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Affliction ‘Banned’: Official Salaries
The Affliction salaries have been released. The total payments top $3.3 Million which I believe makes it the most expensive fight card in history.
Top earners from the event are Tim Sylvia who got $800,000 for his 36 second loss against Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski who got $750,000 for his win over Ben Rothwell.
The total fighter payout for the event totaled $3,332,100
Here is the full list of fighter payouts:
Fedor Emelianenko: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tim Sylvia: $800,000
Andrei Arlovski: $750,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothell: $250,000
Josh Barnett: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Pedro Rizzo: $70,000
Mark Hominick: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Savant Young: $7,000
Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $90,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def: Mike Whitehead: $50,000
Matt Lindland: $300,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Nascimento: $20,00O
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Edwin Dewees: $15,000
Mike Pyle: $20,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
JJ Ambrose: $5,000
Vitor Belfort: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
Terry Martin: $30,000
Paul Buentello: $80,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
vs. Gary Goodridge: $25,000
The fight between Ray Lizama ($3,000) and Justin Levens ($6000) was postponed so both fighters got paid a negotiated salary.
Affliction: Banned Weigh-In Results
Aleksander Emelianenko Vs. Paul Buentello for tomorrow night has been canceled by the California State Affletic Commision. Emelianenko failed to meet the licensing requirements set forward by the CSAC. Gary Goodridge has been selected as a replacement fighter. Luckily all his CSAC paperwork was already filed and he is good to go.
The weigh-in went well with the exception of one fighter, Justin Levens. Levens came in 4 pound over his middleweight limit and currently there has been no mention of whether the fight will go ahead as a catchweight bout or not.
Here are the official weigh-in results:
Main Card:
Fedor Emelianenko (230 lbs) vs. Tim Sylvia (263 lbs)
Andre Arlovski (241 lbs) vs. Ben Rothwell (264 lbs)
Josh Barnett (256 lbs) vs. Pedro Rizzo (242 lbs)
Matt Lindland (185 lbs) vs. Fabio Negao (185 lbs)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (201 lbs) vs. Mike Whitehead (206 lbs)
Preliminary Bouts:
Vitor Belfort (185 lbs) vs. Terry Martin (185 lbs)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205 lbs) vs. Edwin Dewees (205 lbs)
Mike Pyle (171 lbs) vs. J.J. Ambrose (170 lbs)
Savant Young (145 lbs) vs. Mark Hominick (144 lbs)
Justin Levens (189 lbs) vs. Ray Lazama (186 lbs)
Affliction Banned - Fedor Vs. Sylvia Preview
This weekend Russia’s own Fedor Emelianenko will be fighting Tim Sylvia at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California for the WAMMA Heavyweight title of the world. The event will be Afflictions first event and is titled “Banned“.
The 31 year old Russian Fedor is one of the greatest fighters to live. His current MMA record is 28-1 with one no contest. Over 50% of his 28 wins come from submissions with 14 in total. He also has 6 (T)KO’s and the other 7 fights were decided by decision. His only loss was many years ago back in the year 2000 against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka. The fight lasted a whole 17 seconds with Kohsaka getting the (T)KO due to a cut. I have never seen the fight but getting a cut 17 seconds in does seem a bit drastic. Since then Fedor went on to defeat some of the greatest names in the heavyweight division including Mark Coleman, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Heath Herring. Theres one more he is looking to add to his list and that will come this Sunday against Tim Sylvia.
Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia has also had his fair share of fights against some also very notable fighters. Unfortunately for him most of those notable fighters defeated him like Nogueira a few months back. Slyvia’s current MMA record is 24-4 with 16 of the wins by way of technical knockout. Even though Sylvia’s record is not as good as good as his opponents he shouldn’t be taken lightly by Fedor. Tim Sylvia will be going into the fight this Saturday night after a loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. He should be looking to redeem himself.
A look at both fighters together shows us that Tim Sylvia does have a significant height and weight advantage over Fedor. A whole 8 inches to be exact. Just look at the image above. I was showing this to a friend who was asking about Affliction this weekend (He isn’t really into MMA) and he said it looked like the most uneven fight he had ever seen. Little does he know it is pretty uneven for the big guy and Tim Sylvia will have to pull something good to get a win over Fedor.
The event will be live this weekend from the Honda Centre in Anaheim California only on PPV make sure you check this one out.
Affliction: Banned Countdown
Check out this Affliction: “Banned” countdown video. It provides a brief look at the two main event fighters Fedor and Sylvia
July 19th: Affliction Vs. UFC
It’s old news now and I’m sure that every dedicated MMA fan knows the story behind it all. For those that don’t… Basically Affliction, the clothing company are putting on their first live MMA show titled “Affliction: Banned.” The Affliction card is one of the greatest anyone could of put together. What better way to stop the fans from seeing it than giving people a free event featuring your greatest fighter. Well thats exactly what the UFC did to counter. They offered a free event to be aired on Spike TV featuring the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world Anderson Silva on his move up-to Light Heavyweight fighting James “Sandman” Irvin.
So will it work? I think it will. They should get good numbers of PPV buys. Not good numbers by UFC standards but I think they will be up there. Affliction is already nearing the the almost 11,000 tickets sold by the UFC for their recent event, UFC 86. Currently sitting at around 8,500 tickets with just over a week to go to the event officially kicks off, it wont be a sell out but it should be close.
In my opinion Affliction will get approximately 350,000 PPV buys and sell around 9,500 tickets for their show. I think it will be deemed a success even with the UFC trying to compete.
On the night of the event I not be watching either live. I will be going to see KOTC Canada which is right here in Edmonton. I will see both the events though. UFC via DVR and for Affliction I will buy the re-run as soon as I get home without even going on the net. I will give full analysis on all 3 of the events from that night.
Affliction: Banned Promo Video
Check this out… It’s the promo video from Affliction for their upcoming debut MMA show, Banned. Looking at the video and the fight card this clothing company has the cash and the power to make their corporation a successful one.