Comments on: How I’ll remember Affliction http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/ Completing the perspective on Mixed Martial Arts Tue, 22 May 2012 07:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Walsh http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33963 Dave Walsh Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:36:15 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33963 No word of a lie, I bought both Affliction PPVs and was going to buy the third. I generally only spring for the big UFC shows but really did want Affliction to do well. Then again, after the demise of WCW when I stopped watching wrestling I bought TNA PPVs for a few weeks because I wanted to 'support' something to be like WCW, and sadly, it wasn't anything like it and killed wrestling for me. I guess in the same vein, a lot of people want(ed) Affliction to be PRIDE on US soil and it wasn't. No word of a lie, I bought both Affliction PPVs and was going to buy the third. I generally only spring for the big UFC shows but really did want Affliction to do well.

Then again, after the demise of WCW when I stopped watching wrestling I bought TNA PPVs for a few weeks because I wanted to ’support’ something to be like WCW, and sadly, it wasn’t anything like it and killed wrestling for me. I guess in the same vein, a lot of people want(ed) Affliction to be PRIDE on US soil and it wasn’t.

]]> By: Tommy Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33937 Tommy Hackett Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:49:29 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33937 Sorry to hear it, Dan. I can relate -- while I'm still somehwat excited to see the P4P entrants like Fedor, Machida, Penn, and GSP, it seems like they're so far ahead of their respective packs that it's not even worth laying down PPV $$$. (As an aside -- despite what Alan infers, yes I did pay for Affliction and happily so.) Couture/Noguiera isn't doing it for me either. Nog looked so terrible last time out that he convinced people Mir is an elite striker. Maybe it was staph, maybe it's because Bustamante (etc) aren't around to push him at his new gym, maybe it's just Father Time. Ugh. Sad news here; Atencio came up with some excellent bouts and as Salaverry inferred in our interview, the UFC's monopoly is terrible for the sport. Sorry to hear it, Dan. I can relate — while I’m still somehwat excited to see the P4P entrants like Fedor, Machida, Penn, and GSP, it seems like they’re so far ahead of their respective packs that it’s not even worth laying down PPV $$$. (As an aside — despite what Alan infers, yes I did pay for Affliction and happily so.)

Couture/Noguiera isn’t doing it for me either. Nog looked so terrible last time out that he convinced people Mir is an elite striker. Maybe it was staph, maybe it’s because Bustamante (etc) aren’t around to push him at his new gym, maybe it’s just Father Time.

Ugh.

Sad news here; Atencio came up with some excellent bouts and as Salaverry inferred in our interview, the UFC’s monopoly is terrible for the sport.

]]> By: Daniel Blockhead http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33903 Daniel Blockhead Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:05:08 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33903 Tom: The fight I wanted to see back in 2006, Barnett v. Fedor. Over the last few years I've become less and less excited about up and coming fighters and it was really the last few dream matches that were keeping me interested. Yes, Couture v. Nogueira is coming up, but both fighters are so banged up it hardly seems worth it. Fedor never lost his aura and Barnett still looked sharp. With that fight scrapped, likely consigned permanently to the junk heap, I can't think of a single upcoming fight, scheduled or potential, that I truly care about. It makes official what's been the case for about two years now, I've lost interest in MMA. Tom: The fight I wanted to see back in 2006, Barnett v. Fedor. Over the last few years I’ve become less and less excited about up and coming fighters and it was really the last few dream matches that were keeping me interested. Yes, Couture v. Nogueira is coming up, but both fighters are so banged up it hardly seems worth it. Fedor never lost his aura and Barnett still looked sharp. With that fight scrapped, likely consigned permanently to the junk heap, I can’t think of a single upcoming fight, scheduled or potential, that I truly care about. It makes official what’s been the case for about two years now, I’ve lost interest in MMA.

]]> By: gimme danger http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33892 gimme danger Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:46:47 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33892 Buentello vs. Yvel Buentello vs. Yvel

]]> By: TOM http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33884 TOM Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33884 Which fight was that, Dan? Which fight was that, Dan?

]]> By: Daniel Blockhead http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33866 Daniel Blockhead Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:40:55 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33866 Well, there goes probably the last MMA bout I'll be excited for. Well, there goes probably the last MMA bout I’ll be excited for.

]]> By: SnowCrash7 http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33842 SnowCrash7 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:50:09 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33842 Anytime an major MMA organizations fails that could have provided competition for Komnissar White and choice for fighters and fans that is NOT a good thing. Anytime an major MMA organizations fails that could have provided competition for Komnissar White and choice for fighters and fans that is NOT a good thing.

]]> By: Newman http://www.total-mma.com/2009/07/24/how-ill-remember-affliction/#comment-33834 Newman Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:43:18 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=682#comment-33834 Eh, if they don't go to the UFC they'll probably sign with Strike Force which is almost as good. Eh, if they don’t go to the UFC they’ll probably sign with Strike Force which is almost as good.

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