Videos: Affliction “Banned” and UFN 14

By Brandt DeLorenzo on Jul 20, 2008

Check out a spectator cam version of the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia fight. Here’s the long televised version.

Here’s Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell. This was an exciting standup war that did showcase a little bit of the ground game as well.

Anthony Johnson supposedly got robbed at the hands of Kevin Burns in this fight. Check it out for a climatic finish.

We all thought James Irvin was going to last longer than this. Check out the short fight between him and reigning middleweight champ Anderson Silva at 205.

Have you ever seen a Peruvian necktie in MMA before? Watch CB Dollaway vs. Jesse Taylor here.

MMA fans and bloggers have been talking a lot about Cain Valesquez and there’s no surprise why. Watch his fight against Jake O’Brien.

Filed Under: Other MMA • UFC • Video

Tags: Affliction • Anderson Silva • Andre Arlovski • Anthony Johnson • Ben Rothwell • C.B Dollaway • Cain Valesquez • Fedor Emelianenko • Jake O'Brien • James Irvin • Jesse Taylor • Kevin Burns • Tim Sylvia • UFC

About the Author: Brandt DeLorenzo started MMA Opinion in June of 2007 and began working as a MMA photographer shortly thereafter. He enjoys being cageside at regional events or just watching the fights. His favorite fighters are Frankie Edgar and Gegard Mousasi.

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Amy Robinson says:

July 20, 2008 at 8:29 pm

The Johnson fight was absolutely a huge controversy. He clearly got poked in the eye after repeated warnings from the ref on the issue already. They stopped it when it was clear he wasn’t going to be able to continue because of it. Then they actually went to a commercial while they scrambled to decide what to do and ended up awarding a TKO win to Burns, went it should’ve been a total DQ on the fight or at least a DQ win to Johnson on Burns.

I can’t believe no one’s really crying foul very much on this one. If that same occurance had happened in a main event, or with big name fighters, I can’t even begin to image all the fallout that would ensue. It seriously made the Belfort/Couture 1 dibacle look good.

You should seriously track it down if you haven’t seen it, Brandt. It’s mind-bloggling to see the way the officials handled that.
VEe! says:

July 21, 2008 at 3:02 am

The reason why they awarded the decision to Burns was because the referee initially thought it was a TKO. They do not use a playback so they simply decided to go with that decision. Weird. Anthony Johnson better improve his cardio and develop a plan B, when he’s unable to KO his opponent.

Cain Velasquez, I hope he continues to perform as well as he did on UFN14.