The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 11 Recap
The show opens with a recap of last week’s fights between C.B. Dollaway and Cale Yarbrough as well as Tim Credeur vs. Dan Cramer with Dollaway and Credeur coming out on top. Amir Sadollah and Jesse Taylor await the winners in the semifinals and this week we’ll see the first of the two semifinal matches with Jesse Taylor taking on Tim Credeur. As usual every season, during one of the final... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 10 Recap
The show opens with a quick recap of the Amir Sadollah vs. Matt Brown fight from last week which Amir won via triangle choke in the second round. We see Jeremy May tell Rampage that he wants a rematch with Matt Brown and then also proceeds to tell Matt Brown that he wants a rematch with him while Brown is in the locker room directly afterward. He says something to the effect of why couldn’t... [Read More...]
Report: Matt Riddle vs. Dante Rivera at “The Ultimate Fighter” 7 Finale
According to MMA Weekly’s rumors section, a fight between Matt “Chipper” Riddle and Dante Rivera has been scheduled for The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale. The two jokingly talked trash to one another inside the house and now it looks like they will get to go at it inside the cage. Riddle, a Team Rampage member, beat a talented jiu jitsu guy in Dan Simmler, knocking him out and breaking... [Read More...]
Report: Kimmons replaces Sakara at TUF finale
A broken ankle has caused middleweight Alessio Sakara to pull out of a scheduled fight vs. Rob Yundt during live final for the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” MMAjunkie.com is reporting. According to the site, middleweight Rob Kimmons has been signed to a UFC contract and will make his debut in place of Sakara during the June 21 event vs. Yundt. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has also learned... [Read More...]
5 Oz. interview with TUF 7′s Matt Brown
During last night’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” Matt Brown became one of the latest fighters to be eliminated from the middleweight tournament after losing via triangle choke submission at the hands of Amir Sadollah. Courtesy of Spike TV, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was able to speak with Brown a day after the loss was shown on television. We not only were able to get Matt’s thoughts... [Read More...]
The Ultimate Fighter 7: Week 9 Recap
We’re into the quarterfinal matchups and we have four Team Forrest members fighting one another this week. That means two of them will train with Team Rampage and be cornered by Rampage and his coaches. Dana asks Forrest to make the decision but Forrest won’t do that so they flip a coin. Shouldn’t Dana know not to make the coach decide? Just flip a coin to begin with. Anyways, the... [Read More...]
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...]
