SB Nation User Blog: Phildo

Affliction is screwed

Phildo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:02:29 -0000

I'm not sure how many people are aware of this, but it was announced on Monday nightt that Donald Trump has purchased Monday Night Raw.

WWE owner Vince McMahon has sold WWE Raw to real estate magnate Donald Trump has purchased WWE Raw

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I don't see how it's possible that he'll be unable to run a major thing like Monday Night Raw and be able to keep up with his commitments to Affliction, I expect an announcement announcing that Trump is severing all ties with Affliction to be coming shortly.

Note to WAMMA's lawyers: this may or not be a joke, I'm still trying to figure out why the hell Monday Night Raw was on TV at work.

Cyborg v. Carano to be 5 5 minute rounds

Phildo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:21:08 -0000

Sherdog's Jake Rossen says that the title fight between Gina Carano and Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos will have 5 minute rounds.

Ever better: Strikeforce has confirmed to ESPN that rounds will be a full five minutes in duration. About time. There appears to be evidence that females have a 10-15 percent lower oxygen consumption rate than men do, which conceivably could limit the kind of interval and muscular endurance performance that MMA demands, but is it really by so much that they needed competition duration reduced by nearly half?

There seemed to be questions about this earlier, but I'm glad to finally see the women get to fight 5 minute rounds. 3 minutes really isn't enough time to get going, and I really don't see any reason why they wouldn't be able to go the full 5 minutes. Hopefully the rest of Strikeforce's women's fights have 5 minute rounds where allowed.

Dana talks about Fedor, Millen, Attencio, the CBC, Golden Boy with Steve Cofield.

Phildo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:51:35 -0000

Dana talks about Fedor, Millen, Attencio, the CBC, Golden Boy with Steve Cofield.

Dana's Video Blog: 12/26. More pen hijinks...

Phildo — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:09:40 -0000

Dana's Video Blog: 12/26. More pen hijinks...

Randy and Kim Couture v. Tom Beard of Affliction Hits the Court

Phildo — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:00:09 -0000

Edited and Fronted by Luke Thomas.

According the place where I get the most up to date MMA news (TMZ.com), Kim Couture has gotten a restraining order against T-Shirt guy and Affliction VP Tom Beard.

Apparently Beard started going nuts when the Coutures committed an atrocious sin: they asked about the profits for the Xtreme Couture clothing line:

Randy and wife Kim claim Affliction Prez Todd Beard has been on a campaign of terror against them since they asked for an accounting of profits. A Las Vegas judge just issued a temporary restraining order, prohibiting Beard from going near Kim, and that includes going near the MGM Grand when Randy fights this Saturday. And Beard can't go to the Hotel during the weigh-in the day before either.

This sort of puts Beard's rant on Sirius radio into a new light and hints at even more problems regarding the rocky relationship between Affliction and the Coutures.

I also find it scary that the restraining order says that Beard can't go to the fight or the weigh-ins this weekend. Is this guy really that crazy or dangerous that he'd show up to the fight and make a scene?

Update [by Cannon Jacques]: MMA Payout has a lot more information regarding this matter. Court documents allege that Beard has a history of criminal conduct and drug abuse. Check out the full article for all the details. Here's an excerpt:

“These threats culminated in a series of calls to me and my attorney, Sam Spira, on October 17, 2008,” the application goes on to state. “During those calls, Todd Beard, in the most profanity laced and obscene filled rants, literally screamed at the top of his lungs that he would “get” us and otherwise make us regret that we had persisted in our efforts to get proper accountings.”

In an interesting twist, MMAPayout.com has learned that Donald J. Campbell is serving as Couture’s local attorney in the matter. Campbell is a highly respected Las Vegas attorney who became familiar in MMA circles last year for his representation of the UFC in its dispute with Randy Couture. His involvement is sure to raise eyebrows.

The application is supported by an affidavit from James Perry, former FBI agent and personal investigator. Perry alleges that “a nation-wide criminal records search has revealed Mr. Beard to be a career criminal.”

“As the Court can readily see from a reading of [the] Affidavit, my fear of Mr. Beard is well-founded given his extensive criminal history,” Couture stated in her application. “Not only has he been convicted of numerous state and federal felonies relating to fraud (a grave concern given his refusal to provide me with proper accountings) but further, he apparently has engaged in numerous acts of violence, including violence against women.”