B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez in the works for UFC 105

A lightweight title bout between UFC 155 pound champion B.J. Penn and Diego Sanchez is currently in the works for UFC 105. According to a recent report on the Fighters Only Magazine official website, Sanchez has recently been offered the match-up, although nothing has been agreed to at this time. UFC 105 will take place in Manchester, England on November 14. Also rumored for the card is a middleweight... [Read More...]

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Someone Did Lose the Sanchez-Guida Fight

A night after one of the best slugfests in recent UFC history, I am reading column after column that no one lost the fight. That isn’t accurate. I watched the fight. Clay Guida lost. Diego Sanchez landed more power shots, totally dominated the first round and won the fight. My point is let’s not sit here and pretend that Diego Sanchez didn’t win that fight because it takes away from his impressive... [Read More...]

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Report: Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida to headline TUF 9 finale

An intriguing lightweight battle between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida has been signed to headline the live finale for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter on June 20 at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas. News of the bout was first reported by Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com. Sanchez improved to 20-2 following last month’s unanimous decision victory over Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 in London, England.... [Read More...]

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Dolan: A New Nightmare

If there were any questions surrounding Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez’s debut at lightweight going into his fight with Joe “Daddy” Stevenson, they were all certainly answered following the bout. Sanchez, the original winner of The Ultimate Fighter at middleweight, was taking a big risk dropping down to lightweight. Naturally walking around at 190 pounds, many thought the drop... [Read More...]

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UFC 95 Video: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson

Courtesy of ESPN.com and the UFC is video featuring interviews with lightweight competitors Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson, who will be going head-to-head this Saturday in the main event of UFC 95. Joe Stevenson Interview: Deigo Sanchez Interview: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "UFC 95 Video: Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson", url: "http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/16/ufc-95-video-diego-sanchez-vs-joe-stevenson/"... [Read More...]

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Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson to fight at main event of UFC 95

Two former winners from the The Ultimate Fighter are set to square off. UFC President Dana White confirmed the top fight for the February 21 show during while being interviewed by 15Rounds.com and FiveOuncesOfPain.com. “The London main event is Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Stevenson,” said White. The interesting part about this match is that it will be Sanchez’s lightweight debut. After... [Read More...]

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Diego Sanchez’s debut at lightweight could come against Joe Stevenson

A matchup between winners from the first and second seasons of The Ultimate Fighter could be in store for UFC 95, according to a report by Sherdog.com. Sherdog’s Greg Savage is reporting that former welterweight title contender Diego Sanchez has made a verbal commitment for his first-ever bout in the 155 pound division to come against Joe Stevenson. Savage adds in his report that bout agreements... [Read More...]

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Dana White confirms Diego Sanchez’s move to lightweight

UFC President Dana White confirmed Tuesday that Diego Sanchez will be leaving the promotion’s welterweight division in order to compete under the UFC banner as a lightweight. White made the announcement when asked by a fan about Sanchez’s next fight during a special Q&A session held at the Sports USA Bar in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sanchez recently indicated in a blog posted on his... [Read More...]

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Diego Sanchez possibly moving to lightweight

It was a message that was short and sweet. In a blog posting on his official MySpace account, Diego Sanchez — or someone posting under his identity — claimed that he’s not only back in the gym, but is preparing to make his return to the UFC in a new weight classes. “I’m training hard and will be dropping down to fight at 155,” the message reads in a blog posting... [Read More...]

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Diego Sanchez out of UFC 90 match-up with Thiago Alves; to be replaced by Josh Koscheck

Multiple sources have confirmed that Diego Sanchez is out of his fight at UFC 90 against Thiago Alves. Sanchez pulled out of the fight due to torn rib cartilage and will be replaced on the Oct. 25 fight card at the Allstate Arena by fellow TUF 1 alum Josh Koscheck. Koshcheck had been scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night 16: “UFC Fight for the Troops” on Dec. 10 in Fayetteville, N.C. against... [Read More...]

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UFC 84 to air during CBS Saturday Night Fights

MMAmania is reporting that SpikeTV will air UFC 84: Ill Will (Penn vs Sherk) at the same time CBS runs their second installment of Saturday Night Fights (Lawler vs Smith II) on July 26th.This comes one week after UFC will run counter programming in the form of Anderson Silva vs James Irvin to battle Affliction: Banned on PPV. I’m someone that says competition is never a bad thing and only... [Read More...]

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Penn and Sherk post-UFC 84 video

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(Video) Silva and Machida talk UFC 84 wins

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Video: Tito Ortiz during post-UFC 84 press conference

Below is video of Tito Ortiz following his unanimous decision loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 84. Yes, you can actually see what all the fuss was regarding Ortiz’s behavior just prior to the start of the UFC 84 post-fight press conference: I wanted to give a special hat tip to “Mr. Sunshine” Steve Cofield, as I found the video through his blog. Steve has been a tremendous supporter... [Read More...]

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Memo to Everyone: Machida is not Starnes

I’ve been perusing various MMA blogs, websites, and forums over the past few days and am beginning to see a common theme regarding Lyoto Machida. Either you love him and his style or you hate him and his style. There doesn’t seem to be any in-between. You think he’s boring? That’s fine. You think he’s fun to watch? That’s all good and well too. I, for one, enjoy... [Read More...]

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UFC 84 Accumulates $3.7 Million at Gate

MMA Weekly is reporting that the UFC gathered a total of $3.7 million at the live gate last night for UFC 84: “Ill Will”.  UFC President Dana White reported the figure at the post-event press conference at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Title fight featuring former champ Sean Sherk against the current strap holder B.J. Penn. Though... [Read More...]

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Tito Ortiz offered UFC contract prior to UFC 84

FiveOuncesOfPain.com was informed by Rear Naked Radio, a weekly MMA show heard every Saturday from 7-9 p.m. CT on Live 105.3 FM in Dallas, that former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz was offered a contract by the UFC in the days leading up to last night’s fight against Lyoto Machida. While listening to the initial portion of an audio clip forwarded by Rear Naked Radio, Ortiz begins... [Read More...]

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Fight Critic: Breaking down UFC 84

While there were no fight of the year candidates and the presence of several lulls during some of the fights, UFC 84 was still an excellent show that was full of drama and excitement.I will have a rundown of all the fights later in this piece, but as usual, I will first break the show down from a production standpoint. First, I noticed a tremendous improvement on the HD telecast. The way UFC 84 looked... [Read More...]

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UFC 84 Video: Ortiz and Jameson discuss UFC 84 post-fight press conference drama

Thanks to our friends at Rear Naked Radio, we have received permission to run video of an interview they conducted with Tito Ortiz immediately after all of the post-UFC 84 press conference drama. Ortiz’s girlfriend, Jenna Jameson, was also very vocal as well as the two gave their side of the story. I want to remind everyone to check out Rear Naked Radio every Saturday night in Dallas from 7-9... [Read More...]

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UFC 84: Ortiz “crashes” post-fight presser

According to Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports, it appears there was a lot of drama between Tito Ortiz and the UFC during the post-UFC 84 press conference: The 33-year-old former UFC light heavyweight champion showed up, uninvited, with UFC official Jennifer Wenk asking him to leave and not cause a scene. Ortiz at first refused, but after some pleading, got up and seemed to act like he’d made his point... [Read More...]

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