Like i said in the other post i don’t think that the UFC showcased higher end fighters overall, (no disrespect to anderson silva) Affliction had the better card on paper but the production and the way things were done made the UFC seem like it had the bigger fights/names.

It was there first PPV and i’m sure they’ll learn from their mistakes on how to make things better.

Ohh and does anyone really think that Matt Lindland would stand a chance against Anderson Silva. That’s laughable after his performance tonight. I understand he was off for a year but theres Anderson doesn’t stop him in the first round.

I’m not sure what you were watching, but I saw a very admirable effort from a first time promotion that put on an unbelievable card.

Did we need Megadeth? Of course not. But I’m sorry, I watched the rebroadcast of UFN after the Affliction PPV and the 2 were incomparable. Affliction had the clearly superior product, and despite the obvious flaws that should be expected in any first broadcast, enjoyed Affliction more than any UFC event this year.

I hope they put on a second show, and learn from their mistakes and feedback.

I really wonder what you people were watching. It is like people get scared of something that is even a twinge different. What exactly are UFC’s great production values? UFC has had the same stale image for quite a while now. People always say, “oh, but it is like BOXING.” Clearly, these people have never seen a boxing card on Showtime or HBO and probably just like to shoot their mouth off to sound bright on the internet.

I think a thing that a lot of people are missing the point on is that Affliction was fun, UFC was business as usual. It is a sport and sports are supposed to be entertaining. Just because you, personally, didn’t want to see Megadeth or see a bunch of the top heavyweights in the world fight and would rather watch UFC’s business as usual doesn’t mean that everybody wants that.

I caught UFN after and honestly, I was still amped up from Affliction and it was near unwatchable. This isn’t pro wrestling, nobody cares about “the business” or “the product” or any of that, this is mixed martial arts, what matters is promoters putting on exciting, entertaining cards.

So many internet fans have tunnel vision and seemingly just want UFC to be the only game in town and trample the rest. You really have to wonder sometimes.

On paper, Affliction had the better card going into the night.

In reality, UFC managed to turn a mid-level card into a winner. They had the better fights and the better product tonight - not even close. I watched the fights at a sports bar and mid-way through the Affliction event, people started chanting for the UFC card to be shown with sound. It wasnt even close - UFC has the better fights, the better fighters in general and everyone else is simply grasping.

Affliction sells good clothing, UFC sells one amazing MMA product—both should stick to what they know best.

I like how Dave Meltzer, a guy who has been reporting and analyzing the sport since it first spawned sees Affliction as a real threat, while BloodyElbow.com and pockets of the internet are so quick to say, “NO IT WAS STUPID AND UFC IS THE BEST DID YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE EVEN MATCHUPS?!” I for one know that James Irvin vs. Anderson Silva is an incredibly well-matched fight. I’m glad they can bombard us with such a top flight card while Affliction can just give us crap like Rothwell/Arlovski, Barnett/Rizzo and Fedor/Sylvia. Ugh. Disgrace.

I completely disagree. It was new, and fresh, and besides Megadeth, (ugh) it was infinitely more enjoyable than the UFC’s tired, stale formula and horrible commentating.

I agree with Luke here. It was, like he said, at times almost unwatchable. Do I care that Big John is in Andrei Arlovski’s locker room and giving us an update that Freddie Roach is…gasp...taping Andrei’s hands? Wow, that’s hard hitting. Michael Buffer failed miserably at MMA announcing, Megadeth was ridiculously awful, and the announce team was absolutely terrible.

Trigg, at one point, was talking about he and Jay Glazer in the showers at the gym. At one point Trigg was giving Mike Whitehead, a training partner, advice on the fight from the announce table. How unprofessional does it get? The sound kept cutting out in the beginning and for an extended period of time we were listening to the Spanish announcers. It was clear that Affliction didn’t have all their shit together tonight and in terms of presenting the sport as a sport, the UFC was heads and shoulders above them in that regard.