Affliction MMA today made the broadcast team official for its debut show, “Banned,” which will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on July 19.
And the veteran voice of mixed martial arts Mauro Ranallo -– who was believed to be part of the ensemble -– will not call the fights for the upstart promotion.
In fact, according to press release issued just this morning, “television sports reporter and announcer, Jay Glazer, will handle blow-by-blow action” for the pay-per-view (PPV) and Fox Sports Net (FSN) telecasts.
Glazer will be shoulder-to-shoulder in the booth with color commentators, Frank Trigg and “Big” John McCarthy. This won’t be the first time Glazer and Trigg have teamed up -– the pair hosted the Pride FC special programs that often aired on FSN.
Affliction: ‘Banned’ will begin at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on FSN in the United States and The Fight Network in Canada. The broadcast will run for one hour on those networks, featuring two bouts (Aleksander Emelianenko vs.Paul Buentello and Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin) before moving directly to PPV.
The main card on PPV will showcase the inaugural WAMMA heavyweight championship fight between Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) and Tim “The Main-iac” Sylvia (24-4) in the main event, as well as several other marquee match ups that include Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Ben Rothwell, Renato “Babalu” Sobral and others.
To check out the latest Affliction card for “Banned” click here.
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Jay Glazer as a replacement? WEAK!
MAD WEAK!!
Big John + Mauro + Trigg would have been much better.
I wonder if they have a hate on for Mauro?
OFFTOPIC;
I just read through an interesting break-down of this weekends main event between Rampage and Forrest.
It is the punch, grappling and a total performance rating- stats from all rounds.
It is pretty cool. check it out if you got the time.
http://www.fightmetric.com/fights/Griffin-Rampage.html
That fightmetric is pretty cool.
Yeah I know! I just found it today…pretty cool shit.
I was surfing the net on Rampage/Griffin articles and it just came about..
I thought some maniac’s would find it interesting..
I wonder if they do that for every fight? I havn’t even browsed around the site yet…I just checked out the stats and then came here and posted..
That metric is only striking..do you think there is submission attempt one?? I like when like in XC..when they show takedown attempts, submission attempts, kicks, etc.. during the fight. I wonder the UFC doesn’t incorporate that into the fight broadcast.
I saw a link to that site on my hockey message board. Fightmetric is a cool site.
PhilQNY, Did you click through the three box’s at the top of the screen?
they are striking-grappling-TPR/decision.
If you click on grappling you will get the subbmisson ratio, aswell as takedowns ect..
And the TPR/decision box is the total preformance rating, and it has stats aswell as the final prediction..
Also you can click round by round at the bottom..
And click on the homepage to see stats on other fights.
lol – the System ruled the fight exactly as I did, same rounds, same final result: 47-47.
@PhilQNY: you need to click the different tabs – there is also grappling, overall offensive rating, submission attempts, passings on the ground and so on.
Mauro came from Canadian pro wrestling and has ZERO respect in the MMA world, unless your a want to be like he is of course.
Thanks Stagger-Lee.
THats what I said 47-47
very cool site. Would have been even cooler if they judged the fight…….
I hear that mike!
HEY STINKY,
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Did you see that the 700 dollar ringside seats in stockton are still available? I was pretty close to going, but am deciding against it unless my connection comes through with tickets. If you can still by the best seats in the house, it’s a pretty sure thing that it won’t sell out!
Those floor seats are usually some of the last to go. They are very over priced. SOme people don’t mind the nose bleeds for $30. If you take the wife, you’re spending like $2 G’s on tickets.
Plus Stockton isn’t exactly the riches town from what I hear.
cmon mike, do they go last at a mediocre ufc event?
At mediocre UFC events, the majority of floor seats are reserved for fighters, family, employees, and COMPS.
Does anyone have any background on Glazer? I absolutely could not stand him when he did the Pride programs. I know he was joking, but he was so condescending towards Trigg, that I used to pray for Trigg to knock him out.
Wow, just looking at the fight metric, it almost appears that Forrest won the fight.
No, fight metric had the fight at an even 47/47=DRAW.
Yeah, weird huh?
Hey Stagger-Lee, Looking at the fight metric it doesnt make sense. It shows Forrest winning every round on strikes but the 4th. So give round 1 to Rampage for dropping Forrest right. So Rampage won 1 & 4, Forrest winning the rest with the 2nd 10-8. So how does that site have a draw?
JV,I was thinking the same thing but im not exactly sure how it works just yet. I just saw it today for my first time, and thought other maniacs would find the whole idea interesting.
But i was thinking in the striking catagory for example,,they have two different catagory’s saying;
HiPer strikes and
LoPer strikes.
I am assuming that it means high percentage and low percentage..And as you see “it shows forrest winning every round exept the 4th”. But if you look they have Forrest winning most the LoPer and Rampage wins the HiPer…Also Forrest wins most strikes, but with a bad percentage…Maybe that had something to do with it?
Or maybe failed submissions?
I dont know?,,I should read into how it works, more, but I am tired and have to get some sleep for tonight.
btw-I did not put this up to change peoples minds or anyting.I stumbled across it earlier today. I just think it is kind of cool(4 all fights), and it has more then just Rampage/Forrest fight break-down..
I know you didnt put it up to change peoples minds. It was a dam good find. I was looking at it for alittle while to try to figure it out too.
My bad, I didn’t mean for that last bit to be directed at you..It probably sounded that way..
I have been “being attacked” on account of I think Rampage should have won..And that was directed to others.
Glazer was joking, Glazer and Trigg are extremely ‘tight’.. I think Glazer was in Triggs wedding party and may even have been his best man… they joke a lot in condesending ways, with Triggs often being the butt of the joke… it’s the way they roll. I didn’t ever see Triggs offended… he’s a very overly confident and funny guy.
Thanks for the info. I always wondered why Trigg didn’t kill him during commercials. lol
Yeah I just read that about 10 min ago. I am mad pissed with decision…
Frank Trigg is not to bad, but Mauro totally got shafted on this one…
IMO-The best 5 MMa broadcasters are as follows(in order)-
Bas Rutten
Joe Rogan
MAURO RENALLO!
Frank Mir
and now, even before he does it he makes #5 on the list-
Big John.(but he will probably move up as time goes)
I was really looking forward to Big John and Mauro..That would have been a great combo for calling a fight!
Yeah, stiffing Mauro in favor of Glazer is just stupid. Stager lee: i have them ranked in the same order as u do. Couture is up there as well, but he is only a part time commentator anyway!
john, yes you are right!
I completely forgot about Randy…He does a great job commentating…He would probably take Big Johns spot at 5(for now) considering Big John is new to comentating.
I do think John will do a great job. He is very knowledgable, and as a former MMa ref(the best), he should have an unbiased stand-point…He will keep it real and call it as he see’s it..
Still bummed that Mauro wont be at his side..I wonder why he got the shaft?
Not a big fan of Glazer, but there is worse. Mauro always does a solid job.
Watching the Melendez/Thomson Strikeforce event, I got REALLY annoyed with Bas’s sound effects. He really needst to drop them.
Frank Mir and Joe Rogan are the best.
Listening to Rogan and Goldy commentate, you would think that Goldy was the comedian for all the stupid stuff he says that I always laugh at.
Stupid?At least they don’t cry to their uncle!
I’d like for Mir, Rutten, Trigg and Rogan to sit with Bill Goldberg and make fun of his announcing until he cries.
LMAO!
He would cry too…Goldberg is one MMa announcer I could do with-out!
who cried to thier uncle?? I don’t get it?
john did!
Florian is pretty good too.
yeah i agree.
I dont mind Florian at all..He is an intelligent guy, and calls a good fight aswell..
He was jokes too when he covered for Joe..
Kenny even dressed like Joe, with the black dress shirt with the big collar..And the way he interviewed the fighters in the post fight..Putting his arm around the fighter and acting like Joe…that cracked me up…
Joe Stevenson is a pretty intelligent guy aswell. He would probably do alright too.
mauro def would have been more fitting though im sure frank trigg and big john will pick up the slack just fine.
Glazer is about as weak as the WAMMA belt. Has anyone seen the pic of it? It looks like something you can get at Toys R Us or the swap meet.
Forgot the pic of the belt was posted on here already. My bad.
You know, in that case, you should really think about boycotting that belt.
Good move.
I used to really like Mauro as a commentator, but now he’s just grating. Just annoying to listen to, and when he comes out with his over the top analogies i want to rip off my ears like that infamous meth addict ripped off his balls <– yes, that’s a piss take on his annoying analogies.
Quadros would be better though. Trigg has become a lot better as a commentator, he can play both the colour role and P2P role if Glazer starts slacking. Good move.
Not sure about Big John though, haven’t heard him commentating – would have been gold if they managed to get Randy Couture instead – he’s really good at the commentating role, and gives a great inside perspective that other commentators miss, for example i remember Travis Lutter went for an ankle pick on Silva and Joe Rogan commentated “oh that looked horrible, travis is so exhausted” or something like that, yet Randy was right in there complimenting travis saying “GREAT ankle pick, he shot in low, really nice” or something like that — of course travis got the takedown. Basically Randy’s really good.
Damn i’m rambling again
Mauro sucks… hate his false/radio voice.
He actually talks like that when he’s not interviewing.
I dont mind him actually, reminds me of the good old days at pride!
after being diapointed in that last ufc event i can’t wait for afflcition
I think with this pass shitty card ufc86.. the ufc may of helped out Affliction’s first show..during my eyes burning as I was watching ‘86..all I could think of was..April 19th..April 19…April 19th..
Why, what’s on April 19th?
Are you serious?? Affliction : Banned and UFN on Spike with Anderson Silva in main event fighting at 205.
april was a couple months ago bud
My brains are fried. I meant July 19th. MY BAD!!!!
LOL, Phil, I usually look forward to every April 20th, not so much the 19th…
By the sounds of it, you know what I’m talking about!!!
july 19 phil not april.
i hate fedor
i like jay glazer alot. i think he is a very good amdassador to the sport. he is definelty one of the guys helping to make the sport go mainstream. im pretty sure i saw glazer at sat night’s fight. im not sure what kind of color guy he will be, but his passion for the sport cant hurt. im a little surprised that some dont like him.
WAMMA… lol. What a joke.
The whole WAMMA thing is a joke! How do these guys come in and try to get a piece of the pie and they dont even run events or put up money? WAMMA wanted to see who has the best fighters and who is the best. Champ Vs Champ to see who the best are. Last I checked Tim sylvia is not a champ. This fight is no differant then say, tim Vs Big Nog, you still have other champs that are out there. If Tim wins is he the best all of the sudden? Thats what Wamma is trying to figure out.
IMO WAMMA should be Champs Vs Champs
even though Nelson from the IFL is not a top ten guy, he is a Champ from another org, who doesnt get the chance to fight the top guys else were. Nelson Vs Fedor is more of a WAMMA concept fight. But of course WAMMA wasnt set up for what they claim, they are set up to break the UFC down and dis credit there champs.
WAMMA is a joke, liked the idea somewhat until they said somehow Tim Vs Fedor is a WAMMA title fight, LOL!
Is this the same Tim who has lost to Couture and Big Nog of late?
I could not have said it bettter, but I have in previouse posts.
BURN!
Rogan is a dumbass sorry but had to say it.Glazer at least has half a clue what hes talking about and mauro is only good when bas is there
And the wamma concept is to try and straighten out the rankings top ten guys can fight and actually fix the rankings so ya it has nothing to do with champ vs champ cus then you could put Wiuff vs Nelson and then try to say theyre the best
Trigg and Glazer were on that Fox Sports Net Pride show, so Trigg probably said “I know a guy” and voila.
Probably also ties into their previous announcement with fox airing the pre-lims.
Glazer is already a company man, no need to extend the payroll.
the reason it is champ Vs Champ is because they have beaton the best in there org, and they dont get a chance to fight each other. Its to find a true #1, but how is this done with Tim in the mix, he just lost and isnt the best in any org right now.
It wasnt to sort just rankings otherwise the UFC takes care of about 80% of that. Nog Vs Werdum or Fedor Vs Tim it doesnt do anything differant or more. WAMMA is a joke!
Wiuff Vs Nelson would atleast point out whos champ is better, then they could defend against Overeem and then the winner Vs Fedor, then the winner Vs Nog ect. Its not to pit two top guys against each other, we get that from the UFC and other on a monthly basis.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s4oJsSnmGkw
very funny video with mauro and cro cop!