The California State Athletic Commission today released the official fighter salaries for Affliction: Day of Reckoning and Andrei Arlovski, who suffered a first-round knockout to Fedor Emelianenko in the evening’s main event, was the card’s top earner, taking home $1.5 million. Emelianenko officially earned $300,000 for the victory, though his salary assuredly exceeded Arlovski’s with [...]

Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko cemented his status as the sport’s best heavyweight on Saturday night in front of a capacity crowd of 13,228 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, rebounding from a sluggish start to score a first-round knockout of Andrei Arlovski in the main event of Affliction: Day of Reckoning.
Arlovski’s highly-touted boxing gave [...]

During the HBO Boxing broadcast of Antonio Margarito vs. Shane Mosley on Saturday night commentator Larry Merchant remarked that Oscar De La Hoya was paid $5 million for his personal involvement in Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning”.
De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions was involved with both cards, which took place within 30-minutes of each other in [...]

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of Affliction: Day of Reckoning, which takes place tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The event is headlined by a heavyweight showdown between top-ranked heavyweight and current WAMMA title-holder Fedor Emelianenko and former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski. Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel, Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland, and Renato [...]

All twenty-two fighters who will be in action tomorrow at Affliction “Day of Reckoning”, including headliners Fedor Emelianenko (230) and Andrei Arlovski (237), successfully made weight today at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Beginning at 8pm ET MMAFrenzy.com will have live coverage of the eleven-bout event, which airs live on HDNet and pay-per-view.
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Bobby Green will make his Affliction debut on short notice this Saturday at  “Day of Reckoning” against Dan Lauzon, replacing an injured Chris Horodecki who was forced off the card yesterday after failing to receive medical clearance for the fight due to a bulging disc in his neck.
Despite the newly booked matchup still airing on [...]

Chris Horodecki has been forced out of his scheduled bout against Dan Lauzon on Saturday at Affliction “Day of Reckoning” after failing to receive medical clearance from the CSAC for undisclosed reasons.
MMAFrenzy.com confirmed the news with sources on Wednesday and has learned that the promotion is actively seeking a replacement for the lightweight tilt, which [...]

Affliction President Tom Atencio took to the Underground on Monday to refute reports that the promotion’s upcoming event, “Day of Reckoning” on January 24th in Anaheim, California, had sold fewer than 2,000 tickets.
“Just wanted to come on here and respond to all the rumors going around that we have only sold 1200-1500 seats. First of [...]

A light heavyweight bout featuring UFC veterans Renato “Babalu” Sobral and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has been added to the official lineup for Affliction “Day of Reckoning”, which takes place on January 24th in Anaheim, California and is headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski.
Sobral was cut by the UFC in mid-2007 for refusing to release [...]

M-1 Global has announced that heavyweights Gilbert Yvel and Josh Barnett will fight at Affliction: Day of Reckoning on January 24th in Anaheim, California:
M-1 Global is pleased to announce that Gilbert Yvel, one of its top heavyweight competitors, has agreed to terms on a three-fight contract with Affliction Entertainment.
Yvel will make his Affliction debut against [...]

Josh Barnett (25-5) may finally have an opponent for his scheduled bout at Affliction: Day of Reckoning on January 24th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
According to Five Ounces of Pain, former EliteXC heavyweight Brett Rogers (8-0) is Affliction’s preferred opponent for Barnett, though the matchup has not yet been officially signed.
Barnett, a top-10 [...]

Affliction has officially confirmed that Fedor Emelianenko (29-1) will face Andrei Arlovski in the main event of Affliction: Day of Reckoning on January 24th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The event was originally scheduled to be headlined by Andrei Arlovski vs. Josh Barnett on October 10th in Las Vegas, but was postponed due to [...]