Bregus
07-08-2008, 11:30 AM
This is all from mmajunkie.com
Affliction was perfectly content with being an apparel company.
With its fashion-forward T-shirts appearing on the backs of actors, rock stars and mixed martial artists, the Signal Hill, Calif.-based company had carved out a niche for its label in pop culture. In less than three years, the Affliction brand had become synonymous with cool, with its artistic prints spotted at movie premieres, in magazines and on plenty of UFC fighters.
That is until the UFC banned the brand. So, Affliction turned to produce its own fights – a move not even in its business plan prior to the UFC dust-up.
The debut Affliction event, dubbed "Banned" and featuring a main event between longtime PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianko and former UFC title-holder Tim Sylvia, will feature a broadcasting team of play-by-play man Jay Glazer and color commentators "Big" John McCarthy and Frank Trigg.
Affliction announced the team for the July 19 event, which takes place at Honda Arena in Anaheim, Calif., earlier today.
Also on the card is Ben Rothwell vs. Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo, Matt Linland vs. Fabio Negao, and Renato Babalu Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead. Looks like Dana White fucked up again, helping to launch competition that looks even stronger than Elite XC. So at this point the UFC could be on CBS with Fedor if they would be willing to give a little. Anyways.. I'm buying this ppv for sure, thought I'd show it to you guys since it's flying a little under the radar.
http://www.afflictionclothing.com/banned_july19/
Affliction was perfectly content with being an apparel company.
With its fashion-forward T-shirts appearing on the backs of actors, rock stars and mixed martial artists, the Signal Hill, Calif.-based company had carved out a niche for its label in pop culture. In less than three years, the Affliction brand had become synonymous with cool, with its artistic prints spotted at movie premieres, in magazines and on plenty of UFC fighters.
That is until the UFC banned the brand. So, Affliction turned to produce its own fights – a move not even in its business plan prior to the UFC dust-up.
The debut Affliction event, dubbed "Banned" and featuring a main event between longtime PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianko and former UFC title-holder Tim Sylvia, will feature a broadcasting team of play-by-play man Jay Glazer and color commentators "Big" John McCarthy and Frank Trigg.
Affliction announced the team for the July 19 event, which takes place at Honda Arena in Anaheim, Calif., earlier today.
Also on the card is Ben Rothwell vs. Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo, Matt Linland vs. Fabio Negao, and Renato Babalu Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead. Looks like Dana White fucked up again, helping to launch competition that looks even stronger than Elite XC. So at this point the UFC could be on CBS with Fedor if they would be willing to give a little. Anyways.. I'm buying this ppv for sure, thought I'd show it to you guys since it's flying a little under the radar.
http://www.afflictionclothing.com/banned_july19/