Affliction recently held a presser where they announced a portion of their PPV fight line-up for October 11th in Las Vegas and also some new signings. Notably absent from that list was Tito Ortiz, despite his big announcement with SI.com that he would be signing with Affliction in a record breaking deal.

Michael Cohen, COO of Affliction, spoke to this very point. “Donald Trump, myself and Tito engaged in a conversation,” Cohen said. “There was nothing substantive that was discussed other than that we are interested in sitting down with him, which we are planning on doing in the very near future, to discuss with him the opportunity to join the family of Affliction fighters.”

Among other notable signings for the Affliction promotion announced during the press conference were ex-IFL standouts Vladimir Matyushenko, Chris Horodecki, and Roy "Big Country" Nelson.

Vladimir was the Light Heavyweight IFL Champion and absolutely dominated that weight class in the now defunct promotion with 9 straight wins. He will be fighting "Little Nog" (Antonio Noguiera) who competed and won on the first Affliction card against Edwin Dewees. The fight will be a re-match of an earlier bout in 2002 where Matyushenko pulled off a decision victory.

Another clash between two heavyweights on the card will involve Paul Buentello fighting Roy "Big Country" Nelson. Roy Nelson was the IFL Heavyweight champion, recently defeating Brad Imes by TKO. He will be a very hard opponent for Paul Buentello who recently defeated last minute stand-in Gary Goodridge at the last Affliction show.

Matt Lindland was another fighter that will be fighting on the card.He defeated Fabio Negao via decision and will be taking on Vitor Belfort, who KO'ed Terry Martin in stunning fashion in the second round.

Chris Horodecki, the newly minted free agent and ex-IFL standout, was also announced for the card although his opponent has yet to be determined.

Affliction also announced that they will be moving to HDNET instead of FSN for three of their preliminary bouts. In many of the markets, FSN time delayed the fights such that they were not live but came on after the event which made the telecast appear disjointed. HDNET being much more MMA friendly and centralized (rather than the regional FSN model) should facilitate the "live" aspect of the preliminary matches better.