On today's Affliction Conference call, they had Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland and Tom Atencio answering questions. Here's some of the points discussed. In Barnett's opening statement he said he was looking forward to be able to punch someone in the face again. When questioned about a possible Fedor fight, Josh stated that he and Fedor are "friends" and they have dinner occasionally, send birthday cards, etc. But he also said he would welcome the opportunity to fight Fedor because fighting is a business. When questioned about Gilbert Yvel's dirty tactics in the ring, Josh said that if Gilbert hits him low by accident, he'll let it slide. But if Yvel gouges his eyes, Josh said that he would lose his cool and go off on Yvel. He also said that he doesn't fight to be famous, he fights to "crush skulls" and doesn't care about any titles right now. All he's focused on is Gilbert Yvel. He said he knows Yvel is a former kickboxer but he's been studying leg locks and Josh said he hopes Yvel attacks the legs. Matt Lindland was questioned about his first fight with Affliction, and the questioner said something about Matt not looking so great in that fight. Matt responded that he beat the guy for three rounds and won an decision. He said that Vitor will come right after him and wants to win so this fight should be very exciting. At that point, Tom Atencio said that Matt was actually sick for the first fight, but was too proud to say anything about it. Questioned about his political career, Matt said that he he felt he did good in his losing effort, but that he's not thinking about politics right now because he's totally focused on the Vitor fight. Tom Atencio said that tickets sales were going very well, but declined to put a number on them. When questioned about the possibility of Yvel not being cleared to fight, Tom said that he has a back up opponent in mind, but he said he didn't want to mention any names because it looks like Yvel will be cleared. All in all it was an interesting preview of the big card set for January 23rd. TheGARV.com will be covering the fights live from ringside and I'll have some great pics after the event.

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