All 22 fighters, including UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and challenger Lyoto Machida, rivals Matt Hughes and Matt Serra, and late-replacement Mike Pyle, successfully made weight on Friday in Las Vegas for UFC 98. The event's official weigh-in results are available after the jump...

Veteran Mike Pyle will replace fellow-welterweight Chris Wilson and take on Brock Larson on the UFC 98 preliminary card tomorrow night at UFC 98 in Las Vegas. The replacement was confirmed by the UFC on Friday afternoon just hours before the official weigh-ins for the event.

Rick Roufus, a highly-decorated championship kickboxer, will meet UFC veteran Hector Ramirez in the main event of Saturday’s “Night of Combat 2″at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The nine-bout card, which features a number of Xtreme Couture fighters, was organized on short-notice after Affliction vacated the venue with their recent postponement of “Day [...]

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 [...]

Middleweights Vitor Belfort and Matt Lindland will square off on the main card of Affliction “Day of Reckoning”, which takes place on October 11th in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view.
Belfort (17-8) defeated Terry Martin at Affliction’s first-ever event in July, but is currently serving a 180-day medical suspension and will need to be cleared [...]

MMAFrenzy.com today acquired the official fighter salaries for Affliction “Banned” as reported to the California State Athletic Commission.
The ten-bout event took place on Saturday, July 19th, at The Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Main event winner Fedor Emelianenko took home $300,000 for his 36-second knockout of Tim Sylvia, who received $800,000 for the first-round loss. Other [...]

Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko cemented his status as the world’s top heavyweight and one of its best pound-for-pound fighters with a 36-second victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the main event of Affliction “Banned”.
The ten-bout event took place on Saturday, July 19th, in front of a sold out crowd of [...]

Fedor Emelianenko def. Tim Sylvia via submission – Round 1, 0:36
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski def. Ben Rothwell via KO – Round 3, 1:13
Josh Barnett def. Pedro Rizzo via KO – Round 2, 1:44
Mark Hominick def. Savant Young via submission – Round 2, 4:25
Renato “Babalu” Sobral def. Mike Whitehead via unanimous decision
Matt Lindland def. Fabio Negao [...]

Affliction “Banned”, the clothing company-turned-MMA promotion’s inaugural event, took place on Saturday, July 19th, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Former PRIDE heavyweight champion and top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko took on former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in the “Banned” main event. Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell, Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo, Mike Whitehead vs. [...]

Affliction “Banned” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today!
Affliction “Banned” Betting Odds

Fedor Emelianenko (-350) vs. Tim Sylvia (+275)
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski (-225) vs. Ben Rothwell (+185)
Josh Barnett (-450) vs. Pedro Rizzo (+300)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (-260) vs. Mike Whitehead (+190)
Matt Lindland (-500) vs. Fabio Negao (+350)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (-1500) vs. Edwin [...]

Fedor Emelianenko (230) vs. Tim Sylvia (263)
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship
Andrei Arlovski (241) vs. Ben Rothwell (264)
Josh Barnett (256) vs. Pedro Rizzo (242)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (201) vs. Mike Whitehead (206)
Matt Lindland (185) vs. Fabio Negao (185)
Edwin Dewees (205) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
JJ Ambrose (170) vs. Mike Pyle (171)
Ray Lazama (186) vs. Justin Levens (189)
Paul Buentello vs. [...]

Affliction “Banned” betting odds courtesy of Bodog. Support MMAFrenzy.com by opening an account today!
Affliction “Banned” Betting Odds

Fedor Emelianenko (-400) vs. Tim Sylvia (+275)
Josh Barnett (-450) vs. Pedro Rizzo (+300)
Renato Sobral (-260) vs. Mike Whitehead (+190)
Matt Lindland (-500) vs. Fabio Negao (+350)
Aleksander Emelianenko (-350) vs. Paul Buentello (+275)
Mike Pyle (-325) vs. Brett Cooper (+250)

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Affliction Entertainment will make MMA history with the greatest line-up of mixed-martial-arts fights ever presented in one night. Live on July 19th, from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, “Affliction Banned” will showcase talent from around the world in the fastest growing sport on earth.
The superstar-studded card is so stacked with talent that it had [...]

Josh Barnett def. Jeff Monson via unanimous decision
Roger Gracie def. Yuki Kondo via submission – Round 1
Kevin Randleman def. Ryo Kawamura via unanimous decision
Yoshihiro Nakao def. Jim York via KO – Round 2
Jorge Santiago def. Yuki Sasaki via submission – Round 3
Eiji Mitsuoka def. Kwang Hee Lee via submission – Round 1
Mike Pyle def. Dan [...]

Official Fight Card
MAIN CARD

Tim Sylvia vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett
Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead
Ben Rothwell vs. TBD

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Savant Young vs. Mark Hominick
Ray Lamaza vs. Justin Levens
JJ Ambrose vs. Patrick Speight
Brett Cooper vs. Mike Pyle

Rumored Bouts

Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Paul Buentello vs. Aleksander Emelianenko

For the latest Affliction rumors check [...]