hank4hire Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Affliction should of signed Kimbo, Ortiz, and Fitch when he was available for a day or two. They are trying to build credibility as a competing promotion, this wouldn't help the cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBadger Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 It would of brought in more $$$ and interest. You know it so dont deny it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hank4hire Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 It would of brought in more $$$ and interest. You know it so dont deny it. It would've created a sideshow for the fringe fan but would be damaging to Affliction's legitimacy to the die hards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBadger Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Like I said it would of brought in more $$$ and interest. At the end of the day it is about $$$. Look at what Brock has done for UFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) Barnett might not be cleared to fight Fedor. This will be the second time he's had problems with banned substances if this turns out to be true. Barnett is one of the best ambassadors of the sport but always been plagued with these issues in the background. I sure hope this turns about differently. But I definitely doubt that it will. I would consider Josh Barnett probably top 4 best heavyweights in the last 10 years. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/fedor-bar...-jeopardy-18663 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Loretta Hunt (lhunt@sherdog.com) 18663 Affliction Entertainment and M-1 Global are looking for a new opponent to face Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction “Trilogy” on Aug. 1 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Multiple sources have told Sherdog.com that the California State Athletic Commission will not license Josh Barnett after a positive result on a pre-fight test. Calls to the California State Athletic Commission and Affliction Entertainment were not immediately returned. Barnett said he had not been notified of any issues with his eligibility as of Tuesday evening. “I took my test three weeks ago. I would have thought I would have heard something by now,” Barnett told Sherdog.com. However, the former UFC heavyweight champion said he had not checked his phone messages recently and later added, “No matter what happens with this, I can assure you I will clear my name. This will not be something that I am defined by.” Vitor Belfort has agreed in principle to face the world’s No. 1 heavyweight on 11 days’ notice, according to two separate sources close to the negotiations. One source told Sherdog.com that Emelianenko will have the opportunity to choose between Belfort and Bobby Lashley. Lashley has denied knowing anything about replacing Barnett, though. "I don't know if I would want it right now. Since the last fight, I haven't really been into training again," he said. "That fight is next week. That would be something I would really have to take a look at. To just jump in there probably wouldn't be the smartest thing for me right now. A lot of people would say that might be a money fight. They figure, 'If we give him enough money, will he do it?' That's what people tend to look at. I don't want to get into fighting for the money so much right now. Belfort, a former UFC light heavyweight champion, is scheduled to face American Top Team standout Jorge Santiago in a middleweight bout on the Aug. 1 card. As for badger dude. I have paid for one MMA ppv in my whole life. Totally overpriced. I likely will not do it again unless I'm going to watch it in person live. Your claim that somehow you are taking money from the average fighters is ludicrous. Their pays are figured in before the event takes place unless you are a headliner getting a cut of the ppv. But then you aren't an average fighter any more. Edited July 22, 2009 by Harbinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hank4hire Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 ^^ I wonder if Barnett's positve test stems from his time in Pride and in Japan where performance enhancers were prevalent and not regulated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 ^^ I wonder if Barnett's positve test stems from his time in Pride and in Japan where performance enhancers were prevalent and not regulated . His Original Positive test was in North America in the UFC. Pride has been done for almost 1.5 years now. Steroids don't give you positive readings after that long. If this is the case. He's just still doing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckerbird Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 http://mmawaves.com/2009/07/17/floyd-maywe...s-sports-video/ Mayweather JR: "MMA is for beer drinkers" This is why I dislike the Mayweathers, not just one of them, all of them. They go out of their way to ridicule someone or something else if it poses even the least bit of threat to them. This takes the cake though, Floyd Jr. clearly doesn't know what he's talking about (or he's purposefully saying false things to gain attention) as the upper weight classes in boxing are currently dominated by white fighters. He's the epitome of the selfish, arrogant, and spoiled athlete. I can't wait to see Pacquiao knock him out and shut him up. A part of me actually wants UFC 103 to hurt the PPV sales of his match with Marquez that same night. Just so I could hear him cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Cant wait for Hendo Vs Franklin II :D I am completely in the opposite on this one. Such a pointless match. It's already been done, and Henderson won. Controversial, maybe. I just feel that this a fight that doesn't need to happen again between two guys both going in opposite directions in terms of weight class. Why have them meet again?? It's not like this was a solid headliner anyways the first time around. I feel bad for the people who bought tickets to this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hoff Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Vitor Belfort has been announced as the replacement for Josh Barnett. Some of you may be thinking that it's an easy win for Fedor because of the size difference but, Fedor is a small heavyweight. He is only 6'0 which is the same as Vitor. Also, Vitor will probably way in around 205-215. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE_VanCanuck Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 When is Patrick Cote comming back... who will he fight ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hoff Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) When is Patrick Cote comming back... who will he fight ? Not sure when he'll be back but, he said he wants to fight Bisping. However Bisping is already signed up to fight Wanderlei Silva and UFC 105. So we will either have to wait awhile to see Cote fight next if he really wants to fight Bisping or he will just have to fight someone else. He is fully healthy now though so expect him to fight in 2009. Post #300!! Edited July 24, 2009 by Hodgson91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 This is why I dislike the Mayweathers, not just one of them, all of them. They go out of their way to ridicule someone or something else if it poses even the least bit of threat to them. This takes the cake though, Floyd Jr. clearly doesn't know what he's talking about (or he's purposefully saying false things to gain attention) as the upper weight classes in boxing are currently dominated by white fighters. He's the epitome of the selfish, arrogant, and spoiled athlete. I can't wait to see Pacquiao knock him out and shut him up. A part of me actually wants UFC 103 to hurt the PPV sales of his match with Marquez that same night. Just so I could hear him cry. I don't even know what he's so arrogant about anyway, forget about him knowing nothing about MMA, by historical standards he isn't even that good a boxer, he just had the benefit of a weak era. If this the '80s even he would have been no more than a 8-10th place contender/high end sparring partner in his prime at Lightweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckerbird Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I don't even know what he's so arrogant about anyway, forget about him knowing nothing about MMA, by historical standards he isn't even that good a boxer, he just had the benefit of a weak era. If this the '80s even he would have been no more than a 8-10th place contender/high end sparring partner in his prime at Lightweight. He's also been accused of ducking some of the better fighters like Cotto, Mosley and Pacquiao. How do you think he would've done against a prime Julio Cesar Chavez, Duran or Leonard? I'm not sure I'd pick him in any of those fights. Back to MMA though, I remember they interviewed a bunch of fighters regarding Floyd fighting in mma, only Shamrock seemed to think that he had a fighting chance to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckinEdm Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Its been narorrowed down to 6 fighters Belfort, Monson, Buentello, Rogers, Lashley and King Mo. these are the three i would love to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Wow. Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled! We can pretty much say bye bye to this organization. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templa...16&zoneid=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckinEdm Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Wow. Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled! We can pretty much say bye bye to this organization. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templa...16&zoneid=2 WOW is right. so what happens to the big names of affliction? they probably almost all signed that EA sports deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Anarchy Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Wow. Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled! We can pretty much say bye bye to this organization. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templa...16&zoneid=2 What a pathetic organization. I guess we can all now officially expect to see this headline in the coming weeks. Fedor Emelianenko signs with UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireGillis Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Fedor needs to sign with ufc now to fight brock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Fedor Emelianenko signs with UFC I would jizz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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