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 [...]

Speaking to SI.com, famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach, who is currently working with Andrei Arlovski, commented on Fedor Emelianenko’s striking prowess, which is apparently none too impressive:
“He’s flat-footed, has no technique, but he can punch…That always helps. He’s accurate. He’ll follow you right to the floor, so he’s aggressive. But that aggressiveness can be used [...]

Heavyweight Alistair Overeem is in talks with the UFC and Affliction, according to a recent interview with the Strikeforce heavyweight champion by DreamFighters.com.
“Fedor and Lesnar [are] on my list, Mir as well. I am going on a holiday as I really trained hard whole 2008. Beginning in February I will start training again. My management [...]

Former UFC light heavyweight champ and current MMA free agent Tito Ortiz appears headed to Affliction.
The promotion has not yet announced the potential signing, but has promoted Ortiz as a “special guest” for a press scheduled for tomorrow in Los Angeles to promote their upcoming “Day of Reckoning” event, which takes place on January 24th [...]

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 [...]

WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has canceled a planned US media tour to begin training for his January 24th matchup at Affliction: Day of Reckoning against Andrei Arlovski. The decision to cancel the tour and begin his training camp early was made following his loss at the 2008 World Sambo Championships in Russia earlier this [...]

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 [...]

Fedor Emelianenko has come up short in a Sambo tournament this past weekend, earning only a Bronze medal after losing decisively to Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov, according to a report from MMAMania. As one might imagine, this is somewhat of a big deal since Fedor practically had to scour the earth just to find [...]

In the wake of a restraining order granted to Kim Couture for alleged threats, Affliction co-founder Todd Beard has resigned from Affliction Inc., according to the clothing company:
“The board of directors of Affliction Inc. announced today that it received and accepted the resignation of Todd Beard as an employee of the company. Mr. Beard is [...]