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Interview with Donald trump, talks about Fedor and next affliction shows!

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Fedor Emelianenko has just recently made public his next fight with Affliction. Affliction, has yet to confirm, nor the other fighting party, but this comes from the mouth of Fedor Emelianenko.

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AWESOME news. Company is growing, and since DREAM.6 plans to be free, they are stacking it with loads of super fights!

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Mixed martial arts champ helps Valley blood drive by Ali Pfauser - Jul. 22, 2008 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Mixed martial arts champion Tito Ortiz will host the "Ultimate Blood Drive III" Saturday at Metrocenter in Phoenix. Ortiz, known as "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy," will join United Blood Services as it fights the declining numbers of blood donations in summer. Ortiz, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight champion, challenged his fans to step up and save lives. Donors will meet Ortiz and receive a personalized autographed photo. Ultimate donors will be entered into drawings to win lunch with Ortiz or apparel from his Punishment Athletics clothing line, as well as United Blood Services summer raffle for a 2008 Saturn. This was in an Arizona paper- once a champ always a champ???

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Finally, the most exciting feature of this game for me is that this game may serve as the way to determine the definitive top 10 rankings in the UFC. Joe Silva is working with the developers to determine the fighter attributes. Therefore, if the game says Chuck Liddell is the number 2 contender to Forrest Griffin at Light Heavyweight, that means that is what Silva thinks. The attributes of the fighters will be determined based on Silva's assessment of their talent. In the fluid world of the UFC, where a fighter is only as good as his last fight, THQ is trying to get a system in place by launch that would enable updated fighter rankings and statistics throughout the year. Therefore, if Wanderlei Silva were to beat Chuck Liddell and Joe Silva then thought Wanderlei is the new number one contender and should get the next title shot, an update over XBOX Live or the PlayStation Network could come out on Monday dropping Liddell down and moving Wanderlei up. Fans would not have to guess at who should get the next title shot, just turn on their consoles and see the new rankings.

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There is an interesting report up over at Figure Four Online for premium members only on the new UFC game coming out next year. This would make the UFC game far more important than any sports game out there that I know of. The game would actually become a crucial part of being a UFC fan, which would be pretty revolutionary in the sports gaming world.

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The pay-per-view numbers for Affliction: Banned will be among some of the most anticipated and watched of the year. A strong number will be evidence that there is a market for MMA outside of the UFC. A weak number will provide support to the notion that there is no market for MMA, only for the UFC. The obvious question then is: what constitutes a good or a bad number? Last week, Affliction Entertainment COO Michael Cohen told MMAPayout.com that he guaranteed the event would do above 50,000 buys, while Affliction VP Tom Atencio has publicly stated that it would take 250,000 buys for the show to break even. Based on the fact that no MMA event outside of the UFC has broken 100,000 buys, conventional wisdom around the industry is that anything above that mark would be a success. MMAPayout.com has learned that bar sales for Banned are believed to have been around 700. For comparison, it is believed that the UFC typically has between 750-1,000 in bar sales. However, it should be noted that it isn’t clear whether or not the Affliction event was offered at a discount to the UFC’s events. That number may give credence to what appeared to be a growing sense of optimism concerning the event’s chances on pay-per-view within the industry over the last week. Officials at InDemand were also reportedly excited about the events prospects.

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The landscape of the mixed martial arts business may have changed Saturday night as the debuting Affliction promotion came out of its debut show with the potential for several of the biggest heavyweight marquee matches in the sport.

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Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem has been confirmed as the opponent for Mark Hunt at Dream 5 from Osaka, Japan this Monday. Overeem confirmed the heavyweight bout with TheFightNetwork.com on Friday.

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Frank Shamrock is now cleared for Combat, and would like to fight Ken Shamrock within the years end!

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A new interview with Mirko Crocop, as he talks about surgery and training and upcomming fights. Think Fedor will have trouble with Tim Sylvia

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A new fight has been added to the DREAM.5 card line-up. TOKORO HIDEO vs YAMAZAKI TAKESHI are set to battle it out at DREAM.5 as Hideo is comming off a very impressive win at DREAM.4.

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This is the best Event Promo I have ever seen. DREAM.5 is going to be one of the best DREAMs.

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On Spike TV Monday night.

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Shogun Rua has just had another Knee surgery, and now will be off untill the fall!

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Mark Hunt has still yet to be given a fighter, but there has been some very interesting match ups!

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A really cool new Affliction Video promo - Their main focus was on Fedor this this one.

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If you can make it to Wembley Arena in the UK on Saturday Night then you could win a couple of tickets to the event The Full Event Line Up can be found at the Official Cage Rage Site

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Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition Inc. (BSN), the world leader in cutting-edge sports nutrition products and makers of N.O.-XPLODE™, the #1 selling extreme pre-training energy and performance igniter, is proud to announce a multi-year partnership agreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the premier Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization in the world today. MMA is an intense combat sport where high level professional fighters use interdisciplinary forms of fighting that include Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, Karate, Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling and other disciplines to their strategic and tactical advantage in a sanctioned match. UFC® fighters are among the best-trained and most conditioned athletes in the world, making BSN’s association with the sport of MMA and the UFC® a perfect fit. What BSN is to the world of sports nutrition with their leading line of physique, performance and energy products, the UFC® is to Mixed Martial Arts, true innovators and world leaders. “I’m excited to announce that BSN is the ‘Official Nutritional Supplement Provider’ of the Ultimate Fighting Championship,” said Dana White, UFC® President. “As the world leader in physique and performance supplements, they are a perfect fit for the UFC – we look forward to working with BSN as we take this sport to a whole new level.” The Ultimate Fighting Championship® is regulated by the most prestigious sports regulatory bodies in the United States. UFC live pay-per-view events take place at preeminent destinations including MGM Grand, MEN Arena, Mandalay Bay and 02 Arena, and consistently draw sell-out crowds with record-breaking gates. Presenting over twelve pay-per-view events per year, the UFC stands as the largest pay-per-view content provider in the United States. The UFC also dominates television with its reality series The Ultimate Fighter, now heading into its eighth season. The Ultimate Fighter has reigned supreme for years in the coveted 18-34 male ratings demographic, and regularly enjoying higher ratings than traditional franchise sports such as the NBA, NHL, NASCAR as well as NCAA football and basketball. In partnership with Spike TV cable network, ad the UFC also presents ten live UFC Fight Night events and the popular program UFC: Unleashed. BSN’s President and CEO Chris Ferguson comments on the partnership, “I’m proud to announce that BSN is now the 'Official Nutritional Supplement Provider' of the UFC. MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world today. We are excited to be aligned with an organization as prestigious as the UFC and are eager to stretch our brand with this partnership by showcasing our product line, which includes N.O.-XPLODE, the foremost pre-training igniter in the world today. BSN is a dominate force in over 75 countries and climbing. We have entered into this strategic partnership with the UFC to solidify our combined global presence. I want to thank everybody at the UF for their efforts and for their continued commitment.”

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Pang Sung Hwan is set to face Takanori Gomi at the next Sengoku. Pang Sung Hwan is the DEEP LgithWeight Champ, and has stated that "his next opponent looks to be a foreigner with a good punch."

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It has been reported that Fedor will be fighting more than everyone thinks this year. M-1 Global president, Vadim Finkelstein has made public that Fedor Emilianenko will be fighting at least three time in the next six months.

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