Day of Reckoning

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Sat 24th January 2009 (UTC)
Sat 24th January 2009 (Local)

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Affliction

Season
2009

Round
1

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Honda Center
(13,255 Attendance)

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Description

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. It was originally scheduled for October 11, 2008, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada with a different fight card.

Background:
The main event was former Pride World Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Also on the card was Josh "Babyface Assassin" Barnett, who took on Gilbert Yvel. In a light-heavyweight match, former Strikeforce Champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral took on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Matt Lindland was reassigned from a 195-pound catchweight bout with Sobral to a middleweight matchup against former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort. Headlining the undercard, which was broadcast on HDNet Fights, was the last IFL Light-Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Matyushenko against PRIDE veteran Antônio Rogério Nogueira. After the event, more than half of the fighters received medical suspensions by the CSAC.

Main Card:
Heavyweight / Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
Welterweight / Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
Heavyweight / Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
Middleweight / Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland
Light Heavyweight / Renato Sobral vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Heavyweight / Paul Buentello vs. Kirill Sidelnikov
Lightweight / Dan Lauzon vs. Bobby Green

Preliminary Card:
Light Heavyweight / Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Featherweight / LC Davis vs. Bao Quach
Featherweight / Albert Rios vs. Antonio Duarte
Welterweight / Brett Cooper vs. Patrick Speight