Dana isn't going to absorb the Affliction Contract

He won't pay most of them what they were contracted to make with affliction. How much did they pay Sylvia and Arlovski, I know thy are gone now, but there is no way Dana is just going to take over the contracts as they are. So it will still be a clusterfuck of free agency and butt hurt feelings over money issues that will hold a lot of guys back

I don't think it said the UFC bought Affliction. I think Affliction folded their MMA promotion.

i'm sure they're not absorbing all the contracts but you'd have to be foolish to think that there isn't something else going on behind the scenes as of right now.

there is NO WAY the UFC and Dana specifically is going to just say "oh, ok. all's forgiven Tom and Affliction. you guys can sponsor us now." something else is happening.

i'd be willing to bet that the UFC is taking on some of the contracts and Affliction is picking up the difference on some of them.

even if it is for only one fight. they might not give us Fedor vs Lesnar right away without an extended Fedor contract, but they'll give us Fedor-Randy at christmas or something. and so on.

most of the Affliction fighters that the UFC wants will work out a deal with them.

just my two-cents

I agree that the ufc probably isn't interested in most of the fighters on Affliction's payroll. Aside from Fedor of course I think they would probably only be interested in Gegard Mousasi, Vitor Belfort and maybe Jorge Santiago at this time. Time will tell.