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postman
MMA Sensei
Career record: 149-93
Season: 42-28 (#1631)
Location: Delmont ,Pa
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Mungooch first off that might be the best av ever~! Second That AFFLICTION CARD WAS GREAT. other then some production issues they in one fight card jumped to #2! Looks like TITO IS A LOCK! I am in heaven! we might be back to a 2 team fight!
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Post #16 7/20/08 3:49:11AM
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MikeyMikeMichaels
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 128-83
Season: 42-28 (#2056)
Location: St. Marys, Ga
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This payperview was horrible
Production sucked:
-Filled with technicall difficulties
-Too much dead silence on the air
-Cheesey intros
-Horrible camera angles
-Announcers were horrible (Big John being the exception, he was very good)
-No HOT RING GIRLS
I could go on, but if you saw the show and are used to the high level of production value you get with a UFC event, then you know what I mean.
Fights:
-Too much Babalu and Barnette ass kissing
-Rings suck for MMA, but that's a personal opinion
-Only two good fights, the rest were boring and sloppy, but all that is the fault of the talent not the company.
-Refferees did well In my opinion
-Judges were/and still are I bet, morons- I agree that Babalu won the fight, but not 30-27 unanimous. Whitehead got the 2nd round.
Entertainment:
-MEGADEATH IS SHITTY, they might be ok if they got a lead singer and not a lead mumbler who is like 60 years old.
-Donald Trump is a chump and has no business being involved in MMA
OVERALL:
I fought to stay awake the entire time, I continued to watch this show instead of UFC's simply because I payed for it. The only good things about ordering this event was seeing FEDOR fight live for the first time, seeing Tim Sylvia get destroyed, and it was a good excuse for ordering pizza for dinner. WAR PIZZA!!!
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Post #17 7/20/08 6:58:26AM
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Laying down the beats
Career record: 192-150
Season: 37-33 (#1810)
Location: Canada
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Posted by juanez13
Posted by jiujitsufreak74
Posted by meier
the music fedor came out too. who was that?
Era-Enea Vollare Mezzo
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Are you sure it was that one though, i know thats his usual song, but from what i've heard from his entrance, didnt seem like that was it.
dont know though, maybe they'll have it with the entrance later on.
When I see the entrance I'll confirm it. I have a couple ERA CDs and know there are some different mixes of Enae Volare. Plus, a lot of ERA's songs are similar sounding. Just don't watch the videos. 
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Post #18 7/20/08 9:59:00AM
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The Cowboys Mod
Career record: 142-101
Season: 41-29 (#1705)
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Followed it online, there clearly were major problems. How do those paramedics arrive late? (I know, California traffic, but still...) It cost them an entire fight (at least Levens & Lazama will be paid). Then I understand there were snafus in taping/putting on the TV fights, among other things, some noted. My only other real comment: Fedor is still a god. Let the P4P debate be revived-after last night, is Fedor or Silva #1?
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Post #19 7/20/08 10:16:59AM
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mrsmiley
MMA Sensei
Career record: 151-105
Season: 31-28 (#4236)
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I thought Affliction was a great card.Their were a few problems with the production and such,but hey,for a first show I can't complain at all.Comparing Afflictions first show to other organizations first show makes them look like they are off to a great start.
I thought the announcing was pretty solid as well.Always thought Frank Trigg was a great announcer and Big John and Glazer fit nicely.Could have been better,but hey what couldn't?
I thought it was refreshing to see the big introduction at the beginning with all the fighters.Reminded me of PRIDE.I often think the UFC fighter introductions are almost too ghetto, and no flavor is added to them.
The huge confetti ending to Fedor/Slyvia I thought was great.Made it really seem like the win was symbolic in a way or something.
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Post #20 7/20/08 10:32:01AM
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Laying down the beats
Career record: 192-150
Season: 37-33 (#1810)
Location: Canada
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I still ahve yet to see every fight on the Affliction card, but I will say that every live event has production problems. The UFC, despite its numerous shows, still has production problems about half the time and they are even working on a cooke cutter style set-up.
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Post #21 7/20/08 10:57:19AM
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The People's Mod
Career record: 152-91
Season: 47-23 (#137)
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Posted by mrsmiley
I thought Affliction was a great card.Their were a few problems with the production and such,but hey,for a first show I can't complain at all.Comparing Afflictions first show to other organizations first show makes them look like they are off to a great start.
I thought the announcing was pretty solid as well.Always thought Frank Trigg was a great announcer and Big John and Glazer fit nicely.Could have been better,but hey what couldn't?
I thought it was refreshing to see the big introduction at the beginning with all the fighters.Reminded me of PRIDE.I often think the UFC fighter introductions are almost too ghetto, and no flavor is added to them.
The huge confetti ending to Fedor/Slyvia I thought was great.Made it really seem like the win was symbolic in a way or something.
I agree.
Minus some technical difficulties (Mic feedback, bad camera work, misspelled and mispronounced things, MEGADETH) the production was solid. Especially for a first time show. If people go back and watch UFC 1, EliteXC1, etc. etc. they will see how Affliction did a ton better than all of them for their first show.
Mainly the fights were great and the Trigg/Glazer/McCarthy combo worked pretty well. All of those guys train so they all know their shit, which is a nice change from *ahem* Goldberg! (Both of em)
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Post #22 7/20/08 11:00:46AM
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Posted by Rush
Posted by juanez13
Posted by jiujitsufreak74
Posted by meier
the music fedor came out too. who was that?
Era-Enea Vollare Mezzo
LINK
Are you sure it was that one though, i know thats his usual song, but from what i've heard from his entrance, didnt seem like that was it.
dont know though, maybe they'll have it with the entrance later on.
When I see the entrance I'll confirm it. I have a couple ERA CDs and know there are some different mixes of Enae Volare. Plus, a lot of ERA's songs are similar sounding. Just don't watch the videos.
I've just rewatched it, and it sure doesnt sound like Enae volare mezzo. Although not with great sound, but it didnt sound like it, it did however sound like the words were they use are similiar (is it Latin) so it leads me to believe its something by ERA. About 95% sure it isnt Enae Volare Mezzo, or at least the version he uses 99% of the time.
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Post #23 7/20/08 11:35:14AM
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Laying down the beats
Career record: 192-150
Season: 37-33 (#1810)
Location: Canada
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I'll confirm it later tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Post #24 7/20/08 11:44:10AM
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coldchillin
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Career record: 161-79
Season: 44-26 (#969)
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I think they accomplished everything they wanted to do with this event:
They got to set-up Fedor vs. Couture even though I think Barnett deserves the shot more. Barnett mounted Couture and beat him decisively.... Couture is ranked behind Barnett. Fedor-Couture is a bigger fight right now though.
They'll get to set up a middleweight fight between Vitor and Lindland... I think Vitor is going to beat him though.
Arlovski looked awesome and they can definitely put him in a big next against Barnett or Aleksander. Both fights would be exciting.
They would love to sign Tito and have him fight Babalu right away. I forgot about the Apprentice connection between Tito and Trump. If not, they'll just have Babalu fight Lil' NOG then.
As for the production, the lighting was a bit dark even in HD. I love watching fights in an actual ring though instead of a cage though.
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Post #25 7/20/08 1:22:49PM
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Laying down the beats
Career record: 192-150
Season: 37-33 (#1810)
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The song Fedor came out to is not Enae Volare or Enae Volare Mezzo. In fact, it doesn't sound like any ERA song that I own.
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Post #26 7/21/08 8:56:28AM
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pv3Hpv3p
Heavyweight Champ
Career record: 197-141
Season: 37-33 (#2654)
Location: East St. Paul, MN
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Posted by MikeyMikeMichaels
This payperview was horrible
Production sucked:
-Filled with technicall difficulties
-Too much dead silence on the air
-Cheesey intros
-Horrible camera angles
-Announcers were horrible (Big John being the exception, he was very good)
-No HOT RING GIRLS
I could go on, but if you saw the show and are used to the high level of production value you get with a UFC event, then you know what I mean.
Fights:
-Too much Babalu and Barnette ass kissing
-Rings suck for MMA, but that's a personal opinion
-Only two good fights, the rest were boring and sloppy, but all that is the fault of the talent not the company.
-Refferees did well In my opinion
-Judges were/and still are I bet, morons- I agree that Babalu won the fight, but not 30-27 unanimous. Whitehead got the 2nd round.
Entertainment:
-MEGADEATH IS SHITTY, they might be ok if they got a lead singer and not a lead mumbler who is like 60 years old.
-Donald Trump is a chump and has no business being involved in MMA
OVERALL:
I fought to stay awake the entire time, I continued to watch this show instead of UFC's simply because I payed for it. The only good things about ordering this event was seeing FEDOR fight live for the first time, seeing Tim Sylvia get destroyed, and it was a good excuse for ordering pizza for dinner. WAR PIZZA!!!
No offense... but your opinion sucks 
this post smells of "if it's not UFC, it sucks" and that's just a shame... that you could criticize the judges for not giving Whitehead 1 round in a fight he very clearly lost, even though he got a TD or two, and some how translate that into poor judging is a stretch, in the least...
And if you look at your list of grievances, they're pretty weak in general... Why clutch at straws to find something that you don't like about it and not just enjoy some good fights... Either that or just say that I didn't like it cause it wasn't the UFC...
just don't understand why some people can't have an open mind to this stuff??
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Post #27 7/21/08 12:29:35PM
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MikeyMikeMichaels
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 128-83
Season: 42-28 (#2056)
Location: St. Marys, Ga
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you are way off about me buddy. I do enjoy other promotions other than UFC. The fights were not very entertaining and like I said the production sucked. Yes I do understand that you can't expect the first show to be the best, but they were borderline pro-wrestling on this show. It definately did not live up to the hype, with all of the great fights that were on this card. I feel that the fighters did not deliver the performances expected of them. Fedor, Barnett and Arlovski were really the only ones that brought their A game. There are plenty of UFC events that I have seen that I could say the same things about, but this isn't about the UFC this is all about this afflicion event. I am not saying that they should not continue and I will most likely order the next event also, because I love watching MMA. Seeing Fedor was a good enough reason to not feel so bad about watching the whole event. I think you took my words too harsh and a bit personal, and I can see why I guess.
I guess we will just have to agree to dissagree on this subject.
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Post #28 7/21/08 2:07:45PM
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SteedTheDeed
Standup Guy
Career record: 205-130
Season: 41-27 (#1728)
Location: Portland
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Megadeth was a great idea. A lot of Megadeth fans will pay just to see them play 3 or 4 songs. It drew a lot more people and that is what they want.
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Post #29 7/21/08 7:43:55PM
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Rabi
Standup Guy
Career record: 141-75
Season: 49-21 (#439)
Location: Coventry UK
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Just watched the event on DVD and I really enjoyed the fights. ( I fast forwarded through the intro's and just watched the fights).
I thought the Lindland fight was a good fight. They slugged a bit and there was some good takedowns.
Arlovski's fight was also exciting. Big Ben showed a lot of heart but in the end was outclassed.
Fedor was awsome. Still the No 1 pound for pound IMO.
Can't wait to see there next card. If you moved the fighters around on that card you could put another good card together.
These are the fights I would like to see next:
Fedor v Arlovski
Sylvia v Barnett
Rothwell v Rizzo
Belfort v Lindland
Sobral v Nogueira
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Post #30 7/26/08 1:26:21PM
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