Can Affliction Compete With the UFC?

by Nick Thomas on Jul 15, 2008 11:59 AM EDT Comment 7 comments

MMAPayout.com examines Afflictions' July 19th fight card.

Plus Josh Barnett and Ben Rothwell video interviews and Affliction Banned predictions by Joanne of MMA Girls after the jump.

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Man, 4-6 million for a squash card with two good fights instead of 4-6 million for a great card that matters to the rankings and pleases all fans.

Was it really worth it Affliction?

by godzillad on Jul 15, 2008 11:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Whatever the Payout guys are doing to get TV time, I want some of that.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 15, 2008 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i think todd martin is doing the panel thing this week on inside mma, though they will probably bill him as a cbssports.com guy…

by robnashville on Jul 15, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Inside MMA

Has never invited me.

Sooner or later I’m going to make these people realize that’s not in their best interest. Bank on it.

by Luke Thomas on Jul 15, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In a word…NO.

But they don’t need to compete right now, in fact, going into battle unprepared against a well prepared opponent, may be foolish.

They just need to work to compete with all the other promotions out there for #2, establish themselves, then they can try to compete with the big dog.

"They said you was hung!!"

"And they was RIGHT!"

by BJJDenver on Jul 15, 2008 12:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh, that was way more fluff than I expect coming from MMAPayout, but I guess it wasn’t Swift himself. The Bodog PPV is a red herring, obviously that had more to do with their inept marketing than Fedor’s perceived lack of popularity. I’m not saying its going to be a runaway success, but a lot of people seem to be making dubious comparisons to failed promotions like WFA and Bodog, when clearly Affliction is putting on a far superior show, and doing a far better job of promoting it

by smoogy on Jul 15, 2008 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree that it’s a red herring, but for a different reason. The Bodog event took place in Russia and was, by all accounts, a success over there. Though I still don’t expect them to rival the UFC in terms of pay per view buys.

Affliction putting on a high level show headlined by Fedor (with a superfight lined up against Couture in the future) along with the synergistic marketing of all of those Affliction T-shirts that have become like a plague… I think that their long term prospects are quite good.

by penxv on Jul 15, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs