Donald Trump: Fedor Emelianenko's 'thing is inflicting death on people' (Audio)

correction- over 1 billion is alot of money.

whats his net worth?? I agree he’s rich, but I’ve read in the past “his” buildings aren’t his like he says, he actually gets paid for his name on them. Either way he’s got money, but that means nothing as far as an mma organiztion that is paying it’s main event more than it will make is concerned!

I guess some one doesnt know what net worth means. I’d be willing to bet Trumps net worth is under a billion.

to say Donald Trump aint filthy rich is stupid…

don’t think that is what kevin was saying….. i was thinking the same thing myself… he tries to make it seem like he’s worth a hundred billion dollars but he’s in the business of selling his ideas to other investors, and has been successful over the years so now plastering his name on a building makes it seem rich and extravagant so investors will give him money.. he’s really only worth around 2 billion i think… still a shit load of money yes, but ppl think cuz he’s here that affliction is a sure bet… doubt it. The donald is not accustomed to losing money so i doubt he’s putting much of his own money into this thing. He’s associating his name with it in hopes to attract investors. If they don’t make money by the 3rd event or so, watch how fast donald bails out

The verdict is still out about him, but I don’t think that he’s going to float the thing financially, I just think he’s going to throw his considerable marketing clout at it, and reap in profits when it takes off. If it doesn’t he’s going to get out of it losing the least amount possible.

thanks crowls

I was basically going to say exactly what Dave said. Trump is very wealthy, I have no idea what his total net worth is, but I think we can all agree it is considerable. That being said, he is not going to lose millions to help build up a company to compete with the UFC. If Affliction does not do well early on, he will be gone like the wind.

doubt it, that would piss dana and the fertitas off and watch the money they shell out for fighter contracts if that happens

Did they buy the actual IFL brand, or just buy the contracts of the fighters that they wanted? If they couldn’t do anything with the Pride name, I can’t see them doing a hell of a lot with the IFL.

LMFAO!

JV: U have to start somewhere. Phil isnt saying it will happen overnight but it has a better chance then most new organizations that try to break into the USA mma market. If EliteXC has survived this far, then you have think that Affliction has a great shot at eventually directly competing with the UFC (still atleast 5 years away). No new Organization has ever produced a 1st show like this, and have a lot of big money backers to support its growth.

Dont be fooled, AFFLICTION at the very least has a shot at surviving and eventually maybe mirroring the UFC. OUt of all the new company that have tried to start in the USA, Affliction seems to be the one that has the best chance at making it BIG and staying Big.

As long as it shows potential and grows with each show, Trump will dump more and more money into this thing and then the skies the limit.

Dont forget, if fedor destroys Tim saturday, which is more than possible, and couture wins his court case in a couple of months, we could easily see Affliction producing Fedor vs. Couture which I dont care what anyone will say, even the casual fans will go bonkers over this fight giving Affliction instant credability, and it could officially put Affliction on the map, Much faster than even Trump could have imagined

Affliction has more than a punchers chance…I seem them as an underdog, with very good odds!

Very good pionts john, but I think Affliction is not in it for MMA. I think Affliction is only in it for the long run of their clothing line and music groups. Tom Atencio said himself on InsideMMA he was in the entertainment business first meaning (clothes & music groups) Thats kinda what turned me off of getting the Affliction show.

I could care less about the show…The production probably wont be as great as the UFC’s thats for sure, but to me its all about the fights and the fighters that wioll be competing on Saturday will Bring it!

Fedor has some doubters in America and he has to prove to be a huge pay per view draw (cause casual fans are idiots), so I believe he will BRING IT!

Barnett is HUGE in Japan but needs to increase his American fanbase as well so he will Bring it for sure

This is a bounce back fight for Babalu so he will be furocious as usual!

I think Rothwell is really going to go after Arlovski and force that fight to be entertaining. Andre wont snooze through this one with a win, he will either have to fight or take some big shots….Keep in mind Rothwell has a nice high kick, that has KO people on a couple of different occasions.

Only fight that has a chance of being lame is….Lindland! That guy just doesnt get it! All the skills but NO Marketability and just 1 boring fight after another….has he ever won in entertaining fashion? U guys want to bash Machida? Lindland is who u should bash! Smelly Skunk!

He’ll most likely win via no Deodorant smelly armpit submission violation.

lol he’s just Foul!

Maybe they should put in a rule..make sure your degree’d up. like they check to see the finger nails a cut right. There should be a odor free rule in mma thanks to matt linland>

You John you know Donbald will give Fedor and his translator..“The pep Talk”.. Show Fedor An Iron Trunk full of cash. " You fight good..in flict death on Tim..Trunk is yours.. "

Maybe something to, like that Soviet Ambassador in Rocky 4..had with Ivan Drago before “killed” apollo.

lol, he is definitely getting the TRUMPED up pep talk!
I have a good feeling about this fight. Fedor will deliver!

Affliction event will air for 4 hrs, not 3 hrs like UFC.

That extra hour is probably there mini concert!!! We’ll see just how long your Affliction lasts compared to the UFC then???

if there was a mini concert then it’s 3 hrs so what’s the difference, it’s still gonna be 3 hrs like UFC anyway.

I dont know….I think one major org is a good thing..when compairing it to the other sports…If UFC has the top guys, makes the most money, is the place where the top fighters want to be, it will work…Just like the NFL is the professional football league that the athletes want to be..there is also canadian football, European football, and arena football, the players still get payed to be pro football players, but they all want to be in the NFL..I think thats what MMA should be..the other leagues like EliteXC ect. are the arena footballs…they are pro fighters, but you have to be a pro athlete to be in the UFC. The fans will know that the UFC is the best, and they are watching EliteXC for the smae reason people watch arena football, the love of the sport…thats just my opinion on how it should be…if the UFC is top dog in every weight class, they would have more shows, more free events, make more money because they are what everyone watches when they want to see the best, then they will have to pay the fighters accordinly…just my opinion, but if it doesnt ever happen, thats fine with me, it seems far fetched at this point…but if you look at the history of the NFL, it was NFL first, then the AFL came along, so they joined the two…much like UFC/PRIDE. If the UFC was able to pay the fighters as much as the NFL pays there players, it would already be like this…i just dont know how they will get that kind of cheddar

affliction/trump is giving me fedor/sylvia and arlovski/rothwell and dana isnt. this is an easy choice for now, but the thing you bring up about “moguls” and how they will pony up enough money to challenge the ufc someday might happen, but who’s gonna be the next dana? talk bad about him all you want, but he IS the #1 guy in mma and no one else is close. for any of these other orgs to truely challenge the ufc, they will need alot more than money, (the ufc and the fertittas have plenty of that ) they will need someone who has the same drive, the same buisness savy and true passion for the sport like dana white. without dana white and the ufc, there would be no affliction or elite xc.

Having loads of other organisations that are equal will turn MMA into the same farce that boxing has become. 5 or more different organisations with a world champ, unification fights (which Dana will never allow) take place to infrequently and the fans suffer as you never know who the best REALLY is.

Boxing 60yrs ago you knew who the heavyweight champ of the world was, it was simple. If, god forbid, Kimbo wins the Elite belt in his next rigged fight that doesn’t put him on a par with Randy or Big Nog but he is still “World Champ.”

Yes, competion is good for the fans as we see more fights but UFC is the main organisation and will be for years to come, they do it bigger and better.

MMA is not like any other sport ever. I want the UFC to grow and put on more shows.. but I want Affliction to do so too. As John pointed out in his tpost. Affliction has the best chance to compete with the UFC.. Dana feels the same way.. that’s why we are getting UFN14 on the same night. The beef I have with the UFC politics is the best fighters should fight the best fighers.

Wandy vs Chuck only went down, cuz Zuffa bought pride..it shouldn’t of been like that. There is alot of money at stake and ego’s. I rep MMA to the fullest. I rep the UFC. I rep Affliction. I rep the fighters. I don’t ep the politics. I respect the MMA business..but Dana’s cock blocking on july 19/26th is just not good.

Phil, I agree with what you say, there should be healthy competition for UFC and it would be great if Affliction can be that, what would be bad for MMA is four or five “top” organsisations having champs and no one knowing who is best. Also agree Dana should allow cross promotion, IMO the only thing stopping this is the worry that UFC fighters lose and they cant promote themselves as the premier MMA organisation.

UKmmaBOY: That’s one part of Dana’s not wanting to put his Champs out there. there is a 50/50 chance of them losing each time out. He can afford for them to lose inside the octagon, but not outside of it. The UFC is self-sustained. They market the best MMA fighters in the world with the UFC brand. I doubt we will ever see the best fighters fight the best fighter’s regardless of promotion with the UFC in the equation.

Phil: u r so right! That is the problem I have with the UFC as well. Hopefully if Affliction can grow to be as big as the UFC, then it may make Dana cross promote every once in a while, but until a company can compete with the UFC directly in the US market, Dana will never cross promote because it will give credability to the organization he is cross promoting with.

theres alot of good points made here by all, but imo in order for anyone to challenge the ufc, its gonna take alot more than just money. the ufc has plenty of that. i guess what im trying to say is who’s gonna be the next dana white. its gonna take another person like him with as much drive, business savy and passion for the sport to put another org. over the top. talk bad all you want about dana, but without him the ufc would not be where it is today and there would be no affliction or elite without the ufc’s current success. only time will tell.

sorry about the double (similar) posts. new pc system today.

Great point BW…. Hopefully one of those Affliction guys has the passion and realize that they have the potential to do big things, if steered in the right direction. As head of a competing company, they need a boss who will fight, because Dana will go to war with you, thats for sure!