Will Affliction "Trilogy" be the end?

When Affliction announced the name of their third event many observers thought it would be the up start promotions last. After all the word trilogy carries with it the since of finality and closure. 

Michael D. Cohen of Affliction went into damage control mode promising that the third Affliction event would not be the promotions last. 

In Jake Rossen's recent column he delves into Affliction's plans post "Trilogy"

But modest success is not a proper reward for massive expenditure, and Affliction will have a hard time justifying their continued fight presence. "Better than most" isn't the same as "good," and even 300,000 buys wouldn't warrant their salary sheet. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio has put a marker on Emelianenko's Aug. 1 bout with Josh Barnett, saying that the event needs to perform above and beyond in order to keep his athletes employed.

There has always been critics of Affliction's enormous payouts and it is nearly impossible to see the fledgling promotion actually generating any profit. 

With August being such a crowded month for mixed martial arts it is quite conceivable that Affliction could be left in the dust perhaps to fossilize as one of the many examples of failed fight promotions.