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Today in MMA history: Affliction’s ambitious debut, with future President Trump by its side

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:01:52 +0000

In the spring of 2008, Donald Trump descended a golden escalator in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan to lend his name and his support to a brand new MMA promotion – Affliction. This was a full decade ago, practically another lifetime in terms of American political and cultural life, and back then nobody gave much thought to the possibility of a Trump presidency. Instead, he was just another famous person on TV who was willing to attach his name to things, and the thing he’d chosen in the world of professional cage fighting was a new organization helmed by Affliction Clothing Vice President Tom Atencio, which Trump assured people would do “very well.” “I will say these are tough-looking guys,” Trump said when he stepped up to the dais at that first Affliction press conference. To his right sat former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia . On his left, the final PRIDE heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko

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Today in MMA history: Affliction debuts an ambitious new MMA promotion, with a future U.S. president by its side

BAD MMA News — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 19:39:45 +0000

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The three stars of ‘UFC Fight Night 51: Silva vs. Arlovski 2′ in Brazil

BAD MMA News — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:08:46 +0000

The UFC is staging more than 40 events in 2014 with hundreds of fighters going in and out of the octagon. There’s only a brief window of opportunity to make a lasting impression on fans, and some do it better than others. UFC Fight Night 51 took place Saturday and streamed on UFC Fight Pass from Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil, and of the 22 competitors to compete on the UFC’s fourth event of the year in Brazil, three turned in performances that stood out from the rest. Now that UFC Fight Night 51 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

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