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	<title>Five Ounces of Pain &#187; Jonathan Snowden</title>
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		<title>Bobby Lashley on beating Bob Sapp: &#8216;You can Bet Your House on It.&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley takes a big step up in competition tomorrow when he takes on Japan&#8217;s most famous fighter, Bob Sapp. The two main event the Ultimate Chaos PPV from the Gulfport Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Five Ounces of Pain&#8217;s Jonathan Snowden had a chance to talk to Lashley about his transition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ricky Derouen (Promoter of Sapp-Lashley): &#8216;It&#8217;s gonna be fireworks!&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since the dark ages of the UFC, Mississippi will host major league MMA when Bobby Lashley and Bob Sapp square off for Fight Force International on June 27.  While Sapp is one of the biggest drawing cards in Japan, still capitalizing on the sudden fame that changed his life from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden&#8217;s Five Things: A Faux Fight of the Year and the End of the Shamrock Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strikeforce made its Showtime debut last night, attempting to put its best foot forward with a main event of Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz. As always, the show did well locally, attracting almost 15,000 fans to the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Nationally, it was another story all together. Promoters had hoped that the voluble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden&#8217;s Five Things about UFC 96: Lack of Professionalism Reigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another UFC in the books, a card that delivered exactly the kind of tepid entertainment it promised, and we&#8217;re left with more questions than answers. Who is fighting whom? And when? It seemed fairly clear during the PPV broadcast that Rashad Evans would defend the light heavyweight title at UFC 98 against Rampage Jackson, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden&#8217;s Five Things: Carwin the Fraud, Kirill the Cheat, and Jardine the Contender</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week it feels like we&#8217;re being bombarded by a endless succession of MMA news stories. Promotions are starting up (and all too often) folding. Fighters are vowing to vanquish their foes. Others are explaining away an ugly loss. All too often, someone is making an excuse for why they&#8217;ve failed a drug test, lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden: The Decline of Josh Koscheck</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all started so well for Josh Koscheck. With just six months of training, he was competitive with the very best young fighters in the world on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter. His future seemed limitless. He was the best active wrestler in a sport that had been dominated for more than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rory Markham: &#8220;When Pat Miletich invests himself 100 percent, he is the best trainer in the world&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/19/rory-markham-pat-miletich-invests-himself-100-percent-he-is-the-best-trainer-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s penchant for amazing fights-UFC fans got a taste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden: Strikeforce Strikes Hard</title>
		<link>http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/11/snowden-strikeforce-strikes-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I opined right here at Five Ounces of Pain that Scott Coker and Strikeforce had plenty to prove when it comes to running a national MMA promotion.
Yesterday, they took a strong first step, showing me they understand what it&#8217;s going to take to attract a significant audience. The first main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden: Strikeforce Still has Plenty to Prove</title>
		<link>http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/09/snowden-strikeforce-still-has-plenty-to-prove/</link>
		<comments>http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/09/snowden-strikeforce-still-has-plenty-to-prove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was much rejoicing in the insular MMA community when it was finally announced that Scott Coker and Strikeforce would be taking over the coveted CBS and Showtime television contracts from the (nearly) defunct ProElite.
Not only did Coker gain control of the sport&#8217;s first network television time slot, he also took control of EliteXC&#8217;s top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowden: Georges St. Pierre is &#8220;The G.O.A.T&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/03/snowden-georges-st-pierre-is-the-goat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[B.J. Penn is no flash in the pan. He&#8217;s one of the most respected and successful fighters in UFC history and has been for a decade. Penn is one of two men to win UFC titles in two different weight classes. His skill set is multi-faceted-he&#8217;s a legitimate jiu jitsu world champion and has developed [...]]]></description>
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