Fresh off of his first round submission victory over heavyweight Mark Hunt at DREAM 9 event, former DREAM Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi confirmed that his next fight will be against former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort at Affliction 3 on August 1.

Prior to his win over Hunt, Mousasi (25-2-1) last competed on K-1 and DREAM's co-promoted K-1 DYNAMITE!! 2008 back on New Year's Eve. He TKO'd Musashi in the first round of their kickboxing bout.

Mousasi's last mixed martial arts tussle came in September when he put Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza to sleep in the first round of the Middleweight Grand Prix Finals. With the victory, Mousasi became the first ever middleweight champion of the organization.

Since exiting the UFC over four years ago, Belfort (18-8) had struggled to find his hold form. He dropped three of his next five, however has rebouded nicely to take his last four.

Belfort tells Brazilian MMA magazine TATAME that he would face Mousasi only at middleweight. Belfort has been very successful as a middleweight, winning both of his Affliction fights with devastating knockouts over Terry Martin and Matt Lindland.

Mousasi, who will be making his US debut at the event, extended his win streak to ten with his submission win at DREAM 9 against Hunt in the opening round of the Super Hulk Tournament. Outweighed by 68.4 pounds, Mousasi took Hunt to the mat and snatched an arm for the kimura. Mousasi will face either Ikuhisa Minowa, Hong Man Choi or Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou after the Belfort fight.

Affliction: Day of Reckoning came to us all live on January 24, 2009 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Here are the results for the event:

Main Card

• WAMMA Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko def. Andrei Arlovski by KO (punch) at 3:14 of Round 1 to retain the WAMMA Heavyweight Title

• Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett def. Gilbert Yvel by submission (strikes) at 3:05 of Round 3

• Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort def. Matt Lindland by KO (punches) at 0:37 of Round 1

• Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou by submission (brabo choke) at 2:37 of Round 2

• Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello def. Kirill Sidelnikov by TKO (doctor stoppage) at 4:18 of Round 3

• Lightweight bout: Dan Lauzon def. Bobby Green by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:55 of Round 1

HDNet Matches/Undercard

• Light Heavyweight bout: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Vladimir Matyushenko by TKO (knee and punches) at 4:26 of Round 2

• Featherweight bout: LC Davis def. Bao Quach by unanimous decision

• Featherweight bout: Albert Rios def. Antonio Duarte by unanimous decision

• Welterweight bout: Brett Cooper def. Patrick Speight by TKO (punches) at 4:39 of Round 2

• Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron def. Jason High by TKO (punches) at 1:04 of Round 1

Ben Askren, a 2008 Olympic wrestler, who just returned from the Beijing Olympics will soon decide if he will continue to work toward the 2012 Olympic Games in London or make a move into the MMA.

The University of Missouri wrestler, who won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA National Championship in wrestling in the 174-pound weight class, is a long time fan of the sport and sees the level of competition he could face as a whole new challenge.

"I see it as the ultimate competition, one man against another man, very limited rules, and the toughest guy wins. So that's definitely what I like about it," said Askren.

He competed at 174 pounds while in college and at 163 pounds while in the Olympics, but he said if fighting is his ultimate choice, he would compete in the 170-pound welterweight division.

He has worked in Missouri with a local gym rolling in jiu-jitsu a couple of times a week already, but has very limited striking experience to his credit. Askren is realistic about a move into MMA and knows he has a lot to learn.

"I'm not going to go in the cage unprepared," he stated. "I'm a worker and I'm going to work. I'm going to get good at what I do. I want to get good at jiu-jitsu, get good at striking, and I'm going to go in there prepared."

The Olympian stated in the interview that he's a fan of MMA fighters such as Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, and has seen the success of the past top wrestlers such as Matt Lindland and Josh Koscheck in MMA.

"Pretty much any high level wrestler that applies themselves to mixed martial arts does well in it," he commented. "I think you'd be hard pressed to find one that actually trained in mixed martial arts and didn't do well."

Just getting home from China a few days ago, Askren has thoughts of possibly competing in the Olympics again, while also mulling the decision to coach at his almamater or making the move to MMA. It's a decision he will make very soon.

"That's a decision I've got to make coming up really soon, maybe in the next couple weeks," he said. "There's a definite possibility I might just focus on MMA. I don't want to say 100 percent, but it's definitely a possibility."

Of course being an Olympic level wrestler, Askren also wants to fight the very best in the world if he does transition into MMA.

"I want to face tough opponents, I don't want to face 'cans', as they call them," he commented.

Askren's next move will be to attend the upcoming World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event to take a look at high level MMA first hand. WEC 36 takes place on September 10 in Florida and features a main event title bout between the defending WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and challenger Mike Brown.

Affliction Entertainment, scheduled to make its MMA debut on July 19 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, keeps building this event with the latest news – a heavy metal band Megadeth, led by frontman, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine, will be performing live at the event.

According to a spokesperson for Affliction, Megadeth will be performing a key points during the event itself.

The platinum selling band has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and will perform a special highlight performance. Known for their distinctive, in-your-face guitar solos, snarling vocal style, and dark lyrical themes, Megadeth is sure to resonate with the "Affliction Banned" fan base and intensify the already action-packed event.

"Affliction Banned", a MMA pay-per-view event in association with Roy Englebrecht Events, features former undisputed Pride Fighting Championships Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko against former two time UFC Heavyweight titleholder Tim Sylvia.

A four-fight pay-per-view undercard includes Josh Barnett, facing off stateside for the first time in two years, in a grudge match against the only opponent to ever knock him out, Brazilian Pedro Rizzo.

Three times All-American wrestler Mike Whitehead will battle Brazilian Renato "Babalu" Sobral. 2000 Olympic wrestling silver medalist Matt Lindland faces Brazilian Fabio "Negao" Nascimento. Former International Fight League (IFL) titlist Ben Rothwell is scheduled to fight Andre Arlovski.