(PRESS RELEASE) -- Russian Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko—who will fight top-ranked heavyweight Andre Arlovski THIS SATURDAY, Jan. 24th, in the main event of Affliction M-1 “Day of Reckoning” at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA and live on Pay-Per-View, took part in the Opening Bell Honors at NASDAQ this morning in anticipation of his heavyweight MMA showdown.

Former light heavyweight champion and color-commentator for the “Day of Reckoning” Pay-Per-View telecast Tito Ortiz, Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio and Vice President of NASDAQ MarketSite David Wicks joined Fedor, to ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ headquarters in Times Square, New York.