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#1 ·
I was wondering. With the new promotion Affliction holding their new event, which card do you think will be better. Ufc's or Afflictions.

UFC 86

Main Card Bouts:
-Quinton Jackson (#1 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Forrest Griffin (#6 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
-Josh Koscheck (#4 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Chris Lytle
-Joe Stevenson (#9 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Gleison Tibau
-Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio
-Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida

Preliminary Bouts:
-Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill
-Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
-Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
-Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
-Justin McCully vs. Gabriel Gonzaga


Affliction "Banned" card
Bouts Scheduled to Air on Pay-Per-View:
-Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
-Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
-Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
-Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
-Ben Rothwell vs. Andre Arlovski

Bouts Scheduled to Air on Fox Sports Net:
-Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
-Trenell "Savant" Young vs. Mark Hominick

Preliminary Bouts:
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vernon "Tiger" White
-Justin Levens vs. Ray Lazama
-Mike Pyle vs. Brett Cooper
-J.J. Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight



I personally think Affliction has a MUCH better card. This is also only their first event. Do you think they will continue growing bigger?? is this UFC'S biggest rival right now? I sure think so.
 
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#6 ·
I think Affliction isn't going to be as good as people are making it out to be.

Sobral, Lindland, and Arlovski should win there fights easily.

I am not interested in seeing Pedro Rizzo fight anymore, but Barnett is going to be fun.

Sylvia v Fedor is a huge ME and is unreal.

But I think 86 is going to have the fights that we'll actually talk about a month after the event. Forrest v Rampage is a huge ME in it's own right. Two great LW fights that will be entertaining as shit, and Cote v Almeida is gonna be the goods.

But, Banned probably takes it via name recognition.
 
#13 ·
I agree here, I don't think Affliction is going to be as good and is getting more credit because of Fedor there are only three fights on the main card that interests me on the Affliction card and it is Sylvia/Fedor, Barnett/Rizzo, and Arlovski/Rothwell. Every fight on the main card of UFC 86 interests me so that is why I am choosing it.
 
#9 ·
Ill be so pissed if they dont show Gonzaga on PPV
Affliction card looks better, but cant get it in Aus :(

So it's UFC 86 for me, but im more excited for UFC 87
 
#16 ·
I have to go with Affliction, as I want to see every fight on that card. Rogerio vs White is too good of a fight to be a pre-lim, but oh well, I'm not complaining, this is still a great card. I bet Aleks vs Buentello ends up being the FOTN.

Fedor is fighting a ranked HW, and a guy who could pose problems for him. He's actually challenging himself! This, alone, makes it better than UFC 86.
 
#17 ·
Affliction for sure, although they are playing all thier big names at once....whereas the UFC will continue to put on a quality card a dozen times a year.
 
#18 ·
Affliction, tremendous name value and they have a heavyweight division that puts the UFC's to shit. With all this talent, you hope they don't end up like the WFA and put on a good show. But I predict that UFC 86 will pull in more money

Does anybody know if this is going to be in a ring or a cage? And will the show's production not be decorated like an ugly t shirt?
 
#19 ·
Affliction is far superior to any card I have seen in a while. Nogueira, the Emelinanenko brothers, Linland, Barnette, Sylvia and Rizzo, Babalu, Rothwell and Arlovski. This is one of the only cards I would actually be incredibly pissed if I missed any fight, including the prelims.

On a side note though, wouldn't it have been great if they got little Nog to fight VOLK HAN. Thats a jizz worth fight right there.
 
#22 ·
I get to see Forrest and Tyson fight.
I get to see Babalu, AA, Fedor, Barnett, Sylvia, Aleks, Lil Nog, Lindland and some other good fighters fight.

Is this really a contest?
I could see maybe comparing Banned to Dream 4 or 5, but not UFC 86 :(
 
#23 ·
I was wondering. With the new promotion Affliction holding their new event, which card do you think will be better. Ufc's or Afflictions.
It's funny, I addressed this not too long ago.

I'll be honest, I like the Affliction card the best.

Think about it from a historical context, and purely looking at the quality of fighters and matchups:

Fedor vs. Tim Sylvia

While the matchup is a bit outdated, this would have been the dream matchup during the Pride Grand Prix not to long ago, and it's the chance to see Fedor return against a top tier heavyweight. And, even better, it's someone that we all hate, so we can all root for Fedor.

Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo II

I hope nobody rights this fight off, because Pedro Rizzo is back. He knocked Jeff Monson out in his last fight and he's ready to bring it to Barnett. While I'm still putting my money in Barnett, I think that Rizzo is going to be a top ten heavyweight pretty soon.

Then you have a bunch of other top guys:

Arlovski
Aleks
Rothwell

Plus the Nogueira vs. Vernon White matchup, which will be fun to watch.

The whole card has interesting stuff, top to bottom. I'm really excited for it.

It may sound like I'm creaming myself a little, and I am. The fact is that I don't really think that Forrest deserves to fight Rampage and I'm not enthused with the crappy product that the UFC has put together for UFC 85 and the TUF finale, and I'm equally disappointed with the crap that EXC put on CBS.

We'll see how the other card goes, but the return of Fedor casts a shadow over it all for me.
 
#24 ·
I'm not enthused with the crappy product that the UFC has put together for UFC 85 and the TUF finale, and I'm equally disappointed with the crap that EXC put on CBS.
im suprised with the ufc 85 hate, its a solid card

i do agree that affliction banned is an awesome card, but i highly doubt they can maintain solid cards the way the ufc does month after month
 
#26 · (Edited)
I actually liked the Affliction card a lot more when I only knew the names of the fighters and not the match-ups. For instance, when I heard Babalu and Nog were on the card, I assumed they'd be fighting each other. I'm really excited to see Fedor-Tim, but everything else on this card (with the possible exception of AA-Rothwell, which I don't actually expect to be very competitive) reeks of tune-up fights that market stars at the expense of competition. I'm still interested in the card but, I don't have the same nostalgic feeling to see guys like Buentello, White, and Rizzo to get killed.

I'm not exactly dying to see UFC 86 either. Jackson/Griffin might be good, but Griffen/Aurelio is the only other fight on the card that does it for me.

I wouldn't pay money to see either, but if Affliction is on HDNet I'd definitely give it the nod.
 
#28 ·
I'm going with UFC 86 as it has a better mixture as i feel Affliction is aiming at hw which does not always make better fights. Also Arlovski is mentioned to be fighting but he does not appear on the affliction sight. And finally I don't rate certain fighters that Affliction have brought in.
 
#30 ·
Being a cynical person, I would suggest that Affliction appears to be a retirement home for "Big Name" Heavyweights. Most are 30+ years old, have been relatively inactive and have not recently fought top level competitors.
In contrast, the UFC is becoming a broad pool of elite MMA talent where fighters are constantly tested, forcing the sport forward in the process.
I fail to see how "Affliction" will provide anything more than a few highlight reel KO's that will add more wind to already inflated reputations.
 
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