There’s a general consensus among mixed martial arts fans who typically pony up $40 to watch a pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast that he or she should be entitled to see all the fights on the card.
That doesn’t usually happen because of time restraints and other “in show” productions such as fight previews, interviews, commercials for upcoming shows, ring entrances and so on.
However, Affliction will look to buck that trend with its debut event dubbed “Banned,” which will air for free on Fox Sports Net in the United States at 8 p.m. ET and at the same time on The Fight Network in Canada and then transition to a paid pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.
Indeed, Affliction has informed MMAmania.com that the upstart promotion will shoot to televise all the fights live on the mixed broadcast. However, and this is important, there is no guarantee that all fights will air.
Here’s how it will work:
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports Net):
265 lbs.: Paul Buentello (25-10) vs. Gary Goodridge
185 lbs.: Vitor Belfort (16-8) vs. Terry Martin (16-4)
145 lbs.: Mark Hominick (15-8) vs. Savant Young (9-7)Main card (Televised on PPV):
265 lbs.: Fedor Emelianenko (27-1) vs. Tim Sylvia (24-4)
265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (12-5) vs. Ben Rothwell (29-5)
265 lbs.: Josh Barnett (21-5) vs. Pedro Rizzo (16-7)
185 lbs.: Matt Lindland (20-5) vs. Fabio Nascimento (8-3)
205 lbs.: Renato “Babalu” Sobral (29-7) vs. Mike Whitehead (20-5)Swing bouts (To be featured on PPV if time permits):
205 lbs.: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (13-3) vs. Edwin DeWees (35-12)
185 lbs.: Justin Levens (9-8) vs. Ray Lazama
170 lbs.: J.J. Ambrose (9-1) vs. Mike Pyle (16-5-1)
Affliction essentially has a four-hour block on PPV to feature eight fights; however, there are all of the other “in show” responsibilities that also need to be addressed. In particular, there is a mini Megadeth concert slated to take place during the presentation (in addition to all of the other stuff mentioned above).
Therefore, the swing bouts “may” be used if time permits and the promotion will work hard to squeeze them in. However, there are no guarantees … just like with any other PPV we have watched in the past.
Affliction “Banned” is set for the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, July 19, 2008. Remember that MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the action on fight night at 8 p.m. ET right here.
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Wicked!!! the way it should always be!!! ty Affliction!
Woooooohoooo!!Can’t wait to see those Brazilians in action again. Vitor shouldn’t be just a ghost of his former self. Babalu should listen to the ref this time[or to feel the tap out]. Rizzo will give BArnett a sense of deja vous….And the not so Brazilian Fedor would give little Timmy a good spanking!
This is amazing news and hopefully eventually Affliction will push the UFC to do the same thing!!!
I truly hope that Affliction lasts because for an upstart company, I am very impressed. They seem to really understand what the hardcore fans want. All this for a 1st show is very impressive. EliteXC has survived and they NEVER put together anything close to what Affliction is doing tomorrow night aND ITS ONLY THEIR 1ST SHOW
no, you’re right no one has done this, but no one would ever pay a main event more than double what you’ll make off ppv buys alone. great card, bad business!
Save a thought for us UK guys who won’t get to see it until the dust well and truely settles
Yeah man. I really hope Fedor breaks the arm clean off Timmy Tomatoe Face. And The old Vitor will Return. Just you watch….
Yeah! I really do hope the Phenom of old would return. The same Vitor that obliterated Wanderlei Silva! Man that’s really worth payin’ for IMO!Vitor via TKO[strikes]!!
KEVIN’S POLL:
simple yes or no…
yes for me to continue my morning conversations
no for me to stop.
feel free to vote mania!
there’s no reason to do this to yourself. don’t make a big deal out of this.
Yes.
i should evean respond to this kevin, but i dout people even care enough to vote on your stupid poll, you think a little to high of yourself and you knowledge of mma.
Abstain…I’m one apathetic motherf*ck! Props to you though for always bein’ up to date!!
kevin, if you enjoy putting up the conversations, by all means continue. The entire point to this site is to discuss topics pertaining to MMA, and your discussions inspire debate and provide others with your analysis and opinions. So keep it up, bro. Don’t let 12 year old wankers like bill (above) bring you down.
this is gonna be sooooo awesome.. OHHHHH.. i think i just orgasmed.. ill be back, gotta change the shorts.
alright guys, here are my thoughts on the affliction show!
I can’t believe it starts off with two huge match ups for free. For those of you who are new to the sport, Vitor Belfort is an unbelievable fighter, he is always exciting to watch. Wheli Aleks Emelienko is sometimes out of shape, I have a feeling he will be in shape and ready to go in this one.
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I’ve been the most vocal about the fact that I think Affliction will fail as a promotion. It’s simple economics, you can’t pay one fighter more money than your ppv revenue and ticket sales generate. I was also scared that with two promotions, we’d have twice as many ppv’s to buy, adding to already soaring costs of living. Then I got to thinking. If affliction succeeds, UFC will have to ink a deal with a major network or HBO, the average consumer will not buy two PPV’s a month.
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Before I get into the fights, I cannot believe John didn’t take a third of his betus account and go for one night to CA and to this event. He has been an outspoken advocate of this event, and when it comes to Fedor fans, would probably make out with him if given the opportunity!
Barnett, Babalu, Lindland, Rizzo and arlovski are enough to entice the hardcore fans. I don’t see any of the big names losing (except Rizzo), but the lopsided match ups could mean great KO finishes!
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* Fedor/Sylvia! WOW, I have watched the last emperor 5 times in a month, and it gets me more pumped every time! That said, I feel Sylvia will jab Fedor to death and keep him at bay. His take down defense is good, his power is great! The intangible in my mind is in the past 2 years, Tim has fought top 10 opponents over and over, while Fedor hasn’t fought anyone! I’m a Fedor fan and don’t care for Tim much, so this is my honest unbiased opinion! Watch for a 4th round uppercut connecting and Timmy pouncing. If I’m wrong or right, it doesn’t matter…This should be the fight of the year either way!!!
Gotta agree with ya there. Nice write up.
just remembet 25001 ppv nuys kevin, don’t try ducking out on it.
lol, fedor hasn’t sold 50000 in 2 ppv’s. I hope you win roy, that’s why I’ve been ignoring you. is this the biggest bet of your life or what?
well see kevin, mostly i thought you where going to try and duck out or say you didn’t make that stupid bet, but come monday your comments will read kevin doesn’t know sh*t.
buys
Kevin: u really think I wouldnt give my left nut to be there? No way it could have happened! I had 3 exams Today, 2 on Monday and 1 on Tuesday, not to mention the 4 papers have due between this week and next week. Its really BURNING ME THAT I AM NOT ON MY WAY TOO CALI!!!!
Cant wait for Affliction (THe Main course), then I will watch the UFN replay for Desert! Not a bad night!
Got some bets down, but I still have a few more fights that I need to wager on….Cant wait to watch my hometown up and coming Animal, Eddie Alvarez take the DREAM title! Whoooo!
ok john…nap time guys, mania has a few comments of mine to post, I’ll check back in a bit.
side note, I can’t wait until school starts back up so the kids are only here on the weekends when i’ve got better things to do!
kevin would pay your way there for your left nut(or you could throw in both) it sounds like to me.
Yeah I live about an hour from the honda center, but i was not about to pay $300 for a seat in the depths, or $100 for upper deck. I cant believe that they sold this event out with those prices.
yeah i was going to go too but the best seats where 1000 and the seats i wanted where 250-450 for that price i will through a party at my house and just ppv, i am glad they sold out though that alone will be a goood gate and if they do alright on the ppv they might break even or even make some money-kevin
Yea, the fact they put on an amazing card was enough alone, but the fact they are showing prelims for free and scheduling the event for 4 hours to show all the fights? Incredible, if every PPV is like this, I will be buying every single Affliction PPV.
yeah great deal for 40 bucks.
UFC should follow suit by having the prelims of their PPV’s on Spike. But since Dana didnt think of it first, it won’t happen.
So you mean show the entire card on Spike lol
Not all UFC events are free. Let me explain: Pay Per View’s are events that you pay to view, they are not free, get it? Not all preliminary bouts are showed on these so called “Pay Per View’s” (maybe one or two are shown). Stop me if I’m going too fast, ok? Being that the prelims aren’t normally part of the Pay Per View’s, it would be cool if they (the UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship) showed the preilims on Spike for free prior to the “Pay Per View” starting, kind of like Affliction is doing on FSN (Fox Sports Net in case you dont know what that is) prior to their PPV (Pay Per View in case you forgot). Do you understand what I was trying to say now?
Smokes-
You just got owned.
Lol whoa man slow it, I miss read. I totally agree with you for some reason I was thinking you meant they should follow suit and do it to block this Affliction event, I wasn’t thinking future PPV events. Anyway yeah I agree that they should do that and that would really help their PPV buys imo. Sorry for the error on my part of reading ha I suppose when I do that I get set up to get owned.
cool.
WRONG…look for a Fedor submission no later than round 2. If Randy could close the gap then Fedor will have no problem doing the same.
yeah and the randy win had nothing to do with the back surgery tim had right after the fight right?
and if Fedor cant close the gap with strikes look for him to kick those ready to buckle unstable knees of Tim.
SWEET,SWEET,SWEET!!
side note to the whiners. I’ve been coming to this site since it was called ufcmania (lots of you guys complaining probably had no clue it was called this). If you don’t like guys that post regularly posting irrellivant comments, ignore them. I hate to break it to you, but my corny “conversations” get more play than most comments on here, and some guys enjoy my opinion. If you can’t see the well thought out, unbiased thought I put into my comments, so be it. stop whining, and post something worth reading. Most of the guys complaining, regurgitate the same thing over and over, sorry if me, john, chef daddy, stinky and linx to name a few, have our own thoughts!
I am unsure when you started viewing the page, but that has been going on for a while now.
Later
Chris
what has??
you probally wish it was still called ufcmania because most of your comments seem to s*ck alot of ufc n*ts
WOW…did you not read my comment above? it didn’t mention the UFC. you are envying me a bit to much, you’re blinded by my knowledge. I’m a mma fan buddy, and you’re my #1 fan!! thanks!
john is your #1 fan he told me you give the best head
then why did you post back on some other unworthy comments? sounds like you’re the one who’s complaining on unworthy comments.
wait… kevins going to war??? (you non-newbies will understand this is SARCASM)
WAR KEVIN!!!!!
Kevin-
Don’t let the bashers bother you.
Keep your posts coming as long as they are MMA relevant and informative.
Kevin:
What!!! No Auto???
Even though its fun to see the back and forth action going on in this thread, “cant we all just get along” This is an MMA fans dream weekend!!! Lets get back to fighting on monday, cause I think most of us will need sunday to regenerate.
Well put JV. I actually got so involved in this little conversation that I FORGOT what today was for a minute! Need to get my happy mood back and look forward to tonight!
With Tims body he will always have problems…human bodys are not meant to be 6′8” 260. Randy took him down effortlessly. Once it goes to the ground…WHICH IT WILL…it will be over. Fedors ground game is second to none and Tim goes to the ground alot whether it be by losing balance, taken down, or hit with a right and dropped. When that happens the sambo champion will do what he does best!! Mark my words.
I dont whine or cry i am just debating with you. isnt that what forums are for?
I have been on this site for along time as well….i put ufcmania.com in the toolbar for a long time after it changed cause i couldnt break the habit.
lol, me too, luckily it would redirect you! thats funny man!!
i dont comment here very often but i been coming to this site for a while now and always love reading the threads and comments im a huge mma fan just like everybody here but reading all the bickering back and fourth is not what this site is about where here to talk about mma not be little drama queens
I second that! I too am a veteran viewer of this site. Lately it is getting a little out of hand with all the bickering. Seems like all these negative post are directed at the long time veterans of the site like John, Linx, Auto, Kevin, OJR, and Mexicutioner. What’s up with that? All these guys are very knowledgable about MMA from what I have read in the past.
John where are your picks?
i have only seen kevin and john attacked and its because of them hijacking threads and peoples posts nothins else and nothing against auto,phil, or linx who are more respectfull
Over the last 3 years Tim went to a decision with Assuerio Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Randy Couture, Jeff Monson, and Brandon Vera but somehow he is going to TKO Fedor? No way in hell will that happen!!
I hear what you are saying and agree with you totally. However it has occured, that upsets, and freak KO’s (and subs) do happen. But yeah, I’m with you there.
Sorry to get off the subject of MMA here but why is there a Barack Obama T-Shirt advertisement on your site Mania? Don’t you know that liberalism is a mental disorder?
PS….Despite not fighting anyone of significance for some time I still think Fedor defeats the “Maine-iac” by submission. And does anyone here know if Affliction events will be held in a cage or a ring?
Don’t you know that being an idiot is (quite literally) a mental disorder?
WAR BARACK!!!… uhhh, wait a minute… GO BARACK!!
Ring
Over the last 3 years Tim went to a decision with Assuerio Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Randy Couture, Jeff Monson, and Brandon Vera but somehow he is going to TKO Fedor??? No way in hell will that happen!!
http://www.cagetoday.com/mma-fight-weekly-affliction-vs-ufc-fight-night-14/
I just checked FSN on TV Guide.com and they aren’t listing anything for Affliction for tomorrow night. Am I missing something?
best card ever.
I said it along time ago, but I’ll say it again, Timmy is going to win.
and when he lose are you going to say it again that you where wrong
No, I will go into hiding and change my screen name. Yes I will admit if I’m wrong, but I really feel like if Tim can keep it standing, he’s going to pick Fedor apart.
Vitor all the way. Does anyone know what happened in Belfort and Joe Silva’s meeting a while back? Or why there was no signing?? UFC needs him back man. Could you imagine Belfort/Franklin? or Belfort/Silva or Marquardt??
Belfort vs anyone actually…
Fellows, correct me if I’m wrong, but I looked over the story above a couple of times and what I got out of it was they are going to try and show all the fights on the PPV, not the free tv. Showing the prelim fights when they can to fill in.