East Coast welterweight prospect Lyman Good is the latest fighter to formally sign a contract with the Bellator Fighting Championships, which has a television contract with ESPN Deportes. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the news on Friday morning following an e-mail to his manager, Michael Sachs. In August, Five Ounces of Pain was the first to report that Good... 

With Elite Xtreme Combat expected to promote four shows between Sept. 20 and Oct. 20, it has had the promotion’s fight team working overtime coming up with potential matchups as well as signing new fighters to contracts in order to fill up the myriad bout slots. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that one new fighter about to sign with the promotion is undefeated... 

In a new interview with MMAWeekly.com, welterweight Paul Daley has revealed he will return to the United States and compete for EliteXC during the promotion’s Sept. 20 event in Albuquerque, N.M. The event will be televised on SHOWTIME. “I will be fighting Sept. 20 in New Mexico, most likely against an undefeated ex-IFL fighter who cannot be named yet,”... 

FiveOuncesofPain.com is hooking you up once again! In partnership with the new MMA gear site BrawlMall.com, our readers will save 15% on all orders. (limited time offer) It’s simple – go to brawlmall.com, pick out some cool shit, then at checkout use the promo code - 5Ounces15 BrawlMall.com has signature styles from fighters Robbie Lawler, Jens Pulver,... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com broke its own single day record for page views on Sunday, July 20. Thanks in large part to the interest created by dueling MMA fight cards this past Saturday between Affliction and the UFC, 5 Oz. of Pain received the most amount of viewed pages since the site’s inception. Our previous single-day record was set on June 1, the day after... 

Make sure you come back to the site tonight at 9 p.m. ET as 5 Oz. presents a live chat event covering both UFC Fight Night 14 and Affliction: Banned. We’ll be on top of any breaking news that takes place before the event, and of course, we’ll have results after the event (note: we’re a sports news site so we will not have any spoiler warnings…... 

I will be joining host Mauro Ranallo today at 3:05 p.m. ET on Fight Network Radio to discuss the latest regarding Tuesday’s arrest of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on felony hit-and-run charges. You can list to Fight Network Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio or on HardcoreSportsRadio.com. I’ll also be a guest later this week with Brian Fritz... 

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Editor’s Update: This contest is now closed. The correct answers we were looking for: 1. Submission (if you named ALL of the different methods, we would have accepted that too) 2. Mark Hunt, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Semmy Schilt 3. 10. 4. 12 and Keith Jardine 5. Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski 6. Oregon, Republican  7. Onward to V by ICEPICK FiveOuncesofPain.com... 

Most people that read 5 Oz. do so during the weekday work schedule. Having worked in the corporate world before, I’ve done my fair share of web surfing on the job. Some call it slacking, but I say that it’s impossible to focus on work exclusively from 9-5. The brain needs a break. Some of you only check us out at work because you don’t have... 

CBSSports.com is currently running an “MMA King Quest” series in which several contributors to the site’s MMA section have voted on the top-25 fighters of all-time. The top 32 fighters have been seeded and an imaginary tournament to determine the number one fighter is ongoing. The readers are in charge of voting on which fighters will advance. You... 

My latest submission for CBSSports.com is now available. This week I take a look at the current status of the UFC’s talent-laden light heavyweight division and give my analysis on what I think is next for most of the division’s top fighters. Click here to fight out what I think is next for Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Quinton “Rampage”... 

The Fort Smith Convention Center in Arkansas signed a promotional contract with a group to put on several mixed martial arts bouts at its venue in June. It appears that convention officials and local MMA fans may have gotten a little more than they bargained for. According to a new report just published by the Association Press, it looks like someone may have... 

I don’t think the result of the Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson fight is cause to condemn the current judging system that currently exists in mixed martial arts. Not everyone is going to see the fight the same way. As I said before, I can live with the decision that was rendered and don’t have a problem with people who believe Griffin won the... 

In my weekly article for CBSSports.com, this week I decided to take a look at all the former IFL talent that has migrated into the UFC. Between Mike Dolce, Gerald Harris, and Dante Rivera on TUF 7; from Rory Markham, Brad Blackburn, and Reese Andy on the card for UFN 14; and Andre Gusmao debuting at UFC 87, the UFC has done some pretty big reaching into the IFL... 

While many states have decided to legalize the sport of mixed martial arts through regulation, it appears the state of Delaware is employing some backwards thinking by considering approval of a bill that would ban MMA. According to an article by Alexander Pyles of The News Journal, state Rep. Robert J. Valihura Jr., has introduced legislation that would ban “combative... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has established a new site record for page views in a month. Despite the fact that the month of June is not yet over, 5 Oz. still was able to supplant its old record, which was established last month. 5 Oz. of Pain is an independently owned site that currently operates without a marketing budget. As such, we are extremely excited about our... 

I’ve updated my rankings for the month of June. Below you will find my new pound-for-pound top ten along with my analysis of major changes made to my top ten in each individual weight class. Pound-for-Pound Top Ten Georges St. Pierre - St. Pierre avenged his loss to Serra in their rematch at UFC 83 but completely dominating him, just as he completely... 

I will be doing guest spots on two radio shows tomorrow (Saturday). First, I will be joining Luke Thomas as he debuts “Mixed Martial Arts Nation” on 106.7 WJFK FM in Washington, D.C. from 4-6 p.m. ET. I will be on at 4:20 p.m. ET If you are a true MMA fan and are in ‘JFK’s listening area, I implore you to not only tune in but to call in as well (800-636-1067).... 

Our fearless leader Sam Caplan is in Las Vegas right now, minutes away from getting his hands the unreleased UFC 2009 video game. Sam was invited by the gamemaker THQ to fly to Vegas, preview the game, interview key people involved with the making of the next-gen video game, and provide the readers of FiveOuncesofPain.com with an exclusive preview. Sam will provide...