Below are pictures from ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series event that took place this past Friday night at The Horseshoe Casino just outside of Chicago, IL. In the main event, Dave “Pee Wee” Herman blasted Kerry “Meat Truck” Schall with knees and punches scoring a first round TKO victory. Overall, it was another entertaining and action packed night of fights under the ShoXC banner…

Dave Herman vs. Kerry Schall

Mamed Khalidov vs. Jason Guida

Anthony Lapsley vs. Mike Stumpf

Alexander Shlemenko vs. Robert McDaniel.

Lyle Beerbohm vs. Rafaello Oliveira

Click here for full event results!

Photos: Esther Lin/EliteXC

This week’s installment of HDNet Fights’ Fight of the Week involves a battle between Team Holland and Team Germany from M-1 Challenge. Team Holland’s Gegard Mousasi (24-2-1) takes on Team Germany’s Steve Mensing (6-7-2).

Mousasi has really made a name for himself recently, taking DREAM’s Middleweight Grand Prix by storm and defeating Denis Kang, Dong Sik Yoon, Melvin Manhoef, and Ronald “Jacare” Souza on his way to winning the DREAM middleweight title. Mousasi will be appearing at the next Affliction show against former UFC light heavyweight champion and well known MMA fighter Vitor Belfort. Will Mensing play the role of spoiler and be able to handle the well rounded Mousasi? Or will Mousasi dominate him with his overall game?

Gegard Mousasi vs. Steve Mensing from M-1 Challenge episode 2 – Germany v. Holland

Below are pictures from EliteXC Heat that took place this past Saturday at BankAtlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos each displayed power, finesse, submission technique, and overall put on a hell of an entertaining bout against their respective opponents.  With each of these top female fighters winning at EliteXC Heat by Unanimous Decision, a future match-up between Carano and Santos is inevitable.  Once again, the ladies stole the show, as displayed in detail by the images below…

Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold

Cris Santos vs. Yoko Takahashi

Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold

Cris Santos vs. Yoko Takahashi

Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold

Cris Santos vs. Yoko Takahashi

Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold

Cris Santos vs. Yoko Takahashi

Photos: Esther Lin/Combatlifestyle.com

When: Oct. 4, 2008
Where: BankAtlantic Center; Sunrise, Fla

UPDATE: Tonight’s main event between Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock has been scratched due to an injury suffered by Shamrock.  Official announcement: Kimbo Slice vs. Seth Petruzelli is now the replacement fight. Petruzelli was scheduled to fight Aaron Rosa on the undercard.

EliteXC Heat Results:

Main Card

• Seth Petruzelli def. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson via TKO (Strikes) Rd 1.
• EXC Welterweight Champ Jake Shields def. Paul Daley via Submission (Armbar) Rd 2.
• Andrei Arlovski def. Roy Nelson via Knockout Rd 2.
• Gina Carano def. Kelly Kobold via Unanimous Decision
• Benji Radach def. Murilo “Ninja” Rua via Knockout Rd 2.
• KIMBO SLICE vs. KEN SHAMROCK
  

Undercard

• Seth Petruzelli vs. Aaron Rosa
• Cris “Cyborg” Santos def. Yoko Takahashi via Unanimous Decision
• Conor Heun def. Edson Berto via TKO (Strikes) Rd 2.
• Mikey Gomez def. Lorenzo Borgomeo via Submission (Armbar) Rd 2.
• Bryan Hamade def. David Gomez via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Rd 1.
• Nicolae Cury def. Jorge Bouchat via Submission (Strikes) Rd 1.

Below are pictures of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series that took place this past Saturday at Chumash Casino Resort in Tucumcari, N.M.  In the main event, undefeated Wilson Reis became the first-ever EliteXC bantamweight champion, out-scoring a very game Abel Cullum over all five rounds. The rest of the night was jammed with vicious striking, as displayed in detail by the images below…

Wilson Reis vs. Abel Cullum

Jaime Jara vs. Giva Santana

Jaime Jara vs. Giva Santana

David Douglas vs. Malaipet

David Douglas vs. Malaipet

Matt Makowski vs. Erik Apple

Shane Del Rosario vs. Carl Seumanutafa

Photos: Tom Casino/EliteXC

Series II of Round 5 MMA collectible figures now has it’s fourth and final member: Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva.  Silva joins Sean Sherk, Rich Franklin, and Anderson Silva in the second series of these 6 inch collectibles. Series I is made up of MMA icons Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and Quinton Jackson.

The detail and artistry of these figures is the design of famous McFarlane artist David Cortes.

Personally, I find it interesting that they have included logos of each fighters main sponsor on the lil’ shorts. You can clearly see the logos of American Fighter, MMAOverload.com, Toe2Toe, and Sinister. Depending on the cost for this sponsorship, that is an excellent way to associate your brand with the fighter and the sport of MMA in general.

You can purchase the Series I figures in stores such as Champs Sports, F.Y.E., KB Toys, MMAWarehouse.com and a host of other toy collectible websites.  Series II will become available this holiday season.

FiveOuncesofPain.com first told you about these figures back in Oct 2007 and provided an update in June 2008.

Below are pictures of EliteXC’s Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano from the open media workout that took place this past Wednesday at Legends Mixed Martial Arts Training Center in Los Angeles, CA. Both fighters are the main draw for the third televised event under the “CBS Saturday Night Fights” banner.

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Below are quick results from Ring of Combat XXI, which took place on Sept. 12, 2008 at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ.

Main Card

• Light Heavyweight Championship Glen Sandull def. Ricardo Romero via Disqualification (kick to downed opponent) @ LHW
• Welterweight Championship John Howard def. Charlie Brenneman via Unanimous Decision @ WW
• Constantinos Phillipou def. Brendan Barrett via Doctor Stoppage (cut) Rd 1 @ LHW
• Greg Soto def. Doug Gordon via Unanimous Decision @ WW
• Chris Schlesinger def. Nissim Levy via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Rd 2 @ 180lbs
• Andrew Riddles def. Mike Stewart via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd 2 @ MW
• Marc Stevens def. Jose Rodriguez via Unanimous Decision @ WW

Undercard

• Eddie Fyvie def. Adolfo Sanchez via Submission (Arm Triangle) Rd 1 @ 155lbs
• Dancy Debrosse def. Adam Dellabianca via Submission (Guillotine Choke) Rd 1 @ 135lbs
• Tyler Venice def. Doug Anderson via Unanimous Decision @ 140lbs
• Jimmie Rivera def. Fernando Bernardhino via Unanimous Decision @ 145lbs
• John Salgado def. Leandro Hernandez via Split Decision @ WW

Author Kelly Crigger and current Affliction middleweight fighter Matt “The Law” Lindland have both signed copies of Kelly’s book “Title Shot: Into the Shark Tank of Mixed Martial Arts“

FiveOuncesofPain.com is giving one lucky reader a prize bundle which includes a signed copy of the book AND five (5) t-shirts from Ranger Up!

Army Officer Kelly Crigger spent a year visiting the top MMA training camps in the USA, to live and train with the sports best fighters. He rolled at American Top Team, Team Quest, Team Sityodtong, and others. The book reveals many personal stories about the fighters at these camps and their trainers. Both hardcore and casual MMA fans will enjoy this read.

FiveOuncesofPain.com will be giving away more signed “Title Shot” books and more Ranger Up gear very soon. So if you don’t win this contest, you’ll have another chance next week! Be sure to visit rangerup.com to check out their new designs and thank Nick P. for supporting 5 Oz of Pain.

Contest is now over: Winner #2 JHouse005

How to Win: be the first reader to correctly associate the MMA fighter with his branch of military service:

1. Tim Kennedy – US Army


2. Damien Stelly – US Army


3. Brian Stann – Marines


4. Mike Marrello – Marines

All answers MUST be posted in the Comment String of THIS CONTEST POST.

DISCLAIMER: Winner will be contacted via email (be sure to use a legit email address) and will be contacted to provide their U.S. mailing address to receive the prize. We will not ship outside of the U.S.

When: Sept. 6, 2008
Where: Phillips Arena; Atlanta, GA

UFC 88 Results:

Main Card

• Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell via Knockout Rd 2.
• Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill via TKO (Kick to the Body) Rd 3.
• Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares via Unanimous Decision
• Nate Marquardt def. Martin Kampmann via TKO (Strikes) Rd 1.
• Dong Hyun Kim def. Matt Brown via Split Decision

Undercard

• Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago Tavares via Unanimous Decision
• Tim Boetsch def. Mike Patt via TKO (Strikes) Rd 1.
• Jason MacDonald def. Jason Lambert via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd 2.
• Ryo Chonan def. Roan Carneiro via Split Decision

Check out more UFC 88 content on Five Ounces of Pain

Author Kelly Crigger and current Affliction middleweight fighter Matt “The Law” Lindland have both signed copies of Kelly’s book “Title Shot: Into the Shark Tank of Mixed Martial Arts“

FiveOuncesofPain.com is giving one lucky reader a prize bundle which includes a signed copy of the book AND five (5) t-shirts from Ranger Up!

Army Officer Kelly Crigger spent a year visiting the top MMA training camps in the USA, to live and train with the sports best fighters. He rolled at American Top Team, Team Quest, Team Sityodtong, and others. The book reveals many personal stories about the fighters at these camps and their trainers. Both hardcore and casual MMA fans will enjoy this read.

FiveOuncesofPain.com will be giving away more signed “Title Shot” books and more Ranger Up gear very soon. So if you don’t win this contest, you’ll have another chance next week! Be sure to visit rangerup.com to check out their new designs and thank Nick P. for supporting 5 Oz of Pain.

Contest is now over. Winner is #1 Mark Willis.

How to Win: be the first reader to correctly associate the MMA fighter with his branch of military service:

1. Randy Couture – Army


2. Rich Clementi – Navy


3. Shonie Carter – Marines


4. Dan Barrera – Air Force

All answers MUST be posted in the Comment String of THIS CONTEST POST.

DISCLAIMER: Winner will be contacted via email (be sure to use a legit email address) and will be contacted to provide their U.S. mailing address to receive the prize. We will not ship outside of the U.S.

When: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena; Las Vegas, NV
Watch: Pay-Per-View

Here’s the latest on the UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar event:

• Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture @ HW (official) – (UFC Heavyweight Title)
• Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson @ LW (official)
• Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone @ MW
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Josh Hendricks @ HW

Card subject to change. All matchups are rumored unless stated otherwise.

Check out more UFC 91 content on 5 Oz. of Pain.

Soon after this past Friday’s episode of HDNetFight’s Inside MMA, we reported that Tito Ortiz confirmed he was talking with UFC and Elite XC. Here is more video from Inside MMA, where Tito talks about his future and which company he may fight for next.

Be sure to check out the HDNet Video Vault for lots more fights and MMA action!

Despite some major glitches with our website last week, we still managed to declare a winner for our Frank Edgar Trivia Contest – reader “BG” from Virginia Tech University.

“BG” got all the answers correct and he wins a custom designed Frankie Edgar t-shirt from frankedgar.com.

The trivia contest questions/answers are as follows:
1. Edgar has been an assistant coach for WHAT sport at WHICH New Jersey university?   Wrestling at Rutgers University

2. Training mostly on the east coast, what school does Edgar train at when he heads to California?  American Kickboxing Academy

3. Six of Edgar’s last seven fights ended by Unanimous Decision. HOW did the ‘other’ fight end and at WHICH event was it?  Via TKO by Strikes @ UFC 73

4. Edgar wrestled at WHICH Toms River High School: North, South, East or West?  Toms River East High School

5. WHAT part of Edgar’s body was kicked off during a fight earlier in his career? And WHO kicked it off?  His Ear by Jim Miller

FiveOuncesofPain.com has several contests planned for the next few weeks and we have many unique prizes to giveaway!

UFC lightweight Frankie “The Answer” Edgar has recently launched a new website, www.frankedgar.com, which includes an expanded picture gallery, bio, and even a blog. On the site, you can also get a custom designed “The Answer” t-shirt or hoodie.
FiveOuncesofPain.com would like to give one of these custom “The Answer” t-shirts to a lucky reader!

Check out Frankie’s new website or other MMA websites to find “The Answers” to these trivia questions.

Contest is now over. Winner is #2 BG.

How to Win: be the first reader to correctly answer the five questions below.

1. Edgar has been an assistant coach for WHAT sport at WHICH New Jersey university?

2. Training mostly on the east coast, what school does Edgar train at when he heads to California?.

3. Six of Edgar’s last seven fights ended by Unanimous Decision. HOW did the ‘other’ fight end and at WHICH event was it?

4. Edgar wrestled at WHICH Toms River High School: North, South, East or West?

5. WHAT part of Edgar’s body was kicked off during a fight earlier in his career? And WHO kicked it off?

All answers MUST be posted in the Comment String of THIS CONTEST POST.

DISCLAIMER: Winner will be contacted via email (be sure to use a legit email address) and then must email their U.S. mailing address to 5 Oz of Pain. We will not ship outside of the U.S.

The UFC has recently launched a consumer feedback service called UFC BackTalk. It is a web based survey tool allowing the UFC to acquire key feedback from its fans. They want to know stuff like what kind of fan are you (casual, hardcore), how long you’ve been a fan of MMA, if you watch other promotions, where you watch UFC pay-per-views, how you use UFC.com, and a bunch of other touch points for their product. As a marketer, I am a big proponent of customer feedback. And since the main demographic of the UFC fanbase is males 18-35, utilizing the internet to gather this data is a logical step.

In their most recent poll, about UFC 87, one particular question stuck out:

Please rank these fighters relative to one another with regards to how much you enjoy watching them fight.
– Cheick Kongo
– Cain Velasquez
– Brock Lesnar
– Frank Mir
– Gabriel Gonzaga
– Heath Herring
– Minotauro Nogueira

You can only vote for each fighter and ranking once; meaning only one fighter in the list can receive a 7 (most enjoyable to watch) and so on down the line to 1 (least enjoyable to watch). I found this particularly interesting for a few reasons:

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Andrei Arlovski was in Chicopee, Mass., Saturday night hosting “Pavement Wars.” an MMA event put on by the National Amateur Fight League promotion. The fights were held outside, in a parking lot. This was a night of professional fights, with several fighters from the former Extreme Fighting International promotion on the card.

In the main event, Rhino Fight Team’s Mike Medrano won the vacant National Amateur Fight League welterweight title against local favorite Brenden Weafer by unanimous decision. Weafer, Full Contact Fighter Magazine’s 2007 Rookie of the Year, had his jaw broken by Medrano during the bout but hung on until the final bell.

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior was released this past Tues, 8/19, on DVD and Blu-ray. Randy Couture plays the big bad guy in the flick, Sargon.

This clip is a behind the scenes look at one of the fight sequences in the movie. Enjoy.

In our second installment of HDNet Fights’ Fight of the Week, we have a classic brawl between light heavyweights from Maximum Fighting Championships 16. Jason Kuchera (3-2) and Aron Lofton (3-0), two relative newcomers to the mixed martial arts game, go at one another with everything they’ve got in a bloody war. This may not be the most technical fight in the world but it’s damn sure entertaining.

The two fighters are new to the sport which usually always makes for an exciting fight and this one does not disappoint. Kuchera, a Canadian fighter who occasionally trains with UFC fighter Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald, has devastated his previous competition in MFC with all three of his victories coming by way of TKO in the first round. In Aron Lofton, however, he faces an aggressive brawler who is a natural athlete. Lofton played collegiate football and started out in combat sports by entering Toughman contests so you can only imagine the fireworks that take place when these two brawlers step into the ring against one another.

For more Fights of the Week and other great MMA content from HDNet, check out the HDNet Fights Video Vault.

Watch the latest episode on HDNet’s Inside MMA on FiveOuncesofPain.com. This week’s guest panel is UFC’s Martin Kampmann, UFC’s Amir Sadollah, and columnist Gary Herman.

Check out more mixed martial arts video in our Video page!