MMAJunkie.com has just confirmed that Team Quest leader and top ranked middleweight Matt “The Law” Lindland finally has an opponent for “Day of Reckoning” after losing his original opponent Vitor Belfort to a hand injury.

Sources close to the fight revealed that Lindland, who fought and won his Affliction debut against Fabio Negao, will face the experienced Trevor Prangley  who up until the end of 2007 was fighting for Strikeforce. Brief rumors that Lindland would face EliteXC welterweight champion Jake Shields obviously had no validity which EliteXC VP Jared Shaw eventually confirmed.

Prangley is a solid match up for Lindland who’s only fight in the past 16 months was a Affliction’s debut “Banned.” Prangley comes in with an impressive resume that includes wins over Yuki Kondo, Travis Lutter, Chael Sonnen and most recently Falaniko Vitale at Strikeforce in November of last year.

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