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Tom Atencio Responds to M-1 Lawsuit

MMA Payout is reporting that Affliction has filed a motion of dismissal with regards to M-1's lawsuit against the clothing company. Tom Atencio voices his opinion on what the motion of dismissal means...

Affliction's Tom Atencio talks about "Trilogy's" final hours

Tom Atencio talked to MMA Weekly about the last few hours of his promotion's life.  One of the items that stuck out was the apparent influence of Showtime in the decision to scrap the c...

Ariel Helwani talks to Tom Atencio

Ariel Helwani talks with Tom Atencio about Affliction's collapse When you announced the cancelation of the show, was there already a deal in place with the UFC? No. We made the decision to can...

Quoteworthy: Tom Atencio Speaks On The Collapse Of Affliction Entertainment

Ariel Helwani with the interview: Ariel Helwani: Why did you ultimately decide to cancel the show? Tom Atencio: There simply wasn't enough time to promote a new main event, especially for pay-per-v...

The Week in Quotes: July 19th - 25th

I HAVE AN AFFLICTION, AND THE ONLY CURE IS MORE STEROIDS "I’ve always said we’d do one fight at a time, and I always said we’d do three fights." - Affliction Vice President Tom At...

Bloody Elbow Exclusive: The Details Behind Affliction's First Attempt to Exit the Fight Game

When MMA historians look back at the short history of Affliction Entertainment, they will point to September 2, 2008 as the day that sealed the promotion's fate.  Affliction's entire business pla...

Today on MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan: Kenny Florian, Affliction: Trilogy & Tito Ortiz Talk and What Yesterday Means for MMA

Today on "MMA Nation" we'll be joined by UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian as he prepares to take on UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn at UFC 101. We'll talk to Florian about his preparation fo...

It's official: UFC, Affliction complete deal

As reported earlier today by Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports on Lights Out Radio, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Affliction have come to a deal which will see Affliction return to the Octagon. Da...

Strikeforce-Affliction Deal Collapsed Because CEO Scott Coker Was Traveling

From Matt Bishop at MMA for Real whose interview with Kevin Iole broke the story: Iole said said Affliction had approached the UFC about merging the week before UFC 100. This came after Iole repo...

Affliction "Trilogy" Cancelled

From SI.com In a matter of days Affliction Entertainment's "Trilogy" event when from promising the top heavyweight fight in mixed martial arts to being cancelled outright, multiple sources confi...