The Affliction 2 poster and it's rumored card: - Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski - Josh...

The Affliction 2 poster and it's rumored card:

- Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
- Josh Barnett vs. Aleksander Emelianenko?
- Tim Sylvia vs. TBA
- Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Matt Lindland vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral or Trevor Prangley?
- Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
- Gegard Mousasi vs. Vitor Belfort
- Paul Buentello vs. Roy Nelson
- Pedro Rizzo vs. Ben Rothwell
- Jay Hieron vs. Drew Fickett
- Jason High vs. Mike Pyle

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Looks good.. Let’s see how many changes there are from now until then …

by asmiley420 on Oct 28, 2008 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

Sounds like another massive payroll.

by Chris Nelson on Oct 28, 2008 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

seriously what kind of numbers do they need to pull to stay in the black

by drano1 on Oct 28, 2008 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions

these massive payroll shows are going to backrupt the company after that show…if it even gets off of the ground.

by Razreshat on Oct 28, 2008 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah it’s funny all these fighters from elite xc are looking to affliction for a big payday but all those contracts won’t mean anything if they can’t put on anymore shows

by drano1 on Oct 28, 2008 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

exactly what i was thinking.

by bdw on Oct 28, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

This card needs lots more TUF fighters.

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Oct 28, 2008 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

I hope we get to see this one

Fedor vs Arlovski alone is a dream fight.
Lindland vs Babalu is cool.
Mousasi vs Belfort! outrageous.
Vladdy vs Little Nog, long time coming.
Nice to see the IFL guys against Rizzo and Buentello.
You know who would be cool against Sylvia? Alistair Overeem. But he’ll be busy over Xmas.

by Kid Nate on Oct 28, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

I heard somewhere Overeem is in talks with the UFC anyone know if there is any truth to this

by drano1 on Oct 28, 2008 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Mousasi v. Belfort should be fight of the night.

by Day Man on Oct 28, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

For all the bashing and rooting for them to fold that alot of people seem to do. You have to give Affliction credit for putting on Absolutely STACKED cards. You’d have to go back to at least UFC 81 to find so many stars on a card. And you can easily argue that both Affliction cards were more stacked than that. As a consumer this is what I look for.

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Oct 28, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions

aaronb

if the ufc only held an event every 6 months or even every 4 months, you would see the most stacked events that you could imagine. think realistically. if Afflicyion has these kind of stacked events every 4 months, i’ll buy them, but how are they going to make any money?

by bdw on Oct 28, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Affliction i mean

by bdw on Oct 28, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

It will be tough to make money as is right now. But if they could put on these kinds of shows and pull in Buy rates close to the 600K that UFC did last weekend. Then they will make a profit. Add on that the exposure it would add to their clothing line. And its possible they could survive. I will admit that it will not be easy. Especially because we can be 100% sure that any event they host will be counter-programed by the UFC.

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Oct 28, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

But if they could put on these kinds of shows and pull in Buy rates close to the 600K that UFC did last weekend.

Okay, sure; however, I don’t think this is the “What if?” game.

by Eugene Schelfaut on Oct 28, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Which was the better card in terms of talent. The proposed January Affliction card or UFC 90?

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Oct 28, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

aaronb

Affliction does, but they dont have the ufc brand behind them. i would be shocked if Afflictiondid over 200k buys for their 2nd show. 600k is really stretching it. i just hope they do have the 2nd event because A.A vs Fedor is a dream match for me.

by bdw on Oct 28, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Talent is a last decider when it comes to purchasing. Brand name, awareness of the show, awareness of the fighters, and excitement from build up to the show, are all bigger components of buyrate than the actual quality of the talent. Each of those tends to be similarly high between UFC shows, so we disregard their effects when considering expected buyrate. However, the UFC generally has enormous advantages in each of those over Affliction and other promotions.

by Michaelthebox on Oct 28, 2008 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Largely disregard their effects, rather. There do still tend to be significant differences in fighter awareness and buildup to the show. But basically every UFC show has greater fighter awareness and buildup and brand name and awareness of the show than Affliction’s shows.

by Michaelthebox on Oct 28, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

The first Affliction show did contain a lot of huge names but the match ups weren’t all that. I don’t remember a single fight on the card where there was any doubt about who would win with the exception of Tim Sylvia vs Fedor. Being packed with stars is great but it was really let down by the matchmaking(for me at least).

by who me on Oct 28, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

salary

although I enjoy the fight cards that Affliction puts on, I think that they are over paying their fighters.If they keep this up they will be in the same boat as EliteXC and IFL.I know that the fighters deserve to get paid well ,but Affliction is driving up salaries higher than thay should be.

by TheLevi on Oct 28, 2008 2:12 PM EDT reply actions

Am I the only one that sees a big heart on Fedor’s forehead?

by Zack Gobie on Oct 28, 2008 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

Can we do the Gambling Game on whether this show even happens? $500 in BE dollars says no.

by Ubernoober on Oct 28, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

lol

by Nick Thomas on Oct 28, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Affliction

Wonder who the broadcast team will be? wasn’t too impressed with the last show’s production or broadcast team. Get Mauro Ranallo on the play by play and bring “big John” McCarthy back as the commentator…unless he’s officiating that night.

by Dark Tower on Oct 28, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

An excellent card. But why isn’t it just Barnett vs Sylvia? Aleksander isn’t gonna be able to fight.

-- FightCritic

by Armen on Oct 28, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions

you called it

and I’d like to see Barnett vs Sylvia. I’m curious to see if Josh can handle Sylvia’s reach.

by Kid Nate on Oct 28, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I noticed that Adrenaline MMA wasn’t listed as one of the event partners and that Sylvia and Rothwell were noticably absent from the poster. Are we even sure Monte Cox’s fighters will be there?

by who me on Oct 28, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Tim will be there, spoke to him yesterday about it, I have it on pretty good word that he could be fighting before the Affliction card too…I can’t say who he will be fighting in either match due to the fact I told him I wouldnt say, but If all goes as planned…be prepared to be shocked.

by ANance on Oct 29, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions