Grapping with Issues – 4/20/11
Is Nick Diaz destined for a boxing ring? If Royce Gracie was fighting at UFC Rio who would you pair him against? Will Joe Warren exit Bellator Season 4 as featherweight champion? What is one thing you would change about MMA judging? Welcome to Grappling with Issues, our site’s regular weekly feature highlight insight and opinion from myself and resident workhorse Jeremy Lambert whose “Walk Out”... [Read More...]
Randy Couture calling it quits after UFC 129
The timeless saying about all good things coming to an end rang true for MMA fans today when former double-divisional champion, and icon of the sport, Randy Couture confirmed his intentions to hang up his gloves for good after mixing it up with Lyoto Machida at UFC 129. Couture’s decision to retire was first reported by ESPN and elaborated on during a conference call with media relating to the April... [Read More...]
UFC 129 Conference Call Highlights: Couture, Machida, Hominick, and Aldo
The UFC is less than two weeks away from the biggest show in promotional history in the form of UFC 129, a card set to draw the largest North American crowd for a MMA event since the sport’s inception. Today the company held a conference call featuring a number of prominent fighters set to face off in Toronto on April 30 including MMA icon Randy Couture and former light heavyweight champion Lyoto... [Read More...]
Injured Paul Buentello out of Bellator 42
A headlining bout between veteran striker Paul Buentello and 7-0 heavyweight champ Cole Konrad has been scrapped as the result of an undisclosed back injury forcing Buentello to withdraw from the match-up. The two had been set to face off at Bellator 42 this weekend and will be rescheduled to meet later this year once Buentello has recovered fully. News of the cancellation was first reported by MMAJunkie... [Read More...]
Former bantamweight champ Brian Bowles battling Takeya Mizugaki in July
The UFC’s annual Fourth of July Weekend event got another dose of 135-pound firepower on Monday when the promotion announced former WEC champion Brian Bowles would see action at UFC 132 against well-rounded Japanese competitor Takeya Mizugaki. The July 2 event is headlined by a bantamweight title bout between belt-wearer Dominick Cruz and fan-favorite Urijah Faber. The 9-1 Bowles emerged victorious... [Read More...]
California BJJ instructor Pedro Arrigoni saves cop from assault
A San Francisco man hoping to avoid prosecution for having evaded paying fares on a local bus system attacked a pursuing police officer before being introduced to his first lesson in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the limbs of local instructor Pedro Arrigoni. The 24-year old BJJ teacher was minutes removed from having taught a class when he noticed a scuffle outside the academy he works at. According to a... [Read More...]
MFC’s Mark Pavelich points finger at “celebrity referees” charging additional fees
There is no lack of criticism in the world for MMA referees who often draw fire after errantly stopping fights or for a questionable approach to fouls. From fans to fighters to promoters, for the most part, everyone involved with the sport has voiced concern about the state of officiating at some point in the past. However, a recent rant by Maximum Fighting Championship founder and head Mark Pavelich... [Read More...]
UFC Rio grows with addition of Cane vs. Nedkov, Tavares vs. Fisher
Light heavyweight Luiz Cane and lightweight Thiago Tavares have been named as the latest Brazilians being given an opportunity to impress their countrymen in Rio de Janeiro when the UFC returns to the birthplace of BJJ on August 27 after more than a decade away. According to an official statement on the UFC’s website, 11-3 Cane will look to build on the momentum from a first round TKO over Eliot... [Read More...]
Lyman Good facing Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 44
Bellator veterans Dan Hornbuckle (22-4) and Lyman Good (11-2) will finally face off next month at Bellator 44 after mutually successful runs in the promotion’s previous welterweight tournaments never quite led to a pairing in the cage. In addition to the standard pressure a bout brings the match-up will also serve as an eliminator for participation in next year’s 170-pound field. “Good vs. Hornbuckle... [Read More...]
Mike Brown expects return to the ring in Fall
Former WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown is close to 100% again with his sights set on getting back into the Octagon later this year after having endured a pair of losses in January and subsequent health-related issues. Five Ounces of Pain recently caught up with the powerful grappler who explained he was making sure not to rush his recovery but was feeling healthy and hoping for a fight in August... [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? April 18 – April 24 All Times Eastern Monday (4/18) MMA... [Read More...]
Patricio Freire and Daniel Straus move on to featherweight final after Bellator 41 wins
The final four featherweights are set to check in tonight on MTV2 for Bellator 41 with hopes of earning an opportunity at a $100,000 pay day and procuring promotional gold and Five Ounces of Pain will be here to bring you all the live results! Set for action at the event, Kenny Foster faces Daniel Straus on one side of the 145-pound bracket with Brazilians Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and... [Read More...]
Joe Warren: “My #1 objective in this fight with Galvao is to make sure that he experiences a tremendous amount of pain.”
Bellator featherweight champ Joe Warren may not be the biggest, strongest, or fastest fighter on Earth but, according to him, he is definitely the baddest man out there. And, if record and performance are indicators of the validity of his statement, he may be onto something. With a 6-1 record highlighted by displays of pure fortitude as much as technique, the 34-year old Warren will look to continue... [Read More...]
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire barely misses mark at Bellator 41 weigh-ins
Bellator Fighting Championships is poised to deliver the biggest show of Season 4 thus far when the promotion journeys into Yuma, Arizona this weekend for Bellator 41 and a line-up featuring two Bellator champions in non-title action as well as the semi-final round of the organization’s ongoing featherweight tournament. The lot of fighters set for tomorrow night’s festivities stepped on... [Read More...]
Spike TV set to host pair of UFC 129 prelims
Hours before top welterweight contender Jake Shields has a crack at dethroning 170-pound king Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129 one of his Scrap Pack teammates will have an opportunity to bring a win home to California, as the UFC has announced Nate Diaz’s bout against Canadian Rory MacDonald will serve as one of two preliminary card fights being shown live on Spike TV. Both coming off losses and should... [Read More...]
Rematch between Forrest Griffin and Mauricio Rua planned for UFC Rio
The UFC’s return to Brazil after a decade-plus gap between visits has taken another step towards becoming one of the more memorable cards in recent history, as it appears Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-5) will face Forrest Griffin (18-6) at the August event in a rematch of a 2007 pairing where Griffin eventually emerged victorious by way of a Rear-Naked Choke in the waning seconds of the bout. News... [Read More...]
Through My Eyes: Still The Iceman
Mixed Martial Arts is not like other major sports. In other sports, teams play daily, every other day, or weekly. In other sports, fans have the playoffs to look forward to, where no matter what happened in the prior few months, as long as you got into the playoffs, anything could happen in the next couple of months. In other sports, teams have the off-season to draft that promising rookie or sign... [Read More...]
Chad Robichaux: “I’m not going there to lose or just to have a good opportunity to compete. I’m going there to win.”
There are numerous Mixed Martial Artists actively competing who boast undefeated records but without question there is only one Chad Robichaux. A veteran of the sport who made his debut a decade ago, Robichaux has racked up eleven straight wins in his career while also serving as a Special Forces Recon Marine, actively lobbying on behalf of injured veterans, and juggling the responsibilities of owning... [Read More...]
5 Oz. MMA Link Club
Welcome back to another ediition of “MMA Link Club”, Five Ounces of Pain‘s weekly smorgasbord of offerings from our brothers and sisters in the MMA community. Enjoy… A Breakdown of the Top 10 Most Awkward Nick Diaz Interviews (MiddleEasy.com) A Look at the Bond Between Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez (MMAFighting.com) Dan Henderson Wants Fedor Emelianenko at Heavyweight (BleacherReport.com) Jake... [Read More...]
Coach Lew Polley believes Dos Santos “didn’t care” about his team on TUF
Every season of the Ultimate Fighter inevitably features at least one person who takes issue with the style or attitude employed by a coach. TUF 13 has been no exception to the rule only a few episodes in, as Brock Lesnar’s labeling of his group as “chickensh*t” and the intensity of Team Dos Santos’ workouts have already been the subject of contention with more than one competitor. However,... [Read More...]
