Exclusive: Affliction to broadcast entire "Banned" fight card

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 Exclusive: Affliction to broadcast entire "Banned" fight card
Tim Sylvia and Fedor Emelianenko ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- In Saturday's upcoming battle of counter-programming with the UFC, Affliction has again raised the stakes with its debut "Banned" card. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Saturday night's pay-per-view broadcast will run a full four hours and will feature eight bouts. Additionally, FSN will ... [link]

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How Serious Is Affliction About July 19th?
Published 7/18/2008 by Luke Thomas at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
Serious: In Saturday's upcoming battle of counter-programming with the UFC, Affliction has again raised the stakes with its debut "Banned" card. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Saturday night's pay-per-view broadcast will run a full four hours and will feature eight bouts. Additionally, FSN will air three bouts, rather than the previously reported two fights.  In other words, between FSN and PPV, the ...

Report: Affliction to broadcast entire “Banned” card
Published 7/18/2008 by Adam Morgan at Five Ounces of Pain
That’s the word according to MMA Junkie : Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Saturday night’s pay-per-view broadcast will run a full four hours and will feature eight bouts. Additionally, FSN will air three bouts, rather than the previously reported two fights. In other words, between FSN and PPV, the entire “Banned” fight card will be televised. This is getting pretty intense. Let’s backtrack. Affliction announces a card to be held on July 19th. The UFC counters by putting together a free card on basic cable television that ...

Entire “Banned” Card to Be Televised
Published 7/18/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
... Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio informed our friends at MMA Junkie yesterday that the promotion’s debut broadcast on pay-per-view will run for a surprising four hours, allowing for the inclusion of eight bouts on the main card. Additionally, FOX Sports Net will now be airing three bouts instead of the originally-planned two. ...

Affliction: Banned Fires Back
Published 7/18/2008 by Dr J at MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis
... In an interview with MMAJunkie.com yesterday, Affliction VP Tom Atencio said the PPV was being expanded to four hours and will now feature eight bouts. The three bouts on on the PPV card will appear on the FoxSportsNet portion of the fight card instead of just the two fights previously schedueld for FSN. ...

Double-Liveblog Action This Weekend!
Published 7/18/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... As it turns out, I’ll have my hands full covering Affliction, since the entire card will now be televised. “Banned” was originally slated to feature two fights on ...

Report: Entire Affliction “Banned” Card To Be Broadcast
Published 7/18/2008 by Kris Karkoski at MMAFrenzy.com
... The entire, eleven-bout Affliction “Banned” card will be televised between Fox Sports Net and pay-per-view according to MMAJunkie.com: ...

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