Something has been bothering me about this Affliction show. First, Fedor announced the fight with Tim Sylvia was a done deal for this new Affliction show. Then both his manager Vadim Finkelstein and Sylvia's manager Monte Cox said nothing had been signed yet. Yet a week later, Fedor again posts on his own site that the fight is confirmed and its taken as fact again.
Has Tim Sylvia or Monte Cox confirmed this as happening? Nope, not yet. In fact, Monte Cox released a press release last week announcing the 2nd event of his Adrenaline series and saying that Sylvia will be on that card. He's already scheduling Sylvia for a fight 7 weeks after the proposed Fedor fight, yet has yet to confirm the Fedor fight.
Now this falling out with HDNet. Maybe Affliction is looking for a ton of money from HDNet to pay the enormous salaries that they have promised Fedor ($2Mil) and Sylvia ($700G). HDNet is in now position to put that kinda of money into a fledgling promotion with no prior experience. Unfortunately, this show seems absolutely doomed to ever get off the ground. I still have very high hopes for HDNet to get into the market but I think they may be looking to slowly grow. Thats a much more responsible method business wise.
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