Monday, January 12, 2009

Affliction News Update

Gegard Mousasi who recently won his kickboxing debut against K-1 veteren Musashi at K-1 Fields Dynamite told 'Inside MMA' that he will be in attendance at Affliction Day of Reckoning and will be scoping out his next MMA opponent. He expects to fight at the next Affliction PPV. He additionally expressed his interest in boxing for Golden Boy thus joining the likes of Andrei Arlovski, Thierry Sokoudjou and Vitor Belfort from Affliction who are interested in the crossover.

Also making his appearance at the Affliction DOR PPV will be former UFC HW contender and top 10 ranked Fabricio Werdum. According to his interview with GRACIEMAG Werdum has been sporting Affliction gear and will be sitting front row January 24th.

Alistair Overeem told DreamFighters.com that his management team is currently negotiating with Affliction and the UFC.

Mark Hominick has been forced to withdraw from his fight at Affliction "Day of Reckoning" due to pneumonia. Hominick, the final TKO featherweight champ, was scheduled to face LC Davis on the undercard of the Jan. 24th event. Affliction will find a new opponent for Davis.

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