Showing posts with label Day of Reckoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day of Reckoning. Show all posts

Friday, January 23, 2009

Affliction Behind-the-Scenes Video Channel

As part of its offerings for "Day of Reckoning," which takes place Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Affliction has a video channel that will contain a mix of pre-recorded material and various live offerings.

The stream begins at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday from the host hotel lobby where Affliction intends to conduct various fighters and trainer interviews, along with other notables. The weigh-ins will be live on HDNet and streamed on ESPN, but Affliction will offer an edited version on the video channel.

The channel is expected to continue streaming until "sometime in the evening," according to Affliction.

You can check out the Affliction video channel here.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Fedor - Road To Reckoning (Tuesday's Episode)

Fedor Takes Part in Opening Bell for NASDAQ

Fedor Emelianenko -- who will fight top-ranked heavyweight Andre Arlovski this Saturday, Jan. 24, in the main event of Affliction M-1 "Day of Reckoning" at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. -- took part in the Opening Bell Honors at NASDAQ on Wednesday morning in anticipation of his heavyweight MMA showdown.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and color commentator for the "Day of Reckoning" Pay-Per-View telecast Tito Ortiz, Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio, and Vice President of NASDAQ MarketSite David Wicks joined Fedor, to ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ headquarters in Times Square, New York.



Sunday, January 11, 2009

Stephan Bonnar Mixes It Up With Gilbert Yvel



As always, the Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas is buzzing with activity. MMAInsider was on the scene last weekend while several well-known fighters prepared for upcoming bouts in a group sparring session.

Amidst the swarm of fists and kicks on the gym's main workout area, Gilbert Yvel was engaging Stephan Bonnar near the cage in the second of five five-minute rounds. From the looks of it, Yvel was taking it to the runner-up of the original "Ultimate Fighter."

Yvel's hands and feet were lightning fast; he never let anything get away. The second Bonnar threw a punch, another was on its way to meet him. He did his best to catch-up, but after eating several kicks to the midsection, he thought twice about being overly aggressive.

And apparently, Yvel was still being too nice. Between rounds, Yvel's trainer, John Lewis, told his fighter to turn it up a notch.

"You can hit harder," he encouraged.

When the two found each other in the fifth five-minute round, Yvel quit playing patty-cake.

One particular kick to Bonnar's midsection took the wind out of his sails.

"It kinda sucked," Bonnar later told MMAinsider. "Every time I hit him, he'd hit me back harder. So I took him down at the end of the (second) round, kinda got a good position on him. He didn't like that, so he found me again for the fifth round and hit me with a few."

Bonnar pointed to his left eye, which was marked red.

"It's good to take an ass whupping every now and then," he said with a smile.

Make sure to check out videos with Yvel and Bonnar as they discuss their upcoming fights at Affliction's "Day of Reckoning" and UFC 94, respectively.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Affliction "Day of Reckoning" LA Press Conference

The Affliction "Day of Reckoning," featuring Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski, press conference from Dec. 17 in Los Angeles...

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