Affliction — one of the most recognized and popular clothing brands out right now — made its bid to become the latest mixed martial arts promoter official today during an episode of “Inside MMA” on the HDNet network.
It’s been known for some time now that Affliction would throw its hat into the MMA ring. In fact, the UFC and Elite XC recently banned their fighters from wearing Affliction gear during events because of the looming competition.
And if the proposed inaugural pay-per-view (PPV) fight card slated for the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on July 19 is any indication of things to come, then Affliction will indeed pose some stiff competition.
Here’s what we can expect thus far:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Ben Rothwell vs. TBA
That’s one hell of a star-studded line up … and there’s more than likely still more to come.
Of course, it will be interesting to watch this all unfold — successful MMA promotions are a dime a dozen. It must also be noted that Affliction will have to clear a few regulatory hurdles, too, which the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) is mandating for the show to go on.
In particular, according to SportsIllustrated.com, the “CSAC requires a bond that covers twice the fighters’ costs.” That’s no small feat, considering some of the unconfirmed salaries that are being tossed around (Fedor is rumored to be making more than $1 million guaranteed and Sylvia is set to pocket at least $800,000).
Do the math … and that’s just the possible main event purses.
In addition, the CSAC will request urine tests from Sylvia and Barnett — both fighters have tested positive for the banned performance enhancer earlier in their careers.
Regardless, if Affliction can get all its ducks in a row — and not blow its wad straight out of the gate — this could be something special. Let’s just hope those in charge realize this is a marathon and not a sprint.
Check out a video snip of Affliction Clothing Vice President Tom Attencio on “Inside MMA” after the jump.
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I really hope Sylvia beats Fedor.
Don’t get your hopes up. Get ready for another boring submission.
What u got say about that one, Kevin? FINGERS CROSSED! I am giddy with anticipation!
LOL, I know you’re wiping up right now John!! It will be a great card, and I’m very excited. Then the company will fold because they are paying out ore than they’ll make, but who cares as long as it happens. I think Timmy will KO Fedor. I rewatched the coleman fight the other day, I think he’ll beat brock too (experience) unless they work it!
U know I am…Kevin! lol………Thats why I said….If they pull this card off and make a profit!…That is a big if, but I have learned that the organization has some deep pockets backing it, so hopefully the can pull it off.
The best thing that can happen to mma fans, is that Affliction becomes a legit organization, with some staying power. Competition is whats best, and although Affliction is a new organization, it will immediatly launch itself in front of EliteXC, but still behind the UFC. EliteXC has been around for a while now, and they still have never managed to put out a great card like this Affliction card.
We should all be hoping that this new organization becomes a success because they seem to have a good idea about what true mma fans want to see. They are managing to do what the UFC could not, deliver us mma fans a Mega fight between Fedor and a legit top 5 UFC Heavyweight…which would be enough to make any mma fan purchase this event/….but they did not stop there, they delivered a rematch of what was a great fight between another top 5 Heavyweight, Barnet vs. Rizzo…..They did not stop there, they are giving us a babalu fight, and a Matt Lindland fight, and I have a feeling that Arlovski vs. Rothwell will take place on this card again. If they keep putting out monster cards like this, fans will not be able to ignore them, and they will have a shot at becoming a long term success. FINGERS CROSSED!
Question: Any word on weather Affliction’s fights will take place in a cage or a ring?
Affliction rumored card , HUGE CARD:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Matt Lindland vs. Fábio Negão
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
Renato Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Mark Hominick vs. Savant Young
Mike Pyle vs. Brett Cooper
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama
J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
Affliction Executives stated that Aleksander vs. Buentello will be a part of this card, but Aleks is not signed yet. Obviously they think it will take place since they are talking about it….If this fight is added to the card and Rothwell fights Arlovski….It will be the greatest display of heavyweight mma fighters that I have evers een on 1 fight card. IMO these match up makes this card even better then a heavyweight Grand prix, as a matter of fact, with all this heavyweight talent, they should have just made it a Heavyweight Grand prix that they could have stretched over 3 shows.
I dont think his fellony convictions will keep Aleks from fighting in the USA. After all, Dana White already offered him a contract and Dana would know better then anyone about Aleks’s eligability to fight in the USA. Dana White has a monster legal team that doesnt leave any rocks uncovered. If he offered him a contract already it must mean that Aleks is eligible to fight in the USA
What a card, but then what?? unless they plan on doing 4 HUGE ppv’s a year, they’ll run out of money. But $ “super fight” ladeled ppv’s is better than 12 or 13 ppv’s with a couple good fights. If they are proven to pay, UFC better watch out, they can only hold guys hostage with their contracts for so long! You may be right about Tito John…I smell Tito/Babalu
Kevin, this will shown on HDNet for free live not on PPV, subscribe cable box or satelite i have Time Warner HD (Scientific Atlanta cable box) get the HD one if your TV has HDMI input (you’ll get a HDMI wire if you get the HD one) this will give better graphics. If your TV don’t HDMI input then use the 5 wire components even if your cable or satelite aren’t the HD editions and still give great graphics.
I read it may be on ppv. That would be the smart thing to do as far as money goes…I think?
For all the fans that have been living under a rock that are not familiar with the best heavyweight fighter in the world…Fedor:
A dvd with all the best Fedor fights will be released this tuesday in all DVD stores through out the USA…I suggest checking out the most dominant fighter of all time!
Notice I did not refer to him as the best fighter of all time because he hasnt fought the best fighters in the past 2 years, but that does not change the fact that he is the best heavyweight of all time, who is not only undefeated, but he has never even lost a round.
I challenge anyone to find 1 round in Fedor’s PRIDE career that he has lost….Good luck because there arent any!!!!
Correction: I meant to say…Notice I did not refer to him as the best fighter in the world because he hasnt fought top competition in the past 2 years, but I called him the best Heavyweight of all time, because he has never lost a fight, or even a round in his entire Pride career….which is a fact that can not be disputed!
I’m a HUGE Fedor fan, but I must let you know that he doesn’t have a perfect record. He lost 1 fight that was stopped when he was cut early in the 1st round while fighting in PRIDE. However, having said this, he’ll destroy Tim Sylvia who is one dimensional, just watch the Coutour-Sylvia fight and you’ll see that. And Fedor has fought a legit heavyweight when he fought Mark Coleman who was a great wrestler and the originator of the Ground and Pound! Mark couldn’t even bring him down and Fedor just beat him up pretty bad.
“Boring submission”???
You need to watch boxing and leave MMA to the grownups, son.
Hey all….keep your eyes out for Pat Speight. This guys gonna be a star! A real disciplined fighter.
WOW, are you for real I guess you never heard of Pride fighting and seen Fedor in action. He’s a wreaking ball.
Sylvia has no chance in this fight.
The Barnett vs Rizzo, should be a great fight.
Fedor is going to punish sylvia. sylvia fights for the win… fedor fights for the kill!
Fedor is definitely one of the best today, but I am honestly questioning these past 2 years of fights for him. Besides maybe Lindland, Fedor really hasn’t fought anyone proven in a couple years. Mark Coleman? Maybe in ‘96. I don’t know…lets see what happens.
I think it will be a very entertaining fight.
I agree chad, and Lindland looked good and coleman had his back. I got Timmy
The only thing I would change about this spectacular fight card would be that I would have Matt Lindland vs. Babalu!
I know that Lindland is a middleweight (traditionally), but he has fought against heavier fighters. he fought Fedor and he fought Rampage…I would have liked to see Lindland move up to LHW and face Babalu…That would be an awesome match up.
me too as stated below. a.a. vs rothwell would go along ways too.
To be frank, Ive watched a few of Fedors fights, and ive watched Sylvias fights.Sylvia lacks in the technique department where Fedor is good in both stand up and ground. I usually say lets see what happens, so lets see what happens. Its good to see a variation of MMA competitions aside from UFC, its better for the sport anyway.
i fully agree, im really looking forward to this card. iv also been enjoying watching the WEC, although i know the UFC do own the organization, i think it is a good way for fighters to get on the “ladder”.
Antonio Silva vs. Ben Rothwell would be great.
barnett is a great spokesman for mma, the dude is very well spoken.
How could you want Sylvia to beat Fedor? Sylvia is a punk, and he’s really not a very good fighter.
Cro Cop did an interview a while back and said that the matchup for Fedor against Sylvia was a tought one. But, thought Fedor has a slight edge. He then went on to say the Fedor vs Couture matchup would be an win for Fedor easily. Is it just me, or did Cro Cop miss the Sylvia vs Couture fight where Couture owned him for 5 straight rounds?
Also, in a previous article posted about the Affliction show, there were rumors of Andrei Arlovski possibly fighting at the show. Is that still a possibility. I want to see him fight, soon and often. But, I really would like to see him sign back with the UFC. If he fights for Affliction once and it goes well, he gets paid. Probably no turning back from there.
Is it possible they are trying to land a Rothwell vs Arlovski fight? That would just make this card unbelievabe.
Fedor vs Sylvia
Barnett vs Rizzo
Lindland vs Negao
Sobral vs Whitehead
Rothwell vs Arlovski ???
Could be a great night of fighting. And, probably will be.
Yeah I think that kick to the head from Gonzaga made him a little bit stupid. If randy could keep from being submitted then he could beat Fedor. He would control the stand up and could easily get the take down but he would probably want to keep the fight standing if it ever happened.
alistair overeem’s older brother submitted randy within about 2 minutes. yeah, fedor would do the same
That was a long time ago, Randy submission game has come a long way from there, his sub defense I mean.
Beating Sylvia does not mean that Randy will be a better match up for Fedor. Sylvia is big with good reach and a decent stand up. Randy on the other hand is much smaller than Sylvia and would probably not last long if Fedor got a couple of his bone cracking punches in. I’ve seen a good deal of Fedor, Randy, and Sylvia fight and in all honesty I really do think that Randy is asking for a loss by calling out Fedor. IMO the best challenge to Fedor would come for Arlovski. Maybe some people will disagree here but Fedor has a better standing game than Sylvia and a better ground game than Randy, he would be an all around fighter that would more than likely submit Fedor himself.
randy is one of the all time greats but at 44 he would have no chance of beating fedor. fedor is to strong and aggresive for randy and would just bum rush him and submit him. even tho randy owned tim its just the different styles, a good example of this is wanderlie silva destroying jackson twice then jackson destroying chuck twice then chuck beating silva. its just a clash of styles with fedors being the dominant.
I really hope that Affliction is hear to stay. Any organization giving us so many top fighters on one card is GREAT in my book and if they can pull this off, and profit from it….there will be great things out of this promotion in the future.
I am starting to get the feeling that Ardlovski is headed to Affliction for sure. Over a month ago when the fights on this card were starting to rumor around the net, it was said that Arlovski would fight Rothwell and that rumor created a big buzz. The next day Ben Rothwell posted a response on another site and seemed really pissed off that this info was leaked to the public. He was trying to deny it saying he cant talk about that kind of stuff cause arlovski was still under contract with the UFC, but it seemed like the fight was going to happen and he was just trying to cover it up.
I cant wait for July. If anyone honestly thinks that Fedor isnt going to destroy Sylvia, then they officially no nothing about MMA!!!
Holy crap! I am all giddy right now. I live about a half an hour from the Honda Center. If that wasn’t enough you posted a rumored fight card. I have to go to this. It’s right around my b-day too. Any idea when and how I can buy tickets?
I was searching under their names, but here it is:
http://www.hondacenter.com/EventDetails.aspx?eventDateID=364
I wounldn’t be so sure about that John. Fedor could sub Tim like Nog did, But he CAN’T take the beating nog took and still stay awake. Fedor doesn’t have any better (probably worse) striking defence than Nog and Nog took a BEATING for over 2 rounds with Sylvia. Fedor will go in with his reckless style and eat one of Tim’s big right hands and get KTFO. I know Fedor can take a punch, but Nog is the only guy that can eat Tims punches all day long.
Just because Couture beat Sylvia, doesn’t mean Couture could beat everyone that Sylvia beat. Different fighter styles bring about different possibilities.
i too dislike sylvia as a fighter, hes a complete non athlete and relies on one off punches . hes even tried using illegal performance enhancing drugs in the past, obviously to no avail.
as for arlovski, i cant understand why the UFC arnt doing all they can to sign him again, especially the way the division looks at the moment, hes a big name and a top fighter. he just had a dip in performance which happens to to the best of them, buts he on the way up again! any thoughts on the ufc not signing him again, is their something going on behind the scenes??
Gotta give it to Affliction, that is one hell of a card.
I’ll definitely be tuning in for this one.
Competition is the best thing for the sport!
Wow!! it looks like there going to give the ufc a run for its money!
I know that Sylvia is “being loaned out” by Adrenaline for this fight, but how many others are currently signed to other companies? Since it seems like Affliction is paying an awful lot of money for this card, it isn’t out of the question to think that it COULD only be this one show.
Although I realize it wouldn’t happen, just imagine if the UFC (or someone else – Mark Cuban) bought out this organization just like the WFA. They would essentially get Babalu, Fedor, Rothwell, Lindland, Barnett, Rizzo and possibly Aleksander Emelianenko and Paul Buentello (rumored to be fighting each other on this card) all in one buyout.
Just something (unlikely, but fun) to think about…
Correction: I realize that Rothwell is also signed to Adrenaline.
Aleksander Emelianenko will not be on this card. He cannot fight in the US. He is a convicted felon in Russia. No possibility of getting a work visa. But it surely would be great to se that fight.
Aleks is indeed a felon but that doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to get him here for a fight. As to the UFC buying out this company, they would have to renegotiate a contract with each fighter or when they bought Pride they would have gotten Gomi and Fedor.
Although I follow all MMA I only buy the UFC pay per views. The others just aren’t worth it to me all things considered. Now,however all things considered I can’t pass this one up. Oh well, I guess I will be pouring water on my cereal and its rice and top ramen everyday that month.
will air on HDNet which is free if you have one. subscribe a cable or satelite with HDNet, I have Time Warner cable box HD(Scientific Atlanta cable box). get the HD one if your TV have HDMI input or use the 5 wire component input for better graphics.
They do need Andrei, hes a big name in the U.S.A will definitely help their ppv buys. After this event they wont ever need Andrei unless a big big upset happens and Fedor loses to Tim. Tim is underrated by a lot of people even i talk shit about him but he is a top 10 fighter and hes proven it. So he has a punchers chance as Bas said. Glad to finally see Barnett fight again and matt as well. O yeah and cant forget Rizzo.
only air on HDNET channel which is free if you have one. im sure it will be live
So far so Good
Fedor Who? Lindland.Fedor.PPV. 10,000 buys. Most peole have no clue who Fedor is.
Thats before Randy called him out though.
if this happens it will be great, although it will be Afflictions only event, as this will cost them a bomb.
I don’t know how reliable this source is but…
http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?UID=b973fd1960517f32&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3ab973fd1960517f32Post%3a194b2262-5097-430c-be0e-37a9b13821bb
Non-pay-per-view fights:
• Savant Young – Mark Hominick
• Justin Levens – Ray Lazama
• J.J. Ambrose – Patrick Speight
• Mike Pyle – Brett Cooper
“The event also reportedly includes Strikeforce heavyweight contender and UFC veteran Paul Buentello against Fedor’s brother, Alexander Emelianenko. But Affliction is still waiting to get back signed contracts from them, Atencio said.”
This is such an easy fight of Aleksander but I’m such excited seeing him back in action.
Aleksander Emelianenko will not be on this card. He cannot fight in the US. He is a convicted felon in Russia. No possibility of getting a work visa.
And not only that but we might see Fedor – Barnett in October
Coutures contract with the UFC, despite the lawsuit, ends in October. So, if Fedor is gonna fight anytime around then, he’ll wait and make sure it’s Couture.
I’ll believe this card when i see it take place ON the day.
If it does take place, i can see Affliction giving up on MMA very quickly as it’s going to cost them a ridiculous amount to put together new shows of this calibre.
If it does happen, it will be great to watch Fedor demolish the flat footed giant.
so it is gonna be onppv, good deal! i wouldnt call this an all-star line-up, but would pay to see fedor/sylvia alone. i just wonder how much its gonna cost. if arlovski is added that would make it closer to being an all star line-up and would really put this card over the top. why dont they have babalu fighting linland, that would be a much better fight than whitehead/sobral and linland/ whatshisname.
damn, i just read i siit could be $45-$50 bucks. and they might only be showing the fedor/tim fight live. i just said i would pay to see this fight alone, but i might have to rethink that. that much for 1 fight is alot. this is all justspeculation at this point, but i migh just wait until the next day or later that evening and watch it on the net if it unfolds this way.im trying to stay positive though cuz i really want to see this fight.
I don’t know how there going to make money in the USA. This PPV is like 2 weeks after Rampage/Forrest. All the TUF fans will buy that card, but who will support Affliction. The die hard fans will, but there aren’t enough of us. No one in the USA even knows who Fedor is and the other half hate Big Tim. I don’t see how this will stay around for very long.
yea I agree with all of what you said, but people hate big tim but they still no who he is and will still watch him…. he’s kind of a love able rogue…. I use that term loosely… very loosely
fedors fans would probably pay $100 bucks to see fedor alone, but how many u.s. fans does fedor have. he has alot on this site and others but thats only on in the low thousands. i forgot about rampage/forrest being so close. i would pay to watch it over affliction. a.a. vs rothwell might make me buy both.
Affliction clothing is very popular now. I’m sure they have lots of money to throw another event and also get a helping hand from Mark Cuban.
It will be shown on HDNet which is free. i’m sure it will be live. Don’t forget to watch DREAM 3 tommorow morning 3am et – 8am et live or 4pm et – 7:30pm et encore.
no it will be shown Hdnet which is free if you have one. I’m sure it will be live. oh don’t forget to watch DREAM 3 sunday morning 3am – 8am et live or encore 4pm – 7:30pm et.
Ok so this wont last long if they pay tim 800,000 and fedor a million. they will be out of bussiness fast no way they can afford that and if only the tim fight is live i would not pay 45 to watch one live fight ill just wait and see it on the internet a boring fight where fedor wins by arm bar
Affliction clothing is very popular now and still selling. I’m sure they have lots of money to throw another event. And also teaming up with Mark Cuban the billionaire probaply give a helping for financial expenses.
He’s a Billionaire for a reason…Cos he does not throw his money down the drain. He is a businessman who likes to make money. Money is the only reason Cuban is now in MMA.
If they are paying Fed 1 mill and tim 0.8 mill what are they paying
Josh Barnett?
Pedro Rizzo?
Matt Lindland?
Fabio Negao?
Renato “Babalu” Sobral?
Ben Rothwell?
Not to mention maybe AA and Baby Fed!!
Anybody care to try to put some figures to the names?
I’m thinking 4 mill + bonuses, just for those guys.
amazing card fingers crossed nothing gets cancelled along the way
Am I the only one who think sylvia will win this?, he’s too arkward for most fighters.
I don’t think he will, but I really hope he does!
Awesome CARD i wanna see it !
I wish they had a better opponent for Lindland
Matt wanted to fight David Terell to avenge his loss by KO in UFC back then.
ticket info?
I bet Dana’s getting jealous of the money purse for Silvia and Fedor cuz they never paid 800,000 – 1 mil for the fighters to the main event.
We’ll soon find out. I expecting Dana to come out soon and basically laugh and say they will lose a shit load of cash. But he will be jealous of the card that they are (hopefully) putting together.
Dana has not been commenting on this fight. I don’t think he will. Unlike the Kimbo Slice fight he cannot discredit the legitmacy of the fight. Not to mention Randy is 100% leaving UFC so he would only be hyping up a Randy-Fedor fight for Affliction. Also IMO this card is not supposed to make much money. Instead it is supposed to show what Affliction has to offer over the WEC, UFC, and Elite. This is Afliction getting their foot in the door by giving the real fans of MMA a free present. If all goes well, I’ll be looking to Afliction to keep building in the same way until they have a standing to challenge the UFC.
how do i see this ppv i have direct tv?!?!?!?!?!?
Only on HDNet channel which is free not PPV. It will be live i’m for sure. If you have it don’t miss Dream 3 coming out this sunday mourning at 3am – 8am live or encore at 4pm – 7:30pm.
sorry i mean eastern time
two things. ONE.. i live 5 minutes from anaheim, so if you want me to buy you a presale ticket, let me know.(Us l.a. people have access like that yo!!.. or somthing) and second, OHHH WHAT A CARD… i just wet myself… i think a little poo came out.
ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME WARNER CABLE (Scientific Atlanta cable box) HDNET CHANNEL NUMBER IS 1692 JUST IN CASE IF YALL THOUGHT THIS EVENT IS AIRING ON PPV WHICH IS NOT OR UNSURE WHAT CHANNEL HDNET IT’S ON. OH DON’T MISS DREAM 3 THIS SUNDAY MOURNING 3AM – 8AM ET LIVE OR ENCORE 4PM – 7:30PM ET.
the affliction people in this interview with bass and the baby face said it is a ppv?!?!?!??!
watch the whole thing!!!! so how do i get it idont have a hd tv just direct tv
they said the affliction guy with bass r. and babby face said it was a ppv!!!!!!
watch the clip the whole thing i have no hd tv nor hdnet only direct tv they make it seem like i can watch wat gives!!
really? I must have missed that part. i googled it I couldn’t find some info of this event airing on PPV just HDnet. maybe Bass / Baby face have mistaken. i’m still unsure about this event airing on PPV or HDnet, great now im confused. I guess you’re still stuck with direct tv cuz my cousin have one too but no HDNet too. i have time warner cable (Scientific Atlanta cable box) so you need to order one of those to have HDnet. you don’t need an HD tv for HDnet, just for better graphics if you prefered.
just incase tim ko fedor, then rizzo knockout josh for the 2nd time, its SHOCKING!
yo jerkofff, from si…about it being a ppv…
In addition to the previously announced heavyweight clash between Fedor Emelianenko and Tim Sylvia, Affliction vice president Tom Atencio told SI.com on Thursday that the pay-per-view portion would feature bouts between Pedro Rizzo and Josh Barnett; Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Mike Whitehead; and either Matt Lindland’s against Fabio Negao, or Ben Rothwell’s versus an undetermined opponent.(Rumors have Rothwell fighting former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, but Atencio, without giving names, said there were a couple options available.)
thank you for the info.
dana w. is a jerk-off…Quote from dana in s.i.
“I never had a problem with Affliction clothing until they took a picture of Couture and Fedor with no Affliction shirts on, but it looks like a fight poster,” UFC President Dana White told The Canadian Press in April.
Atencio felt the dispute was related to the Couture-Zuffa squabble that played out in the press at the time. But depending on the July event’s success, it could possibly bolster the perception that Affliction has moved into a competitor’s stance against the UFC and other top promotions. from si
sure dana oh and you would be ok with the affliction shirts on, not!
you’ve blocked anyones interest but your own in your own demise
Is it going to be in a cage or ring? I have not read what they are going to fight in yet. I would say if Fedor is fighting, it must be in a ring.
I think competition for the UFC will only help the sport and the long-term interests of the fighters. Good luck with that.
its gonna be in a ring.
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what a great card…i don’t care what people say about him…but i wanna see babalu fight again..
Does anyone know when they are going to start selling tickets. I called the Honda center and they have no idea so I then called Affliction directly and they could not tell me anything either.
Tim Sylvia is the slowest, most boring heavyweight ever. We’ll see if Fedor even breaks a sweat. Fedor has DOMINATED opponents both stand up and ground. Can you say the same about Sylvia? Hell no!! It’s just so unfortunate that he’s the best we’ve had even though he’s lost more than Fedor. At least now theres some excitement in the HW division..
Correction for John! Although I’m an obsessed Fedor fan, he did indeed lose a pride fight. The fight was stopped quickly because Fedor suffered a cut the Referee stopped the fight. However, I do agree with John that Fedor is the Best heavyweight out there. Tim Sylvia is a one dimensional fighter as Randy Couture proved and Fedor will eat him alive. Just ask Mark Coleman who was a great fighter/wrestler and the original ground and pounder! He couldn’t even bring Fedor down for most of their fight and he was beaten up pretty bad for his attempts. Tim will be beaten and then submitted.
hey brett wanted to make a correction. fedor never lost a pride fight. his cut from nog was an accidental headbutt and ruled a no contest. he did however lose a match in rings to kohsaka from an accidental elbow. since it was a tournament, they needed someone to proceed and since fedor was cut, kohsaka was declared the winner. but in pride fedor brutally avenged this loss. still, fedor is virtually undefeated in mma. your right though man, fedor is definitely the best fighter in mma. i dont care what that fag dana white or anyone says.
thats gay they have to go by the athletic commission. who cares if fighters want to take roids. its not as bad for you as the media portrays it. as long as you dont use it for a long period of time and dont take insane ammounts, it wont harm you. lot of celebrities are even for it. chris rock says athletes should be able to use them because it makes them better. arnold says he has no regrets using them. and look at royce gracie basically got away with it on the k1 heroes event. they didnt take his win away even though i thought sakuraba did better anyway. but then with gomi vs nick diaz they take diaze’s amazing win away, fined him and all he did was smoke pot. all gracie got was a fine. another thing is the rules suck. knees to the head is a must. stomps too. its not that brutal and much more exciting. they also should only allow elbows to the head if they have pads. otherwise it causes cuts too much. sure knees can too but you can take a lot more elbows than knees before the fight is done. anyway this is sure to be the best mma event of 08 and i hope the ufc crumbles for never having a single good card, and for bad office politics.
FEDOR to WIN – Slvia is 1D – his balance is crap, his strikes are hard but sloppy, his kicks aren’t great, his ground has no game.
FEDOR is gonne topple and punish SYLVIA, i don’t rate SYLVIA, couldn’t even finish Vera while he had a broken hand, come on… Doesn’t really deserve a shot vs FEDOR but this is a money maker this event, so they needs household UFC names to give it a kick.
Hope AA wins, miss him in UFC, great charismatic guy.
Sylvia just looks like someone who needs a good azz-kicking. The tatoos, the hair, the flabby body…he just looks like a bar brawler, not an MMA fighter? Where is the “Mixed Martial Arts” in his game? Is he really a martial artist? I hope Fedor, a skilled fighter, beats him like a rented mule, then makes him tap out, maybe also twist his head off, hold it up for the crowd to see and shout,
“Are you not entertained?!”
FEDOR JUST KILLED SYLVIA any one attending the funeral???