Oh So Close, Yet So Far Away

More Affliction photos at CombatLifestyle.com One of the biggest questions surrounding the recently announced Affliction-Golden Boy partnership is how’s it going to work? How will the cards be structured? How many boxing matches? How many MMA fights? Well, we may have some answers. Tom Atencio appeared on The Jordan Breen Show on Thursday , and while he emphasized that nothing was finalized, he gave a few details of their preliminary plans. As of right now, I can tell yo... more

With Affliction rescheduling their second event, “Day of Reckoning,” from October to the beginning of 2009, that gives another fighter who broke his hand at “Banned,” Vitor Belfort, more time to recover from his injury to get back on the card. Belfort recently confirmed the news with Tatame.com . “My hand is getting better. I’m doing a lot of physical training and physiotherapy. I didn’t care about the postponement, I wasn’t going to fight... more

During the broadcast of UFC Fight Night 15, Mike Goldberg announced that the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter would pit aspiring UFC welterweights and middleweights from the United States and England against each other is what is being dubbed TUF 9 “US vs. UK.” No official coaching announcements have been made yet, but according to MMA Bay , UFC middleweight contenders Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping are set to become the season nine coaches. According to the report, t... more

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