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| Affliction Leaves Las Vegas: Event Postponed; will now be in January in Cali | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 10 2008, 02:01 PM (534 Views) | |
| XHockeyDad | Sep 10 2008, 02:01 PM Post #1 |
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...it looks like the end is near.... http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/afflictio...postponed-14361 The Oct. 11 Affliction event scheduled for the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas has been postponed, Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed Wednesday to Sherdog.com. Affliction contacted Kizer on Wednesday morning to inform him that the event would be moved to a January date at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Advertising for the Oct. 11 pay-per-view event had already begun, including in New York, where scheduled headliners Andrei Arlovski (Pictures) and Josh Barnett (Pictures) were featured on a billboard in Times Square. Arlovski’s management said they had not been contacted by Affliction with the cancellation as of this morning, and were “shocked” and “extremely disappointed” by the news. Arlovski -- who delivered one of his more rousing performances of late with a third-round TKO over former IFL standout Ben Rothwell at Affliction’s first event on July 19 –- signed a non-exclusive, three-fight contract with the new promotion in early July. He had spent nearly eight years with the UFC, where he was a former heavyweight champion. Arlovski’s management declined to comment on their fighter’s next move. “Andrei was six weeks into his 10-week training cycle. He traveled from Chicago to L.A. to train for this bout, which he very much looked forward to,” said one of his representatives. Calls to Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio were not immediately returned. |
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| D.O'Neill | Sep 11 2008, 03:00 AM Post #2 |
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They're sunk. |
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| Sharkey | Sep 11 2008, 06:46 AM Post #3 |
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They're hardly sunk. They just realize they can't put on the type of show they want without Fedor. When Fedor is back, Affliction will be back. |
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| XHockeyDad | Sep 11 2008, 07:26 AM Post #4 |
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I have been doing a little snooping around and it appears AFFLICTION is incredibly close to signing Tito to a contract. They want him to appear on the January card. It also looks like Fedor will be on the card as well. I wonder who Tito would be fighting? I hope they can pull it off, but Affliction currently doesn't have the kinds of fighters who can attract hundreds of thousands of pay-per-view buys, and that's what Affliction needs if it wants to turn a profit. |
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| XHockeyDad | Sep 11 2008, 07:36 AM Post #5 |
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....it also appears that there will be an announcement as early as this weekend. Affliction has a new partner in mixed martial arts, none other than Golden Boy Promotions, which quite possibly could include HBO. Golden Boy is the promoter of record for Saturday’s boxing match – which airs on HBO pay-per-view – and President Oscar De La Hoya has expressed interest in mixed martial arts as of late. HBO is big time...Dana couldn't get it done with them. This might attract a lot of the fighters from the UFC. |
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| CropDuster | Sep 12 2008, 09:24 PM Post #6 |
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Good... STAY ALIVE! |
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