UFC 110 LIVE Results and Coverage
Welcome to FiveOuncesofPain.com’s live coverage of tonight’s “UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez” event. Tonight’s show emanates from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, and is available on pay-per-view. Live results should begin around 8 p.m. ET for the undercard and 10 p.m. ET for the main card. Tonight’s event features heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira... [Read More...]
Neil Melanson expects for Goran Reljic to tear C.B. Dollaway apart at UFC 110
Goran Reljic Chael Sonnen may have said it best following his recent trouncing of Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 when he stated that Neil Melanson is one of the few people in this business that, when he talks, Chael is listening. This Gokor Chivichyan influenced submission expert currently runs up the submission department at the widely respected Xtreme Couture training facility in Las Vegas and has single... [Read More...]
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Rashad Evans set for UFC 114
It now appears that the highly anticipated fight between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans will finally take place during UFC 114 on Memorial Day Weekend (May 29) in Las Vegas. Rampage has already signed his side of the bout agreement according to a recent report from Yahoo! Sports. The fight was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 98, then UFC 107, but Rampage participation in the... [Read More...]
Shamar Bailey vs. Justin Wilcox set for “Strikeforce Challengers” on March 26
NEW YORK (Feb. 19, 2010) – A winner of four in a row, Shamar Bailey (10-1), of Chicago, will face Justin “The Silverback’’ Wilcox (8-3), of San Jose, Calif., on a stacked STRIKEFORCE Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) fight card at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif., on Friday, March 26. Bailey is a replacement for Bryan Travers, who withdrew from the fight with a shoulder injury. The three-rounder... [Read More...]
The Breakdown: UFC 110 preview and predictions.
“UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez” takes place this Sunday live from Acer Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FiveOuncesofPain is here to provide you with the breakdown and predictions of this weekend’s card. UFC 110, will mark the UFC’s debut in Australia. The event is available on Pay Per view and will air LIVE in North America on Saturday starting at 10pm... [Read More...]
UFC 110 Weigh-In Results
The fighter weigh-ins for UFC 110 are all set to take place today from the Acer Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. You can catch all of the weigh-in updates from the event right here, or you can always watch the live weigh-ins right here on FiveOuncesofPain.com. The first fighter is expected to hit the scale right around 10 pm ET. UFC 110 will take place tomorrow evening with a headlining... [Read More...]
Rear Naked Radio LIVE Tonight at 7 pm ET (4 pm PT)
Rear Naked Radio returns this evening as FiveOuncesofPain.com Managing Editor and RNR co-host Cory Brady joins Richard Hunter and Pugs Moran to discuss tomorrow evening’s UFC 110 card, along with all of the other happenings in MMA over the last week. Make sure to check out the show on 1360 AM, or you can catch it right here on the web at RearNakedRadio. The show is set to kick off on Friday... [Read More...]
Ryan Bader: If Jardine wants to leg kick me, he’s going to get taken down
With an unblemished professional mixed martial arts record of 10-0 and an impressive UFC record of 3-0, Ryan “Darth” Bader is widely touted as one of the fastest rising stars the sport currently has to offer. As a matter of fact, when talk turns to future title contenders in UFCs ultra-stacked 205 pound division it’s nearly impossible not to throw the Ultimate Fighter champion’s... [Read More...]
Bellator signs Eric Marriott
Eric MarriottCHICAGO, Ill. (February 19, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships put the finishing touches on its much-anticipated Season 2 featherweight tournament today with the signing of 17-2 submission specialist Eric Marriott. Marriott is the eighth and final confirmed participant in the tournament, which also features the likes of Georgi Karakhanyan, Sean Pierson, Patricio Pitbull, Bao Quach,... [Read More...]
TUF 11 Teaser Trailer
Spike TV has recently released a quick teaser trailer for the upcoming eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter. TUF 11 has already begun taping with a set season primier date of March 31 on Spike TV. Check out former UFC light heavyweight champions and fellow TUF 11 coaches, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, as they plug the upcoming installment of The Ultimate Fighter… Read More →
Grappling with Issues – 2/19/10
How long until Gegard Mousasi signs with the UFC? Is there any chance Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva go three full rounds? How probable is Mirko Filipovic’s retirement if he loses on Saturday night? Which UFC 110 heavyweight headliner will Brock Lesnar be pulling for? Keyboard warrrrriors….come out to plaaaay-yay! Another Friday on the cusp of a major UFC event, another edition of “Grappling... [Read More...]
Ben Rothwell and Elvis Sinosic out of UFC 110
According to a recent report from the official UFC website, both Ben Rothwell and Elvis Sinosic will not compete this Saturday at UFC 110 in Australia. Sinosic dropped out of a rematch with Chris Haseman due to a shoulder injury, while Rothwell was scheduled to face off against former PRIDE Superstar Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, but an undisclosed illness forced him to drop out of the fight. Stepping... [Read More...]
Krzysztof Soszynski plans on going ‘toe-to-toe’ and ‘banging away’ with Stephan Bonnar
After suffering his first defeat since three consecutive wins upon his official arrival in the UFC, Krzysztof Soszynski has found himself turning to a somewhat unlikely resource to help sharpen his skills for the thirty-two year old light heavyweight’s upcoming UFC 110 showdown with Stephan Bonnar. The saying goes: If you can’t beat them, join them; and Soszynski has taken exactly that... [Read More...]
The Perspective of Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley is a hard guy to figure out. Ever since his exit from the WWE and subsequent foray into the world of mixed martial arts, Lashley has jumped back and forth from MMA to wrestling. I’m going to try and get my head wrapped around it in a convenient timeline: January 2008: Announces he will leave the WWE, and will make the jump to MMA. December 2008: Makes MMA debut, fights exclusively in... [Read More...]
Wanderlei Silva on the warpath at UFC 110 (VIDEO)
Wanderlei Silva will be making his UFC debut this evening at 185 pounds as “The Axe Murderer” will face off with Michael Bisping at UFC 110 in Australia. In a recent interview with the Standard from Sydney, Wanderlei explained that he planned on being more aggressive than his normally blood-thirsty self in the bout with Bisping due to the fact that he “really, REALLY doesn’t... [Read More...]
Watch Countdown to UFC 110 – Part 1
The Ultimate Fighting Championship takes Australia by storm for the first time and fans at Sydney’s Acer Arena will be treated to explosive matchups featuring two early Fight of The Year candidates. In the main event, a world heavyweight title shot is on the line when unbeaten young gun Cain Velasquez takes on former UFC and PRIDE champion Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira. Plus, UK superstar... [Read More...]
Bellator Fighting Championships signs former NYU wrestling star Shad Lierley
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 18, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships put yet another piece in place for its upcoming Season 2 featherweight tournament today with the signing of 5-2 Shad Lierley, a former International Fight League (IFL) standout and elite-level college wrestler. The 29-year-old Lierley—who was a top college wrestler while earning his bachelor’s degree in economics and political... [Read More...]
Ken Shamrock suffers defeat in court battle with Zuffa, LLC
Zuffa, LLC came out on top of a recent court case between the company which owns the UFC, and Ken Shamrock. Shamrock apparently claimed that certain contractual provisions of his final agreement had been violated; The court, however, disagreed. Below is the official statement released by the UFC: Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory... [Read More...]
Josh Barnett feels entitled to more than a ‘slap in the face’
You’d be hard pressed to find an athlete as commonly despised as Josh Barnett in the sport of mixed martial arts since “The Baby Faced Assasin” tested positive for steroids while fighting under two separate promotions over the span of seven years. The most recent offense brought an end to an anticipated clash between himself and Fedor Emelianenko in early 2009, and effectively cast... [Read More...]
Exclusive: Claude Patrick on his way to the UFC, likely for UFC 115
The UFC is in the process of securing one of the fastest rising prospects in Canada as FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently been able to discover that Claude Patrick is in negotiations to become the newest addition to the promotion’s talent-filled roster. FiveOuncesofPain.com has recently learned the UFC is currently negotiating to bring Patrick to the promotion from sources close to the situation. Sources... [Read More...]
