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It appears “T-Shirt Gate”—what Golden Boy affectionately refers to the mess Larry Merchant created—has finally been cleared up. Sherdog’s Loretta Hunt got to the bottom of the confusion, and discovered there was some miscommunication between Mr. Merchant and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

Oscar De La Hoya actually makes public comments on Golden Boy’s relationship and intentions with MMA in this video. He says they’re still considering the hybrid cards but have decided to take a step back and slowly get their feet wet for now, however, he says they are committed to getting into mixed martial arts. We shall see.

Maybe this Affliction announcement might be something big after all. MMAPayout.com picked up on Atencio’s little tidbit that the announcement would be made at the Marquez/Casamayor fight this Saturday. Well, that fight is being promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and is airing on HBO PPV. And in case you forgot, Affliction was in talks with Golden Boy at one point. Here’s a short video of Oscar talking about Affliction and MMA. (YouTube seems to be experiencing some technical difficulties with their embeddable videos. If the video isn’t working, here’s the direct link.)