Archive for December, 2008

Daytona Beach, Florida – JANUARY 1, 2009 – For the first time in history, a mixed martial arts event will be held in conjunction with a major motorsports event. Racing fans and mixed martial arts fans will gather together for the “Rumble in Race Town”, presented by Xtreme Cage Fighting on Saturday, February 14th, 2009 at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday, January 24 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Joseph Donofrio and Donofrio Entertainment proudly return with “TURF WARS” a full-contact MMA event featuring this area’s most fearsome cage-fight warriors. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via TKO Round 2, 1:54.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson def. Wanderlei Silva via KO Round 1, 3:21.
Rashad Evans def. Forrest Griffin via TKO Round 3, 2:46
C.B. Dollaway def. Mike Massenzio via TKO (strikes) Round 1, 3:01.
Cheick Kongo def. Mostapha Al-Turk via TKO (strikes) Round 1, 4:37.
Patrick Barry def. Dan Evensen via TKO (injury) Round 1, 2:36.
Brad Blackburn def. Ryo Chonan via dec (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Matt Hamill def. Reese Andy via TKO (strikes) Round 2, 2:19.
Antoni Hardonk def. Mike Wessel via TKO (strikes) Round 2, 2:09.
Yushin Okami def. Dean Lister via dec (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Tom Atencio: I am Tom Atencio and I’m the vice president of Affliction Entertainment.

As you know, it stands to be an exciting event. It is stacked from top to bottom. This event – nowhere else will you find so many A-list fighters all together in one show. Once again, it’s stacked from top to bottom and it promises to be an exciting event. Read the rest of this entry »

Seal Beach, CA (December 22, 2008) – With the holiday season in full swing, some of the top MMA fighters in the world fighting on the extraordinary Affliction “Day of Reckoning” fight card have made their holiday wish list, checked it twice and set their sights on goals and resolutions for the New Year. From cars to sushi dinners, a victory on January 24th isn’t the only thing these fighters are hoping for this holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »

Photos by Gene Blevins – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions — Mixed Martial Arts fighters (back row left to right) Dan Lauzon, Thierry Sokoudjou, Matt Lindland, Brett Cooper, Andrei Arlovski, Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio, Josh Barnett, Vitor Belfort, “Day of Reckoning” Pay Per View Show Color Commentator Tito Ortiz, Chris Horodecki, “Babalu” Sobral, (front row left to right) Patrick Speight, Albert Rios, Vladimir Matyushenko and Jason High pose on December 17, 2008 in Los Angeles at the press conference to announce the January 24, 2009 Affliction “Day of Reckoning” event featuring the Heavyweight Championship fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski at Honda Center in Anaheim, California and will be televised live on Pay-Per-View. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization is proud to confirm the remaining bouts on the historic final card of the year – UFC 92: THE ULTIMATE 2008, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The already stacked fight card is rounded out with a brilliant batch of exciting mixed martial artists.

It’s a matchup between two highly-touted middleweight newcomers as New Jersey’s Mike Massenzio (6’2”/185 lbs., fighting out of Paterson, N.J.) meets The Ultimate Fighter® Season 7 finalist CB Dollaway (6’2”/185 lbs., fighting out of Tempe, Ariz.). This will not be the first time these two have met in competition. Dollaway, a former NCAA Division I wrestler and Ohio-born fighter, defeated the Teaneck native at the Junior college wrestling nationals. Read the rest of this entry »

The colossal Affliction “Day of Reckoning” fight card has now been finalized with explosive bouts set for both Pay-Per-View and HDNet telecasts. The scheduled 11-fight MMA extravaganza, including the much-anticipated main event battle between two of MMA’s most notorious heavyweights: Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenkoand Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski, promises to be an entertaining night of raging, all-star fight action.

“Day of Reckoning” takes place on Saturday, January 24at Honda Center in Anaheim, California and will be televised live on Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The show is stacked with great match-ups and some of the best talent in MMA today. The Emelianenko vs. Arlovski bout will decide who will be the reigning heavyweight champion of the world. Read the rest of this entry »

VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive television home of World Extreme Cagefighting®, will air WEC® Best of 2008, a two-hour special presentation on December 28 at 9 p.m. ET. The hard-hitting night includes four spectacular fights: Miguel Angel Torres vs. Yoshira Maeda, Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver, Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura and the never before seen on television bout between Donald Cerrone and Rob McCullough. VERSUS will re-air the special on December 31 at 11 p.m. ET and January 1 at 3 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET. WEC Best of 2008 is available on VERSUS HD. Read the rest of this entry »

TOM ATENCIO – Vice President, Affliction Clothing

“Our first event in July was stacked, Day Of Reckoning promises to be more action packed and better. The undercard is unbelievable too.

“Day Of Reckoning includes 11 great matchups, a stacked card with an explosive main event between Fedor and Arlovski. That will be such an incredible fight between two complete warriors.” Read the rest of this entry »

Former UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz has agreed to be part of the broadcast team for Affliction “Day of Reckoning,” the explosive six-fight Pay-Per-View event headlined by Fedor Emelianenkovs. Andrei Arlovski set for Saturday, January 24 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Ortiz, along with a team of broadcasters soon to be announced, will do color commentating for the telecast, as well as make several appearances throughout the promotion. Read the rest of this entry »

Spike TV and Ultimate Fighting Championship today announced that its “UFC Fight for the Troops” event last week in Fayetteville, NC in front of 15,000 Ft. Bragg troops raised over $4 million for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund’s new medical center to be built in Bethesda. Read the rest of this entry »

Seal Beach, CA (December 15, 2008)-Sometimes the most important people on your Christmas shopping list are the hardest to buy for. But this season, instead of buying him socks, why not give your boyfriend, brother, or husband something he really wants?

Surprise him with a pair of tickets to the most talked about event in mixed martial arts today-Affliction’s epic fight event “Day of Reckoning” schedule for Saturday, January 24 at the Honda Center in Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »

Fiteselektor, the Dubai based Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event will start it’s FITESELEKTOR GLOBAL TALENT TOUR in January 2009 in Pakistan. MMA is a spectacular combination of wrestling and full contact kickboxing techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

Friday evening at Kaunas Sport hall (Lithuania) international mixed martial arts competition “Real Fights 4: welterweight championship” took place. Eight fighters in the weight category of 76 kg tried to ascertain the champion. Erikas Petraitis from Kaunas (club “Titanas”), who considered being the favourite, became the champion. In the final he had to fight with another fighter from the same club “Titanas” Edvardas Norkeliunas. So there is no wonder that the fight of two “Titanics” wasn’t savage and was more based on the wrestle acts. Read the rest of this entry »