AFFLICTION Fires Counter Low Blow to the UFC

by imapimp08 on Jul 4, 2008 12:16 PM EDT Comment 6 comments

I've gotta give props to Affliction. It looks like they wont take this battle with the UFC lying down. I'm amazed that the Fertittas and Mr White allowed this to happen in "THEIR TOWN."

Affliction to air across the street from UFC: Silva vs. Irvin

Posted by MMAFighting.com 07/03/08—7:49 PM

Featured Story: No The battle for viewers between "Affliction: Banned" and "UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin" continues.

Affliction announced Thursday that its "Banned" event on July 19, which takes place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, will air live on closed circuit television at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, directly across the street from the Palm Hotel & Casino, the site of the UFC Fight Night special headlined by Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin.

The viewing at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino will begin with the Fox Sports Net broadcast at 5pm PT followed by the pay-per-view broadcast at 6pm PT.

Affliction: Banned
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Honda Center in Anaheim, CA

Pay-Per-View Card:

Fox Sports Net Card:

265 lbs. | Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
185 lbs. | Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin

Undercard:

205 lbs. | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Edwin Dewees
145 lbs. | Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
205 lbs. | Justin Levens vs. Patrick Speight
170 lbs. | Mike Pyle vs. JJ Ambrose

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BTW

they are charging $20 for the viewing as reported at MMAJunkie.com

all you gotta do is...

by imapimp08 on Jul 4, 2008 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that's awesome

even my broke ass can pay that much

by monkeyfightclub! on Jul 4, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I seriously doubt this will hurt the UFC

If anything, it reeks of desperation.

by thetakeover on Jul 4, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Swing and miss.

Kelvin Hunt

I'm like those boyz on the sidelines...cause I ain't playing...

by Tha Realness on Jul 5, 2008 11:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

it’s entertaining to watch them go at eachother in the media, Dana is always waiting on the next big promotion to compete with them

7/5 - UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
Live on PPV at 10 pm ET

7/19 - Affliction: Banned
Live on PPV at 9pm ET

7/19 - UFC: Silva vs. Irvin
Live on Spike at 9 pm ET

7/21 - DREAM 5: Lightweight Grand Prix Finals
On HDNet at 4 am ET

7/26 - EliteXC: Unfinished Business
Live on CBS at 9 pm ET

8/3 - WEC 35
Live on Versus at 9 pm ET

8/9 - UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Live on PPV at 10 pm ET

9/6 - Adrenaline MMA II
Live on HDNet (time TBA)

9/6 - UFC 88: Breakthrough
Live on PPV at 10 pm ET

9/10 - WEC: Filho vs. Sonnen II
Live on Versus (time TBA)

9/17 - UFC Fight Night 15
Live on Spike (time TBA)

by imapimp08 on Jul 5, 2008 11:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Affliction is done

like the poster thetakeover says above this is a desperate move. The bottom line is we will be luckey if Affliction puts on 3 shows. I just can’t see them surviving in the mma world, The only people who know about this show are hard core fans and you can’t make money on just the hard cores the bottom line is they did a horrible job at promoting this event and they will never be able to keep paying there fighters what they are.They will go under after a handful of shows it will be just the just like the rest Bodog,WFA,the IFL,M-1,etc

by Shocbomb on Jul 6, 2008 6:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs