Posted by Dave Walsh on 20th July 2008
On July 19th, Affliction, the company known for its rather gaudy clothing line launched a Holy War against the world of Mixed Martial Arts, the UFC in particular, led by Megadeth and the world’s best heavyweights. While it wasn’t their intention originally to jump right in to rivaling the UFC head-to-head, it was UFC that immediately fired back planning their own show with easily the best pound for pound fighter in the world, Anderson Silva headlining. Affliction Banned looked a lot like their clothing looks: rough around the edges, disorganized and not for everybody. The card that they assembled was epic in proportions, with three huge heavyweight fights, featuring a former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, four former UFC Heavyweight Champions and a former IFL Heavyweight standout. This was undoubtedly huge.
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Posted by Alan Conceicao on 18th July 2008
Well, doing roundtables daily got tough when there wasn’t news. Now we have too much of it to go with to escape an entire week. To help you make sense of it, our panel discusses many of the burning issues within the sport.
LC: Lee Casebolt
DW: Dave Walsh
JS: Jonathan Snowden
CH: Chris Henderson
KS: Kendall Shields
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 17th July 2008
By Dave Walsh
Affliction Banned draws closer and closer, and as it does, it is impossible to ignore all of the hype leading up to the main event of the evening, Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko facing off with Tim “The Maineiac” Sylvia for the newly created WAMMA Heavyweight Championship. The fight itself at this point means a lot more than the title does, as the title seemed more or less created for this card, to help hype up the Affliction show and validate the whole WAMMA thing by establishing their champion as either Fedor or Sylvia. Having either man as their champion means instant credibility, as Fedor never lost the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship, it basically just disappeared when PRIDE was taken over by Zuffa, and Sylvia exited the UFC in a Heavyweight title match, as well as holding the title numerous times. What we get is the biggest heavyweight showdown since Fedor vs. Cro Cop from PRIDE.
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 14th July 2008
In our latest edition of Total MMA Radio, Dave and Alan preview the UFC’s Affliciton-Killer card and Dave talks with THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER Amir Sadollah.
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 14th July 2008
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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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 4th July 2008
Your Roundtable:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)
Kendall Shields (KS)
Can Griffin buck the odds and legitimately become THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER? Our staff opines.
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Posted in Alan Conceicao, Chris Henderson, Dave Walsh, Forrest Griffin, Kendall Shields, Lee Casebolt, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Total MMA, UFC | 3 Comments »
Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 3rd July 2008
Editor’s Note: This is the second of three parts of our epic preview of this weekend’s UFC. We covered the undercard yesterday, the televised card today, and the main event on Friday.
Your round-tablers today:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 2nd July 2008
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part preview of this weekend’s UFC. We’ll cover the undercard today, the televised card tomorrow, and the main event on Friday.
Your round-tablers today:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 30th June 2008
Your round-tablers today:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)
Topics being discussed:
- Josh “The Punk” Thomson “punks” top fighter Gilbert Melendez out.
- Cung Le vs Kazuo Misaki rumored for Strikeforce.
- Bisping vs. Leben to Main Event UFC 89 in the UK.
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Posted by Iain Liddle on 25th June 2008
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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Posted in Affliction, Alan Conceicao, CBS, Dave Walsh, Elite XC, Iain Liddle, Ivan Salaverry, Kim Couture, Lee Casebolt | 4 Comments »
