5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
And welcome back to another edition of The Duel. We’re a bit late this week but with our all-star panel I feel this is acceptable. Battling it out this week are MMA Payout guru Mr. Adam Swift and MMA Junkie‘s own junkie Mr. Dann Stupp. While I’m not as cool as my celebrity guests I still request you follow me on Twitter. You have little to lose. I currently have 8 web browsers... [Read More...]
UFC 95 Weigh-in Results: Diego Sanchez’s first cut to lightweight a success
All 20 fighters scheduled to compete during Saturday’s UFC 95 event, set to take place at the O2 Arena in London, England, successfully made weight. The most notable development was Diego Sanchez successfully cutting down to 156 pounds in order to meet the mandate weight requirement for the lightweight division. Sanchez, who has competed at middleweight and welterweight in the UFC, decided late... [Read More...]
Dan Hardy not afraid of Rory Markham’s punching power
In a new interview with CBSSports.com, UFC welterweight prospect Dan Hardy has responded to recent comments by Rory Markham that questions Hardy’s punching power. The two are set to square off on Saturday at UFC 95 at the O2 Arena in London, England in a bout that is scheduled to open Spike TV’s telecast of the event in the United States. “He’s disrespected my punching power... [Read More...]
Matchups revealed for DREAM’s featherweight Grand Prix; Kid Yamamoto gets first round bye
The Fighter Entertainment Group has announced the matchups for their featherweight Grand Prix which will commence at Dream.7 on March 8 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The fights will be contested at 139 pounds as opposed to 145 pounds, which is the recognized weight limit for featherweight under the unified rules of MMA. World renowned Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto has been granted... [Read More...]
Couture confirms possibility of fight vs. Cro Cop at UFC 99
Where there is smoke, there is usually fire. In the case of former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Randy Couture, rumors of a possible showdown with Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 99 appear to be valid. During a recent interview with Arianny Celeste for the video web site RawVegas.tv, Couture confirmed that the rumors are indeed true. “(It’s a ) possibility,”... [Read More...]
Nathan Marquardt wants to be more than just “Great,” he wants to be the best
Nathan Marquardt has long been considered among the very best of MMA’s middleweight division. Nearly a decade invested into the fighting sport with close to forty fights against the best in the game, Marquardt is a three time Pancrase middleweight champion and has notched wins against some of the toughest fighters in the business. Experienced and dangerous veterans like Dean Lister, Jeremy... [Read More...]
Jay Hieron: “The sky is the limit”
Success in Mixed Martial Arts is typically measured by a fighter’s ratio of wins to losses, as well as the level of competition faced, and takes into account championship gold the individual has racked up along the way. With a professional record of 17-4 and the IFL’s final welterweight title-holder, it is fairly safe to say Jay Hieron has had a successful MMA career thus far. However,... [Read More...]
Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley: “I would love to fight for the UFC in 2009″
As is often the case when a major event is forced to compete with a UFC weekend, there is one extremely interesting bout between two of the games top fighters that has flown under the radar that deserves the sports attention. This Friday night’s bout between Paul “Semtex” Daley and Nick “The Goat” Thompson is one that could just as well be taking place at Saturday night’s... [Read More...]
L.C. Davis, Nam Phan, and Matt Jaggers added to Sengoku’s featherweight tournament
Additional fighters for World Victory Road’s Sengoku “Seventh Battle” event set for March 20 have been revealed. According to MMA Weekly, PRIDE and EliteXC heavyweight veteran James Thompson is set to square off against Mike York. The bout joins the previously announced light heavyweight fight between Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal and Ryo Kawamura. Additionally, 15 of the 16... [Read More...]
Televised and preliminary bouts finalized for UFC 97
Now that UFC officials have secured a home for UFC 97 they have released the televised portion of the night’s card. The event will be televised live via pay-per-view on April 18 from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The main event will be for the UFC middleweight championship as title holder Anderson Silva defends his crown against Thales Leites. Chuck Liddell will also be looking to return to... [Read More...]
Gamburyan to leave UFC’s lightweight division for the WEC’s featherweight division
You can add Manny Gamburyan’s name to the ever growing list of fighters migrating to the WEC’s stacked featherweight division. Gamburyan, who is coming off a split decision loss to Thiago Tavares at UFC 94, has finally made the call to drop down a weight class after suffering a second consecutive defeat. A cousin to UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan, Gamburyan made a surprising run all the way... [Read More...]
Unofficial UFC Welterweight Organizational Rankings
The UFC is by far the leading mixed martial arts organization in the world. With over 200 fighters contracted to parent company Zuffa, LLC, no other organization can rival the UFC in terms of depth. In order to take a deeper look at just how much depth currently resides on the UFC roster, FiveOuncesOfPain.com will be taking a division-by-division look at each weight class in the UFC from top-to-bottom. The... [Read More...]
Gouveia focused on Marquardt and possible title shot with a win
Wilson Gouveia trains at one of the best MMA training camps in the world, American Top Team. But even with the star-studded roster at ATT, almost every fighter there will point to Gouveia as the most talented fighter in the camp. Gouveia has tried to cultivate that talent in the light heavyweight division and had early success. After a loss to Keith Jardine in his first UFC bout, he rattled off four... [Read More...]
Rory Markham: “When Pat Miletich invests himself 100 percent, he is the best trainer in the world”
At every UFC show, there is one fight designated by matchmaker Joe Silva as a potential show stealer. At UFC 95 this Saturday in London, the match expected to set the night on fire is Rory Markham against hometown star Dan Hardy. Hardcore fans know all about Markham’s penchant for amazing fights-UFC fans got a taste for the first time with his dynamic knockout of Brodie Farber at UFC Fight Night... [Read More...]
UFC 95: Preview and Predictions of Main Card and Undercard
The debate as to whether UFC 95 has a main event worthy of a pay-per-view was made a moot one when Spike TV and the UFC received a deal to broadcast Saturday’s card from the O2 Arena in London, England back to the United States on a tape delay basis. UFC 95 set to air at 9 p.m. ET this Saturday, the event will be free to those who are able to afford basic cable. Instead of another PPV that costs... [Read More...]
Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva expected for UFC 99
A new published report indicates that an intriguing matchup between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE middleweight (205 lbs.) champion Wanderlei Silva is set to take place at UFC 99 during the UFC’s inaugural event in Germany on June 13 in Cologne at the Lanxess Arena. The news was first reported by MMAWeekly.com, which cites multiple independent sources as having... [Read More...]
Report: UFC 97 to remain in Montreal
According to CKAC Sports and Corussports.com, UFC officials have come to a comprise with members of the Quebec Athletic Commission which will keep UFC 97 in Montreal on April 18 as scheduled. The UFC has yet to issue an official comment in response to the report and phone and text messages left for UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner by FiveOuncesOfPain.com were not immediately returned. The... [Read More...]
Karo Parisyan to remain under temporary suspension
Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer announced Tuesday that UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan will remain suspended until a formal hearing can be held in mid-March. Parisyan was suspended following his bout at UFC 94 when his post fight urine test came back positive for pain killers Hyrdocodone, Oxycodone and Hydromorphone. The commission held a meeting yesterday afternoon in... [Read More...]
Jake Shields vs. Joe Riggs set for Strikeforce April 11 show
The rumors and speculation that Jake Shields would not be joining many of EliteXC’s other top fighters in Strikeforce following the latter promotion’s acquisition of select assets from ProElite can come to an end. According a published report, Shields has agreed to fight former UFC veteran Joe Riggs in a welterweight matchup to be contested during Strikeforce’s April 11 event in San... [Read More...]
Dana White comments on Strikeforce in new article
Since the announcement earlier this month that the San Jose-based Strikeforce promotion had acquired select assets from ProElite, one of the most asked questions of Strikeforce Founder and CEO Scott Coker was whether he expected his relationship with UFC President Dana White. White, considered one of the most powerful people in MMA — if not the most powerful — has long lauded Coker’s... [Read More...]
