MMA Q and A and Affliction Rant

KDaltonIrish: Hey Truthslayer just like to know your thoughts on Satoshi Ishii possibly joining the ufc and what he could bring to the ufc? thanks

EyeLuvGaeSekzz: Do you think their should be a roof on the heavyweight class in MMA in terms of actual weight? If so, where do you think the bounds should be set?

mmaguy3: WOuld you say that afflection has passed ufc and is now better then UFC? or is UFC still the top brand of MMA

paydae: hey love your video's man, i wanted to ask you a question about fighters in pride such as wand, shogun, cro crop etc and whether it was true that they were taking drugs in japan i keep hearing these rumors go around but as a big fan of pride i keep rejecting these claims but since pride was destroyed and now the fighters are in the ufc even I'm a bit skeptical about how they are performing now snce pride. can you shed some light on this issue i would appreciate it if you cover it in your next q and a or an email response. great vids by the way keep up the good work peace

seancarletonzero: Dana White has stated numerous times in the last 2 or 3 months that if Georges St. Pierre can beat BJ Penn at UFC 94 he will be moving up to 185 pounds to fight Anderson Silva for the UFC World Middleweight Championship in the future, what are you thoughts on the possible super fight between Silva and GSP?

herd4344: I was recently looking at all the buyrates of ufc events for the past couple of years and i noticed a crazy pattern, all pay-per-views with anderson silva on them do terrible. My question is do you think dana white keeps talkin about how anderson silva is the best fighter in the world because he wants people to finally buy ppv's with anderson silva on it?

Blackcrowndiamond: Out of curiosity, since you're both a PRIDE and pro wrestling fan, what was your opinion on the Don Frye/Yoshihiro Takayama fight from PRIDE 21?

DanTheMan0531: Do you think MMA is one of the reasons why Wrestling is not as popular as it once was? I personally think so, but what are your thoughts?

astone08: It seems that most people in the MMA community do not respect pro wrestling in general. With Brock winning the UFC heavyweight title, you would think that the MMA community might start respecting the pro wrestlers but it seemed not to. Will the MMA community ever respect pro wrestling?

hattrickhockey17: Affliction has been in talks with several fighters from Dream, and other Japanese promotions such as Shooto and Sengoku. Which fighters would you personally like to see in Affliction, that are currently fighting in Dream, Shooto, Sengoku, etc.?

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[scipio2009]

The only glitch with that LLC model that you were talking about is that Affliction would need a "parent company" to cover the front end of it, for tax purposes.

Last I checked, Golden Boy Promotions looked like it was ready to "get in bed" with Affliction, so hopefully that eventually happens.

A heavyweight, lightweight, 145 women's formula seems pretty solid, but there's quality talent in between those levels, that Affliction already has it's hands on..

[TSlay1974]

See I think Affliction Entertainment and Affliction Clothing have been kept sepreat for that reason, I could be wrong though, but if not then yes Golden Boy would be a good choice.

While yes there are guys at other wieghtclasses but focusing on those three you can take your time a bit more with the other classes. there was more to the rant but the video cut off once it was uploaded for some reason.

[TDuda92]

fedor is not a sell out he's the only person who doesn't fight just for the money

[simplyarunner]

The UFC's Japan shows were all ran by 2000. The 3 shows were done before the end of the 1st Pride GP. The UFC would do huge in Japan with Rampage, Wand, Akiayama, Caol Uno. There are tons of fighters that Japan loves post Pride. Japan loves entertainment, while the UFC is about the fight. They don't need heavyweights look at Pride's Bushido Series. The UFC would do well like selling out Saitama.

[jsg103]

I think they just get ommitted because they have won since coming over and performed well. Hendo was the only man in the ufc to win a round from anderson, and rampage held the title, lost a very close decision to forrest and ko'ed wandy, thats a little different than guys like shogun who came over and got completely owned in every aspect of mma

[jimmydigital]

Strage how American heroes Rampage and Henderson are always omitted from the drugs-in-pride talk/speculation. Both have lost since coming back to UFC.

[MMAGTR]

Yes Kimbo isfighting if you read the Mma news you would know. Strikeforce just struke a deal gettting most of the Elite XC fighters including the women and network deals with showtime

[Fincher85]

I said "Thirst" not "First". It was supposed to be funny, I hate people who constantly try to be first on every video.

[platdrac]

douche

[TripwireAlarm]

Well to be fair, the boards have have always been talking about Fedor whether it was high praise or harsh criticism. The boards erupted with a lot of opinions about Kimbo and Lesnar once they threw their hats into the MMA world. Based on his interviews, Kimbo wants to continue MMA, but who really knows what kind of success he'll have. He's a name that draws an audience and brings in money. Those were the UFC's initial intentions with Lesnar. It may not be justified, but it's smart business.

[miamimagicians]

Is Kimbo Slice EVER going to fight again?

Last year all the MMA boards ever spoke about was Kimbo, now its all Fedor!

[TripwireAlarm]

...They could sign Kimbo to get more of the casual fans to spike ppv numbers, but put him on one of the undercards for the live ppv/tv broadcast. I'm not certain of the status of Women's MMA in Japan since I believe SmackGirl went under, but there are really good female fighters out there besides Gina like Megumi Fujii (although she's in a smaller weight class) that Affliction could sign. Affliction could have a decent LHW roster which includes Babalu, lil Nog, Mousasi, Ortiz, and Sokoudjou.