Comments on: Affliction’s Atencio says Arlovski and Barnett both being considered as Fedor’s next opponent

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:45:34 +0000

This was more of Atencio’s propaganda Barnett said he was’nt going to be fighting Fedor. Atencio says he and Arlovski were both being considered, looks like Barnett was telling the truth.I think this is good for Affliction because their hitching everything to the Fedor #1 fighter in the world bandwagon (which i agree with) and I think Barnett has a much better chance of beating Fedor than Arlovski.If Fedor get’s Arlovski in the same dominant position Big Country did the fight is over.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:09:19 +0000

nice, i want to see both fight Fedor anyway

By: Unquestioned Answers

Unquestioned Answers — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:48:20 +0000

I’d vote for Pedro…

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:59:56 +0000

all i really know is that I dont really care, not one bit! I dont let some duchebag waste my time talking in circles.. this has been going on for months now and the only thing they are doing is trying to keep theirname out there. Attencio is swimming for business partners so he can make a go of his new promotion. Putting up all of afflictionsmoney isnt an option anymore it appears.. so Glodenboy, Trump and M1… lets see how much money these guys are ready to lose on behalf of attenciios school boy fantasies of competing with the UFC..

what a joke

By: ihateemo

ihateemo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:19:40 +0000

The headline should be something like “Atencio calls press conference, doesn’t announce anything”.

This story reads like something from The Onion.

By: Simon Cason

Simon Cason — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:07:03 +0000

“But everything is a rumor until I finalize it. Until you hear it from me, it’s a rumor and it’s as easy as that.”

Yeah. Where have we heard this before? Everytime this douchebag opens his indecisive mouth, he sounds more retarded than the last. Just shut up, schedule the damn card, pick which shitty ex-UFC rejects you want us to see, and stop bullshitting everybody with your rip-off-everything-UFC-has-tried crap. This guy is really getting on my nerves. How much longer are you going to make us wait just to see 1 or 2 good-not-great fights before you fold in this econimic downturn America is going thru? At least the UFC has a stable business model and probablly wont take that big of a hit during this downfall. I dont see Affliction coming out of this “recession/depression” alive. He should have just bit the bullet and put on their 2nd card in Oct. like they said they would, get counter-programmed with the GSP/Fitch card. Instead, he now has to deal with the fact that he will most likely get C.P.ed with 1 of these 3 UFC cards(which will be the best of this year) 1. Lesnar/Couture 2. New years eve. or 3. GSP/Penn or even the Superbowl weekend card if AFF keeps putting this card off.

And one more thing. Didn’t Tom keep saying when he first started this farce of a org. that he wants the best for the fighters and only wants to keep them happy and highly paid? So by putting off only your 2nd card several times and not being very clear as to who’s going to fight who, while asking several big names to take a pay cut, hows that making your roster happy and active?

By: jj

jj — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:14:10 +0000

I think Atencio is scared to set a date for a show for fear of the UFC countering the show. If that is the case then maybe Atencio shouldn’t be in the business of putting together shows and stick to selling t-shirts. And yes, the Barnet vs. Fedor fight would be much better than Arlovski vs. Fedor. Arlovski looked a little lost when Big Country had him on the ground. Luckily for Arlovski the ref stood them back so he could get back to his striking capabilities.

By: Dr.Stoppage

Dr.Stoppage — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:31:48 +0000

Maybe,just maybe if Fedor’s Affliction fight gets pushed back far enough,arrangements will be made to have him fight on NYE after all.

By: mburtoni

mburtoni — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:53:21 +0000

Well, I for one would rather see Barnet vs. Fedor. He is more of a threat to Fedor than Arlovski. I also think Barnett vs Fedor is more interesting than Randy vs. Fedor.

By: dpk

dpk — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:44:49 +0000

As much as I hate the leadership of Elite, at least they put on shows. The best thing for Affliction would be to just fold after this next show, and let the fighters go to organizations that actually put on fights.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:31:56 +0000

I really think Atencio has no idea what to do. Maybe he’s being guided by M-1 management and maybe Donald Trump is helping him out somewhat but I really think Atencio is lost.

By: jdavis

jdavis — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:26:59 +0000

Atencio is really becoming an expert at doing a heck of a lot of talking without ever actually telling anyone anything at all.

By: joe blow

joe blow — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:54:14 +0000

This guy is really starting to get on my nerves. I’m all for competition, but Atencio seems like he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Somehow, I see Vadim coming out on top in this relationship. Affliction will go under and M-1 will be left standing.