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 [...]

Lightweights Chris Horodecki (12-1) and Dan Lauzon (10-2) will square off at Affliction “Day of Reckoning” on January 24th in Anaheim, California, according to MMA Weekly.
Horodecki, who was recently rumored as a potential opponent for Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson, is a 155-pound prospect who has competed in both the IFL and TKO, losing just [...]

Matt Lindland and Renato “Babalu” Sobral will square off at a catchweight of 195 pounds at Affliction “Day of Reckoning”, according to Sherdog.
Though not yet officially confirmed, “Day of Reckoning” is expected to take place on January 24th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and will air live on pay-per-view.
Both fighters have verbally agreed [...]

A heavyweight bout between WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelinaneko (29-1) and Andrei Arlovski (15-5) will headline Affliction “Day of Reckoning”, which is scheduled to take place on January 24th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio recently confirmed the news to MMA Rated.
Though the event will still be promoted in partnership [...]

Fedor Emelianenko, the world’s near-consensus top heavyweight and among the planet’s best pound-for-pound fighters, will not be competing on New Year’s Eve and will also not meet Josh Barnett early next year at Affliction’s second event.
Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio recently alerted MMA Junkie of the status of the promotion’s top fighter.
“I’ve been told actually [...]

DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi (27-2-1), who last week claimed the title with an upkick knockout of Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at DREAM 6, has signed with Affliction and will debut at the promotion’s next event, tentatively slated for January 17th in Anaheim, California, against Vitor Belfort (17-8).
Mousasi confirmed the matchup to Fighters Only.
Belfort, a former [...]

Heavyweights Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson will square off at EliteXC “Heat” on October 4th at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.
CBS, EliteXC, and Affliction jointly announced the matchup earlier today.
Both Nelson and Arlovski are under contract with Affliction, indicating that the promotions are willing to work together to challenge the UFC’s position as the [...]

Affliction and Golden Boy Promotions today announced a “strategic, multi-level partnership between the two companies that will bring the popular Affliction-brand to the world of boxing and entertainment”.
“We have been talking to Affliction over the past several months to figure out a partnership that will take advantage of the expertise of both of our companies,” [...]

On Wednesday Affliction announced that they are rescheduling their October 11th event in Las Vegas to January 17th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
At the time we speculated that card changes could be a possibility and they have already become a reality just one day later.
Though a major announcement will be made on Saturday [...]

Affliction has rescheduled it’s October 11th event, “Day of Reckoning”, which was scheduled for the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The event, which was to feature a heavyweight main event clash between Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett, has been rescheduled for January 17th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Affliction promoter Roy Englebrecht [...]

The long-awaited matchup between UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture and former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has one less road block than originally believed.
M-1 Director of Operations Joost Raimond told USA Today on Thursday that Emelianenko’s current contracts with M-1 and Affliction wouldn’t prevent a potential bout against Randy Couture from taking place in the [...]

HDNet Fights and Affliction Entertainment on Wednesday officially announced a long-term partnership to air the first ninety minuet of Affliction events high definition network as a lead-in to the promotion’s pay-per-view card.
The deal will begin with Affliction “Day of Reckoning” on October 11th, which will air on HDNet beginning at 7:30pm ET.
“This is the beginning [...]

Affliction on Sunday confirmed to MMA News the finalized official fight card for Affliction “Day or Reckoning”, which takes place on October 11th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Five preliminary “Day of Reckoning” bouts will air live on HDNet while six main card fights, including the heavyweight main event featuring former [...]

Light heavyweight free agent Tito Ortiz confirmed on the latest edition of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” that he is currently in negotiations with Affliction, EliteXC, and the UFC.
The winner of the September 10th WEC 36 bout between former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough and Donald Cerrone has been guaranteed a 155-pound title shot title shot. [MMA [...]

Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia may take on K-1 kickboxing standout Jerome LeBanner at Affliction’s third event, which is likely to take place in January or February 2009.
Affliction Vice President Tom Attencio confirmed the possible matchup to MMA News on Wednesday.
“In terms of fighters we are looking at Jerome LeBanner,” said Attencio on Sylvia’s [...]