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Affliction Payouts Are as Ludicrous as You Expect, in More Than One Way
Affliction Payouts Are as Ludicrous as You Expect, in More Than One Way
(Props: Keegan on the UG ) Affliction paid out a little over $3.3 million in disclosed fighter salaries for “Day of Reckoning,” pretty much guaranteeing that they’ll take a financial loss on this event, as we all expected.  Naturally, the payouts include several ...
Fedor Takes Care of Arlovski, Who’s Next?
Fedor Takes Care of Arlovski, Who’s Next?
totalprosports.com — Total Pro Sports- On Saturday night Fedor Emelianenko took Care of Andrei Arlovski with ease. The fight... played out just as I thought it would, as Fedor knocked him out early in the 1st round. The win means he is now riding a 27 fight win streak and has not lost a fight since the year 2000. ... (more) Fedor Takes Care of Arlovski, Who’s Next?
Distraught Arlovski thinks he blew his shot at history
Distraught Arlovski thinks he blew his shot at history
sports.yahoo.com — Sure the pay is getting better but most mixed martial artists fight for the love of the sport... and in the case of Andrei Arlovski, a sense of history. Fedor Emelianenko hasn't really ever come close to losing once in 30 fights. Arlovski was ... (more) Distraught Arlovski thinks he blew his shot at history
Affliction smack talk ... Dana White is on steroids and Roach bets 5k
Affliction smack talk ... Dana White is on steroids and Roach bets 5k
sports.yahoo.com — Affliction is following a good trend started by the UFC by posting some pre-fight videos similar to Dana White's... vlogs. Unfortunately, the promotion must be following the lead of COO Michael D. Cohen who thinks viewers will tune in because ... (more) Affliction smack talk ... Dana White is on steroids and ...
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Obvious lie makes everyone re-evaluate the truth
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — ... during the Margarito-Mosley fight. He claimed that Oscar de la Hoya was only at Saturday’s Affliction show because they paid him 5 million bucks to be there. Sure, it’s an amusing little story, but what’s with everyone making such a big deal about it? It’s pretty obvious that no one is making 5 million bucks just to show up nowadays, even if this is Affliction we’re talking about and they’re still burning giant piles of money like it’s going out of style. ...

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