Also added to the Affliction card this week was a heavyweight fight of questionable purpose between Josh Barnett and Gilbert Yvel. Atencio framed the fight as “good versus evil” on the Fox Sports interview, citing Yvel’s reputation for bending the rules in his MMA career.
The UFC also saw one of its upcoming cards disrupted this week, and confirmed a few upcoming bouts. Frankie Edgar pulled out of his fight against Matt Wiman on Wednesday's "Fight for the Troops" event on Spike TV due to injury. There were rumors Edgar will be replaced by Jim Miller, who just debuted in the UFC on Oct. 18 with a submission win over David Baron. No replacement bout is listed on the UFC’s Web site, but the UFC did confirm that Denis Kang will debut against Alan Belcher on Jan. 17 and Stephan Bonnar returns against Jim Jones on Jan. 31.