August 2008

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Published on: 31st August, 2008

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Rich Franklin looking for a new belt at Light Heavyweight, talks about fighting Machida rematch

Published on: 31st August, 2008

At UFC 88 Breakthrough Rich Franklin will look to begin a new run to a title at Light Heavyweight when he faces off against Matt “The Hammer” Hamill. Franklin who seemed to be on the road to being a staple at Middleweight in the UFC on the way to a Hall of Fame Career, is [...]

Thiago Alves “I’ll knock him out”, confirms number 1 contender bout

Published on: 31st August, 2008

UFC 90 in Chicago is still a while off, but that didn’t stop Thiago Alves from the usual pre-fight trash talk for the American Top Team member who is looking for his 3rd straight win inside the Octagon over a top welterweight fighter. He will be facing Diego Sanchez who is also looking to snap his [...]

Preview of Countdown to UFC 88 Breakthrough Video

Published on: 31st August, 2008

A Countdown to UFC 88 Breakthrough video which will air Wednesday September 3, on Spike.

Bob Arum says Affliction will get the (UFC’s) better fighters

Published on: 30th August, 2008

Bob Arum has promoted some of Boxing’s biggest names in the sport from Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard to most recently Miguel Cotto. He is one of Boxing’s staples and has promoted some of it’s biggest fights throughout his years while rivaling Don King. Now in a new interview Arum is saying he [...]

Alex Schoenauer confirms UFC and WEC weight division merger is coming soon

Published on: 30th August, 2008

The WEC is looking to gain its own identity and image away from the UFC, Dana White recently confirmed that he would merge the WEC’s divisions above Lightweight soon, but never gave a time or exact date as to when. Now new information has surfaced in a interview with former Ultimate Fighter Season 1 and [...]

Fedor signs deal with Affliction, will fight winner of Arlovski vs Barnett

Published on: 29th August, 2008

Current WAMMA Heavyweight Champion and Sambo superstar Fedor has signed a long term deal with Affliction and will have him fight the winner of Andrei Arlovski vs Josh Barnett at the promotions 3rd event in January or February.

Shinya Aoki responds to Jake Shields, and calls Michael Jackson a genius

Published on: 29th August, 2008

Jake Shields a few weeks ago had made comments about Shinya Aoki having “No Budo” and wanting to fight the Dream fighting master of the Rubber Guard. For those of you who do not know who Aoki is and are not familiar to Japanese MMA, he can finish a fight with his foot (nuff said).

Quick Fix – Affliction’s new race car for The Pepsi 500

Published on: 29th August, 2008

Affliction looks to continue to expand by sponsoring the 00 car at the Pepsi 500 that is driven by Mike Skinner of Nascar.

Couture and the UFC working on a long term deal and a fight with Brock Lesnar

Published on: 29th August, 2008

As we told you earlier this week that Randy Couture was reported to be training again for a possible return at UFC 91 in November in Portland, Oregon. A few days later another report surfaced by MMAJunkie that Couture was in fact speaking to the UFC about returning to the Octagon now those negotiations are being [...]

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