As reported by MMAyou.com this morning:
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (June 3, 2008) – Affliction will pull out its Trump card Thursday when the company officially announces its partnership with Donald J. Trump at a press conference to be held in Trump Tower at 12:00PM. Trump will take the podium to address the press and outline his involvement with Affliction and their entry into the world of professional mixed-martial-arts (MMA) with their first event named, “Affliction Banned,†slated for July 19th 2008 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
A partnership with Donald Trump throws serious financial weight behind the new, fledging promotion. If next month’s massive card wasn’t enough to put the MMA world on notice, a big announcement tomorrow at noon could very well do the trick.
Also, as was speculated in yesterday’s Tito Ortiz Sweepstakes article, Affliction was one of two promotional front-runners for Ortiz’s services and Donald Trump represented a possible opportunity for Ortiz to start his own promotion. Depending on what is announced tomorrow, this could either make or break the possibility of Tito involving himself with either entity.
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