An "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" bout between recently crowned Strikeforce world light heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral (31-7) and Matt Lindland (21-5) has been scrapped in favor of a Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort (17-8) fight.

The news comes from fiveouncesofpain.com, though Affliction Entertainment has yet to make the official announcement.

The event takes place Jan. 24 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The main card, including the Lindland-Belfort bout, airs on pay per view, and the preliminary card airs on HDNet.

According to the fiveouncesofpain.com report, Richard Wilner, Sobral's agent and attorney, said Affliction preferred the Lindland-Belfort fight anyway, so Sobral opted to pull out of the match-up.

When the "Day of Reckoning" was originally scheduled for Oct. 11, a Lindland vs. Belfort bout was part of the card. However, as MMAjunkie.com first reported, a lingering hand injury that had slowed Belfort's training had put the bout in jeopardy.

Official cancellation came in August, two months after Belfort defeated Terry Martin at Affliction's debut event in July.

Sobral, who defeated Bobby Southworth for the Strikeforce title on Nov. 21, will remain on the Affliction card against an opponent to be determined.

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