Affliction:Day of Reckoning

Affliction has announced that it will be moving forward with its sophomore attempt on October, 11th in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are a lot of rumors circulating as to who will be fighting on the latest card, but the only official match-up pits 2 former UFC heavyweight champions against each other. Andrei “the pitbull” Arlovski will face “the babyface assassin” Josh Barnett in the nights main event. Both fighters are coming off of impressive wins at Affliction: Banned, and will look to grab the #1 contender spot and a future throw-down with Fedor Emelianenko.

Also rumored to be on the card is a 205 pound bout between Renato “babalu” Sobral and former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. It baffles me how these 2 never met inside the octagon. Ortiz will be looking to rebound after a lack-luster effort against Lyoto Machida in his last fight with the UFC. Also rumored to be on the card is a rematch between Vladamir Matyushenko and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. “Little nog” looked impressive in his win at the last affliction card over Edwin Dewees

Vitor Belfort and Matt Lindland could also lock horns at the “day of reckoning” card for the WAMMA middleweight belt. Now I like both these fighters, but I thought WAMMA was supposed to crown the best fighter in each weight class, and right now there’s not an educated MMA fan that would tell you anyone other than Anderson Silva is the top dog. An interesting fight nonetheless. Lindland looked gassed in his last fight and Vitor looked like the “phenom” of old. This is a fight that Matt Lindland can’t afford to take lightly. If he does Belfort is going to eat him up.

Tim Sylvia, Aleksander Emelianenko, Pedro Rizzo, and former IFL heavyweight champ Roy Nelson are also rumored to be fighting. Most of this is just speculation right now… More to come when we get word.