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The Art of the Backpeddle

If it is not clear to MMA fans now, it has been clear to me since day one that the Affliction people don't have a clue what they are doing. Their entire promotion is built around one person, Fedor, and now it seems that he is jumping ship to fight in Japan on New Years Eve. Their second show was set for Oct. 11th in Vegas, then it was bumped to January 17th so Fedor could be on the card, and now it appears the fight has been postponed to sometime in the first quarter of 2009. The promotion is quickly moving farther and farther away from being relevant in the sport of MMA, because it only has one belt(the Heavyweight WAMMA Belt) that it can call its' own, a roster of fighters that is suspect at best and it is quickly losing the one asset it did have, momentum coming off a strong opening show. Simple solution to getting back on track, a four man heavyweight tourney for the heavyweight title. Fedor vs. Arlovski and Barnett vs. Sylvia, the winners headline the second event of 2009. If they have any foresight they'll put this plan in motion immediately.

Tim Sylvia on Blind Date

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MMARated.com has a funny update on the Arlovski-Sylvia argument.....

photo via MMARated.com

Countdown to Affliction Part III

Here is the third and final clip in the countdown to Affliction Banned

Part III

Countdown to Affliction Part II

Here is the second countdown to Affliction Banned clip


Part II

Countdown to Affliction

Affliction has setup a youtube account and has posted half an hour of footage to pysch fans up for Saturday's event: Affliction Banned. The content is divided into three sections. Here is the first section and later in the day I will post the last two.

Part I

Tim Syliva taking the Stuart Smalley approach this time

Yes, he's been on blind date(see below). Yes, he tested positive for steriods because he said he didn't like how he looked in the ring. Yes, he was probably the most hated champion in UFC history. Listen folks that's all changed......because he's good enough, he's smart enough and dog gone it people like him now. Here is the article from Yahoo! Sports

The Baltimore Sun has Tim Sylvia on the line....

He promises that he won't hit on Arlovski's Ex next weekend and that whole Matt Hughes thing is no big deal.

Here is the interview

Tuesday Night Thunder

Coming up later this month, Fedor makes his return to the US to take on Tim Sylvia at Affliction: Banned. http://www.afflictionclothing.com/banned_july19/