Comments on: Affliction: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

By: Dr.Stoppage

Dr.Stoppage — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:49:59 +0000

Tito’s performance was like Kharma coming back to bite him on the ass for all those times he was a dink in the octagon,working on his bad boy image.

But man, he was awesome on the Apprentice.

By: nonvilent fightfan

nonvilent fightfan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:12:22 +0000

Tito is stuck in the past. He capitalized on the few strengths he has early in the history of MMA (smart move), when few fighters had dynamic skill sets. But todays fighters are more well-rounded (grappling, submission, stand-up), highly skilled in each discipline. Tito is obselete and has become non-competitive. His game has not evolved and is still one-dimensional. His persona is a disgrace and would be well-suited in WWE pseudo wrestling. It is completely expected that his commentary would reflect these things. In a sport with so many admirable and intelligent people like Couture, A. Silva, and Fedor; Tito is shameful and hard to stomach.

By: nate

nate — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:20:43 +0000

When I dream…. all I can see is Fedor’s beautiful knockout of Arlovski.

Arlovski didnt make a mistake, if he covered up the whole time he would be fighting to prevent losing.
You should fight to win. That means when you think it is time for the kill you go in like a vulture. Arlovski went in for the kill and got caught.

I dont think you can prevent those types of things. The same thing could have happened to any fighter.

By: atj-lucko

atj-lucko — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:48:54 +0000

Actually I think showing the whole Lindland thing was a good thing. If they didn’t show it then it would leave the viewer asking what’s going on.
Some people are overly sensitive Lindland was knocked out, whats the big deal? why is that ugly? or showing it ugly? Watching to people fight in a full contact blood sport is ok, but showing the affects of that fight is ugly?

By: NJMMAFAN

NJMMAFAN — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:34:19 +0000

Kidney-Farrell should be OK to bash, hes not a fighter…his voice was pretty AWFULL…I had to turn down my surround sound when that guy came on, and i remember making a comment about the possibility of throat cancer or something.

Mike Wolfe-I doubt Dana wants to be reminded of not having Vitor right now…He mentioned regretting letting AA go, id like to see Dana reach out and snag AA and Vitor again. They were both entertaining, and good ambassadors of the sport.

And as for anyone who thought production was great…HOW? there were numerous times where i was screaming for a camera change cause i was either staring into a torso or the refs back. The audio wasnt great, picture quality was ok i guess. Its kinda funny that to me, WEC is as good as you get when it comes to production, and a company w/ trump involved is shite.

By: Kuch

Kuch — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:08:37 +0000

Doesn’t someone already write a column under this name at 411mania.com?

By: Mike Wolfe

Mike Wolfe — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:39:13 +0000

Couple of thoughts:

My guess is that Dana White has replayed the ko of Lindland numerous times. Maybe even has it on his cell phone.

Watching Scott Farrell was like seeing a third breast on your girl friend for the first time. I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cringe. And either way, it wasn’t necessary to enjoy the experience.

By: kidneybeans

kidneybeans — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:31:11 +0000

Since someone took down my post about Scott Farrell I guess I have to put it back up, And yes Joseph I was the one bitching about that tool of an interviewer. And I have every right to do so, I was not the only one who thought that guy was a serious drawback for the entire evening.

His voice was reminiscent of a 90 year-old emphasyma patient shouting from deep within his iron lung, and those facial expressions were stolen right out of a wwe script. Only their second event, but whoever had the idea to put that guy on camera should be looking for a job.

And as I did with my original post I will close by saying this was the best ppv I have ever purchased, but the only thing Scott Farrell’s presence added was stupidity.

By: Q

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:21:56 +0000

I wouldn’t take a comment seriously if the poster didn’t know who the author of the article was.
I agree completely about the Tito comments. However, the “RULES” for posting are headlined by “No fighter bashing”. If it is done in the article then the people who post are bound to do it as well. So yeah, Tito sucked the big one.

By: AVWZ

AVWZ — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:00:43 +0000

I was disappointed in the production value of this show. The picture quality was terrible; it looked like a local cable show. It was great Tito Ortiz was there but, you guys know how he did. Josh Barnett’s comments were awful – my woman was going “What?”. I really hope they pick it up for next time. The fights were really great, but Fedor’s trainer said he didn’t prepare like he should have. Imagine if he lost. Also, get rid of the Wolfman guy. To Affliction, I really want to enjoy more MMA on a big scale. Please. Yes this is begging.

By: Jackyl

Jackyl — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:13:08 +0000

I thought this show was great. The ring vs cage dynamic was very evident during this event. Some of the wrestlers/takedown specialists were not able to just push their opponent up against the cage then take them down. The huge ring surface seemed to open up the fights a lot more. This made the fights a lot more exciting. I enjoyed the contrast that was offered vs the UFC. The matchups were also great. I’m looking forward to a third show.

By: DamonO

DamonO — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:44:15 +0000

Don’t worry Sam. I would not look too deeply into a nasty comment directed at you when that person can’t even spell correctly.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:31:10 +0000

“He targeted a man’s chin perfectly — while that man was flying at him 100 miles per hour through the air. Absolutely fantastic.”
Are you a writer or a giddy schoolboy? You sound like a kid describing his superhero. A) Fedor wasnt looking where the punch landed
B) 100 mph through the air? XD XD XD
C) Tell mom and dad to let the grownups do the coverage

By: Grappo

Grappo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:54:40 +0000

Watching the Lauzon fight, I was just thinking how his annoying theatrics were probably royally screwing up his chances to fight in the UFC. It sure didn’t make me interested in seeing him fight again anytime soon.

Tito – awkward and fumbling, yes. Especially during interview segments. But he wasn’t any better or worse than the other guys giving commentary. I didn’t really like any of them. I’m a fan of Scotty Ferrall’s Sirius show, but he and Chuck Zito (especially Zito) were just annoying and pointless. That’s all I’ll say about that because it seems Ferrall is a touchy subject.

I agree about the lingering on Lindland after his KO. Camera steady on the unconscious man, dead silence from the commentators… it was creepy.

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:44:20 +0000

I’ve seen Kirill fight numerous times. He just had a bad night.

By: bcolflesh

bcolflesh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:01:45 +0000

LOL – comments removed and turned off for the Ferrall “news” item:

http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/26/5-oz-of-pain-to-appear-on-mondays-edition-of-the-scott-ferrall-show/

Mine was factual – I can imagine what some of the others must have said.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:36:46 +0000

Jonathan Snowden I don’t know where to begin picking apart your list, but I’ll start with your criticism with the camera crew showing Matt Lindland trying to regain his bearings. Why shouldn’t that be shown that’s what happens sometimes when a fighter is knocked out. If people are going to go out and buy greatest knock out dvd’s they should see the results of what can happen to a fighter when they’re laid out. Also Tito Ortiz was bad at the in ring interviews after the fights but as a color commentator during the fights I thought he was very good breaking down the fighters strengths and strategies and it was good to hear him be honest saying Lauzon was putting on a bit of an acting job. Kiril Sidelnikov’s style wasn’t his problem it was the fact that M-1 deciding to match up a twenty year old fighter with a guy who’s 35 very experienced with great hands and Kiril isn’t ready for someone like that not to mention he should be fighting at light heavyweight.Also the whole Vitor is back bullshit is getting really old he’s the same fighter he’s always been explosive with fast hands who folds under pressure when things don’t go his way.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:33:20 +0000

I thought the Lindland footage was fantastic, it brought some fantastic drama to the event. I much prefer what Affliction did compared to the UFC who simply cut away and ignore what’s going on in the ring simply to talk about an upcoming movie or a new show on spike.

I will now remember this show simply by seeing how out Lindland truly was.

By: ACK!

ACK! — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:13:31 +0000

I agree that this will go down as one of the best cards of this year… Looking back at 2008, there are few cards that really compare. Dream put on a couple good shows, Affliction’s first event was solid, and of course there were a few decent UFC events, but from top to bottom Day of Reckoning stacks up to any of them, in my opinion.

@Ryan Baxter: They didn’t show the replay of the KO because it wasn’t clear whether Lindland was going to be ok… If he went out on a stretcher there’s a good chance they wouldn’t have shown it at all. This is common in sports when athletes suffer brutal, life-threatening injuries they often don’t show the replay out of respect for the athlete. I have no problem with that.

Also, I don’t have a problem with them showing a disoriented Lindland simply because as a longtime fan, you want to see for yourselve how he’s doing and whether or not he’ll recover. If they had simply told me that his eyes were glazed over and he was acting erractically for some 5 minutes, I’d be fearing the worst. Being able to actually see him assured me that we was probably going to be OK.

By: john

john — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:51:33 +0000

sorry, but everyone going after sam about this post is a moron, its written by johnathan snowden