Golden Boy Doesn’t Want To Talk About Affliction; Belfort Replaces Babalu Against Lindland

December 1st, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Affliction Golden Boy

Ever get the feeling that the Affliction-Golden Boy “partnership” really isn’t much of a partnership at all? Was it when they decided that mixing boxing with MMA on the same card wasn’t the great idea they once thought it was? If that didn’t raise a red flag for you, how about when they decided they were going to promote an event on Jan. 24, just not with Affliction? Well, if that wasn’t enough, guess what? Golden Boy doesn’t want to talk about Affliction, apparently nothing’s finalized as MDS learned earlier today on a conference call with Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

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Matt Lindland’s Stirring The Pot…

November 19th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Fighting Politics

…with a new documentary titled “Fighting Politics,” that chronicles his life, with a little side of his feud with Dana White for kicking him out of the UFC. MMA Journalists Loretta Hunt, Josh Gross, Jeff Sherwood and Kevin Iole make an appearance in the trailer, with of course, Iole, claiming to be clueless on why Lindland got the boot and subsequent ban.

Here’s the official press release.

Despite 39 profanity and threat filled text messages from the Cell Phone of Dana White, President of the UFC, FIGHTING POLITICS is here to tell the real story of Cage Fighter Matt Lindland. FIGHTING POLITICS has been submitted to the 25 largest Film Festivals for screenings, more dates to be released soon.

WEB LINK:
http://www.fightingpolitics.com

SYNOPSIS:
Cage Fighter Matt “The Law” Lindland had to earn his nickname the hard way, through perseverance and a good lawyer. Back in 2000 Matt was in one of the biggest political sports messes ever, resulting in his case on the steps of the supreme court. His success in the Sport of Mixed Martial Arts came to an abrupt halt as politics came knocking on his door again. This is his story.

It actually looks like it will be quite interesting. Wish I could say the same about Never Surrender.

CR: Fightlinker

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Showtime Producing Affliction ‘Day Of Reckoning’; Multiple Undercard Bouts Confirmed

November 13th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry

Affliction Day of Reckoning PosterWith all the negative press Affliction is receiving these days thanks to their president, Todd Beard, we were starting to wonder what, if anything, is going on with their big pay-per-event that is supposedly scheduled for Jan. 24. Well, at least according to the subdued member of Affliction’s management team, Tom Atencio, an announcement is supposed to be made on Monday.

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Playing Catch-Up

October 29th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry

Anderson SilvaSince we’ve been out of action for a day and a half, there’s quite a few stories that we missed. It doesn’t look like anything major broke, so I’m just gonna do a run down of what we missed so we can get back on track.

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Affliction ‘Day Of Reckoning’ Website Updated; Fedor vs Arlovski Appears Official

October 22nd, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Affliction Day of Reckoning Poster

While an official announcement has yet to be made regarding Affliction “Day of Reckoning” (redux), the website for the event has been updated to reflect the changes in venue, date, card, etc. Am I crazy to think that the info on the site is official???

Last we heard, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arvolski was still not signed, however, the website is listing Fedor vs Arlovski as the only match-up thus far on the card. From the image, it appears that Vladimir Matyushenko, Jay Hieron, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Babalu Sobral, Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland, Chris Horodecki, and Vitor Belfort will be on the card though. Also from the images, it looks like Jan. 24 will be the date and the event will be held at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

One interesting item to note is in the top right “In Association With” section of the image above there is the Showtime PPV logo. Unless I totally missed it from “Banned,” Affliction hasn’t worked with Showtime before, with the minor exception of their co-promotion with EliteXC on big sister network, CBS. My understanding with Golden Boy is that their pay-per-views run through HBO, so please correct me if I’m wrong if they work with Showtime as well. Point is, perhaps that’s a sign of things to come.

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Matt Lindland, Jay Hieron, And Chris Horodecki All Find Opponents For Affliction ‘Day Of Reckoning’

August 24th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Affliction Day of Reckoning Poster

Three more fights were added to Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning” card over the past few days. Matt Lindland, Jay Hieron, and Chris Horodecki were all confirmed or rumored to be competing at Affliction’s second event, which is scheduled to take place on Oct. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. They, however, did not have opponents until now.

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Vitor Belfort Withdraws From Affliction II Bout With Matt Lindland

August 15th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Vitor Belfort vs Matt Lindland Off
Check out more photos at CombatLifestyle.com

A hand injury has forced another fighter off of Affliction’s second event. According to a report from MMAWeekly.com, Vitor Belfort has withdrawn from his Oct. 11 bout with Matt Lindland due to the broken hand he suffered during his July 19 fight with Terry Martin.

Affliction VP Tom Atencio confirmed the news.

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Vitor Belfort: ‘I’ll Come Back On October 11th To Fight Matt Lindland For The Belt’

July 31st, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry
Vitor Belfort vs Matt Lindland
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According to comments made by Vitor Belfort in an article at Tatame.com, Belfort will not only be fighting at Affliction’s second show, which is tentatively scheduled for October 11, his opponent will be top ten middleweight Matt Lindland, and it will be for a title.

“The doctor will analyze [my broken hand], but I may stay four weeks out. I’ll come back in October 11th to fight Matt Lindland for the belt.”

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Affliction ‘Banned’ Post-Fight Video Interviews: Barnett, Lindland, Nogueria, Babalu

July 20th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry

Josh Barnett

CR: MMARated.com

Lindland, Nogueira, and Babalu after the jump.

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Affliction ‘Banned’ Video Interviews: Arlovski, Barnett, Lindland & More

July 19th, 2008
Posted by: Steve Barry

Andrei Arlovski

If you happened to missed this one in various other places around the net, make sure you watch it till the end. It’s worth it, trust me.

Interviews with Fedor, Sylvia, and Rothwell.

More interviews after the jump.

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