calm down there Shane McMahon...he needs to learn how to better run his MMA business before he starts staging himself in the ring. "I will fight for somebody else not Affliction," the 41-year-old Atencio said. "I have been wanted to fight for a long time. I just haven't had time. I still don't have time but I want to do it again." Atencio said he finds ways from his busy schedule between running the Affliction Clothing company and promoting the upcoming Jan. 24 Affliction fight to prepare for his upcoming bout which will take place in the 170-pound division. "I have somebody who comes here and trains me in the office and then I train at night as well. ... I have to make time to train." Boxing's loss is MMA's gain Mixed martial arts and boxing have always been compared. MMA has been growing in popularity exponentially and boxing has its hardcore fans that prefer the Sweet Science over the competition any day of the week. But mixed martial arts promoters think that boxing is slowly losing the battle of the combatants.
apparently he has fought once before...
www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_11317029
Almost four years after Tom Atencio fought his first and only fight at Total Combat 7 in Tijuana, Mexico in January 2005, the co-owner of Affliction will step into the ring in February.
atencio vs rogan
As the ref from his fight in Total Combat, I must say that Tom has some good skills, both standing and on the ground.
Keeping making shirts
blaf
RyannVonDoom - Dana should stop acting like he's a ref and a fighter and actually do it. Make this fight happen.
Dana should actually fight? LoL. Come on, Dana runs a multi million dollar business, making fights, building fighters, etc. Why on earth would he fight, when he's got hundreds of guys that he can simply instruct to fight?
Money cannot buy honor. Dana must fight Atencio for respect.
I miss the days when promoters stayed behind the scenes somewhat and were'nt trying to be as well known and popular as the fighters.
props to Tom, I know he does it just as a hobby pretty much, this isn't some PR move or anything, plus the guy is already loaded anyhow....just doin it for the love of the sport.
Metrosexual.
GC111 - Money cannot buy honor. Dana must fight Atencio for respect.
honor? ok, sato!
RyannVonDoom -SinCityHustler -RyannVonDoom - Dana should stop acting like he's a ref and a fighter and actually do it. Make this fight happen.
Dana should actually fight? LoL. Come on, Dana runs a multi million dollar business, making fights, building fighters, etc. Why on earth would he fight, when he's got hundreds of guys that he can simply instruct to fight?
They call him BLAF for a reason. He runs his mouth like he is one of the fighters. Put the money where the mouth is.
He runs his mouth like he is the boss. Power gives him the authority to run his mouth and his words are backed up with consequences. If he were merely a fighter, no one would listen to him when he ran his mouth, or they would want to fight him. He doesn't need to fight in order to back up his mouth, he's already got the most power.
BTW, what's the reason he's called BLAF?
Chocolate Tom is no pushover, never has been...