Affliction no longer a promoter, now UFC's biatch

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Affliction agreed to stop promoting in exchange for ad space in the Octogon and on fighters. This was probably gonna happen eventually, but Barnett's + test broke 'em early.

Update: Affliction Clothing Back in UFC Fold

 

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Snippet from another article:

"Affliction pulled the plug on its “Trilogy” event on Friday, some 60 hours after the Barnett test failure was made public. Early reports indicated Showtime, the distributor of the pay-per-view event, put the final kibosh on the show out of concern over finding a suitable replacement for Emelianenko and having the time to put together any promotional materials.

Vitor Belfort had come to financial terms on a deal to fight Emelianenko. Belfort’s trainer, Shawn Tompkins, told Sherdog.com “somebody higher up” was not comfortable with the fight. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio told Hardcore Sports Radio Thursday he planned to sit down with M-1 Global and Affliction to vote on how to proceed. It was not clear by week’s end if fighters on the card were going to be compensated in any way, or if Affliction would find them fights on other cards, as it had in the past."

 

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Snippet from another article:

"Affliction pulled the plug on its “Trilogy” event on Friday, some 60 hours after the Barnett test failure was made public. Early reports indicated Showtime, the distributor of the pay-per-view event, put the final kibosh on the show out of concern over finding a suitable replacement for Emelianenko and having the time to put together any promotional materials.

Vitor Belfort had come to financial terms on a deal to fight Emelianenko. Belfort’s trainer, Shawn Tompkins, told Sherdog.com “somebody higher up” was not comfortable with the fight. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio told Hardcore Sports Radio Thursday he planned to sit down with M-1 Global and Affliction to vote on how to proceed. It was not clear by week’s end if fighters on the card were going to be compensated in any way, or if Affliction would find them fights on other cards, as it had in the past."

I figured it had to be someone from PPV that wasn't pleased. Trying to cut their losses.

 

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DANA WHITE..... "We are excited about the return of Affliction to the UFC and look forward to seeing our fighters once again walk into the octagon wearing the Affliction brands." "These guys are good at making clothes," he said. "They're not in the fight business. We are."

Affliction co-founder Eric Foss...... "Our brand is synonymous with the 'Live Fast' approach to life, and UFC is the perfect venue for us to market our brand," stated. "We have come to an agreement with the UFC, which we feel will be the best for the sport and will help the UFC continue delivering the highest caliber of fights."


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