Oh crap, Affliction is cancelled

[RosettaStoned]

Rob would be jerking off in front of his grandma right now if this happened to the UFC. For sure.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

lol, hating on them for a fighter not fighting? you really think I would laugh if a great fight got cancelled?

you guys are silly, I like watching great fights

plus if the UFC cancells a fight it is not that big of a deal, they have many other guys to jump right in and it wouldnt be that much of a drop off

now you guys are just just getting out of hand

I disagree. You are definitely blindly bias against the UFC with this kind of shit. This is a massive fuck up on Affliction's part.. you were dying for Rogers or anyone to step in and for them to flat out cancel the show after all this hype and so many other solid fights getting the fuck job is a royal fuck job for all involved. You would be blasting Dana to shreds for this kind of shit.

 

[Liquidrob]

Every fan wanted to see Tim and Fedor for years?

Forgive me.. I must've missed all the demand for a Sylvia destruction by Fedor..

Arlovski maybe..

Tim was the HW champ of the UFC for many years, Fedor was the pride champ, everyone excluding you wanted to see that fight

 

[Liquidrob]

I disagree. You are definitely blindly bias against the UFC with this kind of shit. This is a massive fuck up on Affliction's part.. you were dying for Rogers or anyone to step in and for them to flat out cancel the show after all this hype and so many other solid fights getting the fuck job is pretty foolish. You would be blasting Dana to shreds for this kind of shit.

dude, it just was cancelled, I am already pissed Barnett F'ed up

and second of all, it would never happen to the UFC, they would never have to cancel event over 1 fighter so you guys are making up made up scenarios that have no answers

If you are happy this event got cancelled you are wack, plain and simple

 

[RosettaStoned]

Tim was the HW champ of the UFC for many years, Fedor was the pride champ, everyone excluding you wanted to see that fight

Not really. Most people just wanted to see Tim get his ass kicked. Little did we know all we needed was 72 year old Ray Mercer.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Tim was the HW champ of the UFC for many years, Fedor was the pride champ, everyone excluding you wanted to see that fight

Noone legitimately wants to see a Tim Sylvia fight. Of all guys to want to see Fedor face Tim would be no where near the top of the list. The mere fact that you are trying to hype it like Affliction brought us a blockbuster with that shit is more evidence of the bias..

 

[Liquidrob]

Noone legitimately wants to see a Tim Sylvia fight. Of all guys to want to see Fedor face Tim would be no where near the top of the list. The mere fact that you are trying to hype it like Affliction brought us a blockbuster with that shit is more evidence of the bias..

you are rewriting history again, plain and simple

just like RS said, most people wanted to see just for the fact to see Tim get destroyed

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

dude, it just was cancelled, I am already pissed Barnett F'ed up

and second of all, it would never happen to the UFC, they would never have to cancel event over 1 fighter so you guys are making up made up scenarios that have no answers

If you are happy this event got cancelled you are wack, plain and simple

Im not happy it was cancelled, I really wanted to see a lot of those fights, especially Fedor vs anyone (including Jose Canseco). Im happy that it exposes your bias more tho.. not that we needed that, lol.

 

[Liquidrob]

you guys are really reaching

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

you are rewriting history again, plain and simple

just like RS said, most people wanted to see just for the fact to see Tim get destroyed

So wanting to see Tim get destroyed = a great fight people wanted to see for years? Tim was thrown in cause the UFC had just cut him and he was a hot name.. noone legitimately believed Tim had any chance against Fedor and this was not a demand fight. You seem to be the one rewriting history.. noone was hyping a Fedor/Tim fight before that shit actually got announced. And the mini hype wasnt worth it cause the fight sucked, because Tim sucks.

 

[Liquidrob]

So wanting to see Tim get destroyed = a great fight people wanted to see for years? Tim was thrown in cause the UFC had just cut him and he was a hot name.. noone legitimately believed Tim had any chance against Fedor and this was not a demand fight. You seem to be the one rewriting history.. noone was hyping a Fedor/Tim fight before that shit actually got announced. And the hype wasnt worth it cause the fight sucked, because Tim sucks.

I thought Fedor would destroy him and I wanted to see the fight, if you dont want to see the former pride champ vs the former UFC champ I dont know what to tell you

 

[Liquidrob]

also, I have said in the past many times that Affliction has/had a bad business model and this would probably be there last event, nothing more to say than that really

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I thought Fedor would destroy him and I wanted to see the fight, if you dont want to see the former pride champ vs the former UFC champ I dont know what to tell you

It definitely wasnt a fight "people wanted to see for years". It was cool to see at the time cause it was Affliction's first show and they were bringing in Fedor to fight. They overpaid Tim huge cause of the name he made in UFC. Definitely wasnt one of those "dream matchups" people were thinking up when UFC and Pride were separate.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

also, I have said in the past many times that Affliction has/had a bad business model and this would probably be there last event, nothing more to say than that really

Its all good Rob. We have accepted it for what it is...

 

[RosettaStoned]

I was fucking pumped to watch Fedor fight again. I hope Dana can get him signed.

 

[Liquidrob]

It definitely wasnt a fight "people wanted to see for years". It was cool to see at the time cause it was Affliction's first show and they were bringing in Fedor to fight. They overpaid Tim huge cause of the name he made in UFC. Definitely wasnt one of those "dream matchups" people were thinking up when UFC and Pride were separate.

you probably dont remember because you werent watching MMA during that time period

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

also, I have said in the past many times that Affliction has/had a bad business model and this would probably be there last event, nothing more to say than that really

Actually you were too busy blaming noobs and clueless MMA fans and UFC nuthugging to actually get around to the business side of it.
Meanwhile on the other side of your mouth claiming Dana White needs to get out of the way for MMA to grow..


As I said before youre a hypocrite and wont admit it.

Its all good Rob. We have accepted it for what it is...

This.:drunk:

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

you probably dont remember because you werent watching MMA during that time period

Ive been watching MMA since Pride days Rob.. I actually watched a shit ton of original UFC events but I was just a young lad at the time.

It is what it is.. the bias is all good, someone has to do it I guess.

But for all the hating you do on UFC and match making and such.. you cant act like Tim vs Fedor was a fight that was in high demand.

 

[Steel Mamba]

Yet 100 events later hasnt happened.

AGAIN you dont market around a guy or name. You market a brand. Thats why NFL stays on top and NBA sunk to misery after Jordan.

Numerous times Main event participants have suffered injuries. They find replacements.

So again we have Ken injuring himself right before a fight and Kimbo getting KOd by a nobody.
Now you have Barnett fucking everything up for everyone by getting caught roiding.

If affliction goes under thats 2/2 with the same Fn story.

For as much shit as they catch for shady business Pride at least knew wtf they were doing in running a fighting org. These ass clowns like Affliction are clueless.



Just seeing you eat crow for the second Affliction event in a row.

MMA fans lose out when clueless people get involved in the sport. This is another black eye on mma from an 'outside' organization. Main event cancelled and organization goes under because of roid test. MMA doesnt need that shit.

By my count
Pride = Mob ties
EXC = Kimbo wagon derailed
Affliction=One fighter pony.


UFC is the only thing pushing this sport mainstream. Knock Dana like a tool all you want but the guy has done wonders for MMA and is always at least attempting to put on the fights people want to see.
All the other shit people knock him for has nothing to do with us as fans. Its the fighters and there lack of a union. You want fighters not to get hosed , or get more money or not get pushed out or have options etc... then get a Union.


This is bad news for MMA and once again the bad news isnt coming from the UFC.

How can you even compare an org 100+ events in to an org going into their 3rd show? You can't build a brand that quickly. Yeah EXC threw in anyone they could and they're out of business now so that seems like a bad example. On top of that they weren't a PPV event. Anyway, there's a difference between establishing a brand and marketing fights. The UFC certainly has great brand awareness, but they still market the fights almost in the same manner that any other org does. The difference is only because their brand is so strong that they can sell shitty fights as main events and still make big bucks off of it. They weren't in that position early on and Affliction obviously isn't in that position either. I don't see any logic to believe that they should be in any different position this early on.

But, also keep in mind that they had Vitor signed. Fedor did not accept the fight. Rogers demanded too much money and any other replacement would have been bad for business.

 

[Liquidrob]

Actually you were too busy blaming noobs and clueless MMA fans and UFC nuthugging to actually get around to the business side of it.
Meanwhile on the other side of your mouth claiming Dana White needs to get out of the way for MMA to grow..


As I said before youre a hypocrite and wont admit it.

umm, no, I have said it many times, dont make shit up now, when guys were trying to bring up the business part of it when we were discussing the actually fights is when I said why are you guys bringing up the business side of it

you just dont want to admit you are a UFC fan only and not a fan of MMA

lol @ dancing over missing a great fight, yeah, we won!