Affliction: Banned

[Remyo]

Main card

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
gawd I can't wait
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
wut 2 super fights??
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
glad to see matt lindland and babalu fighting quality fighters again, really retarded to drop them from the UFC.
Preliminary card

Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
omg no wai another, this'll be a ko war
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Edwin Dewees
Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin
hahahahaha can't wait to see the Phenom woop terry martins ass, this'll be sad
Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
Mike Pyle vs. JJ Ambrose
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lizama

[Chips]

Main card

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia
gawd I can't wait
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
wut 2 super fights??
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
glad to see matt lindland and babalu fighting quality fighters again, really retarded to drop them from the UFC.
Preliminary card

Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello
omg no wai another, this'll be a ko war
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Edwin Dewees
Vitor Belfort vs. Terry Martin
hahahahaha can't wait to see the Phenom woop terry martins ass, this'll be sad
Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
Mike Pyle vs. JJ Ambrose
Justin Levens vs. Ray Lizama

I'll pick the exact same thing.

[Epical]

FEDDDOOORRRRRR!!! Mop the floor with Sylvia for me... I actually have a bet against a [stupid] friend who thinks Tim will win. Hah!

EDIT: Wait wtf, why is Nogs on this card and that far down? Did he have a fallout with the UFC or something? What about the next TUF? =(

[archibaldcrane]

This is quite possibly the sickest card ever.

Jesus Christ I can't wait - and to think that Anderson Silva is fighting the same night on a UFC card for free.

Sucks that Nogs and babyanenko are on the prelim card though.

[Remyo]

FEDDDOOORRRRRR!!! Mop the floor with Sylvia for me... I actually have a bet against a [stupid] friend who thinks Tim will win. Hah!

EDIT: Wait wtf, why is Nogs on this card and that far down? Did he have a fallout with the UFC or something? What about the next TUF? =(

that would be his little brother.

[Pabst]

would love to see Vitor demolish terry martin just like he did Wand way back when.. and the
Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello fight is gonna be such a slugfest

[Fhqwghads]

Had no idea the lineup was that cool. I might actually have to order this one...

[Epical]

that would be his little brother.

Oh, their names are like the exact same. Confused me greatly there for a minute.

[Chips]

Oh, their names are like the exact same. Confused me greatly there for a minute.

Not to mention they're twins. And their names aren't *exactly* the same, the UFC heavyweight champ is Antonio RoDRIgo Nogueira and the brother is Antonio RoGERio Nog. Still confusing, but maybe that'll help lol

[Blarg]

It's a good card but I think the reason I am agreeing with all your picks, as did Jyakku, means that the matchmaking isn't exactly the best. It does leave room for the next affliction card, if there is one, to swap around the heavyweights to make some better match ups.

How many ppv buys do you think this will get? I'm not sure if it can pull over 100k.

[Remyo]

It's a good card but I think the reason I am agreeing with all your picks, as did Jyakku, means that the matchmaking isn't exactly the best. It does leave room for the next affliction card, if there is one, to swap around the heavyweights to make some better match ups.

How many ppv buys do you think this will get? I'm not sure if it can pull over 100k.

to be fair I can see the argument for Sylvia, Rizzo, and Buentello, hell even mike whitehead has a "chance" to beat babalu.

[Blarg]

to be fair I can see the argument for Sylvia, Rizzo, and Buentello, hell even mike whitehead has a "chance" to beat babalu.

Sure they have chances but none of the fights are very close on paper. They would probably make smart betting choices considering the odds though. I kinda want to choose whitehead but he hasn't really beaten anyone good the past few years, I think I just like his name and therefore he can somehow beat people because of that alone.

[Treciont]

yay for DVR... for those that dont have it, spike is replaying the event right after banned is supposed to end.

also, dont forget banned has the free fights on FSN before the PPV starts.

[Remyo]

sylvia, buentello, and rizzo all have more than a chance. rizzo especially.

[Brill Weave]

I'm really interested to see how Affliction is going to fare when it comes to this PPV. Fedor vs. Sylvia is ridiculous. Everyone keeps going on and on about how Fedor will finally get a real test. Which would have been true if Sylvia was fighting him four years ago. Nogueira being that far down is mind boggling to me.

[pohibaba]

I'm really interested to see how Affliction is going to fare when it comes to this PPV. Fedor vs. Sylvia is ridiculous. Everyone keeps going on and on about how Fedor will finally get a real test. Which would have been true if Sylvia was fighting him four years ago. Nogueira being that far down is mind boggling to me.

I spy someone who didn't read the thread.

[Remyo]

I spy someone who didn't read the thread.

lil nog is good though, but with that many names, someone has to be on the prelims. plus aren't all the prelims on FSN or just like 2-3?

[Brill Weave]

I spy someone who didn't read the thread.

No. Little Nogs is a hell of a fighter in my opinion. He's also a few steps from taking it up to the next level as far as I'm concerned.

[Chips]

I'd rather see Aleks over lil Nog on the main card.

[noblemountain]

while i'm excited about this card...it's going to fail. there's been hardly any t.v. advertising done...no real television exposure and a HUGE fighter salary = fail