UFC to Counter Affliction PPV?

Sherdog is reporting that the UFC is putting together a live card to counter Affliction’s PPV debut on July 19th. However, the real threat to Affliction’s PPV is that according to the article, the UFC would like to air the card on SpikeTV, which would cost viewers about $45 less than the Affliction PPV. This is not the first time the UFC has counter programmed its competition. During the EliteXC broadcast on CBS the UFC debuted a new biographical show about Chuck Liddell and then re-aired parts of UFC 79.

Thus far Affliction is the only MMA organization that has built its top talent from a pool of former UFC stars like Tim Sylvia and Andre Arlovski. The fact that the UFC is trying to pull together an entire night of fights on just 5 weeks notices goes to show how seriously they are taking the threat from Affliction. Rumored to be on the UFC card is Wanderlei Silva and/ or Bradon Vera.