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Go back, go way back, and look at the very first UFC event.
Was that even marginally close to the standards of what they now practice? Not at all, in my opinion they are not comparable in the least.
Keep in mind that Affliction is mainly a clothing company, and they probably had Trump adding his "well deserved" input on how it should be run. It was obvious that they invested 90% of their time (and funds) into getting great fighters and not all that many on the actual event itself.
In my opinion, I'd rather have good fights in a some shack than terrible ones in the Astrodome. They also planned the fighting schedule really well.
First they opened up with the fights they knew were not going to get the buzz or the glamor and then slowly cranked up the dial. Unlike in the UFC where it is a class up and down rollercoaster. Good fight-bad fight-good fight-bad fight. This makes the overall event good, but it often times removes the ability for them to be spectacular like in Pride.
Wait for their second show, I guarantee you it will be a lot more smooth now that they know what they did wrong, have the attention of people, and the funds and fighters to go again.
I keep hearing that "Oh, there will never be another good Affliction event" that is flat out wrong. Who do you honestly think is going to be doing the Barnett v. Fedor fight? Who do you honestly think is going to doing the Arlovski v. Fedor fight? Who the FUCK do you think is going to do the Couture v. Fedor fight?
I am going to tell you right now, it isn't going to be EliteXC and it sure as hell isn't the UFC.
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