"Affliction: Banned" Weigh-In Results

by Chris Nelson on Jul 19, 2008 9:08 AM EDT in News Comment 21 comments

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-- More photos at MMAMania.com.

Fedor Emelianenko (230) vs. Tim Sylvia (263)

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 Nascimento (185)

Edwin Dewees (205) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)

J.J. Ambrose (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171)

Ray Lazama (186) vs. Justin Levens (189) *

Vitor Belfort (185) vs. Terry Martin (185.5)

Mark Hominick (144) vs. Savant Young (145)

* Weighed in after main event.

** UPDATED ** with full video

This took a while - parts 2-4 after the jump.

[UPDATE] by Nick Thomas - The ring:

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I forgot that just looking at Tim makes me want him to lose. I may still be bitter about the Nog fight (nice little parlay spoiled by Classic “Nog”). Who knows. I hope Fedor doesn’t even think about using a submission and we get to see some of his gnp. Maybe he’ll even tear off one of Tim’s knee pads and feed it to him. Exciting day tomorrow fella’s. Looking forward to the updates.

by Heenan on Jul 18, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is Timmeh on a footstool in that pic? He’s not THAT much taller than Fedor!

by Beer Monster on Jul 19, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Timmeh is a good bet at +300

That reach advantage is hard to deal with and I don’t think Fedor is as unstoppable as people think he is (just look at how over-estimated Cro-Cop was).

by thetakeover on Jul 19, 2008 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Chris Nelson on Jul 19, 2008 12:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

That is just way to much dislike to be able just to look at someone and want them to lose… So odd how people feel so attached to these guys in a good or bad way. Just weird.

And double wow to Timmy being thaaaaattt much fucking taller lol. Long night for Fedor could be in store.

by MrNiceGuyMMA on Jul 19, 2008 1:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No respect

I don’t believe Sylvia ever gets his due.

I think he knocks out Fedor in the first round.

by Rob Dib on Jul 19, 2008 1:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else want to slap that hat off of Trump’s head?

by Popetastic on Jul 19, 2008 2:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Some Observations......

1. Why can’t Michael Buffer say “Vitor B-e-l-f-o-r-t”???
2. This weigh in was agonizing to watch. First time promotions suck sometimes, and this was one of them.
3. California has to be one of the worst states to throw an event in. Seems like every cluster fuck in MMA happens in the sunshine state. I cringe when I see a show scheduled in Cali.

by Nick Travaglini on Jul 19, 2008 2:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We’re the Golden State. The Sunshine State is Florida.

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Jul 19, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A few more things...

4. Why didn’t Bruce Buffer help Michael Buffer learn how to pronounce the names? He absolutely butchered almost all of them. What a mess
5.anyone lese annoyed at them saying “the first officail world heavyweight championship fight”?

by Nick Travaglini on Jul 19, 2008 3:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lol Donald Trump looks like some rogue grandpa that has stumbled onto the stage. He also has the “get off my lawn” kind of face going. Sweet Khaki pants.

I actually like Sylvia more after his fight with Nogueira and he just seems to be relaxed and enjoying himself now. I think tomorrow’s fight could be very entertaining.

by SamCupitt on Jul 19, 2008 4:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rogue grandpa haha!

by idefinecagefighter on Jul 19, 2008 5:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Jul 19, 2008 9:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Jul 19, 2008 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Nick Thomas on Jul 19, 2008 10:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And introducing Donald Trump as Gary Shaw!

What an embarrassment the weigh-ins were, which I find to be a harbinger of bad news for Affliction. Could it be any more obvious that Trump made a call and pulled Michael Buffer in at the last minute? Again, this speaks to a lack of preparation and professionalism on the part of the promoters. I want them to make it, because I think competition may be the thing to keep the UFC from blowing it, but I don’t see signs of future success in the way they’ve done anything so far.
For the record, I’m buying the PPV and watching it live with the UFC event on Tivo.

by jebushchrist on Jul 19, 2008 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nah, Buffer has been signed on as announcer since day one. He even did the commercials.

But I agree, Trump standing there during the Fedor/Tim face-off in his golf duds with a hat pulled over his face was just wrong. And you could hear the truck telling Tom Atencio, “Hold the belt up behind Fedor!”

by Chris Nelson on Jul 19, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs