Although January 24 is roughly two months away, Affliction nearly has their event roster complete; below is the tentative fight card for Affliction: Day of Reckoning, set for January 24, 2009 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA*:
Main Card:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
Josh Barnett vs. TBA
Matt Lindland vs. Renato Sobral
Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
Vitor Belfort [...]
I think it is common knowledge that the UFC - specifically president Dana White - has this love-hate relationship with WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko; however, to be fair, that relationship is based on the MMA business climate on any given day. Lately, Dana has been in “love” mode as recently, he told the Boston [...]
This is the latest MMA reality series, coming from M-1 Global - Fighting Fedor. The premise of this series is that 16 fighters will be selected to take part at the Red Devil Sport Club in St. Petersburg, Russia. Like the other MMA reality series, one fighter will stand out; in this series’ [...]
In this episode, Gina Carano’s career (past, present and future) is discussed, a UFC 89 preview, a Diego Sanchez injury update, some Stephan Bonnar news, a Fedor Emeilianenko tidbit and much more.
At its official website, M-1 Global announced that it will be holding a press conference Thursday along with officials from Affliction and Golden Boy Promotions in New York City; the specifics of the press conference are currently unclear; however, Michael David Smith from AOL Fanhouse is reporting that the pair of promotions will team up [...]
Below are the world heavyweight rankings as selected by Octagon Buzz, as of 10/14/08:
Fedor Emelianenko
Andrei Arlovski
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Randy Couture
Josh Barnett
Alistair Overeem
Fabricio Werdum
Ben Rothwell
Tim Sylvia
Roy Nelson
With the addition of Andrei Arlovski and Fedor Emelianenko, the fight card for Affliction: Day Of Reckoning is slowly taking shape; the event is set to take place on January 19, 2009 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA and will be on pay-per-view and to a lesser degree on HDNet. Below is the tentative [...]
Everyone as of late has been speculating as to whether heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will have his annual bout in Japan on New Year’s Eve; depending on who you actually believe, MMARated.com touched base with Affliction vice president Tom Atencio who hammered home the fact that Emelianenko would not fight on New Year’s Eve in Japan, adding,
“Fedor [...]
The expected announcement that happened today about Randy Couture returning to the UFC to take on Brock Lesnar took place this afternoon, according to MMANews.com; what perhaps made the announcement even more dramatic was a statement made by Lesnar regarding current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko.
During the conference call to announce the matchup, Lesnar was [...]
It appears that MMA icon Randy Couture may just be stepping into the octagon for the UFC after all as according to MMARated.com, Couture and the UFC are close to a three-fight deal, with the sticking point being that his first fight take place against Brock Lesnar on November 15.
In addition, Fightline.com is confirming that [...]
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