The conference call for the upcoming Affliction: Trilogy fight card is currently taking place. I’ll be taking notes here live as the call happens.

• Josh Barnett is appealing the findings and looking to verify the results on his own
• CSAC is currently testing the “B” sample to confirm the results
• Tom Atencio is currently negotiating with several fighters
• Atencio not willing to discuss who they are currently negotiating with as a replacement
• Fedor is open and willing to fight anyone
• Atencio says there is no problem finding an opponent, they just want to find the best possible fight
• Atencio stated that Barnett’s suspension will not affect his personal relationship with Josh
• Affliction is moving forward under the assumption that Barnett is definitely off the fight card
• Atencio does not know exactly what Barnett tested positive for, only that it was a banned substance
• Affliction just found out the news yesterday and had no advanced warning
• The event will move forward as planned for August 1 no matter what