[By: Kris Karkoski | Oct 23, 2008]
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.
Day of Reckoning will air live on pay-per-view and is also slated to feature Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Matt Lindland vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Josh Barnett and Chris Horodecki are among additional fighters scheduled to be in action at the event with additional bouts to-be-announced.
[By: Kris Karkoski | Oct 12, 2008]
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 [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Oct 6, 2008]
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 [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Sep 24, 2008]
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 [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Sep 2, 2008]
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 [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Aug 4, 2008]
Affliction today announced its next event, “Day of Reckoning”, which will take place on October 11th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas and air on pay-per-view.
Former UFC heavyweight champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett will square off in the main event with a shot a WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko likely on [...]
[By: bsbiz | Aug 2, 2008]
The scheduled meeting between recently-crowned WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko and UFC veteran Andrei Arlovski slated for Affliction 2 has been canceled, at least for the time being, according to a report from fiveouncesofpain.com:
“A reliable source speaking on the condition of anonyomity revealed…that Emelianenko has been dealing with a lingering hand injury that will make [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Jul 24, 2008]
Affliction’s second event will take place on October 11th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and will feature WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko taking on former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in the main event, according to Yahoo! Sports.
The promotion is just days removed from its first effort, Affliction “Banned”, which [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Jul 22, 2008]
Leonard Garcia has agreed to a September 10th featherweight bout against former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at WEC 36. [MMA Junkie]
Anderson Silva will likely face Patrick Cote in a middleweight title bout at UFC 88 in Atlanta. [MMA Weekly]
A long-rumored bout between welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Diego Sanchez has been moved from UFC [...]
[By: Kris Karkoski | Jul 21, 2008]
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 [...]