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	<title>Fighting Words... &#187; Affliction</title>
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		<title>Why do you wear Affliction? Or Tapout? Or Dethrone? Or&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/12/01/why-do-you-wear-affliction-or-tapout-or-dethrone-or/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/12/01/why-do-you-wear-affliction-or-tapout-or-dethrone-or/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott McEwan]]></category>

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Saw this ad for the new GSP Affliction shirt and it made me wonder (and not for the first time): Do fighters actually like these shirts and think they look good or do they wear them only because they&#8217;re paid to?
Judging by all the bad tattoos in the octagon &#8211; I had a conversation with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who wants to see Fedor vs. Josh Barnett now?</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/11/17/who-wants-to-see-fedor-vs-josh-barnett-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/11/17/who-wants-to-see-fedor-vs-josh-barnett-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strikeforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Barnett]]></category>

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Do you still want to see Fedor Emelianenko fight Josh Barnett? There are rumours of setting up the bout in the DREAM promotion in Japan early next year (possibly February). Personally, I think its time has passed. The luster is off the diamond, the bloom is off the rose. I was psyched to see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 103 foes Franklin and Belfort measure up against Wanderlei Silva</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/09/09/ufc-103-foes-franklin-and-belfort-measure-up-against-wanderlei-silva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC 103]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitor Belfort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderlei Silva]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two video clips, each trying to sell us on a different fighter – Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort – based on what? How they handled Wanderlei Silva? That seems to be the approach for promoting this UFC 103 catchweight match-up.
But does it make sense to promote Belfort based on a fight that took place 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carwin vs. Lesnar confirmed, Velasquez pulls Rothwell</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/20/carwin-vs-lesnar-confirmed-velasquez-pulls-rothwell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/20/carwin-vs-lesnar-confirmed-velasquez-pulls-rothwell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Rothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brock Lesnar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cain Velasquez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyoto Machida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Carwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shogun Rua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC 104]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC 106]]></category>

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Okay, that Shane Carwin vs. Brock Lesnar at UFC 106 rumour appears to be true. AOL Fanhouse and MMA Junkie are reporting that Carwin’s original opponent, heavyweight Cain Velasquez, will now be facing Ben Rothwell at UFC 104, with light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida squaring off against Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua in the headliner.
Velasquez (6-0 MMA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nog, Nog&#8230; Who&#8217;s there?</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/18/nog-nog-whos-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/18/nog-nog-whos-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride FC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Rogerio Nogueira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Nog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Nog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minotauro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minotoro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC 102]]></category>

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (aka &#8220;Minotauro,&#8221; aka &#8220;Big Nog&#8220;) let slip during today&#8217;s UFC 102 media conference call that his twin brother, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (aka &#8220;Minotoro,&#8221; aka &#8220;Little Nog&#8220;), is joining the ranks of the UFC light heavyweight division and will make his octagon debut this fall.
Little Nog is a PRIDE FC, Sengoku and Affliction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barnett back in action, sort of</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/13/barnett-back-in-action-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/13/barnett-back-in-action-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rear-naked joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Sapp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steroids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrestling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Out to make a little cash following his Affliction steroid scandal, Josh Barnett tag-teamed with Naoya Ogawa against Bob Sapp and Yoshihiro Takiyama in an Inoki Genome Federation Japanese pro wrestling competition on Sunday. Watching this, all I can say is that it&#8217;s probably not a bad thing that Barnett didn&#8217;t fight Fedor Emelianenko.


Props to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC draws first blood in MMA war</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/04/ufc-draws-first-blood-in-mma-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/04/ufc-draws-first-blood-in-mma-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DREAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strikeforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Coker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so what now? That’s what everybody’s asking now that the dust has settled. Affliction is gone and Fedor Emelianenko, the most-prized fighter on the planet not already in the UFC, has signed a three-fight deal with Strikeforce.
It was a deal with the devil that the promotion had to make, that the UFC practically put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affliction refugees find a home</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/04/affliction-refugees-find-a-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/04/affliction-refugees-find-a-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deividas Taurosevicius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Hominick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius bout from the cancelled Affliction: Trilogy card has been relocated to September 2’s WEC 43, Sherdog reports. The headliner for the event is an interim lightweight title fight between Donald Cerrone and Benson Henderson.
A UFC, WEC and Affliction veteran and London, ON., native, Hominick last fought in a July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fedor joins Strikeforce</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/03/fedor-joins-strikeforce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/03/fedor-joins-strikeforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strikeforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair Overeem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emeliankenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-1 Global]]></category>

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The deal is done. The future of Fedor Emelianenko has been locked down. As was widely rumoured over the weekend, the Russian badass has signed a contract with Strikeforce, ending all the “Fedor must fight in the UFC” drama that’s been going on since Affliction shuttered its promotional operations and left Fedor without a cage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barnett is exhausting me</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/barnett-is-exhausting-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/barnett-is-exhausting-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rear-naked joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Barnett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really amused. First, he was reading comic books. Now, Josh Barnett appears to be installing a new high-performance car exhaust. These are the pics he&#8217;s been Twittering with comments like &#8220;Time to get to work&#8221; and &#8220;Ok. Half way there. Now install the Corsa system.&#8221; If this is really what he&#8217;s doing today, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Sandler, Josh Barnett and Arseface</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/arseface/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/arseface/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rear-naked joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arseface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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I should be getting ready for a night of fights, but since that&#8217;s not happening&#8230; umm&#8230; maybe I&#8217;ll go see Funny People. I hear it&#8217;s good. I like Seth Rogen, not so much Adam Sandler. I wonder how Josh Barnett is spending his day. Oh, look at this, a message on Barnett&#8217;s Twitter account: &#8220;Finished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-1 Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M-1 Global]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Was just digging around on the official M-1 Global website &#8211; the seventh edition of the M-1 Challenge series takes place in two weeks and I was looking for a little info &#8211; and there&#8217;s still a strong Affliction presence, including a &#8220;Presented by Affliction&#8221; logo on every page and the use of Affliction in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fedor rebuttal</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/a-fedor-rebuttal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of equal opportunity after Dana White&#8217;s anti-Fedor Emelianenko remarks, I offer this:

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		<title>Franklin catches Belfort</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/franklin-catches-belfort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/08/01/franklin-catches-belfort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catchweight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC 103]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitor Belfort]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out Rich Franklin (25-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC) and Vitor Belfort (16-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) won&#8217;t be having a light heavyweight matchup at UFC 103 as UFC president Dana White had announced on Friday. According to a post on Franklin&#8217;s Twitter account, the fight will be a catchweight showdown at 195 pounds as Belfort requested.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Hominick back in the WEC</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/07/31/mark-hominick-back-in-the-wec/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/07/31/mark-hominick-back-in-the-wec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affliction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affliction: Trilogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrei Arlovski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Rothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chase Gormley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Lauzon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Javier Vazquez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L.C. Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Hominick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul daley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Sylvia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Hominick (16-8), a former UFC and WEC fighter from London, ON, who was slated to fight at Affliction: Trilogy, has signed a multi-fight deal with World Extreme Cagefighting and will debut at the organization’s WEC 43 show on September 2.

UFC president Dana White mentioned the signing during Friday’s media call, although no opponent has [...]]]></description>
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