We look at the Affliction card and hear from Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Freddie Roach, and Ben Rothwell. Some crazy bastard picks Sylvia! And hey, what’s going on with Rampage Jackson?

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By Dave Walsh

Affliction’s Banned is just a matter of days away now, as they present audiences with one of the most stacked cards we’ve seen in the US in a very long time, featuring 8 top heavyweights in four great fights. Three of these will be the main attraction on the PPV show, with Aleks Emelienenko vs. Paul Buentello headlining the Fox Sports Net portion of the show on cable. The first of what we can consider the three main events features IFL stand-out Ben Rothwell against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski.
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Countdown:

Sylvia Promo:

Arena Preview:

Your round-tablers today:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Iain Liddle (IL)

Topics being discussed:
- Affliction planning future shows already - brave or foolhardy?
- Nick Diaz vs. Thomas Denny booked for CBS - the correct decision?
- Have you been able to watch the Kim Couture fight?
- Will you miss Ivan Salaverry?

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Your roundtable:
DW: Dave Walsh
AC: Alan Conceicao
LC: Lee Casebolt
JS: Jonathan Snowden

The Ultimate Fighter: CB Loses, CB Wins

AC: Among the better episodes of the show ever. There were two fairly decent, well contested fights that weren’t merely subpar pugilism. I think there’s been a fair amount of criticism regarding CB’s stamina, but it should be noted that the guy fought 5 fights in the course of about 2 months. Not only that, the rematch between him and Amir should be spectacular based on their initial clash in the semifinals. My assumption going in is that it will finish the way I expected their first confrontation would go with a decisive CB win either by stoppage or unanimous decision.

LC: It was pretty much one fight for the price of two last night. CB/Amir and CB/Credeur were basically the same fight - more or less competitive standing, with CB able to hit a takedown more or less at will and follow up with decent but unspectacular ground and pound while the bottom man threw up halfhearted submission and sweep attempts. The difference, of course, being that Amir’s late attempts got more desperate instead of less, and consequently one of them worked.

JS: It’s interesting that CB didn’t learn anything from his loss to Amir. It should have been a lesson in humility. Instead, when given a second chance, he was still talking about how he “deserved to be in the finals.” No. The person that wins the fight deserves to be in the finals.

LC: The creative editing (there’s always creative editing) on Amir has worked - I like the kid. He’s got that Forrest Griffin self-deprecating tough guy goofball thing going on and sincere or not I prefer that persona to stereotypical drunk tough frat boy, which is generally the only alternative on TUF. Plus he’s the only guy this side of Semmy Schilt who uses the front kick as an actual strike instead of a push and that wins a couple points from me. Read the rest of this entry »

According to Dave Meltzer at the new Wrestling Observer website, the UFC is vehemently denying that they intend to run a show against Affliction’s PPV debut this July. Perhaps they floated the idea to see how the internet would respond. And boy did the internet respond.

By Dave Walsh

The MMA landscape right now is far different than it has ever been before; what we find is a world where big corporations are actually competing with each other to get in on the MMA world while it is hot. We have CBS having their first successful EliteXC show (which of course was not without controversy) and with a second in the planning stages right now. We have NBC airing Strikeforce at some ungodly hour and actually pulling in good ratings and talks of a live show possibly within the next few months after NBC saw just how well CBS did in their initial outing. We have the UFC standing firm to their convictions running monthly PPV shows as well as the occasional SpikeTV special. We have WEC running every few months, with their last show pulling in astounding ratings.  Read the rest of this entry »

Sherdog are reporting the news that Emelianenko Fedor is to take on Tim Sylvia on the debut event of upstart company ‘Adrenaline MMA’.

It is believed the bout will take place on July 19th in Texas and would air on the HDNet television channel.

“[Sylvia] is a good fighter, a strong fighter, the former UFC
heavyweight champion, which is important,” Emelianenko said via
telephone from Stary Oskol, Russia. “I am looking forward to fighting
him and training hard for this fight.”