Affliction 2 postponed until January

[jas123]

This fcvking blows:


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.

The show, “Day of Reckoning,” was set to be Affliction's second MMA event.

 

[Emerge]

So much for Affliction...

 

[jas123]

Could be going in a different direction actually but it's just rumors:

The Marquez-Casamayor fight is certainly an interesting choice of venues for the next announcement on Affliction’s future. That card is being promoted by Golden Boy and will air on HBO PPV. Affliction and Golden Boy had exploratory talks on possibly working together when Affliction was formulating it’s plans to enter MMA in early 08.

The possible pairing unraveled in late March due to issues over who would be in ultimate control of the promotion. However, Affliction apparently remained interested in the possibility of mixed boxing and MMA cards as part of their future. Part of Affliction’s decision to use the 5 roped over-sized boxing ring was reportedly to do MMA and boxing together on the same shows at some point.

Speculation within the industry concerning a potential deal between the two companies has been strong in recent weeks. Still open to speculation is the inclusion of HBO in any pairing between Affliction and Golden Boy. Golden Boy and HBO have a very close relationship, but the folks at HBO have been resistant to MMA in general.

 

[Emerge]

Might be interesting.

 

[Kegger]

Could be going in a different direction actually but it's just rumors:

On Inside MMA on Friday, Tom Atencio said that he would have a big announcement at the press conference of the Marquez - Casamayor fight on Saturday. After reading this last week and then hearing him say this on Friday night, I knew this was a done deal. Here is a link to tell you more about the partnership...

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/golden-opportunity-14392

 

[Rodja]

This is a promising partnership. Yes, it provides a stable source of income and Affliction also sponsors boxers, but with the leverage that these two promotions create, MMA could finally land a big-money television contract.

 

[robdog]

This is a promising partnership. Yes, it provides a stable source of income and Affliction also sponsors boxers, but with the leverage that these two promotions create, MMA could finally land a big-money television contract.

Bingo. If De la Hoya fights on the same card as Fedor it will bring huge exposure for the greatest in the world.