Fedor Talking Japan on NYE, Affliction Says No

by Kid Nate on Sep 23, 2008 10:38 PM EDT in News

As Chris Nelson reported earlier, Fedor appeared at the DREAM.6 show and teased the fans with a potential New Year's Eve fight, possibly against gold medal judoka Satoshi Ishii.

Naturally Affliction's not happy since they have big plans for Fedor to headline their show on January 11th in the U.S. or do they.....

Not so fast says Affliction Entertainment VP, Tom Atencio.

"Fedor was supposed to fight for them on New Year's Eve, but he is not because we extended his contract," Atencio said.

When asked if it was 100% confirmed that Fedor would be fighting on the upcoming Affliction/Golden Boy card on January 17, 2009, in Anaheim, Atencio stopped us dead in our tracks.

"The date and location are not official," Atencio said. "Everyone is tripping. Our next show will definitely be the 1st quarter of 2009 in January, possibly February. Nothing is confirmed though."

Fightlnker speaks for everyone with a brain here:

Hmm, so let’s see what we know: Fedor’s Affliction contract is a US only contract. Affliction doesn’t even have a date locked down for Fedor’s next fight and therefore no bout contract has been signed. How likely do you think it is given those facts that Fedor is going to pass up on another NYE event in Japan? The dude magically pulled a NYE event out of his ass last year because he loves doing it so much. Does anyone really think he’s going to pass this up for a proposed event by a company that just cancelled it’s last event and is working on a questionable partnership with a boxing promotion?

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Ha. Funny stuff.

by Baudelaire on Sep 23, 2008 10:42 PM EDT 0 recs

Affliction is at the point where everything seems to be going against them. No doubt, they allowed all this shit to happen with their half-ass attempt at MMA promotion, but I’m about ready for it to stop. Fedor does what he wants. Affliction is helpless to stop him. Their dreams of a Couture/Fedor superfight are gone. Someone shoot Affliction.

by Cannon Jacques on Sep 23, 2008 10:47 PM EDT 0 recs

Ole Affliction is my dog, I’ll do it

by Ubernoober on Sep 23, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

I just wish

they’d managed to put on Arlovski vs Barnett. That’s a fight I’d like to see and as long as its Affliction’s money, I’m down.

by Kid Nate on Sep 23, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

I have said this before and I will say it again, I will be shocked if Affliction ends up running another show. I think Trump is going to bail and I think Attencio is bluffing right now while trying to make something happen. They have botched this every step of the way.

I would be shocked if Fedor is not fighting in the UFC by the end of 2009.

by lbk on Sep 23, 2008 11:38 PM EDT 0 recs

I don’t think Trump is going to bail I just figure that he wasn’t ever active in the company to start with. We don’t know what his “significant stake” was or how he actually got it nor do we know what his role with the company was ever supposed to be (besides talking head at a couple of press conferences).

It does look Affliction is flying blind at this point, it also seems that they are going to learn what other promotions have already found out when it comes to working with Fedor’s management.

by who me on Sep 24, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up 0 recs

Trump was given equity and a licensing fee for his name… on top of that he was paid a huge hourly rate for every appearance he personally made.

by mmalogic on Sep 24, 2008 2:29 AM EDT up 0 recs

Honestly, what has Trump done to help Affliction? I think this relationship may be one of the most overblown in the sport. imo, Trump has done little if anything to further the cause.

"The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'"

by BJJDenver on Sep 24, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up 0 recs

Agree 100%

People seem to have misconceptions about what Trump is nowadays – namely a figurehead, a symbol of wealth and status.

by Chris Nelson on Sep 24, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up 0 recs

The fact that affliction cancelled their 2nd show with anecdotal evidence pointing to the fact that it could have been because Fedor wasn’t on the card places negotiations back on the table for Finkie…

I know how these guys operate. Finkie has the leverage and he will use it.

They only follow one rule: “you can always negotiate and renegotiate”.

by mmalogic on Sep 24, 2008 2:32 AM EDT 0 recs

Yea, and from what I’ve observed of Fink’s negotiating tactics, I don’t see anyway Fedor would have a contract with Affliction (who has yet to prove they can put on a profitable card, or a second one for that matter) that would prevent him from fighting in Japan without a specific fight on the table for Fedor in Affliction.

According to T-shirt guy, they don’t have a location or a date, or half of the details with Golden Boy worked out, never mind a specific opponent for Fedor.

by Phildo on Sep 24, 2008 11:42 AM EDT up 0 recs