Originally reported on MMAMadness.com:
It appears that things might not be a total loss for the fighters on the Affliction: Trilogy card.
Sources close to one of the fighters told MMAMadness.com that Affliction VP Tom Atencio promised at least one fighter compensation for the card's cancellation.
The source also revealed that some fights could be pushed to the Aug. 15 Strikeforce card or the Aug. 28 M-1 Global card. However, everything is still "a fiasco right now."
According to the source, Atencio personally called each fighter to break the news that the card had been canceled. At least one fighter was told that he would receive "something."
Whether or not that "something" will be their full salaries, their "show up" money, or something else remains to be seen.
Despite the compensation, the fighters are still taking the cancellation hard.
"It just sucks," Paul Buentello said. "[I'm] frustrated. I was training really hard and concentrating on only Gilbert. Beating down my body...The fight was the celebration of all your hard work."
"I didn't know what to say," LC Davis said in reaction to Atencio's phone call. "I thought he was joking. My heart sunk. I was heartbroken. Missing out on my sponsorships by not being able to fight, it's unfortunate."
Messages to Atencio and Strikeforce Director of Communications Mike Afromowitz were not immediately returned.
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