Jorge Gurgel’s seven fight tenure in the UFC recently ended following consecutive losses to Cole Miller at UFC 86 and Aaron Riley at UFC 91. Soon after the loss to Riley – a bout in which he garnered a $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus – the UFC moved to purge Gurgel from its roster. However, Gurgel’s gutsy performances in the Octagon clearly made... 

The UFC may have released Jorge Gurgel, but Gurgel’s time out of work did not last long. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that just a few minutes later following his release, Gurgel signed a multi-fight deal with the Strikeforce organization. Gurgel had a string of exciting fights in the UFC culminating with the unanimous decision loss to Aaron Riley at... 

The Ultimate Fighting Championship officially awarded its traditional “Fight Night” bonuses to four fighters upon the completion of its successful UFC 91 event last night. Despite lofty projections for PPV sales of the event, officials with the promotion awarded $60,000 bonuses after having awarded $70,000 bonuses during last month’s UFC 90... 

UFC.com has announced three additional bouts for October 18th’s UFC 89. The Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) (UFC(R)) has added three thrilling bouts to the organization’s next UK super-show. It has been confirmed that Rameau Sokoudjou will collide with Luiz Cane in a battle of light-heavyweight strikers, Japanese submission expert Akihiro Gono will... 

Wanderlei Silva won the knockout of the night - and deservedly so - for his thirty-six second destruction of Keith Jardine. However, up until that point, it was another man who was tabbed for the 75k bonus. Shane Carwin had KO of the night up until Wanderlei (Silva),” said Dana White. Carwin looked extremely impressive in taking out Christian Wellisch... 

MMA Weekly is reporting in its rumors section that recent UFC acquisition, Shane Carwin will make his UFC debut against Christian Wellisch at UFC 84: Ill Will. Carwin has a perfect 8-0 record and was both a Division II wrestling champion and a two-time All-American in football. The news of the UFC signing Carwin was exclusively reported right here, at FiveOuncesOfPain.com. His... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com (www.FiveOuncesOfPain.com) has learned that the UFC has signed highly-touted heavyweight prospect Shane Carwin to a multi-fight contract. Carwin confirmed the news when contacted for comment. Carwin has gained recent national attention thanks in large part to a perfect 8-0 record that includes victories over current IFO heavyweight champion... 

Various sites have picked up on a listing on Showtime’s website that is advertising undefeated heavyweight prospect Shane Carwin as the opponent for Antonio Silva on EliteXC’s next show on February 16 in Miami. ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com) has learned that Carwin has not signed with EliteXC and that an opponent for Silva has yet to be determined.  Read More →