Alessio Sakara vs. Rob Yundt at TUF 7 Finale
According to MMA Junkie, UFC-vet Alessio Sakara will take on Rob Yundt at The Ultimate Fighter Season 7 Finale. The event takes place on June 21 at The Palms in Las Vegas and live on Spike TV. Sakara is currently 3-4 in the UFC, with one no contest. He has mild success in the light heavyweight division in the UFC, with most of his bouts ending inside the first round. He has recently dropped to the... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 8 Recap
The show opens with a recap of last week’s fight where we learn that the reason it didn’t go to a third round was because the judges scored the second round, where Pat Schultz didn’t do a thing but lay on his back and get wailed on, 10-8 in favor of Cale Yarbrough. We see Forrest Griffin go apeshit in the locker room after the fight is over because of comments made to him by both... [Read More...]
Undercard for “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ live three-hour finale officially announced
Spike TV issued a press release on Monday afternoon to officially announce the undercard for the live season finale of “The Ultimate Fighter 7” to take place on Saturday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV. Spike also announced that its telecast will be three hours. Matches officially added include a lightweight clash between of pair of Iowa natives in Spencer... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Exclusive interview: TUF 7’s Gerald Harris believes his fight was stopped early; talks about comedy career; shares thoughts on his IFL experience; and more
When the cast for “The Ultimate Fighter” 7 was officially announced several months back, one name that caught my eye was Gerald Harris. Harris was a former standout amateur wrestler who had recently transitioned to MMA when I first had heard about him. Despite not having a lot of experience, the IFL wanted to capitalize on his upside potential and brought him in as a middleweight competitor. Competing... [Read More...]
5 Oz Exclusive: TUF 7’s Paul Bradley Update
After getting kicked off of this season’s TUF 7 series due to a case of “mat herpes,” not much has been said about middleweight prospect Paul Bradley. He was signed to the EliteXC promotion before this season of TUF even aired and has been rumored to possibly be participating on the June 14th EliteXC card in Hawaii. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned from sources close to Bradley that... [Read More...]
The Internet is a TUF crowd… or maybe not
There seems to be a growing backlash towards the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter.” In seasons past, it made a lot of sense to me but it doesn’t make much sense to me now. I can find little fault with the episodes from the past two weeks. What hardcore fans are getting is exactly what they wanted: more fighting, less drama. Between this week and last, we’ve been able... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 7 Recap
At the beginning of the episode, Rampage is clearly happy to have control and wants to milk it for all it’s worth leading into the fight announcement. Since this episode will contain two fights, we head right into the first fight announcement. Team Rampage selects former IFL fighter Gerald Harris to face off against Team Forrest’s kickboxing specialist, Amir Sadollah. Rampage thinks the... [Read More...]
5 Oz. Of Pain interview with Luke Zachrich from “The Ultimate Fighter 7″
On last night’s edition of “The Ultimate Fighter,” viewers got to see not one, but two eliminations with Jeremy May losing via TKO in the first round to Matt Brown and Luke Zachrich losing via a second round TKO. Earlier in the day, Adam Morgan was able to catch up with May and Spike TV was also kind enough to put 5 Oz. of Pain in contact with Zachrich. I spoke with the former Division... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain interview with Jeremy May from “The Ultimate Fighter 7″
During last night’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” Jeremy May became one of the latest fighters to be eliminated from the middleweight tournament after losing via knockout at the hands of Matt Brown. Courtesy of Spike TV, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was able to speak with May a day after the loss was shown on television. We not only were able to get Jeremy’s thoughts on the fight itself,... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 6 Recap
This episode, as they told us at the end of last week’s episode, we have two fights on tap for the evening. First, we have Matt Brown vs. Jeremy May as we were told last week and another fight to be determined later. After the fight pick of Brown vs. May, Team Forrest is riding back in the van cracking jokes about how they’re going to end up telling their grandchildren about Matt Brown.... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain interview with Brandon Sene from “The Ultimate Fighter 7″
During last night’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” Brandon Sene became the latest fighter to be eliminated from the middleweight tournament after losing a very close three round decision to Dante Rivera. Courtesy of Spike TV, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was able to speak with Sene a day after the loss was shown on television. We not only were able to get Brandon’s thoughts on... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 5 Recap
This week’s episode starts out with a recap of last week’s fight between Tim Credeur and Matt Riddle. It was a very entertaining fight with Credeur coming out on top via armbar in the second round. Credeur tells Riddle that he’s one of the toughest opponents that he’s ever faced and tells the camera that he thanks Riddle for making him a better fighter. Credeur tells Riddle... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 4 Recap
When we last left you, Team Forrest’s Jesse Taylor secured a RNC to tap out Team Rampage’s Mike Dolce and take control of the house. Here are the teams, sans Dolce, coming into tonight’s episode: Team Rampage * C.B. Dollaway * Matt Riddle * Patrick Schultz * Daniel Cramer * Gerald Harris * Jesse May * Brandon Sene Team Forrest * Tim Credeur * Amir Sadollah * Jesse Taylor (Won) * Matt... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain Exclusive Interview with Paul Bradley from “The Ultimate Fighter”
Wednesday’s airing of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality television series on Spike TV was one of the most-talked about in recent memory. During the airing of the show, former University of Iowa wrestler Paul Bradley was dismissed from the cast of competitors after it was determined that he had an outbreak of Herpes Gladiatorum. Herpes Gladiatorum is a skin condition not uncommon within... [Read More...]
TUF 7 Finale Tickets On Sale
PreSale tickets for The Ultimate Fighter Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest go on sale today. UFC Fight Club members – buy tickets 4/17 @ 1pm EST. Newsletter members – buy tickets 4/18 @ 1pm EST. Presale Code: middleweight General Public – buy tickets 4/19 @ 3pm EST. Click for the latest TUF 7 Finale content on Five Ounces of Pain Read More →
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 3 Recap
Over the past two weeks, the first two shows have been all fights, either entire fights or highlights of fights. Now that we’ve got the field narrowed down to 16 fighters who are going to stay in the house, it’s now time to pick teams. Rampage wins the coin flip and Dana gives him the usual choice of either you can pick the first fighter or you can pick the first fight. Rampage goes with... [Read More...]
Report: Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens at TUF 7 Finale
MMA Junkie is reporting that a lightweight match-up between Spencer Fisher and Jeremy Stephens has been confirmed for The Ultimate Fighter 7’s season finale on June 21st. Fisher (20-4) comes to this fight after pulling out of a fight with Marcus Aurelio at UFC Fight Night 13 due to injury. His last actual fight was at UFC 78 where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Frankie Edgar.... [Read More...]
TUF 7 cast cut down from 32 to 16
After tonight’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest, sixteen fighters have been eliminated and sixteen will remain on the show to live in the house and compete for the contract. Those sixteen fighters are as follows: Mike Dolce C.B. Dollaway Nick Klein Jeremy May Dante Rivera Amir Sadollah Cale Yarbrough Paul Bradley Matthew Riddle Luke Zachrich Timothy Credeur Brandon... [Read More...]
Wednesday’s UFC TV ratings are in
Spike TV issued a press release Friday afternoon to announce the ratings for UFC-related programming that aired on Wednesday night. The one-hour premiere for the seventh-season of “The Ultimate Fighter” averaged a household rating of 1.3 and had an audience average of 1.7 million viewers. That’s only slightly above the final average for 2006, but where TUF cleaned up was in the male... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain on CBS Sports: Handicapping TUF 7
My latest CBSSports.com article is now available. With the latest season of “The Ultimate Fighter” having just premiered on Spike TV this past Wednesday, I decided to break down who I consider to be the favorites to win this year’s tournament. Click here to read my TUF 7 handicapping breakdown. Read More →
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