdum not knowing anything about anything? Well, turns out I was right as Affliction only plans to hold 4 events in 2009 according to Tom Atencio. It will be a miracle if Affliction holds [...]
The Sky Report: Weekly Wrap Up
Another week and so brings another Sky Report, though I’ve been off my job the last few weeks, I do have my reasons. Anyways, this week offered up some very interesting topics of discussion, so let’s get right into it:
Diego Sanchez a lightweight? Well according to Dana White he is. I enjoyed watching Sanchez as [...]
Fedor Emelianenko Vs. Andrei Arlovski Promo Video
HT: mmamania
Arlovski Takes Notes On Fedor
HT: http://thegarv.com/
Tim Sylvia Has Another Brain Fart
According to Sherdog Tim Sylvia has recently been in negotiations to fight Ken Shamrock. Yep, you read that correctly as in not winning a fight since 2004 Ken Shamrock. Shamrock’s management confirmed the fight was discussed, but communicated that the fight was turned down by Shamrock’s camp. Below is what Sylvia had to say:
“I love [...]
Affliction Can’t Win For Losing Part 2
Remember when I wrote about Affliction going up against the Mosley/Margarito fight, and all of the other UFC/WEC related events? Well things just got even more interesting on Golden Boy’s side of things. MMAFanhouse has a pretty interesting quote from Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer:
“I don’t want to talk about it right now,” Schaefer said. “We’re [...]
Affliction Can’t Win For Losing
Affliction is scheduled to hold their second event “Day Of Reckoning” on January 24th, in Anaheim, California. The fight card consists of the following:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
Matt Lindland vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Antonio “Rogerio” Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
Mark Hominick vs. LC Davis
Paul Buentello vs. Kiril Sidelnikov
Antonio Duarte vs. [...]
