The After Party – UFC 125: Resolution
Ultimate Fighting Championship rang in the New Year with an action packed card that right now is without a doubt the best card of 2011. Not only that but it features the current 2011 fight of the year. It was a night filled with a brutal knockout, a slick submission, an excellent grappling battle, a dominating performance, and one of the most dramatic back and fourth title fights in recent memory.... [Read More...]
Gray Maynard leapfrogs Anthony Pettis for lightweight title-shot
Lending credit to the unpredictable nature of Mixed Martial Arts, a sport where circumstances often change in the blink of an eye, it appears UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar will yet again defend his belt against an opponent he’s fresh off a fight against rather than the individual he was said to be facing even at an official post-event press conference. While WEC’s 155-pound title-holder, Anthony... [Read More...]
MMA on TV
Welcome to “MMA on TV”, Five Ounces of Pain’s weekly update on the upcoming MMA-broadcast schedule. Miss the latest episode of “MMA Live” or “UFC Unleashed”? Wondering when Strikeforce or HDNet are airing a replay of their latest offering or interested in finding out where to tune into live shows occurring over the next seven days? January 3 – January 9 All Times Eastern Monday (1/3) MMA:30... [Read More...]
Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida in works for UFC 129
Rumors of Randy Couture’s retirement became premature over the weekend, as it appears “The Natural” has at least one more fight in him and verbally agreed to the match-up. According to Couture, assuming the paperwork side of things is hammered out, he will face former 205-pound champ Lyoto Machida on April 30 in Toronto at UFC 129. News of the fight and both parties’ interest was reported by... [Read More...]
Miesha Tate targeting March 5 in Ohio for welterweight title-shot
After earning a crack at Strikeforce 135-pound female champion Marloes Coenen’s belt with a pair of wins in a single-night tournament this past August, it appears Miesha Tate finally has a date in mind for her attempt at hoisting up promotional gold. According to Tate, she is starting her training camp for Coenen in the coming days with March 5 targeted for the bout’s occurrence. Though Strikeforce... [Read More...]
Headlining bout named UFC 125 “Fight of the Night”
The first UFC event of 2011 has come and gone leaving a number of highlight-worthy moments including slick submissions, a devestating knockout, a severely shattered schnozz, and a comeback for the ages in its wake. Fans in attendance at “UFC 125: Resolution” witnessed lightweight title-holder Frank Edgar barely hold on to his belt after being dropped by Gray Maynard a number of times in the headliner’s... [Read More...]
UFC 125: Resolution Live Results
Ultimate Fighting Championship rings in the New Year with the first major MMA event of 2011. Coming to live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC presents UFC 125: Resolution. As always FiveOuncesOfPain.com will provide live results of all the action including a round by round recap of every televised fight. The preliminary card is scheduled to get underway around 7:30 PM EST with... [Read More...]
Northeast Fighters Set to Make Their Mark in Early 2011
Active on the Northeast scene as both a fighter and promoter, Dan Bonnell is extremely familiar with what his area has to offer in terms of talent. Read ahead as Five Ounces of Pain‘s newest team-member offers his take on why a few of his regional peers are set to turn heads in 2011 starting as soon as tonight at UFC 125… — Holidays or not, several of the Northeast’s best fighters... [Read More...]
