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So the UFC has announced a Fight Night event to be held July 19, the day of the Affliction card w/ Fedor/Sylvia.

The main event is Anderson Silva at LHW vs James Irvin. Also on the card is the Frank Edgar/Hermes Franca fight orginially announced for UFC 87. Cain Velasquez will also appear, possibly against Jake O'Brien who was released by UFC earlier in the year. UFC 85's big suprise Kevin Burns is back to take on Anthony Johnson, the guy who demolished TUF runner-up Tommy Speer.

What to watch....

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JensenS

More free MMA sounds good to me!

Looks like I'll still be buying the Affliction card, and then DVR'ing this and watching it the next day.

shankbob

I would pay for UFN 14, sounds like the best UFN ever. To bad I'll be at Fargo.

2x2x2

I will just be moving into my new place on my own, I may have to suck it up and purchase dvr.

I doubt any bars will be playing Affliction.

Adolf Oliverbush

Even though Dana is only doing this in order to sabatoge Affliction's card, I'll still take the free MMA, every day and twice on Sunday.
Anyone think Sylvia is going to upset Fedor?

2x2x2

I do not see Sylvia winning this. Fedor has proven capable of overcoming large size differences, and once on the ground I do not think Tim will be able to avoid the submission.

Schlottke

Gotta give him a pat on the back for it really. It forces Affliction to be that much more "worth it"..

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ODH

It is sabotage definitely. He could have scheduled this on lots of other nights and I don't think has ever had a champion fighting on an UFN.
My opinion it is bad for the sport, becasue Afflication Hvyweight lineup has many more top fighters than UFC.

DingoBrigade

It's very short-sighted to say the event is good for the sport. Yes, it's a good, free card, but if it helps sink Aflliction (and I'll be the first to admit that Affliction has other problems), that's awful for the sport. The UFC wants to be the only game in town, but with Dana's rules and ego, we are denied the opportunity to see a ton of topflight guys like Fedor, Arlovski, Sylvia, Lindland, Barnett, et al. Dana already has a huge market share and basically a near-monopoly. This move, combined with his black-listing techniques for anyone associated with these other shows, smacks of big-time insecurity and could ultimately build resentment from others in MMA, possibly leading to a coalition to unite against him. So, in essence, I'm not convinced it's even good business, as some like to point out. I'm not saying Dana has any sort of responsibility to help other orgs, but he doesn't need to attack them so hard, and so under-handedly. These things do have a way of coming full circle.

RyannVonDoom

Has one of the best HW cards ever seen. Only way it could have been better is if Mirko vs Sergei Kharitonov was on there.