Affliction: Trilogy in Depth - Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago, Gilbert Yvel vs. Paul Buentello & Gegard Mousasi vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral

by Nick Thomas on Jul 22, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in MMA News

Vitor Belfort (18-8) -240 vs. Jorge Santiago (21-7) +190
Gilbert Yvel (36-13-1) -200 vs. Paul Buentello (27-10) +160
Gegard Mousasi (25-2-1) -170 vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (32-8) +140

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omg3weeks

by Ahhhoki on Jul 21, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

more like a week and half

by sonofapsycho on Jul 21, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I just had the wrong date imprinted in my head. Even better.

by Ahhhoki on Jul 21, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Promos are getting much better.
Damn, can’t wait to be there LIVE!
=)

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jul 21, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions

You can update us via mobile when Finkie jumps off the rafters when Barnett pulls the upset and says ’I’m coming to get you, Brock’

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift

by Derek Suboticki on Jul 21, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Burrito Buentello

It’s interesting that Yvel is the favorite. Buentello is 12-2 in his last 14 and the 2 losses are to AA and AO. If he wins the UFC might sign him back.

by Sokonojudo on Jul 21, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions

"Don't fear me..."

I hope he does win, he’s a fun guy to root for.

It ends in an armbar or a strangle regardless.

by capital L on Jul 21, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

It suprises me that Santiago-Belfort is kind of flying under the radar. If Jorge can pull this out over a guy with that kind of skill and power, I think people need to start taking him seriously as a MW contender.

by Rabbit915 on Jul 21, 2009 11:22 PM EDT reply actions

I would except he pulled a miracle 5th round sub against Misaki out of his ass (would have lost), got HK’ed by fucking Alan Belcher and also got KO’ed by Chris “I have Daddy problems” Leben. But I suppose if he did come back to the UFC he could avenge those losses and set himself up as a true contender.

by Sokonojudo on Jul 21, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions

he clowned misaki

on the feet before sinking in the sub and I think it could’ve gone either way up to that point.

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by Kid Nate on Jul 22, 2009 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Misaki won rounds 1, 2, 4. Santiago only won round 3 (& was winning 5). On my scorecard going into the 5th was 39-37. If Misaki gets out of round 5, he wins that fight. A win is a win though and I give Santiago all the credit. Sylvia was clowning Nog in their fight but we all know what happened there.

by Sokonojudo on Jul 22, 2009 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions

i really want......

Vitor to live up to his potential. His hands are scary good. Watching him fight a motivated spider would make for some fireworks

"What do you want from me?..... A Slap?"

by xtremecouture on Jul 21, 2009 11:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Damn, I’m pretty excited for this.

by goodbones on Jul 22, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

I have a feeling that Mousasi will lose and screw up the whole Super Hulk tournament!

by Bandaka on Jul 22, 2009 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

Fedor did not knock out Tim Sylvia

Why do the promos claim he had “two devastating first round knockouts”?

by klown on Jul 22, 2009 1:00 AM EDT reply actions

Santiago's rank

It’s pathetic how high some people have it.

This is a man’s whose biggest win is over Misaki. He also has two losses (knockouts) to UFC journeymen Belcher and Leben.

by klown on Jul 22, 2009 1:07 AM EDT reply actions

Years ago. I guess we should neglect all the good wins he’s had since right? And you say his biggest win is Misaki like you don’t even know who he is.

Anderson got subbed by Takase and Chonan. How can he be #1?

by gunranger on Jul 22, 2009 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

if the rumors about josh barnett failing the prefight drug test are true, this ppv will be the final nail in afflictions coffin

by kanodogg on Jul 22, 2009 1:56 AM EDT reply actions

If the rumor is true

And they can’t find an opponent for Fedor, this card may not happen. Without Fedor up top, it won’t sell 50k.

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift

by Derek Suboticki on Jul 22, 2009 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I can see it now...

Dana is probably calling Lorenzo telling him to meet up with him to drink a bottle of Cristal.

by thesource on Jul 22, 2009 2:55 AM EDT reply actions

WHAT HAPPPENED TO WAMMA?

last i heard, lynch,caplan and militech al resigned, but i hadn’t heard that they dead or ceased operations or anything. i havent heard mma live mention them in weeks(i ido admit to missing last weeks episode, so i could be wrong) i saw that there rankings had not been updated since april either. i have been seeing rankings from another group called the Idependent World MMA rankings though whose commite members consisted of current/former wamma rankers such as johnathan snowden,jesse holland and jared barnes. what gives? is wamma still around? is the iwmmar really disguised as wamma?(they do consist of zach arnold and ivan trembow as well) is there still even such a thing as the wamma hw title anymore? hmmmm?

by bdw on Jul 22, 2009 3:14 AM EDT reply actions