Jeszcze odnośnie Affliction myślę, że warto przypomnieć wg. mnie oprócz złego marketingu i innych główną przyczynę niepowodzeń tej organizacji gwoli przypomnienia:
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Fedor Emelianenko: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tim Sylvia: $800,000
Andrei Arlovski: $750,000 (includes $250,000 win bonus)
def. Ben Rothell: $250,000
Josh Barnett: $300,000 (no win bonus)
def. Pedro Rizzo: $70,000
Mark Hominick: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Savant Young: $7,000
Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $90,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
def: Mike Whitehead: $50,000
Matt Lindland: $300,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Nascimento: $20,00O
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $50,000 (no win bonus)
def. Edwin Dewees: $15,000
Mike Pyle: $20,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
JJ Ambrose: $5,000
Ray Lizama: $3,000
vs. Justin Levens: $6000*
Vitor Belfort: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
Terry Martin: $30,000
Paul Buentello: $80,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
vs. Gary Goodridge: $25,000
The gate:
"Affliction: Banned" drew a total attendance of 14,832 for a live gate of $2,085,510. Of the 14,832 total tickets, 11,242 were
sold, and 3,590 were complimentary and given away."
"Fedor Emelianenko -- $300,000 (no win bonus listed) def. Andrei Arlovski -- $1,500,000
Josh Barnett -- $500,000 (no win bonus listed) def. Gilbert Yvel –- $30,000
Vitor Belfort -- $200,000 (including $80,000 bonus) def. Matt Lindland –- Not listed (MMAWeekly.com reported as $225,000)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral -- $90,000 (including $30,000 bonus) def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou -- $50,000
Dan Lauzon -- $23,160 (including $11,160 bonus) def. Bobby Green -- $4,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira -- $150,000 (including $30,000 bonus) def. Vladimir Matyushenko -- $50,000
Paul Buentello -- $90,000 (including $20,000 bonus) def. Kiril Sidelnikov -- $10,000
Jay Hieron -- $45,000 (including $25,000 bonus) def. Jason High -- $10,000
L.C. Davis -- $13,500 (including $6,500 bonus) def. Bao Quach -- $7,000
Albert Rios -- $6,000 (including $3,000 bonus) def. Antonio Duarte -- $3,000
Brett Cooper -- $10,000 (including $5,000 win bonus) def. Patrick Speight -- $2,000
Affliction M-1 Global “Day of Reckoning,” held on Jan. 24 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., drew 13,318 spectators,
according to final tallies released on Tuesday bythe California State Athletic Commission. That resulted in a net gate total
of $1,429,557"
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