Wow. If you thought the whole Affliction / Randy Couture thing was gonna end after a little "Fuck you" and "No, fuck you!" action, you wuz wrong. Randy's wife has just filed a restraining order against Affliction co-founder Todd Beard:
Randy and wife Kim claim Affliction Prez Todd Beard has been on a campaign of terror against them since they asked for an accounting of profits. A Las Vegas judge just issued a temporary restraining order, prohibiting Beard from going near Kim, and that includes going near the MGM Grand when Randy fights this Saturday. And Beard can't go to the hotel during the weigh-in the day before either.
According to Kim Couture's declaration, Beard has made "a series of threats and acts intended to intimidate me and otherwise coerce me to 'back off.'"
She goes on: "My fear of Mr. Beard is well-founded given his extensive criminal history. Not only has he been convicted of numerous state and federal felonies relating to fraud ...he has engaged in numerous acts of violence, including violence against women."
And here I was thinking Tom Atencio was doing a bad job representing Affliction. Todd Beard is making Dana White look like a lovable huggable peace teddy bear in comparison. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised though ... Affliction has been terrorizing fashion for the past few years, it was probably inevitable that they'd graduate up sooner or later.
Damn, that dude is nuts. With all those Fraud Felonies on his record, how they hell did he get Affliction off the ground? Hell I thought T-Shirt Guy was doing poorly in the PR Dept. They should start a betting pool on if the next Affliction Event actually happens.
Wow UNREAL When you think it can't get any dam worse for Affliction it actually does and 1000x times worse at that. This is not a black eye for Afflictions reputation but a fucking amputated arm and leg. Tom Beard is kicking himself in the ass for running his drunk mouth on the Ferall Show that day I can tell you that and so is Atencio. I just can't get over this shit !!!! Not only sence that interview has there biggest selling line of shirts left them Xtreme couture shirts they can forget about signing any fighters from Randys Gym or fighters who are friends with Randy and his wife. Jesus how much did Beards interview hurt Affliction ? I think its the final nail in there coffin now and I have a feeling we will be lucky if we see them from there 2nd show now ? They better focus on there T shirt Business becaseu they might go under next sence there biggest selling line of shirts the xtreme Couture line is now fucking gone !!!!
According to most reports Randy has a small ownership interest in Affliction and probably has the right to review the financial statements (or "accounting of profits") of Affliction.
Rhett Moir - So So true you really could not make this shit up.This is another reason why I just love MMA its like a fucking soap opera, so much dam Drama, rumors,shit talking and weard and crazy shit happens all the time in this sport,The Shit that goes on outside the cage is just great.
It's pretty fucked up how the overall opinion of Dana White has changed over the last few months. People like Gary Shaw and Beard were once considered the good guys, fighting against Dana White and evil Zuffa.
But ever since EliteXC started going tits up and Dana White did that infamous vlog where he lambasted Shaw and Co. for what was branded by this site as "Standgate," his popularity and credibility among hardcore fans has risen dramatically.
Just received an email from Affliction entitled "New Xtreme Couture Items Now in Stock.. Plus Xtreme Denim." Here's the link: [Link]
What the heck? Randy gets a restraining order so they turn around and promote his line of clothing? Are they just trying to squeeze their last few pennies out of the Xtreme Couture brand before they are banned from selling it anymore?
hehe yeah I was thinking the same thing. Was gonna post something about it but instead decided to focus on how Andrei Arlovski has changed his look again. Because we're hard hitting journalists like that