New Year’s Eve Weekend Prediction Marathon
This holiday weekend no fewer than 31 fights are scheduled to take place on major shows. While I don’t have time to do full previews of UFC 79, the finals of the IFL World Grand Prix, Yarennoka!, and K-1 HERO’s Premium Dynamite!, I still decided to sit down and furnish predictions for just about every single advertised fight on the four cards. It was a Herculian task, no doubt, but I want... [Read More...]
Merry Christmas from FiveOuncesOfPain.com
On behalf of the entire staff of 5 Oz., I’d like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas! Read More →
UFC Virgin No Longer: Cornerman’s stories from TUF 6
Nick Palmisciano, one of the founders of Ranger Up Clothing, has been kind enough to provide us with an inside look at what it’s like to be in the corner of a UFC fighter for the first time. Nick details his experiences cornering Dan Barrera at the TUF 6 Finale a couple of weeks back from pre-fight activities all the way to post-fight party. Nick’s retelling of some of the stories from... [Read More...]
Eddie Alvarez considering offers from EliteXC and M-1 Global
Adam Morgan made a post on Sunday containing quotes from BodogFIGHT welterweight champion Nick Thompson in which he revealed on the Underground forum at MMA.tv a possible February rematch vs. Eddie Alvarez was off the table. According to Thompson, BodogFIGHT informed him that the match wouldn’t be happening because “Alvarez’s head wasn’t in the right place.” Well, Alvarez... [Read More...]
Monte Cox talks offer for Couture vs. Fedor in new interview
Bingham’s Blog recently scored an interview with M-1 Global president and CEO Monte Cox. It’s a pretty good interview with some pretty noteworthy Q&A exchanges, including Cox commenting on talk that M-1 Global extended an offer to the UFC to make Fedor vs. Randy Couture dream match a reality: Brandon Brigham: Speaking of mistakes, let’s talk about the story that came out recently... [Read More...]
Sokoudjou’s family has no idea he’s an MMA fighter
From an interview with Dave Doyle of Yahoo! Sports: But the 23-year old’s parents back home in Cameroon thought their son was studying computer science in San Diego. “Yeah, my parents, they don’t know,” the man dubbed “The African Assassin” said. “They think I’m in college and maybe training in judo on the side, just for fun. My family places a high value on education. All of my brothers... [Read More...]
Nick Thompson: Eddie Alvarez told Bodog his “head wasn’t in the right place.”
Looks like we’ll never get to see a rematch between current Bodog welterweight champion Nick “The Goat” Thompson and former champion Eddie Alvarez. The fight was pushed back a few weeks ago and now it looks like it’s been informally canceled altogether according to a post by Thompson on the Underground Forum: Alvarez told Bodog that his head wasn’t in the right place and... [Read More...]
Yes, there has been a lack of updates
I wanted to apologize for the lack of updates. Part of it has to do with the fact that there isn’t much news coming out right now and part of it has to do with Christmas coming up on Tuesday. Fear not, I am currently working on three separate articles. Two are for the blogs and one is for CBSSports.com. Also, next week should be interesting because of the four major shows (the IFL, UFC, FEG,... [Read More...]
Report: Calvancante vs. Aoki postponed
Sherdog.com has confirmed that an advertised match between Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancante and Shinya Aoki scheduled for Dec. 31 in Japan at Yarennoka has been postponed. According to the report, a new date for the match could be announced at a press conference on Dec. 30. Read More →
Exclusive: Cuban says Mayweather serious about MMA but won’t rush into it
In exclusive comments to ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com), HDNet Fights founder and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban responded to questions in regards to whether recent reports that Floyd Mayweather is investigating the possibility of competing in MMA are merely an attempt to gain headlines. “He is serious,” Cuban responded in an e-mail. “He isn’t going to rush into it.... [Read More...]
Report: Calvancante vs. Aoki may be scratched
Greg Savage of Sherdog.com is reporting that sources have informed the website that a much anticipated match between Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancante and Shinya Aoki scheduled for Dec. 31 in Japan on the Yarennoka! card appears to be in jeopardy. Despite Calvancante making no mention of the match possibly being off during recent interviews and M-1 Global CEO Monte Cox being quoted as saying... [Read More...]
Potential deal between UFC and CBS could be stalled
Adam Swift of MMAPayout.com writes the following about a potential deal between the UFC and CBS to televise a portion of UFC 81 on February 2: For whatever it’s worth, based on conversations between MMAPayout.com and multiple sources within the industry, there seems to be a growing belief that the UFC-CBS deal has stalled or fallen apart altogether. At the very least there seems to be an emerging... [Read More...]
More on Mayweather and MMA
Other outlets have picked up on ESPN.com’s story from yesterday that Floyd Mayweather is interested in possibly working with Mark Cuban and getting involved with MMA. “It would be huge,” Cuban is quoted as saying in a new article furnished by the Associated Press. “He’s an icon in boxing. He’s conquered that world. He is the champ and he wants to be the biggest grossing... [Read More...]
Floyd Mayweather to MMA?
According to ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael and Marc Stein, the idea may not be as far-fetched as most would think: “Floyd Mayweather Jr., the world’s No. 1 boxer, is strongly considering a revolutionary jump to mixed martial arts under a deal being discussed with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.” Prior to his huge fight with Oscar De La Hoya on May 5th, 2007, Mayweather made some... [Read More...]
UFC 80 Card Finalized
UFC 80: “Rapid Fire” is set to take place on January 19 from Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England. The live pay-per-view broadcast will begin at 3pm ET/ 20:00 GMT. More than likely, much like UFC 72, a PPV buy will get you a repeat broadcast at the usual 10pm ET/ 7pm PT time as well. UFC.com recently posted the finalized fight card. The lineup is as follows: MAIN CARD BJ Penn vs.... [Read More...]
Couture, Mayhem, Trigg & the boys at recent Cowboys game (pic)
Randy Couture has been making his way around the NFL recently. Couture gave speech to the Green Bay Packers locker room on 12/9 and then was hanging at the Cowboys/Eagles game in Dallas on 12/16. More pics at the Xtreme Couture blog . HT: MMAMania Check out more Randy Couture content on FiveOuncesofPain.com Read More →
February could be busiest month in MMA history
While I’ve done no scientific research, it’s become quite obvious that February of 2008 is shaping up to be the busiest month in the history of MMA with no less than six shows planned by major promotions. The month will kick off with UFC 81 on Saturday, February 2, in Las Vegas. A heavyweight match between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir has been announced with heavy speculation that Antonio... [Read More...]
Team Takedown fighters to debut for HDNet Fights on Feb. 15
Team Takedown, which is comprised of four top-flight former amateur wrestlers converting to mixed martial arts, will be working with HDNet Fights in conjunction with its next card on February 15 in Dallas, Texas. Finalized for the Feb. 15 card are bouts involving Masters of the Cage light heavyweight champion Jake Rosholt and former Oklahoma State University standout Johny Hendricks. Rosholt is signed... [Read More...]
New CBSSports.com article: First UFC video game revisited
2008 is just around the corner. And what am I looking forward to most in MMA next year? Would you believe it’s the pending release of the new UFC video game? Well, I hope it gets released next year as opposed to 2009. In anticipation of the new UFC video game, I went back and spent some time playing the original UFC video game, UFC Tapout, after rediscovering it while on a cleaning mission. In... [Read More...]
Pat Miletich on TUF 5′s Corey Hill
Apparently MFS is where Corey Hill is now training and Miletich speaks quite highly of him: IGN: Who do you think is the fighter in your camp that’s off most MMA fans’ radar screens, but has the most potential for future success? Pat: Corey Hill. IGN: Oh, from Ultimate Fighter… Pat: Well, you know, he wasn’t 100% truthful to get on the show, so he went in there absolutely knowing... [Read More...]
