Yahoo! broke the news on this new partnership today, but it’s truly sad to see Affliction grasp at everything possible to stay around for a couple of more months. Even if this partnership is successful, I can’t see how Affliction stays in business without true big time names that UFC has. Their best bet at this point would be to have someone beat Fedor once to get a triology out of it and raise interest for upcoming shows. Other than that, I don’t see too many options for Affliction with their current roster. Then again, that’s what happens when your whole business plan is around one superstar.

In case you were wondering whether the affliction card would go ahead with all the troubles that they have had promoting the show in Las Vegas, Affliction VP announced yesterday that the show will be moved to Honda Center, and it will indeed include Fedor. Now I am not sure who Fedor will be fighting now that Arlovski and Barnett are fighting each other. This whole fiasco shows the difference between the good management of the UFC and the poor management of Affliction. The Affliction folks should’ve known that Dana wouldn’t allow them to hold their show in his own backyard, so that was a bad misjudgment by them. Either way, I don’t expect these guys to stick around much longer if all they have to offer is Fedor for twice a year.