Affliction: Day of Reckoning

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 Affliction Event Chronology
6 External Links

Background

Affliction: Day of Reckoning is the secont event held by Affliction and the follow up to July of 2008's Affliction: Banned.

The 11 bout fight card, will be held on January 24th, 2009 at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. The five bout undercard will be televised on HDNet while the six bout main card will be televised live on pay-per-view.

The event will be headlined by a WAMMA Heavyweight Title Bout between champion, Fedor Emelianenko against challenger, former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Welterweight: Brett Cooper vs. Patrick Speight
Featherweight Bout: Albert Rios vs. Antonio Duarte
Featherweight Bout: Bao Quach vs. LC Davis
Welterweight Bout: Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
Light Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

Main Card

Heavyweight Bout: Paul Buentello vs. Kiril Sidelnikov
Lightweight Bout: Bobby Green vs. Dan Lauzon
Middleweight Bout: Matt Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort
Light Heavyweight Bout: Renato Sobral vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
WAMMA Heavyweight Title Bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski

Pre-Event Notes

Affliction: Day of Reckoning was originally slated to take place on October 11, 2008 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. However due to Fedor Emelianenko pulling out of the main event due to a hand injury and lack of ticket sales the event was "post-poned" until January 24th, 2009.

Shortly after the "post-ponement" of the original "Day of Reckoning", Affliction announced a partnership with Golden Boy Promotions. However, the extent of the partnership remains unclear after Golden Boy Promotions scheduled a boxing card headlined by Shane Mosley and Antonio Margorito on the same day as the rescheduled Affliction event.

Matt Lindland was originally rumored to face off against Renato Sobral in a catchweight bout of either 190 lbs. or 195 lbs. The idea was scrapped however and both fighters got new opponents.

Josh Barnett was originally rumored to face Brett Rogers but that rumor was dispelled once Gilbert Yvel was announced as his opponent.

Results

Preliminary Card

Welterweight: Jay Hieron defs. Jason High via TKO (punches) at 1:04 of round 1.
Featherweight Bout: Albert Rios defs. Antonio Duarte via unanimous decision.
Featherweight Bout: LC Davis defs. Bao Quach via unanimous decision.
Welterweight Bout: Brett Cooper defs. Patrick Speight via KO (punches) at 4:39 of round 2.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defs. Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (knee and punches) at 4:26 of round 2.

Main Card

Heavyweight Bout: Paul Buentello defs. Kiril Sidelnikov via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 4:18 of round 3.
Lightweight Bout: Dan Lauzon defs. Bobby Green via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:55 of round 1.
Middleweight Bout: Vitor Belfort defs. Matt Lindland via KO (punches) at :37 of round 1.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Renato Sobral defs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via submission (anaconda choke) at 2:37 of round 2.
Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett defs. Gilbert Yvel via submission (punches from mount) at 3:05 of round 3.
WAMMA Heavyweight Title Bout: Fedor Emelianenko defs. Andrei Arlovski via KO (punch) at 3:14 of round 1.