Guida vs. Huerta could happen at TUF 6 finale: MMAJunkie.com

Kenny Florian is an awesome radio guest for multiple reasons. For one, he’s a student of the game and can articulate his points very well. Two, he’s outspoken. If you listened to this past weekend’s edition of Inside the Cage Radio, he basically called Gomi overrated (which I agree with). And third, he gave us some good tidbits. First, he told us he wouldn’t be fighting again... [Read More...]

---

Forrest Griffin vs Wanderlei Silva – not likely in this year

In a recent interview with MMA Weekly, Forrest Griffin confirmed that although he’s all for taking on the Axe Murderer Wanderlei Silva, that matchup will probably not happen this year. In his win over Shogun Rua, Griffin suffered a deep gash in his forehead that needs an appropriate time to heal. Griffin, who specifically asked for the fight with Rua, suffered a large cut on his forehead during... [Read More...]

---

UFC News & Notes: Henderson likes light heavyweight; Big ‘Nog vs. Kongo; and Hamill vs. Bisping rematch

Here are some of the latest news and rumors pertaining to the UFC: - UFCDaily.com is reporting a rumored match between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cheick Kongo. After the Jardine and Griffin upsets, I’m convinced we’ll end up seeing Randy vs. Kongo for the heavyweight title. - The Fight Network is reporting that the UFC is encouraging Dan Henderson to move to middleweight but Henderson... [Read More...]

---

ShoXC to return on Oct. 26 featuring Javi Vazquez, Aaron Rosa, and Muhsin Corbbrey

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that EliteXC is planning another ShoXC card to be televised on Showtime on Friday, October 26, at 11 p.m. ET. The card is subject to change but right now it’s looking like the main event that was leaked on the Underground forum between Javier Vazquez vs. J.C. Pennington will indeed be happening. Undercard matches on Showtime are expected to include the return... [Read More...]

---

Site Announcement: Matt Cava joins FiveOuncesOfPain.com

Matt Cava, the administrator of MMATakedown.net and co-host of Inside the Cage Radio, is the latest addition to the FiveOuncesOfPain.com family. It’s bad enough that I’m already spending half my Saturdays with him but now we’ll be in contact even more since Matt has finally agreed to my relentless pleading for him to come aboard and lend his expertise in an administrative/content... [Read More...]

---

More random ranting: Compustrike and Gina Carano’s weight

I thought I was done ranting this morning but I’m not. First, I wanted to talk about Compustrike’s recent involvement in scoring UFC fights. Kid Nate over at BloodyElbow.com has a post that highlights two different takes from Fight Linker and Pramit Mohapatra of MMAMadness.com and the Baltimore Sun. I wanted to weigh in on the subject and raise the question of Compustrike’s place... [Read More...]

---

Preview of things to come at UFC 77 ??

This drawing of Anderson Silva caving in the face of an “unnamed opponent” is pretty sweet. And there’s a good chance it’s exactly what is going to happen (again) on Oct 20th at UFC 77 to Rich Franklin.  Franklin fanboys from all over Ohio will be crying their eyes out on Sunday morning. Most of them will drown their sorrows in heaping bowls of chili as they watch the Bengals... [Read More...]

---

Random Rant: Why I contacted Jerry Millen for comment

My reaction piece to Chuck Liddell losing with Jerry Millen commenting has caused a bit of a firestorm and I have taken a lot of heat for it, which was what I expected. The question many are asking is, why would you ask Jerry for comment? The answer: accountability. First off, let me say I’m not real happy with how this industry covers Dana White. Some journalists live in fear of him and won’t... [Read More...]

---

UFC 76 fighter pay – 1/2 mil for Iceman

According to MMAnews.com following are the fighter pay outs for UFC 76: Keith Jardine ($14,000) def. Chuck Liddell ($500,000) Forrest Griffin ($44,000) def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua ($150,000) Jon Fitch ($44,000) def. Diego Sanchez ($22,000) Ryoto Machida ($50,000) def. Kazuhiro Nakamura ($20,000) Tyson Griffin ($24,000) def. Thiago Tavares ($9,000) Rich Clementi ($24,000) def. Anthony Johnson... [Read More...]

---

IFL to air live on MyNetworkTV on November 3 and other conference call notes

The IFL held a conference call for the media today to announce that it will air one hour of its World Grand Prix from Chicago, IL live on Saturday, November 3 on MyNetwortkTV at 8 p.m. ET. IFL co-founder and commissioner Kurt Otto made the formal announcement. He also praised the company for hiring Jay Larkin full-time and believes Larkin will be a key figure in helping the company turn the corner. Other... [Read More...]

---

5 Oz. Exclusive: Former PRIDE V.P. Millen speaks out about UFC’s handling of possible Liddell vs. Silva match

FiveOuncesOfPain.com contacted former PRIDE USA V.P. Jerry Millen to get his reaction on Chuck Liddell’s recent unanimous decision loss to Keith Jardine at UFC 76, which potentially spoiled another shot at a long-awaited dreamatch between Liddell and former PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva. UFC president Dana White was critical of PRIDE management last year after a proposed match between... [Read More...]

---

UFC 76 (video): Randy Couture breaks down Griffin and Jardine upsets

The fine folks at at MMAFighting.com caught up with Randy Couture shortly after Forrest Griffin’s win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and conducted a video interview with him. Randy begins the interview talking about Keith Jardine’s gameplan vs. Chuck Liddell. With permission from MMAFighting.com, 5 Oz. can bring you that video right here. Special thanks to Ray for making this available: http://view.break.com/370993... [Read More...]

---

Site Announcement: Ben Fowlkes joins FiveOuncesOfPain.com

Yesterday I announced that Adam Morgan from 411Mania.com and Sprawl-N-Brawl.com has joined the 5 Oz. family. Today, I am proud to announce that Ben Fowlkes has agreed to be a contributing writer for this site as well. If Ben’s name is familiar to you, it’s because Ben is the editor of IFL.tv (the IFL’s official web site) and like me, is also a special contributor to CBSSports.com’s... [Read More...]

---

5 Oz. Exclusive: IFL to announce plans for live TV

The IFL has called a press conference for tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET to make several announcements. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that one of those announcements will be pertaining to a TV deal to broadcast IFL events live. Also, the IFL cut several fighters with poor records from this past season and the league will be looking for replacements. This site has also learned that the IFL will be teaming... [Read More...]

---

MMA Roundup: Liddell could fight in Dec.; Rampage could be done for ‘07; Parisyan vs. Lombard; Riggs wants Shamrock; and more!

You know what I love so much about covering MMA? There’s never a shortage of news to cover. Here are some stories that are being reported around the ‘Net: - Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network spoke with John Hackleman, the trainer for Chuck Liddell, who says he’s unaware of any retirement talk. In fact, he not only claims Liddell told him he’ll be back in the gym next Monday,... [Read More...]

---

UFC 78 fight card — UPDATED

Here’s the latest on the UFC 78 card: Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva Karo Parisyan vs. Hector Lombard Frank Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher Ed Herman vs. Dave Terrell Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt Tamdan McCrory vs. Akihiro Gono We’ll keep updating as fights get signed… Get UFC 78 ticket information HERE Read Sam Caplan’s rant on quality this... [Read More...]

---

Site Announcement: Adam Morgan joins Five Ounces of Pain

I am proud to announce that Adam Morgan of 411Mania.com and Sprawl-N-Brawl.com has agreed to join FiveOuncesOfPain.com as a regular contributor. The addition of Adam signals the beginning in a major shift in the philosophy of this blog. Up until this point, 5 Oz. has been pretty much a one-man band. But not anymore. Due to a major announcement that I might be making later this week, I might not be... [Read More...]

---

More on Chuck Liddell possible retirement talk

Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports has followed up his comments that were initially made during a post-UFC 76 article from late Saturday in which he briefly made mention that former UFC heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell was contemplating retirement. Iole now has a full-length feature devoted to the topic and the article includes several telling quotes from UFC president Dana White: But White, Liddell’s... [Read More...]

---

Rumor Killer: Ricardo Arona going to the UFC not imminent

While Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer has already said as much, FiveOuncesOfPain.com can confirm that there is very little validity to the rumors that Ricardo Arona is close to finalizing a deal with the UFC. FiveOuncesOfPain.com contacted a source close to Arona via e-mail and that source has indicated that he will be in Europe for the next 40 days, making a deal almost impossible to complete.... [Read More...]

---

Dana White: Silva vs. Liddell “just not meant to happen”

Dave Meltzer has a post-UFC 76 show article available on FoxSports.com and has an interesting quote from Dana White regarding the fate of the long-anticipated dream match between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that is once again more fantasy than reality: For now, what appeared to be the three biggest money matches, Jackson against Rua, Jackson against Liddell, or Liddell against Silva, look to... [Read More...]

---

« Previous Page — Next Page »