MMA Crunch

This Saturday night, mma fans will be presented with a choice. The y can payto watch Affliction’s debut event or tune in for a free night of UFC action. Now, in this day and age, it is possible to watch both. DVR’s have now surpassed some forms of human intelligence and could record one or even both events. Yet, if presented with the choice of watching Affliction or the UFC, which one would you choose?

The UFC has substantiated itself as the elite mma organization. Time and time again, it puts on stellar performances as viewers are always guaranteed to get their money’s worth. Affliction, on the other hand, is a new organization making it’s debut. But that doesn’t mean it’s fight card doesn’t have its fill of proven fighters. Moreover, many of the fighters on the Affliction card have UFC experience. Stiill, if the UFC is the elite mma organization, why are those fighters no longer employed by Dana White and company? Read more…

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The UFC scrambled to put together UFC Fight Night 14 to coincide with Affliction’s debut event. Many of the fighters on this card weren’t given a whole lot of notice to prepare for their upcoming bouts. Anthony Johnson is among those fighters as he agreed to take on Kevin Burns. Johnson doesn’t mind scratching the UFC’s back by taking fights on such short notice. He has done it in the past and hopes that it will help his future. Johnson elaborates on this weekend’s fight in an interview with Mmarated.com.

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Next weekend’s main events in both the UFC and Affliction both feature a couple of big name fighters who will enter their respective fights both as the favorite. Most experts, fans and even fighters have already predicted that pair as being the ones whose hands will be raised in victory at the end of the fight. But if history has proved anything, it is that no fighter can ever be underestimated. Just ask Quinton Jackson.

Although Forrest Griffin wasn’t considered a slouch by any means, most people did not give him a legitimate chance at taking the light heavyweight tittle away from Jackson. It was left up to Griffin to make believers out of all those naysayers. This upcoming weekend, two more fighters will have that same chance. Read more…

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Adding to the allure of UFC’s Fight Night 14 on July 19th will be a match-up between The Ultimate Fighter 7 stars CB Dollaway and Jesse Taylor. At one time, both fighters had the inside track on becoming The Ultimate Fighter but neither was able to seal up that title. Taylor didn’t even get a shot inside the octagon as a drunken tirade through the city of Las Vegas got him kicked off the show. Dollaway actually had his chance, but got caught in an arm bar applied by Ultimate Fighter champion Amir Sadollah.

Dollaway rolled into the finale on a hot streak and even started to take control of the finale through the first couple of minutes. Nevertheless, one false slippage ended his hopes of earning that illustrious six figure contract.

For Taylor, his dismissal from the show was just as deplorable as his the actions that got him booted from TUF. It was a pitiful sight as he shed crocodile tears when Dana White told him he would no longer be part of the show. Nevertheless, that is all part of the past and now each fighter will have a chance for redemption.

The fight could very well be billed The Ultimate Fighter finale that never happened. But regardless of what the fight is being billed, it provides a second chance for each fighter. And although there are no more eliminations, both fighters know that another loss would surely affect his future in the UFC.

The series is over, the backstage cameras are off and now the payday is real. But in order for that payday to balloon in the future, a victory is a prerequisite. While a loss would not necessarily end either fighter’s UFC career, it could limit their appearances in the future.

So even though TUF is over, it is essentially do or die time for both Dollaway and Taylor. They each have another chance to make good on a fight that was supposed to happen. Furthermore, Sadollah’s defeat of Dollaway wasn’t exactly a gripping bout that had fans on the edges of their seats. Perhaps a Taylor-Dollaway bout will finally provide fans with a more exciting bout that will ultimately wrap up the seventh season.

But that season is over and a new one has begun for both Taylor and Dollaway. UFC Fight Night 14 will mark their debut into a new season even though it is already a second chance for both fighters.

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