Affliction 2: Josh Barnett vs Gilbert Yvel

Affliction Day of Reckoning: Josh Barnett vs Gilbert Yvel

Gilbert Yvel vs Josh Barnett promo

Gilbert Yvel — generously described here as “a fairly controversial fighter with a bit of a checkered past” — is going to rely on his unpredictability to beat Josh Barnett at “Day of Reckoning,” and the general consensus is that Barnett will try to stand and bang with him.

Josh Barnett Confronts Aleks Emelianenko

Skip to the 2:02 mark of this video taken backstage at Affliction: Banned, where Josh Barnett gives Aleksander Emelianenko a piece of his mind. The backstory to all this starts with an interview Emelianenko did with Sherdog last month in which he claimed that Barnett was refusing a re-match with Emelianenko because he knew he’d lose. (Barnett previously defeated Emelianenko at PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute in May 2006.)

Affliction Banned: Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett

Affliction Banned: Pedro Rizzo vs. Josh Barnett

MMA Fight Weekly With Josh Barnett

MMA Fight Weekly With Josh Barnett