With 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.
Showtime Producing Affliction ‘Day Of Reckoning’; Multiple Undercard Bouts Confirmed
November 13th, 2008
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Couture-Affliction Falling Out Reaches Whole New Level (Update III - Affliction’s Partnerships Doomed?)
November 13th, 2008
If Tom Atencio is Affliction’s Dr. Jeckyll, then Todd Beard is without a doubt Affliction’s Mr. Hyde. Since Randy Couture re-signed with the UFC, we’ve learned that Beard, one of Affliction’s co-founders, has quite the temper when it was reported that Beard had cussed out Lorenzo Fertitta on a conference call, and subsequently appeared on Scott Ferrall’s radio show where he blasted the UFC, Lorenzo, Dana White, and Randy Couture. There were also rumblings of personal attacks on Randy’s wife, Kim, which judging by the latest news appears to be true.
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Never Mix Business With Pleasure (Update)
October 31st, 2008
There’s an old saying - never mix business with pleasure. When the “pleasure” goes sour, the business relationship suffers. Well, that’s sorta what’s happened with Affliction and Randy Couture, except instead of mixing business with pleasure, they tried to mix business with more business.
No Comments | Filed under: Affliction, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta, Randy Couture, Todd Beard, Tom Atencio, UFCTom Atencio Denies The UFC Made Affliction An Offer (Update)
October 28th, 2008
More Affliction photos at CombatLifestyle.com
Late last week, reports surfaced that the UFC and Affliction held talks to form a formal partnership. As the story goes, the UFC made an offer for Affliction to sign on as a major UFC apparel sponsor in exchange for Affliction ceasing their fight operations. Today, Sam Caplan spoke to Tom Atencio about the reports, and while he confirmed a meeting took place on Sept. 26 between the two parties, he claims the UFC never made an offer for them to consider.
Affliction & UFC: Deal? No Deal! CageFighter Banned From The UFC (Update - Must Hear Audio)
October 23rd, 2008
If they didn’t like each other before, then they hate each other now. In the past few days, you may have heard rumblings about Affliction executives going off on Lorenzo Fertitta and the UFC. Dana briefly mentioned it in his latest video blog, and if I remember correctly, Jeff Thaler alluded to it on the latest episode of FightOpinion Radio. So what was it all about? Good question, but it appears the answer has been made public.
No Comments | Filed under: Affliction, CBS, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta, Randy Couture, Todd Beard, Tom Atencio, UFC, ZuffaCBS Locking Down EliteXC Fighters’ Contracts?
October 22nd, 2008
One of the biggest questions to come out of EliteXC’s demise is what’s going to happen with the fighters. It seems they won’t immediately become free agents as everything will likely need to be sorted out in bankruptcy proceedings. Josh Gross of SI.com has a new report which highlights how CBS may be involved in locking down the fighters contracts for the foreseeable future.
Fox News Fight Game: Trump-Affliction-M-1 Press Conference, Fighting Fedor (Update - Boxing Still A Possibility For January?)
October 16th, 2008
Fox News Fight Game focuses on the Fighting Fedor reality show from today’s press conference in New York. There aren’t any new details in the video, just comments from the Trump’s and Tom Atencio, however Sherdog.com has a report with a little more info.
No Comments | Filed under: Affliction, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Fedor Emelianenko, Fighting Fedor, M-1 Global, Michael Cohen, Tom AtencioTake Two: Atencio Confirms Fedor vs. Arlovski For January Affliction Show (Update - Not Signed)
October 13th, 2008
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In a week chocked full of negative stories about EliteXC, we can at least end the week on a positive note from Affliction. Tom Atencio has confirmed the best news to come out of Affliction since the match first got canceled. Fedor Emelianenko will face off against former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski at Affliction’s January event.
How Josh Barnett Missed Out On CBS; Affliction Needs A Full-Time Front Man
September 26th, 2008
More Affliction Banned photos at CombatLifestyle.com
Remember the whole discrepancy between Affliction and Josh Barnett that prevented Barnett from fighting Andrei Arlovski on EliteXC’s CBS card? You know, the one where Tom Atencio said they couldn’t finalize a deal with him, leading many to believe he refused to take a pay cut, and Barnett said he was never even offered the fight. Yeah, strange, huh? Well, in Ben Fowlkes latest SI.com article, it looks like Atencio has rephrased what happened to something just a tad bit different.
1 Comment | Filed under: Affliction, Andrei Arlovski, Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, Roy Nelson, Tom AtencioFedor Fighting In Japan On NYE? Reason For Uncertain Affliction Date? (Update - Atencio Comments)
September 23rd, 2008
More Fedor photos at M1MixFight.com
With numerous MMA sites reporting that Affliction’s second event has been rescheduled for January 17, and multiple Affliction officials stating Fedor Emelianenko has been confirmed to compete on it, everyone pretty much assumed that Fedor would be skipping his traditional New Year’s Eve fight in Japan this year. However, as we previously reported, Tom Atencio stated late last week that the date for “Day of Reckoning” has not been finalized, and will take place sometime in the first quarter of 2009.
