If you ask most casual MMA fans about Saturday nights Affliction card they begin to rhymes off names like Fedor, Sylvia, Arlovksi and Barnett. Not too often will you hear the name Ben Rothwell come up in conversation. Rothwell is determined to change all that with one fight Saturday night. Read More

“I am prepared and ready to prove that I belong among the best in the world at 145lbs.”

These are the words of Mark “The Machine” Hominick, just 5 days away from the biggest fight of his career. Hominick will look to start Saturday night off with a bang, as he and Savant Young will be the first fight of Affliction’s historic inaugural card. Like every fighter before him, Hominick’s road has been long and winding. It has lead him to one of the biggest MMA stages in the history of the sport July 19th at the Honda Center. His task is simple. He will be fighting to prove that he is one of the world’s best at 145 lbs. Read More

Josh Barnett, considered by many as a top 3 Heavyweight in the world, will enter the Affliction ring Saturday as a large favorite against Pedro Rizzo, who happens to be the only man to ever knock out the ‘Baby Faced Assasin’. Barnett will also make his way back to a large US stage for the first time in 6 years. Barnett is planning to greet Rizzo and American fans once again. Read More

Vitor Belfort, the man once known as one of the most feared strikers at 205 lbs in the world looks to reinvent himself this Saturday at Affliction:Banned at 185 lbs against UFC veteran Terry Martin. It’s been a long road back for the ‘Phenom’ and a move to Xtreme Couture Las Vegas looks to be just what he needs to become a brand new Vitor. Read More

In his most recent blog on Sportsnet.ca, Canadian MMA fighter Jason Macdonaldsounds off on the current state of judging in Mixed Martial Arts, after Saturday’s Quinton Jackson v. Forrest Griffin main event, which has garnered more interest over it’s judging, then the fight itself. However, Macdonald does not point to the judges themselves as the problem, but rather the criteria. ‘The athlete’ notes that Read More

After Saturday’s one sided dominating win from Josh Thomson over Gilbert Melendez, Melendez inclusion as one of the top 10 Lightweights in the world was brought into question. And we’d have to do the same for Thomson’s notable absence. Read More

One of the most successful rock bands of all time has been booked to play at the Affliction:Banned show July 19th. Rumour is that they will play before the show begins and in between fights. Speculation was that Ozzy Osbourne Read More

THQ issued a press release this morning officially announcing the upcoming UFC 2009 Undisputed video game, set for release on major video game consoles this coming spring. The video game is the the first mixed martial arts game title to be released in many years, and is expected to be a smash hit given the popularity of the sport and wide appeal of the UFC brand. Read More