The Affliction promotion has signed yet another jobber MMA fighter as according to MMAjunkie.com, former PRIDE fighter and 11-year MMA veteran Gilbert Yvel has signed a three-fight deal and will make his Affliction debut against none other than Josh Barnett at the promotion’s “Day of Reckoning” event on January 24; M-1 was the first to announce the fight.

Yvel (35-12-1) has fought some of the bigger names in MMA, including Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort and Cheick Kongo while Barnett’s last bout was a win over Pedro Rizzo – his third straight victory.  With the Yvel signing, the Day of Reckoning fight card looks like this:

     Main Card:

• Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
• Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
• Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland
• Renato Sobral vs. TBA
• Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon

      Preliminary Bouts:

• Vladamir Matyushenko vs. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera
• Jay Hieron vs. Jay High
• L.C. Davis vs. Mark Hominick
• Antonio Duarte vs. Albert Rios
• Brett Cooper vs. TBA
• Paul Buentello vs. Kiril Sidelnikov