Rumor: Affliction is done

[Buckner1986]

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/1/29/740362/affliction-is-done

Affliction MMA is Done.

Tom Atencio will be making an announcement soon.

A third show will probably happen to fulfill Affliction Entertainments larger contract obligations unless a deal with Zuffa can be arranged to offset some of the costs while Affliction pays off their contract obligations via "sponsorships"...

You could hear in Tom's voice after the event - the realization that:

Everyone is making money here (Trump, Golden Boy, the fighters, etc...) at the expense of Affliction losing millions.

With Affliction footing virtually the entire bill and after PPV distributor: Showtime and Promoter Golden Boy taking their cut - Affliction is left with less than $13 per PPV buy to cover expenses.

Making the initial estimate of 250,000 buys not even close to what will be needed to break even.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

bye Affliction

[JamesArk]

It was a shitty plan to begin with. Dana is right, you can't just come into the game and start setting up massive cards.

[Buckner1986]

And now the UFC can get Arlovski back at a reduced price and we never have to watch Lindland again. Perfect.

[JamesArk]

And now the UFC can get Arlovski back at a reduced price and we never have to watch Lindland again. Perfect.

:cheers:

I sense Fedor vs. King Mo on New Years Eve

[super hot]

that sucks

[Buckner1986]

:cheers:

I sense Fedor vs. King Mo on New Years Eve

Fedor vs. Kimbo can't be too far away.

[Tsar]

did they really pay de la hoya just to show? if so: ridiculous waste of money.

[super hot]

Fedor vs Former WWE superstar

Its worked for the UFC

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Fedor would lose, he'll probably go beat up on some cans in Japan for the rest of his career

[SatNav]

shit, but I had a feeling all along.


The negative side of this is that we won't see Fedor face any more top HW's for along time.

[SatNav]

It was a shitty plan to begin with. Dana is right, you can't just come into the game and start setting up massive cards.

Jupp.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Brock Lesnar is the UFC Heavyweight Champion

doesn't that sound great Mante? It does to me.

[SatNav]

Fedor would lose, he'll probably go beat up on some cans in Japan for the rest of his career

* negs

[NinthWonder]

did they really pay de la hoya just to show? if so: ridiculous waste of money.

I was watching the margarito - mosely fight and damn near shit myself when i heard they payed oscar 5 mill just to show up.

[SatNav]

I was watching the margarito - mosely fight and damn near shit myself when i heard they payed oscar 5 mill just to show up.

huge waste of money

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

update
Update from Michael Rome: I have been digging at this story for the last 3 or 4 hours since I first heard it. I believe it to be true. I learned in the last hour from someone high up at the UFC that Lorenzo Fertitta was contacted today by Affliction looking for a "beneficial" way out. Realistically, they want back in the Octagon.

The problem for Affliction is they have very little to offer Zuffa. The contracts for their fighters are non transferrable, and the video library has little value. An insider at Zuffa told me, "the only way Zuffa will settle is with some sort of equity stake in Affliction (clothing)...at the end of the day Affliction does not have a fighter that the UFC needs, just 2-3 that would be nice to have."

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Well would you look at that mante? UFC wins again.

[Tsar]

I was watching the margarito - mosely fight and damn near shit myself when i heard they payed oscar 5 mill just to show up.


mma is beyond the point of needing celebrity or boxing cred to survive. jesus.

[Shogun Marcus]

update

Fuck that noise about not needing any. I think the HW NEEDS AA, Sylvia, Barnett and Fedor. Babalu and the rest are a nice addition.

[Buckner1986]

:rofl:

Imagine the UFC coming out of this whole ordeal with a piece of the Affliction clothing line? That's like Dana White hanging a scalp off of his belt. Good times.

[Tsar]

update

that sucks for affliction--they seemed a bit too ambitious from the get-go...

[TONY BONES]

like this wasnt expected

only a blind person didnt see this coming

[Decommissioner]

Yeah I believe it.

What I don't believe is Affliction paying Oscar 5 mill. He even went on record to say this was untrue and taken out of context.

[super hot]

Brock Lesnar is the UFC Heavyweight Champion

doesn't that sound great Mante? It does to me.

lol, Brock would get destroyed by Fedor.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Brock Lesnar would beat the shit out of Fedor easily.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

He's faster, stronger, more athletic and has much more powerful striking. Brock would pound him out in the 1st round.

[Gay]

did they really pay de la hoya just to show? if so: ridiculous waste of money.

Yes, all 5 million dollars of it too.

[SatNav]

He's faster, stronger, more athletic and has much more powerful striking.

Kinda like Randleman? hmmmm?

[East Los]

I hope wamma goes with it.

[SatNav]

I hope wamma goes with it.

What has WAMMA done to piss you off?

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

Kinda like Randleman? hmmmm?

What does Brock Lesnar have to do with Kevin Randleman? Wait you know what, just stop quoting my posts, for your own good. Everytime you do I end up making you look like a dumb shithead.

[Bang Bang]

they should have done a reality show with babaloo tito and kimbo being taught by fedor and aa

[SatNav]

What does Brock Lesnar have to do with Kevin Randleman? Wait you know what, just stop quoting my posts, for your own good. Everytime you do I end up making you look like a dumb shithead.

So dumb.

Brock wouldn't stand a chance against Fedor, it's laughable even to think about that matchup.


Brock vs Fedor at this point would go the same way as Randleman vs Fedor.

[Shogun Marcus]

What does Brock Lesnar have to do with Kevin Randleman? Wait you know what, just stop quoting my posts, for your own good. Everytime you do I end up making you look like a dumb shithead.

-UFC HW champs
-Strong wrestlers
-Pro wrestling experience
-used steroids

they are a little more similar than you would think.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

-UFC HW champs
-Strong wrestlers
-Pro wrestling experience
-used steroids

they are a little more similar than you would think.

Brock used steroids? Can you prove this? Do you have the inside scoop? No? Okay then.

[WAR RANDLEMAN!]

The Lesnar hate is hilarious. He's gonna defend his belt successfully, you'll all still be bitter and making excuses.

[SatNav]

The Lesnar hate is hilarious. He's gonna defend his belt successfully, you'll all still be bitter and making excuses.

I like Lesnar, but come on.

[Shogun Marcus]

Brock used steroids? Can you prove this? Do you have the inside scoop? No? Okay then.

No, but no one has hard proof Barry Bonds didn't either, but you'd have to be retarded to think otherwise. I didn't say he's using now, just that he has used. You mean to tell me the way he looked from his days in WWE to now is because he's training differently? I'd give a 90 percent chance he used in the WWE.

[nvmeplz]

If you didn't see this coming check yourself.

[Tsar]

No, but no one has hard proof Barry Bonds didn't either, but you'd have to be retarded to think otherwise. I didn't say he's using now, just that he has used. You mean to tell me the way he looked from his days in WWE to now is because he's training differently? I'd give a 90 percent chance he used in the WWE.

his college look was much less massive.

[Tsar]

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[Mr. Thick Dick]

eh he was still a big ol boy.

I don't care if he roided then as long as he isn't roiding while he's a fighter.

[Mr. Thick Dick]

plus wrestlers don't train like bodybuilders like pro wrestlers do.

[Shogun Marcus]

eh he was still a big ol boy.

I don't care if he roided then as long as he isn't roiding while he's a fighter.

I'm the same way. I only made that post to fuck with WR. But to deny the guy has never done it is a bit of a stretch.

[Tsar]

eh he was still a big ol boy.

I don't care if he roided then as long as he isn't roiding while he's a fighter.

for a college hw, he was still freaky big, i'll give you that. most hws at that age are heath-herring big (or smaller), without much definition.

[Piranesi]

fuck affliction fuck that fag tom atencio good riddance

[Twincest]

mma is beyond the point of needing celebrity or boxing cred to survive. jesus.

if that's true about la hoya, then they deserve to go out of business. they may as well have given that money to wayne retzky.

still it sucks that no one can put up any competition for UFC - if only to keep them on their toes.

[maxthesilent]

Jesus, De La Hoya wasn't paid to be there.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/de-la-hoya-ticked-off-merchant-explains-hbo-comments--15953


Merchant, who contacted Sherdog.com late Monday, said he’d been told by Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer that De La Hoya was fulfilling his end of an agreement to attend in return for a “$5 million sponsorship fee.”

Schaefer said he’d told Merchant that Affliction had invested $5 million in Saturday’s event, not that Golden Boy had or would receive that amount for De La Hoya and his boxing promotion’s participation.

“Larry had asked me at the weigh-ins why Oscar was not coming [to the boxing event], and I told him, ‘Look our partners at Affliction made an over $5 million commitment to the event and it wouldn't be right if Oscar just dumped it.’ I think he took that and put the Merchant twist on it and it came out the way it came out.”

Though Schaefer graciously called the situation a case of miscommunication, Merchant’s comments misled both sports’ masses.

“I know Larry and he is a nice guy and I’m sure he didn’t want to cause any issues,” said Schaefer. “The fact is Oscar is now really ticked off, because Oscar didn’t make a penny, and, in fact, paid for his own expenses [to attend the show].”

“Money has not exchanged hands,” added Golden Boy’s Chief Marketing Officer Bruce Binkow on Tuesday. “We’re partners in the deal. We get paid as the promotion gets paid. We’re tied in with the revenue side. There was a misunderstanding about five million bucks.”

[Commissar]

Fedor would lose, he'll probably go beat up on some cans in Japan for the rest of his career

Even if he did, he would still go down as the greatest MMA fighter of all time.

[ArtardFiesta]

that sucks

yea it does

[ArtardFiesta]

fuck affliction fuck that fag tom atencio good riddance

Another UFC nuthugger, its great to see there are so many of you faggots around here

[AZGnP]

If only they had signed Triple H.