In wake of the restraining order filed by Kim Couture against Todd Beard — one of the original founders of the Affliction clothing brand — earlier this week, the t-shirt manufacturer/mixed martial arts promotion today announced that Beard would be resign from his post with the company.
Beard has a history of violence against women, including […]

Heavyweights Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello (26-10) and Russian Sambo specialist Kiril Sidelnikov (4-2) have been signed to compete on the under card of Affliction: “Day of Reckoning,” which is set for the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on January 24, according to SI.com.
“The Headhunter” also competed on Affliction’s first card back in July, outscoring last […]

Kim Couture — wife of UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture — today had her request for a restraining order against Affliction CEO Todd Beard granted because of threats to her personal safety.
Affliction manufactures and sells Randy’s clothing line, Xtreme Couture, which is operated by Kim. Apparently, Couture’s decision to return to the UFC to […]

Here’s the latest update from the “Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” which seems to change anyway the wind blows:

(Thanks to BloodyElbow.com for the assist.)

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Mixed martial arts (MMA) veteran and Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling (2000), Matt Lindland, came up short in his bid to defeat Suzanne VanOrman in the political race to capture the Oregon House of Representatives in District 52.
Lindland earned 42 percent of the vote compared to VanOrman’s 58 percent — effectively surrendering the seat […]

Props: AfflictionClothing.com
(Note that we pieced the above poster together to illustrate the stacked encore show the promotion has in the works. More on Affliction later today.)

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The big plan to make pay-per-view super cards featuring both MMA and boxing has apparently already been knocked out … for the time being, anyway.
ESPN.com reports Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions has changed its mind about combining the two sports. Last month Golden Boy and MMA upstart Affliction announced a deal to co-promote […]

“You’ve (expletive) with the wrong guy.”
– Affliction co-founder Todd Beard has less-than-kind words for Lorenzo Fertitta and the rest of the UFC brass after a partnership meeting between UFC and Affliction executives took place on September 26 according to MMAWeekly.com. A deal was proposed to allow Affliction back into the UFC as a major clothing […]

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Affliction is taking a page from the UFC playbook. The company plans to begin filming a reality television show featuring a MMA tournament.
Sound familiar?
UFC has been doing it since 2005, with The Ultimate Fighter now in its eighth season.
Affliction, along with M-1 Global and Donald Trump, officially announced yesterday that it plans to be begin […]