5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The Duel
Welcome back to another edition of The Duel. This week we have 5 Oz. contributor and all around special man, Mr. Nick Travaglini. In the other corner we have 5 Oz. editor and contributor, Mr. Matt Cava. I should also note that Matt Cava is traveling on business to New York City so I will be filling in for him on the second half. LET US DUEL: 1. Michael Bisping will finish Chris Leben on Saturday. Cava:... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The Duel
Welcome back to another edition of The Duel. Joining me this week is nokaut.com editor and all around wonderful man, Randy Harrison. On the other side is 5 Oz. editor, contributing writer and blatant homosexual, Mr. Adam Morgan. Let us Duel: 1. Kimbo Slice’s defeat means doom for the EXC brand. Harrison: FALSE. I wouldn’t go so far as to say DOOM, but it’s certainly a fairly... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
Welcome back to another edition of The Duel. This week we have a special guest in the form of the host of the creatively named Jordan Breen Show on Sherdog, Jordan Breen. Battling him is a not so special guest but someone that enjoys sniping back and forth with him, 5 Oz. Michael Huckaby. We’ll be previewing EXC on CBS as well as recently announced bouts between Franklin and Henderson as... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
And welcome back to The Duel. This week we might not have had a great deal of news but we do have two excellent human beings. In one corner you have Sherdog’s Lotfi Sariahmed. In the other corner is his mortal enemy and 5 Oz. contributor Caleb Newby. Let us Duel: 1. Gegard Mousasi should be the second ranked middleweight in the world behind Anderson Silva. Newby: FALSE. I suggest that Huckaby... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
And welcome back to The Duel. This week I am joined by TKO Xtreme‘s Scott White and for half of the Duel by MMAJunkie‘s Dann Stupp. Dann was unable to be part of the second half as he had to fly out to the Playboy Mansion for an event. If you have a chance please pray for him as he has a very difficult life. FUN FACT: Dann did not get the nickname “Junkie” because it was... [Read More...]
Pros and Cons: UFC Fight Night 15 and Nonsense
So UFC Fight Night 15 has come and passed. A very enjoyable event and another one that people who didn’t view will deem “boring” because they see decisions were up and down the main card without understanding decisions can be entertaining. Below are the Pros and Cons of the event, plus other crap I felt needed to be said that may or may not wish to read at all. I’m going to... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
Welcome back to another edition of The Duel. Joining me this week is PunchDrunkGamer.com’s Dave Carpinello. We will be yelling at one another and as always your comments on the statements or opinions expressed are much appreciated. Let us Duel: 1. Evan Tanner’s death is the saddest story of the year. Carpinello: DEPENDS. It depends on who you ask. There have been several athletes from... [Read More...]
Mitsuhiro Ishida to make U.S. debut for Strikeforce
Strikeforce announced Sunday night that PRIDE and DREAM veteran Mitsuhiro Ishida will make his U.S. debut at the promotion’s Strikeforce at the Mansion II event in Beverly Hills, Calif. on September 20th against Justin Wilcox. Ishida, a strong wrestler who is regarded by many pundits as a top ten world lightweight, is probably best known for being the first man to ever defeat former Strikeforce... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
Welcome to the latest edition of the Duel. This week we will be previewing some bouts from UFC 88 as well as some news from the week. Keep in mind questions are made at the beginning of the week so very recent news is sometimes missed. My opponent this week in the Duel, an editor from nokaut.com Mr. Randy Harrison. Let us DUEL! 1. Randy Couture will stop Brock Lesnar in their bout at UFC 91. Harrison:... [Read More...]
Pros and Cons: Couture, Lesnar and random nonsense
CON: Randy Couture. Not that I don’t want to see him fight, it’s just as though he gave up. He realized certain fights and certain contracts weren’t happening and he crawled back, let’s not kid ourselves. Couture realized he was beaten and wants to come back for one or two big paydays and that is that. This isn’t about champion vs. interim champion. This isn’t... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
Battling this week are two arch enemies in the form of Adam Morgan and Caleb Newby. Both want to rip the others throat out so this is a solid Duel made of hatred. Let us start…. 1. Kimbo Slice will defeat Ken Shamrock in under 60 seconds. Morgan: FALSE. Kimbo will most certainly destroy Ken Shamrock in convincing fashion via knockout but it won’t be under 60 seconds. Yes, his chin is... [Read More...]
Rampage Jackson: “I’ve lost respect for Forrest Griffin as a man.”
Fighters Only Magazine got an interview with the previously hidden and now re-emerging Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. He discussed many things including a possible fight with Wanderlei Silva, his bout against Forrest Griffin at UFC 86 and the fact that he lost respect for Griffin for fully believing he won their fight and not talking about an immediate rematch: Jackson says that he has “lost... [Read More...]
Pros and Cons: The Olympics
I know many of you are not fans of other sports so I was told to keep this more or less to combat sports such as wrestling, judo and taekwondo. Adam Morgan and I are massive Olympic fans and we watch every event we possibly can. I’ll throw in more but I’ll try to keep this mainly in that fighting form even though that’s still not MMA and people will still yell at me. I DVR’d... [Read More...]
Will Thiago Alves make weight?
Michael David Smith over at MMA FanHouse asked UFC welterweight contender Thiago Alves what his current weight was and Alves responded that he’s walking around at 200lbs. “Right now I’m about 200,” Alves said. “That’s 30 pounds over my weight division, but it won’t be a problem for me to make weight.” UFC President Dana White gave Alves a smirk when I... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
Joining me, personally, this week is David Andrest. David is a contributing writer for mmajunkie and an all around successful dude. David will be a Colbert-like “formidable opponent.” LET US GO: 1. Thiago Alves would be dominated in a title bout against Georges St. Pierre. Andrest: FALSE. First off let me just say that I am one of the few that are not buying into the Georges St. Pierre... [Read More...]
Report: Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell at UFC 90
MMAjunkie is reporting that Josh Burkman vs. Pete Sell is set for UFC 90 in Chicago for the card’s untelevised preliminary bouts. Burkman has lost 3 of 4 bouts since cracking some journalists’ top 10 lists and a loss here could very well send him out of the UFC. Sell, 0-4 in his last UFC appearances, will be dropping down to welterweight to take the challenge. This seems to be a do or... [Read More...]
Jake Shields vs. John Alessio?
In an interview with nokaut.com, Jake Shields seemingly confirms his next title defense will be against journeyman John Alessio: Darrick: You just found out that you will be defending your title against John Alessio in about five weeks. What are your thoughts about this match? Jake: I’m excited to be back at it. I trained all year without getting to fight until July, so I’m ready. I... [Read More...]
Joe Lauzon not fond of Tapout
Joe Lauzon recently made a blog post stating his displeasure with the way his brother, Dan Lauzon, was portrayed on the Tapout show he recently appeared in: They did a horrible job of cutting up audio and chopping it into their own little story. They take bits of pieces of what everyone says, twist it out of context and then splice in clips of Dan saying “yea… yup… okay” to... [Read More...]
Official UFC 87 weigh-in results
Courtesy of the UFC’s official site. All fighters made weight and the show is good to go for Saturday night: Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. Jon Fitch (170) Heath Herring (250) vs. Brock Lesnar (265) Roger Huerta (155) vs. Kenny Florian (155) Demian Maia (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185) Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Rob Emerson (155) Tamdan McCrory (170) vs. Luke Cummo (167) Cheick Kongo (235) vs. Dan... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Presents: The DUEL
We have two wonderful guests this week in the form of the host of the Jordan Breen Show, Mr. Jordan Breen and Mr. BloodyElbow Luke Thomas. These two superstars in MMA will do battle for your amusement. How easy will they be on one another? Only one way to find out, LET’S DUEL: 1. Georges St. Pierre will finish Jon Fitch. Breen: FALSE. St. Pierre won’t bother standing for any length... [Read More...]
