Affliction: ‘Day of Reckoning’ PPV to go head-to-head with UFC 91 replay on Spike TV Jan. 24
By: MMAmania
It’s déjà vu all over again for Affliction MMA on January 24.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has once again scheduled big-time Spike TV programming to counter an event from the upstart promotion.
“Day of Reckoning” is the sophomore effort for Affliction, featuring one of the most anticipated fights in the history of the sport between WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko and former UFC title holder Andrei Arlovski.
It’s a very important show for the future of Affliction, meaning that it needs as many fans as possible to tune in and purchase its pay-per-view (PPV) offering.
But, as usual, Dana White and Co. are going to do their best to ensure that doesn’t happen.
On the same night and at the same time, Spike TV will debut UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar,” which was billed as the “biggest fight in UFC history,” hauling in the second biggest pay-per-view (PPV) booty ever for Zuffa.
Lesnar defeated Randy Couture via second round technical knockout to capture the heavyweight crown in the UFC 91 main event. Kenny Florian toppled Joe Stevenson with a first round submission in the co-featured bout of the evening, reinforcing his position as the clearcut number one title contender in the 155-pound division.
It originally took place on November 15, 2008.
This latest news, of course, is made worse for Affliction because Golden Boy Promotions, which is supposed to be a promotional partner, is hosting a welterweight superfight between four-time world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Mexican sensation Antonio Margarito also on January 24.
“Day of Reckoning” has already been postponed — it was supposed to be held on October 11, 2008, before being moved to the new date. Perhaps the powers that be at Affliction are now wondering if they played that card a little too soon.
January 24 has turned into a crazy uphill battle … as if pulling off a successful mixed martial arts show wasn’t difficult enough on its own.
(Note that UFC 84: “Ill Will” aired opposite “Banned” on July 26 and UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” debuted on Spike TV October 11 — the original date for “Day of Reckoning.” UFC also used to counter program Elite XC when the promotion held events on CBS.)
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can anyone say cock~block?
LOL…good call stink
Or is it a BROCK-Block?
lmao~
definitley a brock~block.
good one crazy~
HAHA, speaking of LMAO, MMAWeekly has an interveiw with Andrei Arlovski and he said that “PEE PEE TASTE” beat hime twice, haha its a new interveiw.
Yeah Andrei actually dislikes Sylvia, he’s the only fighter he personnally wants to beat up. I just won a trip to Chicago to train with Arlovski and Tim Allegretti, maybe he will talk more about it! I’m super pumped. Anyways, he now sells a tshirt on his site that has him saying ‘how taste my pee pee’? lol!
Restoring “The Natural” Order
Pay your bets scumbag!
Wow, looks like Affliction really shot themselves in the foot by resceduling it on Jan 24th.
DW would have done it anyways - but he gets more douchy every time - last time at least it was a competing live show - now a re-run - what’s next - “best” moments of TUF 8?
Only thing they shot themselves on foot was to have it on the same day with that boxing event (I don’t care about boxing - will be interesting test to see which venue gets more spectators)
Affliction is done. There is no way they have 4 shows this year. Im not even sure if they will have this show. I’ll believe it when I actually see it on the 24th.
Also, why does anyone give any recognition to the WAMMA title or WAMMA at all? What exactly have they done for the sport aside from create a bureaucratic body for MMA? They are a fucking joke.
what are you talking about? what does this have to do with anything?
If you knew who the guys were that ran WAMMA (aside from Militech), you wouldn’t ask such a silly question
WAMMA champ is #1 fighter in the world - can’t say that about UFC Heavyweight champ or champs as you have 2 guys holding the belt (Brock & Nog) - that’s a joke
Agree.Why the fuck would someone not watch the Affliction card to watch a replay of UFC 91.Fights you already know the result of and have been talked about over & over again.
Matt Linland and Victor Belfort were going to fight for the middleweight WAMMA belt, which would have been a joke. Agreed Fedor is the best HW but all this WAMMA belt talk is BS and the whole WAMMA ORG is BS.
I know a lot of people that will watch the UFC because they are more casual as fans and they probably don’t know that Affliction exists. Not to mention not everyone was able to watch the event on PPV so they will tune in.
That is what I was thinking. Between this and the boxing match, it seems that this card may be doomed. I will watch the Affliction card, but outside of hardcore fans, I don’t know anyone that even knows about this fight.
I don’t need WAMMA to tell me that Fedor is the number 1 HW in the world.
Actually anger jack ufc has the best fighter in the world and he is there middleweight title holder anderson silva.
IMO, the card itself is decent. I just dont know the purpose of having WAMMA, a do nothing, poser organization, affiliated with their organization. If you do background on the head WAMMA officials, aside from Militech non of them have a background in MMA. They only want to supposedly ‘help fighters’ in hopes of financially benefiting themselves, plain and simple. Oh, I almost forgot, Goldberg’s purpose of being a part of WAMMA is trying to pretentend he knows about MMA and not look like the moron he is, as pefectly demonstrated in his commentary and post fight interview highlight videos on youtube.
You dont need to be a genius to know that Affliction isnt going to be around long. They are already in the hole big time, and there is no way that they are going to get a gate or enough PPV buys to cover the money they are paying their fighters. It’s basic math.
If this show on the 24th does still in fact happen, I’m more than certain it will be Afflictions last show.
Just ask anyone on here about how I said Elite XC was going to go under. You didnt have to be a genius either to see that one coming.
This is hardly surprising - Zuffa would have put up something on Spike for free no matter what day Affliction chose. It’s not like Affliction could keep the date a secret.
I don’t know why Affliction is even bothering. I guess they really screwed up when trying to get back together with the UFC and this is their only recourse. What a waste of time and money and (some) fighters.
It doesn’t matter what the Big D tries to pull - most people who will buy Affliction have already seen UFC 91.
And word for the losers who will not buy Affliction - get a job, get a DVR & stop kissing Dana White’s ****!
Stop kissing Dana White’s buttocks? Stop buying events from a promotion that has done NOTHING for MMA, in fact, you could say that it has taken MMA BACKWARDS! The promotion based on one man, Fedor. If Fedor loses, then Affliction goes down, because hardcore fans will go off of Fedor pretty fast even after only one loss.
They will? I’m a pretty big fan of Fedor, and if he lost I think it would be great.
It’s one thing to be the best, it’s another to get knocked off your pedestal and get back up. I don’t think he would be like Cro Cop and have his soul crushed. If Fedor were to lose to Arlovski, he would come back better and hungrier than ever.
Funny comment Adam - especially since you are right - if Fedor loses - RIP Affliction.
Until then - I will watch the best heavyweight fighters in the world to compete.
But Fedor will not lose - it would not be even close if it were against the UFC Champ Lesnar
I can’t understand how Affliction takes MMA backwards if they give you some of the best & ecxiting fighters in the world?
I think UFC is sometimes doing things backasswards - like NOT signing Fedor & letting some really good fighters go after 1 or 2 losses; UFC’s losses are other MMA orgs gains - and competition is healthy for the sport & benefitting viewers more than having just 1 monopolistic mma game in town.
I can’t understand how Affliction takes MMA backwards if they give you some of the best & ecxiting fighters in the world?
I think UFC is sometimes doing things backwards - like NOT signing Fedor & letting some really good fighters go after 1 or 2 losses; UFC’s losses are other MMA orgs gains - and competition is healthy for the sport & benefitting viewers more than having just 1 monopolistic mma game in town.
ive tried to pound this point into so many heads jack, it falls on so many deaf ears on this website though unfortunately… oh well
hahah the zuffa company can be a real asshole when it comes to other mma orgs. but they prevent buyers from ordering affliction and get money from the ratings so it works out good for the ufc
No contest…I was mildly disappointed with 91 anyways not to mention I have it PVRed…actully really looking forward to Affliction 2. Hopefully they have made some changes to their production.
True, but anyone that hasn’t seen Couture vs Lesnar or even just to save some cash while getting a few friends together for some beers is going to tune in to spike.
right with u one that mcarthur!
i am really looking forward to aff#2..
i was at banned and though the fights were good,
the production and megadeath along with all the wwf likeness,
had me not really feeling the show..
this card has shaped up alright[on paper]
aa-fedor will be off the wall son~
ya…just as excited to see Soko/Babalu, and hopefully Lindland get his ass KOed
Please tell me what in the world made you disappointed with UFC 91. You would be the first person I have heard of that didn’t think it was the best UFC in recent memory.
I’ll end up watching Fedor vs Arlovski, but having the Lesnar vs Couture card up on spike for free is definatley going to put a dent in PPV buys.
Seen it;
Last time they did better - they actually had live event;
DVR’d it
Fedor FTW
I hope Affliction is around for a long time. I like the competition. It is good and gives the fans alot more… In this case free stuff.
Only thing that sucks, I would like to see some of the guys in Affliction fight in UFC.
Most of those guys have already fought in UFC (except Fedor)
Even though Dana White & UFC bashes shows like Affliction (EliteXC) etc - their cards tend to get better - especially since UFC lets go plenty of talented fighters they can’t figure out how to use; interesting to see for how long they will stick around
Ya, the last card was not too shabby. Only thing that sucked is the Ring instead of the cage. Otherwise it was a fun fight.
The competition between orgs. will benefit us in so many ways, but we may miss out on some of the classic showdowns. I think this is more the fault of ownership being too greedy instead of just letting the fights happen. MMA may be more of a business than a sport.
The bottom line is Affliction has a darn good roster of fighters and they are growing it. So good, that questionably they have some of the best talent. As long as they have that and they are wise about their promotions, I don’t see why it wouldn’t grow. Of course they are already showing signs of stupid management??
yeah i like affliction and hope they do well but well see… theyre dropping too much coin on their fighters right now
This is why it won’t grow and will eventually fail:
1. Paying fighters more than market value (notice, I didn’t say “what they are worth” on purpose)
2. Openly looking to compete with the UFC which already has an established fan base and functional television deal with SPIKE (Elite would not have been able to do counter programming on a dime like this at CBS)
3. Building an organization around a fighter instead of building around your overall product (i.e. should your cornerstone fighter fail, you fail)
4. Buying superstars instead of making superstars puts you in the whole to begin with (spending too much on fighters in the beginning and expecting to recoup your losses later)
5. Thinking big name talent rather than production excellence will generate success (it never has in the past for any other organization doing anything)
One more thing, please don’t respond simply saying I am a UFC nuthugger. That’s childish and shows you either don’t understand my points or refuse to acknowledge them; both of which makes you look stupid.
Affliction is approaching this all backwards. Build your brand first and then build your fighters. Don’t buy big name fighters and assume that legitimizes your brand.
youre a ufc nuthugger
you make some good points though, very knowledgable, thought out post… cheers
let’s hope affliction finally goes down this time, so that we can have fedor in the octagon..
As much I want to see Fedor in UFC - it is not Affliction’s fault that he did not signed with UFC (hint hint - Dana White)
Because you were part of the negotiations??? Right…
Haven’t you read how Dana White’s negotiations are?
It’s either his way or noway
BNF. yeah, he knows all the facts alright. ufc prime time part 2 with gsp/penn will also air on the same night btw.
lol i dont know why everybody blame only dana white for that
It will happen… Also, Affliction is in Anaheim and the Mosley fight is at Staples Center. So most of that type of audience will probably go watch Mosley. It seems like it is all gloom and doom for Affliction. I live 10 minutes away, I may just go and maybe get some free tickets! Plus the bad economy no one will but 3 PPV’s that month and BJ/GSP is a given and Hendo/Rich is a fight I have wanted to see forever. Sorry Fedor/AA, isn’t that a mismatch anyway????
yeah kind of like anderson silva/patrick cote… that was a real even match up, man the UFC is so PERFECT!
I never said it was a mismatch, but you Fedor lovers do all the time!!!!!
BNF, Im watching Margarito/Mosely ofcourse!!! Ill just catch G@ydor/AA on the net!
LMAO @ G@ydor!
JV, I am going to see it for free, in person. They are going to need butts in seats, just like WEC and XC do.
BNF, I hope Lindland doesnt put you to sleep and you miss the main event!
I will go get a couple beers and take a piss when he fights.
even if there where no affliciton the ufc would not sign fedor and for some reason they will never let barnett or other fighters in.
What? They already tried to sign Fedor. As far as Barnett, can you blame them for not wanting their champions to test positive for steroids.
what about sherk and countless other that have tested positive and are still there, it has nothing to do with him testing dirty and everything to do with dana not wanting him there. yeah they tried to sign fedor but because of fedor and the ufc it will never happen.
Because Sherk said he was innocent and Dana and many others believed him (I didn’t). Barnett won the belt and tested positive, he has never been back since. But, right, I am sure that has nothing to do with it.
Your beloved Fedor will run out of guys to fight within 1 year. If he wants to stay relevent beyond that he will absolutly need to fight some of the new talent in the UFC.
bnf barnett said the same thing it is a steroid that stays in your system a long time he told them he would have it the tested him and knew about it it wasn’t till way after the fight and him beating randy’s ass that they did anything about it, and you still make no points what about other fighters that tested positive and where guilty and ate still there.as far as fedor he has nothing left to prove he already did it after he runs out of fighters(witch he won’t) he will retire he dosn’t need to go the the ufc.when a hw comes along and does what he has done give me a call cause right now no one is close.
I can’t remember anybody else who won a belt and tested positive, that was the point. Guys like Leban have a ton of fans, but will never hold a belt, so who cares. Barnett is a douche and nobady cares about him, that could also have something to do with it.
How the hell do you know what Fedor has left to prove? You guys are so funny. You have no idea what he wants to do. Have you ever changed your mind? He may want to come here or he may just retire, but he will retire knowing he never fought in the greatest organization on the planet.
Should be up in a minute.
bad guy is right barnett is part of it along with dana but it really has nothing to do with roids and remember sherk did have the belt when he tested positive, i would love fedor to go to the ufc but i don’t see the ufc bending to get him and i don’t see him giving in either.
but he will retire knowing he never fought in the greatest organization on the planet.
i really don’t think he sees it that way
Fedor may have never fought in the greatest organization on the planet, but he beat the best fighter(in his division) they have twice already. BNF-if you’re not going to watch the AA fight because it is a mismatch, why the hell would you want to see Fedor fight UFC’s new competition? Really Fedor’s toughest competition is outside the UFC. If he runs out of opponents outside the octagon, you can be sure he would run out of them inside the octagon. The list of game opponents for Fedor in the UFC is just as, if not more, short than outside the UFC. Besides a 3rd fight with Big Nog, which fight do you really want to see? Mir? Come on. Lesnar? I would just to see Lesnar get destroyed. Couture? Again, come on. This notion that Fedor won’t have proven himself unless he fights in the UFC is BS. And if you want to see him in there, write a letter to Dana White. Fedor is the one fighter who doesn’t have to sell his soul to the UFC to prove he is the best fighter or to make money. Put that on Dana, and I don’t want to hear him talking about crazy Russians so long as he makes ridiculous demands himself.
I didn’t even get past the 2nd sentence, Diceman. I NEVER SAID IT WAS A MIS-MATCH!!! Every time I read one of these Affliction treads all the Fedor lovers talk about how great this Affliction card is then 2 seconds later they say AA has no chance. To quote Mexi - “Laughable”
Roy, maybe I’m wrong about the roids, it was a long time ago, but it can’t help. Bottom line is nobady cares about him so who cares where he fights. Affliction will sell a couple PPV’s because of Fedor and a former UFC champ. No on will pay to see Barnett. I won’t, but I may drive over there and get a free seat. LOL!
nobody cares about barnett probably b/c he has not fought a top 10 opponent in years and fighting gilbert yvel wont change anything.the barnett/yvel fight isnt even signed yet. yvel may not get liscensed in the states. nor is soku/babalu. there is still alot of time left. this whole event is a big if.
i care about barnett
well there are some hardcore fans that still care about him. he’s not 1 of my favorites, but i do respect him as a legit hw fighter. most casual fans dont care about him or even know who he is. now you might not care what the casual fan thinks, but they are the ones that buy the majority of the ppv’s, which is important. it’s like you might prefer the ring and i prefer the cage, but the casual fan relates mma to the cage and boxing/wrasslin to the ring.
BNF-If you don’t think it’s a mismatch, why did you say, “It’s a mismatch anyways right??????” I think that mislead some people. And I didn’t talk about how great this Affliction card is, I talked about how your argument about Fedor doesn’t really hold weight. I would be very interested for you to read past the second sentence and to hear your thoughts. I think the notion that Fedor won’t have proven himself if he never fights in the UFC is nonsense, and I put my reasons why. Seriously, your comments regarding Fedor and the UFC don’t make sense. And…I NEVER SAID THE AA FIGHT WAS A MISMATCH OR TALKED ABOUT GREAT THE AFFLICTION CARD WAS!
Barnett probably has himself black balled, he has nothing good to say about the UFC in any interview and he is also a pro wrastler which he enjoys and makes good money at so it probably wont happen until Josh decides he wants to be a fucking fighter. As far as the roids, that has nothing to do with it.
Again, I am sure Dana thinks very highly of guys winning belts and stripping them for a positive steriod test. It is probably a combination of him being a douche, steriods and having no fans.
sherk had the belt and tested positive, it has to do with dana not liking him
tim tested positive
sherk and timmy… so basically you made zero points there BNF? gooooooooaaaal!!!!! how bout belfort as well? youre on a roll today BNF
I am very aware of the other steriod guys, but that was Barnett’s last fight in the UFC and combine that with the fact that he is a douche that hasn’t fought a top 10 guy in years, combined with the fact that he has no fans, combine with the fact that he talks sh*t about the UFC is the reason’s he is not in the UFC.
And what is the point of your comment? Oh yeah, to bash me and the UFC. The only 2 things you contribute to this site.
at least i contribute something
I’m as big a “UFC Nuthugger” as there is but it really doesn’t matter what replay they put on that night. I would pay the money for Affliction just to watch Fedor and Andrei fight. That fight should be awesome.
Touche yet again. Can’t wait to see 91 again.
you would rather watch a replay over fedor vs aa?
Watch UFC 91 again for free and download Affliction 2 the next day for free. Sory but I’m not paying $40.00 or whatever for a PPV in a ring. Many people won’t make that mistake twice.
What does the “ring” have to do with it?
It alwyas amazes me that people actually bitch about pauses in the ring to bring the fight back to the middle, but they seem to enjoy a wrestler laying on top of someone pinned against the cage for 2 minutes of a round.
Personally, I would rather have a 5 second delay than watch two guys do dick all for 2 minute stretches….but, that’s just me.
Good point River.
It’s rare to not have a stand up for two minutes of lay and pray. In fact, I would rather have stand ups than moving people to the middle of a ring; here’s why.
There is no motivation in the ring for a lay and pray guy. If you are against the ropes, they move you to the middle; to lay on him some more. In the cage, you know that if you aren’t trying to finish the fight, you will instead be stood up to a position you would rather not be in.
So why did I just pay 55 bucks for Lesner/Couture? If their just going to play them free I’m gonna stop ordering them! That’s some bullsh*t
They’re playing it for free 2 months after the fact…
Are you going to stay away from the TV, internet, and radio for 2 months just to save 55 bucks?
Yes - time to stop buying UFC PPV’s & stop saving for the 3rd Affliction event
It is not nearly as fun watching a fight when you know the outcome.
Yeah I’m watching affliction… its dumb that everyone gets on the UFC for eliminating competition though. The NFL did it and now everyone loves the NFL and the way it operates. Let the UFC build the brand. At least they promote the sport appropriately. How great would it be to finally see free fights all the time because fighting finally gets popular. Don’t be a purist!!!
Good stuff!!! I just watched the interview. It was tough to follow. There was someone hitting a heavy bag in the background and AA was a little hard to hear…
But, I definitely made out when AA mentioned Tim Sylvia…AA said
“that pee pee taste, he-a beat me twice”
Rewound that about 8 times. Couldnt get enough of that. Damn, AA must REALLY, REALLY hate Sylvia. I wouldnt mind seeing them go at it again.
I cant beleive the betting line started at -475 for Fedor and +400 for Arlovski…I know they started to move a little, since everyone is dumping loot on AA
I believe the quote is:
“Tim - how taste my pee-pee?”
No Anger, its a new interveiw where he was talking about past fights and he said that “Pee-Pee Taste” beat him twice, its pretty funny.
I thought the video on Bloody Elbow.
Do you have link to this video you are talking about? Thanks
I will be watching the ppv. Its a good card especially the Fedor fight. I cant stand to see Couture again. He just looked so old. Maybe the Affliction will be shown in some bars for free.
Buffalo Wild Wings baby.
GO Affliction! who wants to see a replay from months back..
I don’t think the UFC replay will hurt that much. I think what will hurt is that Sugar Shane fight. Many bars may choose to carry that fight instead of the Affliction fight.
I’m in a toss up about January. Hendo-Franklin event is on tape delay so I probably won’t order a non live event. That one ill just watch live online. Affliction and UFC 94 are both stacked so it’s a toss up.
go mow some lawns or get extra cash and order both, you can’t beat watching them both.
Looks like my tivo is getting UFC while I order Affliction.
your a wise man
stop talkin shit every1. affliction is still mma so stfu all u haters! I’m an mma fan not just an ufc fan.
truth!
are you a fan of colonel sanders?
LMAO!
Glad I hardly order the UFC on PPV anymore because they air the fights on free TV a few weeks later. LOL
UFC doesn’t want MMA to grow as a sport,they want UFC to grow!
Douchebags!
I just want you to grow (up)!!
Yup, hate all the UFC nuthuggers.
DVR Spike and order Affliction PPV.
Solves all your problems!
keep hating joeseph, it fits you well.
I personnaly didnt enjoy the 1st Affliction show all that much. And saying MMA is MMA is not true. Look at football. Arena football and the NFL are both football but I would much rather watch the NFL.
The only thing that sucked about Af 1 was Big Timmy
Hope that AA can stay in the ring for longer than pee-pee did - I hope at least 2 minutes lol
Only 2 minutes… Since when is an obvious mis-match a good fight worth paying $40 for? And BTW, any card with Linland on it will have at least 1 shit*y fight.
Like any card with Machida or Sherk on it?
Sherk’s last fight was fight of the night and the one before that I paid $1000 to see BJ smash him. Your not on your game today… I agree with Machida, but I also paid to see him at 84 to fight Tito (I am a Tito fan) and I am really looking to his fight with Silva.
Worst analogy I’ve read in a long time.
Wrong… MMA is not conducive to a ring, like football sucks in an arena.
Wrong?
That’s all you got?
Wrong?
Name one time that you saw 5 minutes of dry humping in a ring. I could name 20 cage fights that had all the potential in the world, but ended up being as exciting as watching grass grow….because of the cage.
Ask any Gracie (who’s family pretty much invented MMA) why the “cage” was brought in for the original UFC fights. They were used to give fans the interpretation that there was “no way out” of the fight…just for effect…to stun the audience…nothing more.
Introvert, I can name about 20 times that the fight had to be stopped and restarted in 1 fight in a ring!
They also stated that they wanted to put a moat(sp) with aligators and shit in it, to boost the “no way out” idea…if the UFC still had that you guys would agrue that it’s needed too I bet lol.
When’s the last time you saw a cage at ADCC or any other grappling event? Never. Why? Because it sucks, that’s why.
“That’s all you got”. LMAO! Introtard, you are like an annoying little brother who doesn’t know when to STFU. And I said why I thought his attempt to belittle River was wrong.
Are you trying to impress me? I don’t give a sh*t why they started using a cage. The fact is that it works. There are many reason why a fight may turn into dry humping, but the cage is not one of them. I personally don’t like the constant restarts that can happen in a ring.
The cage is a huge factor in boring fights. Pinning a guy against the cage to lay on top of him is an obvious reason it is. The other reason it is, is in stand-up…in the ring, a good stand-up fighter can cut the other guy off, corner him, and unload. In the cage, the less skilled fighter can run all day (i.e Kalib Starnes)…Quarry would have KTFO Kalib in a ring.
And you don’t think that fighters in a ring take advantage to gain a better position or possibly avoid being submitted. Bottom line is the fighters make the fight, not the place where it happens. Boring is boring in a ring or a cage. Go watch some boxing and enjoy…
Ok BNF-you just contradicted yourself. When it came to my comment you said MMA is not conducive to a ring. Now you say bottom line is fighters make the fight, not the place where it happens. That’s exactly why I said it was a terrible analogy. This Affliction card doesn’t have arena league fighters compared to the UFC. The main reason arena league sucks is because it has lower-tier players. Exactly, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a ring or a cage, it matters who is fighting. A good fight is a good fight, period. Pride had some of the best fights of all time. Again, TERRIBLE ANALOGY, and thanks for contradicting yourself and coming to my defense in the end.
If arena football had your favourite players in it you would probably tune in to check it out though…wouldn’t you?
Affliction all the way on this one. Not even going to set my DVR for the UFC fight…I already know what happened. Not sure how any MMA fan could miss Fedor/Arlovski, unless of course you call it “Ultimate Fighting” instead.
Side note….when is this Affliction presser?…and if it’s done, what happened with Tito?
tom “i love lance” atencio has already stated that affliction and tito are nowhere close to signing a deal per f.o.magazine. it’s all just a publicity stunt.
“i love lance” LMFAO!!!!!!!
I heard that Tito was on the invite notices to the press. Maybe there is something more to it. Guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Introvert is a tito fan and likes the ring more than the cage,what a moron, that doesnt even make sense because the only way tito has ever won a fight is through ground and pound and using the cage.
Looks like Tito’s commentating…..
http://sherdog.com/news/news/ortiz-joins-affliction-commentating-team-15530
I just remember being a teenager and not having access to PPV events that I wanted to watch because you could only get them in the states or on a particular service or they just cost too much. I’d look all over the dial for the closest thing on network TV. I’m not saying it’s not a cock block (or Brock block.. that was good btw), because it is. All that I’m saying is that there’s probably a significant amount of people that Spike is most likely to pick up as viewers. All those people who might want to see mixed martial arts or some kind of combat sport that weekend because of all the other big fight events going on but can’t for whatever reason. And if the UFC can get TV time out of that, of course they’re going to push for it.