Affliction cancels Aug. 1 'Trilogy' event

Josh Barnett is the Devil!
Josh Barnett is the Devil!
Josh Barnett is the Devil!

hahahahha.
fck tom atencio.
the guy is a joke.

Wow, could there be anything worse for the longevity of Affliction?

This is all too bad.

josh just f’d up everything. i guess fedor has to sign with ufc

there were other fights on the card besides fedor….hope that wasn’t the reason why this PPV was cancelled. I wanted to see mousasi vs babalu

This is what happens when you build your organization around one fighter. See also EliteXC.

wow, alot of hard work and expected paycheques for these fighters out the window, thats a shame. Is this grounds for the other fighters to file a lawsuit?

Strikeforce needs to bring in some of these Affliction guys for August 15th.

Very stupid they lose one fighter and the whole show is cancelled that’s why I dint take affliction to be a major org.

This is to funny there still decents fights on this card but hahahah to barnette fedor and tom

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Dam…Babz/Mouassi was going to be sweet…wonder if they can sell pre-signed contracts to Strikeforce to recover some of their losses…

Guessing time:
Given Fedor’s willingness to fight anyone, and the fact that the show is now canceled I am willing to bet that Fedor hasn’t signed that contract extension yet. Affliction wants to get every ppv dollar it can from FE before he breaks for greener pastures.

Hey Affliction….

THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T BUILD A PROMOTION AROUND A FIGHTER.

Should have just called this the Fedor Show, you bitches were owned, now go back to making shitty overpriced t-shirts.

Very stupid they lose one fighter and the whole show is cancelled that’s why I dont consider affliction a major org. They’re a one man show nothing more

What a non-event. Like when the NHL canceled a season.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TYPE ANGRY YOU MAKE MISTAKES ARGH I’M SO MAD

I wouldn’t call this an unfortunate turn of events. Affliction, like Strikeforce, is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. UFC and WEC are the top two (and really only legit) MMA organizations out there. The cream of the fighting crop fight for these two promotions. I’m glad the overrated Barnett helped sink Affliction’s 8/1 event.

KEVIN SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE COMMENTS I’M TRYING TO TYPE THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE YEAR NOT BABYSIT YOUR DUMB ASS IN MODERATION

All that training, money spent, and hype. Tom always trying to get the UFC to bite on a, my guy your guy card or Dana won’t fight me. How desperate was he then… and now – haha. It is over!!! They f*cked themselves out of huge market exposure for there crapy shirt, buy picking a fight with the UFC. They gambled big, and lost even bigger. I have to hand it to them for the size of their balls, but not so much for the size of their brains.

HAHAHAHA T Shirt Boy needs to stay away from something he doesn’t know and let Zuffa do the fighting. He can make his shirts…but Zuffa is the people that know how to run the fight game.

Why is this funny? An amazing MMA event (even without the main card). Do the people laughing have a vested interest in the fact that another MMA organisation has gone? Surely the more awesome fights the better!

Barnett you motherFUCKER.

That guy has basically wasted all the other fighters training for nothing, all the months theyve been training adds up to probably years, and Barnett the bitch fucked them all.

Fuck him.

The WEC and UFC are the same org? Both Zuffa companies.

An out of his prime fat guy just killed an entire promotion. I mean, Affliction was already on its death bed, but he pulled the cord for sure.

This is absolute bullshit on barnett, atencio, affliction as a company and the wizard of oz’s part! How could you let this happen oh great and powerful oz?

hahahaha dana must have busted a nut when he heard this

This is the final nail in the coffin. They are now officially a joke. This card was good, but when you lose one fight and can’t keep the card together, you have no hopes. Will these fighters get paid regardless? So, let’s see who want’s to jump ship from the UFC now so they can get payed better by another organization!?!?

Yeah that is shitty to think about all the fighters, and how hard they trained, just to be ditched a week before the prom. I was excited about the Mousasi fight, as well as the Vitor fight.

Barnett was always going to get killed, but the rest of the card was decent.

Sometimes you have to recognize a bad investment and cut your losses. From a business perspective, its a good move for Afflication to stop the bleeding and get away from the MMA game. It cost them millions and if anything it hurt their name. On top of it all, their shirts have been labeled as “douschebag” wear, and I’m sure that’ll hurt their business as well.

Fedor has limited options left, he will be in the UFC soon.

Fedor can now go be the HW champ for Strikeforce and rip thru all the cans in that organization now. Yeah! What a friggin joke. Wake me up when Fedor’s agent bites the dust and Fedor joins the UFC. I don’t want to watch Fedor fight cans till he retires. 3 years of that was more than enough. Maybe he can fight Atencio and submit him by decapitation. Bye Affliction!

Its not about a one man show or not..its about PPV buys.. That was the main event. If they move foward and put someone in Barnetts place thats not a headliner or someone the public wants to see it won’t sell PPV and they will be more in debt and will accelarate their demise alot quicker than just cancelling the show..

that was the smartest thing they could have done.it was a ok card at best with barnett.your right it was a three man show with only two left and it looks they are looking for a job. sorry to say i was right,affliction is history.

Awful news, shame on Affliction for bailing when things got tough, Barnett taking steroids was a big blow but several fighters were prepared to face Fedor to put on a show for the fans plus there were several excellent fights on this card, yet when things got tough they just cancelled it.

Even EliteXC managed to find a replacement for Kimbo when Ken got injured, sure their organisation was finished as a result but at least they didn’t cancel the show. Now Affliction better pay the fighters and give fans refunds, seeing how they wasted everyones time and money.

Hopefully the top stars will sign with Strikeforce or the UFC, as at least those companies are stable, Affliction will have lost too much money from this debacle as well as their reputation for them to continue promoting fights.

UFC needs to makes some room and sign Fedor, Mousassi, Gomi, Santiago, Belfort before strikforce gets them…though i dont know if strikeforce can afford the mall.

i say have josh barnett in one corner…..every other fighter who was scheduled to fight in the other corner…ring the bell and see what happens…

just dont sanction it

NOW, if Affliction decides they will no longer run a fight promotion, will we see Affliction gear back in the UFC?

WHY CANT FEDOR FIGHT ON THE STRIKEFORCE CARD???

Fuck Affliction , I hope they go DOWN like Elite XC did… If Fedor doesent sign with UFC than it means that Fedor are afraid to join UFC , Im so tired of this BS going around blaming the UFC , Its EASY man , JUST SIGN and we will see you in the UFC pure and simple , UFC is the biggest of them all so why not sign and prove that your the best fighter in the world ?

I hate Affliction , I hope they go DOWN like Elite XC did… If Fedor doesent sign with UFC than it means that Fedor are afraid to join UFC , Im so tired of this BS going around blaming the UFC , Its EASY man , JUST SIGN and we will see you in the UFC pure and simple , UFC is the biggest of them all so why not sign and prove that your the best fighter in the world ?

Im sure wladmir finken what ever his name is , Has something to do with this…

THey dident want to put Fedor against Belfort because of belforts speed , He may cause trouble for Fedor…

So instead they go and cancel the whole SHOW , People have payed for the tickets and all…

I liked Affliction , BUT NOW I HOPE THEY GO DOWN AND FAST

Well I have to say the cancellation of this event defintely has me anticipating what Fedor will do next; I am so hoping that he comes to the UFC; hell Dana should go out right now and sign as many as those guys as possible; bring Fedor, Vitor hell sign brett rodgers bring all the best under one banner and lets see who the best really is

Like so many of you guys I want to see the best possible fights; I am not sure how MMA weekely and other organization rated Josh Barnett as number two ?? he got destroyed by minotauro and others in pride and the fact they didn’t test for steroids over there; how long has he been doing this for?? I mean I am sure hes a decent fighter but he just screwed himself for awhile with this whol steroid thing; and Fedor managers suck big time

Just sign with UFC quit being idiots; I want to see Fedor vs Lesnar, Fedor vs Couture, Fedor vs Cro Cop 2, Fedor vs Noguiera 4, Fedor vs Anderson Silva hell Fedor vs Rampage so many fights could happen with Fedor being there OMG ; and he would make so much money too; if UFC signs him the first event would break PPV records in fact shatter them; so sign him for 3 fights and let Fedor compete in sambo tournaments; Dana check your ego and quit bashing Fedor all the time;

Hard to argue with a guy who is like 30-1 in his career LOL I do thing anderson silva and GSP are awesome too but in their weight divisions

SIGN FEDOR SIGN FEDOR IN THE UFC everybody wants it; Lesnar has no opponent right now to even challenge him Couture is fighting soon and Carwin is fighting soon so sign Fedor and New years EVE Fedor vs Lesnar both around same age lets get it on

Watch Dana will offer the affliction fighters to fight at UFC 103 except babulu, UFC comes in and saves the day. Good PR, but highly doubtful

VIVA LA UFC

This is unfortunate for all involved. Especially the fighters who have given blood, sweat and tears training for the past eight weeks. It is, however, fortunate for the UFC. That is if Fedors management has any desire to secure him a contract that will gaurantee real money and real fighters. This would not happen in the UFC. I understand that Dana White and the Fertittas may seem impossible to deal with but their product is unmatched. The UFC has a stable of great fighters and they would not have to cancel an event due to the loss of one fighter. Especially if that fighter were Josh Barnett. How does Josh Barnett rank so high on these MMA web site rankings anyway? Top ten maybe but number 2?

funny how the wording now is “cancelled”; previously attencio would use the word “post-poned”. a sign of things to come; or not come.

either way, fedor in strikeforce could make strikeforce the big winner here.

GOOD THING I DIDNT GET MY TICKETS YET JUST LIVING 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HONDA CENTER! THIS WAS GONNA B 1 OF THE SICKEST CARDS OF
THE YEAR! FUCKIN MAN TITS HAD 2 FUCK IT ALL UP!!!

Quick info on all these contracts…

If you inked a deal to fight and the event is canceled… you dont get paid. Losses on advertising\ promotion, building rental etc is where all the money will be lost… oh and with the lawyers because every fighter will end up sueing for a minimum of their ‘show’ or ‘downside’ of the fight contract. They will most likely not see a dime. There is a flip side to that coin…

As for the contracts, all the fighters will essentially owe Affliction\M1 Global another fight, but they will relinquish the contracts in order for the fighters to go fight somewhere else like Strikforce or UFC, hell even DREAM. This way… they dont get sued.

This was the issue with Elite XC and its assets. Due to signing fighters to long contracts, fighters could not automatically leave Elite XC for other organizations. UFC will pick up a hand full of the fighters like Fedor, Belfort, and probably send a fruit basket with his Afflication upside to Barnett for truly being the downfall.

Dont expect fighters like Babalo or Barnett to ever grace UFC, UFC seems to never rehire fighters that have had issues that involve any sports commission. The fighters that do sign… watch their pay scale go down by 1/3 to 1/2… Affliction was hilarious with their pay days. If I was their payroll clerk, i’d slip a check for $100K in there for myself… they probably wouldnt notice.

I think this sucks ass.

Less promotions means less fighters… means less fighter pay … means less entertainment for us.

Not sure why everyone here seems to think that this frees up all the other fighters for the UFC to snag them up. It’s pretty presumptious to think they can just rip up their contracts and be free agents…unless Affliction folds of course. As long as Affliction is still in the fight business, one would half to assume the fighters are still under contract.

dana paid barnett to pop posistive on the piss test. (unsubstanciated speculation only)

RIP Affliction MMA

I dont know about you , But im so fed up with hearing Fedor saying it is up to my manager or trainers if I will sign with ufc , I bet if someone asked him what color of underwear will you be wearing to do ? He would say it is up to my manager…

I mean the GUY has a mouth and can decide things for him self but NO , He wont do it…

The truth is , Fedors manager and Fedor himself are smart people , They knows that CAGE will give Fedor problems , Belive that.

Fedor needs to realize how bad it looks for him not to join the best fighters in the world….I mean what happens now? he has to wait another 4 months to fight? Fedor vs Carwin instaed of Cain, why not? I don’t care about the card so much as I do Fedor just lying around not fighting for so long…..

Rumour has it that Dana is announcing something today. Maybe you guys will get your wish and he bought up Affliction, like they did with the WFA to get Rampage, Machida, etc…
Or, maybe he’s going to set up a presser just to call Atencio a loser and faggot.

Stay tuned.

I like affliction, big fan of fedor but damn i’m pissed. AFLLICTION=GAME OVER! Fedor you better go to the UFC now. Barnett was the last one to overcome that is not in the ufc and he proved that he is not worth the time. Better go over to the UFC and prove yourself, that indeed you are number 1.

Looks like all you guys are gleeful over the “folding” of Affliction for no reason……

Atencio – “Affliction is deeply disappointed that the undercard is also canceled through no fault of its own,” the release stated. “Affliction stands behind the company’s brands and delivers premium products to the most passionate and loyal customers. Affliction’s first priority is to ensure that all future events live up to the company’s high standards.”

To be continued…..

My wife and I kinda know Dana and we sent him a B-Day card the other day that says our Bday wish to him is Afflictions final crash and burn. lol….. looks like he got it!

Hell I want to respond to an earlier comment; I mean less promotions?? I support as many promotions as possible; but if they are like affliction or elite XC hell no; those are examples of what not to do and as far as fans are concerns and as far I am personally concern; I want to see the best fighter in the world or at least that is one many call Fedor fight in the UFC against the best heavyweights; Lesnar believe it or not is a real threat to Fedor; I saw Lesnar get rocked by Mir with that knee and then he took Mir down and gave him a beating; I know Lesnar has an ego but I will not trash him because he did beat couture and mir and those guys I have much respect for especially couture; I also think Couture deserves to have a match with Fedor; he is getting up there in age and if it doesn’t happen soon it may never happen; couture would be like the Gordie Howe of Hockey fighting Fedor in his mid 30s lol The UFC always has good matches always; I know Dana shoots his mouth of but he is being real and I respect that and he gets things done; I do believe Fedor and really thinking about joining the UFC and I know that as of late it seems the Dana has been humbling himself example making up with Tito; he said it took years in the making to sign Wanderlai and he did; almost lost Cro Cop but got him back; made up with Couture; I believe in Dana and I think soon well see a big signing and a big ass grin from Mr Dana White inking Fedor; I have faith; we should all (all fans) unite and plead like GSP did to get his title shot to Fedor and his management PLEASE MR FEDOR SIGN WITH THE UFC LOL

Well, it was the best option affliction had, if they get a replacement for fedor and he loses the fight it’ll be the same fiasco that elitexc had with Kimbo, plus Fedor career would it be over.

If Fedor dosent sign with the UFC NOW than its OVER – FINISHED – FINITO – GAME OVER , With Fedor

UFC loses a ton of fighters on their cards and easily replace within a day. Sometimes making the fights even better than what they were before. Affliction loses 1 fighter out of a studded card of fighters and they scrap the whole event, wtf? That’s why Affliction isn’t going to make it and why so many people predict its gonna tank. Strike Force is probably the next to tank, the only thing I like about Strike Force, is a hand full of fighters, everything else about it sux. Their commentators are stiffs, the ring announcer sounds like the dork from the lotto commercial, Cooker looks like he spends more money on food than on Strike Force itself, and they just don’t have enough good fighters. If anything, Strike Force and Affliction should just merge and pool their resources together, at least that’ll give them both a fighting chance at survival. I may not like either organizations, but i’d like to see a good competitor against the UFC, just to at least have more MMA events that I’d actually want to watch, rather than just UFC once or twice a month.

WEll Said Jaime

I was really excited to see how Gomi and Mousasi would do over in America but thanks to Barnett. We might not even get the chance ever.

First off, this sucks!! B/C Fedor IS NOT free to sign with the UFC now. He would have been done with his obligation in about a week and now he will be stuck with them for god knows how long till they put on another show, if they do at all.

Second: How can Atencio even pretend that he has a valid promotion when one fighter bails and the entire event has to be canceled?? Strikeforce has suffered two major blows to their upcoming card and they are dealing with it. He had OK fill ins, as good as be will ever have and he folding up his tents and called it quits

The reason? It’s totally BS!!! They don’t really do that good of a job promoting to begin with. Please that have already heard of Affliction 3 from their previous promoting and don’t tune in aren’t doing it b/c of lack of advertising. This is just a ridiculous to think thats a valid reason

Fans cop up $50-$60 for the pay-per-view and some buy tickets from $50-$1000 for the live event.

Fighters train their asses off for 2-4 months for this one night hoping they will win to get paid double and possibly KO of the night.

NOW ITS ALL GONE…Thanks Josh

I feel bad for all the profession fights that were on the card DEPENDING on that fight money to live on. They have all of their time and money invested in these camps. This will put allot of them in debt. When you get to the level some of these guys are on you don’t work a second job, this is their only source of income. Who knows how long it will be before they even PLAN another card. Think of the hell they put their bodies through in these camps, often leaving their friends and family behind and for the fight to be canceled due to one fighter dropping out has to be a hard pill to swallow. I doubt allot of these fighters will resign if given a chance to go to another promotion. Strikeforce, Dream or UFC.

Hopefully the fighters on that card still get paid something, it wasnt their fault things turned to shit. If the fighters spent money preparing for their fights on this card and don’t get shit for it, I can see lawsuits.

hahahahahahahah the great fighters need to be in ufc fuck affliction

I said it a couple of days ago Affliction ait nutting with Fedor. .. hopefully they retire and those fighters go else where .. IM PISSED . I really wanted to see

Jorge santigo vs Vitor belfor and the Mousasi vs Bobolu And of corse the fedor fight. FEDOR NEEDS THE UFC !

affliction is going to fail now!

SON OF A BITCH!!!

barnett, i hate you!

This is a total joke, and personally I wish Affliction would simply just go away.

1 fight is canceled not even the main draw, the undercard is amazing and they give us this we cant promote it up to our standards. LOL. Belfort a bigger star then Barnet in the states was willing.

Set dates for shows, canceled
Stadiums booked and shows canceled.

How many cards in how many months have they promoted.
Awful!

This holds fighters up, fans ect.

Antecio what about the fans flying in? Think for a 2nd.
Barnett can be replaced. If it were Fedor maybe, but Barnet, hell this would have saved them money.
Barnet was set to make atleast 800K! And what an idiot, Once in a lifetime payday for him and he pulls this.

This is why I hate bush league promotions.

Strikeforce is solid, but they simply have no roster, rarely a title fight.
And for some reason they have tons of canceled fights also just before events.

Affliction is a joke, has been since day 1! Stupid rock bands, eternity in between cards.

This is what happens when you try to base your promotion on one fighter who is scared to fight in the UFC and end up like Cro Cop or something. I feel bad for these other fighters who busted their ass off for this event and now have to start all over. Personally I know that if you ask any average fan who Josh Barnett was they would not even know so it’s not like they lost someone who was a top PPV seller. Could have marketed a fight with Frye or Monson just as well, and fans would have tuned in to watch. I say Fedor stop ducking the UFC and really prove yourself in the world’s number one promotion because until you do nobody will really respect you, plus you will always have that question surrounding you forever.

i looked forward to seeing gomi fight in the us, oh well this company sucks and the wamma title means nuthing..

Finally an org other then the UFC put together a few meaningful fights on 1 card and they lose a non ppv draw and the shut out every fighter looking for there payday, every fan that made plans to go see the event and fly in for the show.

Such BS! They definitley didnt cancel this due to Barnett missing out. Yes it helped, but cmon! This card was huge with or without him.

They havent put on a show in how many months? They have an obligation to there fighters.

Mousashi Vs Sobral
Santiago Vs Belfort

Were good enough for me, especially Sobral Vs Mousashi

I really hope we have seen the last of Affliction.

And for pete sake, Diaz and Sheilds get over to the UFC please!

There is nothing at Affliction for you. Nothing

LOL at every person who claims we need more then the UFC!

I do not blame barnett for fucking this up. Yes he fucked himself but the rest of the blame lies with Afflication and I am having a guess with M-1. Even without fedor I though this was a solid card and as long as they fedor fought somebody who was not a can, I am sure the public would have been happy.

Well now we will never know and my guess is that fedor had a clause in his contract that if Afflication cancelled this event then he can walk from the contract which my guess he will.

I would not be surprised to see him fight within the next few months. Strikeforce have 3 HW that could him busy for the next 12 months or there are a line of cans waiting in Japan.

I am thinking Japan in more likely because I don’t think strikeforce will be up for the shit contracts that M-1 will try and offer them. Now we will see if it was UFC stopping fedor going there or his management.

In case you guys can’t see through all of this, let me clear it up for you…..

They didn’t cancel the show because it wasn’t going to be profitable enough. People weren’t going to buy the PPV to see Barnett fight…they were going to buy it to see Fedor fight, whether he was fighting Barnett or not.

The show was cancelled in order to save their asses from going under if Fedor got KTFO by a relatively unknown fighter. When they say they didn’t have enough time to promote, they mean they didn’t have enough time to promote the new guy that Fedor was going to fight… because doom would ensue on them if Fedor lost to a Seth Petruzelli.

It wasn’t about money…Barnett doesn’t put that many butts in seats to say this was about loss of revenue.

Everything happens for a reason , Maybe Fedor will sign the contract with the UFC after all , WHO KNOWS…

We all know this is totally Fedors doing. I dont care what Affliction says. Fedor does not want to go into the ring against an opponent on short notice and end up like Kevin Ferguson. I dont think for one second that this is Afflictions fault, I think its Fedor for not being a man that is willing to face anyone at anytime.

Wow, Josh just “Kimbo-d” Affliction….

I HOPE DANA BUYS AFFLICTION! THAT WUD BE THE SHIT!! ITS NOT LIKE HE DONT HAVE THE CASH FOR IT! FEDOR , MOUSASI,& GOMI IN THE UFC!!

They should have moved the vitor fight as the main event and apologized for this happening without having a proper backup ready, i mean lets say it wasnt roids but Josh/Fedor got hurt in training right now, what the hell would they do??? Same outcome, you cant just cancell and entire event without expecting reprecutions, adios Affliction, hello Fedor in the UFC!!! . . . . And hello Brock, the soon to be undisputed HVWT Champion of the world. Congrats Dana on another “wait ’em out” victory over another organization that never really came close! Long Live UFC and its amazing never ending promotion machine that never lets us down with the best bouts they can put forth (even when a cheater cheats, they still come through, sometimes with a beter fight then originaly planned)

i dont get where this card was huge.gesse im not hardcore enough.

good job affliction

SIMPLY PUT SIGN FEDOR TO THE UFC!!!!!!!!

Enough of the stupid politics; we fans don’t care about stupid promoters, vice presidents or presidents, owners, media, money hungary idiots that know nothing about MMA or ego maniacs we care about great fights between great fighters; we pay and are inspired by great athletes great fighters so quit the BS humble yourselfs and bring the best fighters to the UFC

See one thing I fear is the more Dana shoots his mouth off the more Fedor doesn’t like him clash of the cultures; so I suggest Dana close your mouth for abit sign Fedor then start talking lol
I mean know when to humble yourself; if this feud and conflict continues Fedor will never come to the UFC

Check your attitudes at the door and get it done; take a lesson in sportsmanship from GSP or Anderson Silva and Fedor also needs to put his management in thier spot and show us that he can compete in the UFC and beat the best the UFC has to offer; show is you are the best in the world; we fans help you make a living; I believe its time that you respect that ; besides Fedor if you are like most fighters and do not have to proove anything to anybody but yourself then why don’t you proove to yourself by taking the best challenges that world has to offer test yourself against the best

only one place UFC next up Lesnar we would even see couture at his best he would be so motivated any fighter would be motivated, all fans would be motivated hell anderson silva would be motivated lol

Fedor and Dana make it happen were all counting on you;

Affliction: Dead and buried.

Yeah the decision to cancel a fight will definitly buriy affiction.