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Affliction: Day of Reckoning was the second event by Affliction and took place on January 24, 2009 in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. [11] The main event featured Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. [12] Josh "Babyface Assassin" Barnett fought on the card and defeated Gilbert Yvel.
Affliction: Day of Reckoning was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Affliction Entertainment on January 24, 2009, in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. [2] It was originally scheduled for October 11, 2008, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada with a different fight card. [2]
Affliction: Banned was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Affliction Clothing and Adrenaline MMA. [2] It took place on July 19, 2008 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California . The card at Banned featured many of the top MMA heavyweight fighters.
With a special clause in his Pride contract that allowed him to fight under the banner of any MMA organization as long as the event was held on Russian soil, [citation needed] Emelianenko accepted a match in BodogFight against Matt Lindland. The fight was held on 14 April 2007 at the "Clash of the Nations" event in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events by month. January. 1/14 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku no Ran 2009. 1/17 – UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson. 1/24 – Affliction: Day of Reckoning (Last Affliction event) 1/25 – WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone. 1/31 – UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2. February
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The second Affliction event was postponed anyway and rescheduled for January 2009, enabling Vítor to fight on that card. With rumours of a possible bout with reigning Dream Middleweight Grand Prix winner Gegard Mousasi circulating, it was announced that Vítor would finally fight Lindland at Affliction: Day of Reckoning.
Originally scheduled to face former UFC Heavyweight Champion and top-ranked heavyweight Josh Barnett in the main event at Affliction's second pay-per-view, Affliction: Day of Reckoning, on 11 October 2008, the event was rescheduled and Arlovski would instead be matched up against the last reigning IFL Heavyweight Champion Roy Nelson at EliteXC ...