Comments on: Trump’s endorsement of “Fighting Fedor” gives show a shot at reality

By: Darrel Smith Jr

Darrel Smith Jr — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:46:25 +0000

Randy Couture should sign on for the show.

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By: DamonO

DamonO — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:11:57 +0000

The only thing that Trump is good for is business and money. Seeing his name pasted on Affliction does nothing for me. It certainly doesn’t make me think “Ohhh these guys are going somewhere now that Trump is involved!” You can throw money into a burning fire pit all day long if you want. I hope all of this is successful I truly do because it’s good for the sport to have more successful organizations than the UFC.

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By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:08:06 +0000

trump is just another paid endorsement for affliction. it’s obviously working well.

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By: Mike Ringer

Mike Ringer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:46:49 +0000

I think when you’re promoting a show that’s so far on the bottom, like this one will be, that yes Donald Trump’s name will prove to be an asset.

Of course at this point it would be an asset even if Ronald McDonald was affiliated with it.

This is going to be a circus freak show.

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By: Simon Cason

Simon Cason — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:23:09 +0000

What amazes me is when he said ” but Trump can still be a tremendous asset even if his role proves to be nothing more than that as of figurehead.”

Hasn’t Dump been associated with Afflicted since its inception? And since that time what has he done of any significance. Dump really isn’t this Giant that everyone(including himself) would like you to believe. I don’t see this as anything of any importance in the MMA world. Somebody said above “does anyone want to see the winner of TUF get a title shot” and the answer is an emphatic FUCK NO!!!

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By: stuck at work

stuck at work — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:32:51 +0000

And once the the Shamrocks finish fighting, M-1 will want to have Fedor fight Aleks, right? Fedor will make Aleks bleed on him and catch the hep. Then both will be banned from fighting in the US for the rest of their careers. Who am I kidding, Aleks is almost a real opponent, they would never let that fight happen, although it is sufficiently freak show for Fedor…

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By: Jason G

Jason G — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:30:31 +0000

lol maybe the cast consist of rizzo, monson, arlovski, nelson, barnett, kimbo, seth petruzelli, kalib starnes, andy wang…

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By: stuck at work

stuck at work — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:19:02 +0000

Its actually pretty funny that they are actually going through with this, you know aside from the can crushing, freak show aspect. Fedor seems to just be greedy and his managers are worse. Its really a lose lose situation for him. I doubt many legitimate heavyweights will 1) either be allowed on the show or 2) be willing to go on the show. Those both lead to what makes it a lose-lose situation. I mean, sure he is getting added exposure, but that’s debatable depending on what network airs the show, and aside from that Fedor ends up either smashing the king of the cans, or in some bizarre freak accident, ends up losing to the king of the cans. Either way, it either does nothing for him, or it ruins him.

Also, noone currently under Affliction’s banner will be on the show, so no Barnett, Arlovski, Nelson, Rothwell, or Sylvia, and we all no UFC heavies are going to be on the show. The show is going to be filled with guys like Ruben Villareal, Jimmy Ambriz, and maybe if we are lucky, Ricco. In any case, its a total waste of time.

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By: dpk

dpk — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:32:54 +0000

Does anyone want to see the winner of TUF, get his next fight for a title, um, no. (Let’s face, everyone bitched about season 4 when it happened, and those were more established fighters). I am really curious to see who they get to sign up. I just have a feeling that we are going to see a mix of Yamma, and TUF, with old guys and new guys all who have no business in the ring with Fedor.

I’m not real interested in this show, but I’ll wait to here more details before passing final judgement.

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By: jdavis

jdavis — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:53:30 +0000

Gee if Jerry Millen and Vadim Finkelstein say that there is lots of interest from “huge” players in the media market then it must be true…………..

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