Lyman Good to face Michael Costa at Bellator 59
It’s been over six months since we’ve seen former Bellator welterweight champion Lyman Good compete, but that will change on November 26 when “Cyborg” returns to action against Michael Costa at Bellator 59. The bout will be a welterweight tournament qualifier for season six. Bellator officials confirmed the bout earlier today. Good was originally scheduled to fight Dan Hornbuckle... [Read More...]
Lyman Good facing Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 44
Bellator veterans Dan Hornbuckle (22-4) and Lyman Good (11-2) will finally face off next month at Bellator 44 after mutually successful runs in the promotion’s previous welterweight tournaments never quite led to a pairing in the cage. In addition to the standard pressure a bout brings the match-up will also serve as an eliminator for participation in next year’s 170-pound field. “Good vs. Hornbuckle... [Read More...]
Lyman Good confirmed for Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament
While the bulk of the bunch participating in Bellator Fighting Championships’ upcoming welterweight tournament will simply be targeting 170-pound champion Ben Askren’s belt, former title-holder Lyman Good appears as interested in avenging last season’s loss to Askren as he is once again strapping gold around his waist. Good’s involvement in this March’s tournament was officially announced... [Read More...]
Eddie Alvarez impresses in victory over Roger Huerta at Bellator 33
Eddie Alvarez and Roger Huerta stepped into the cage tonight and delivered on the pre-bout hype entering their Bellator 33 “Super-Fight”. The two maintained a frenzied pace for two full rounds featuring Alvarez getting the better of the stand-up exchanges, save for a single instance when he was dropped by a well-timed punch in the first. However, Huerta was unable to continue in the third frame... [Read More...]
Ben Askren fighting for welterweight title at Bellator 33
Season Two tournament winner Ben Askren will fight current Bellator 170-pound champion Lyman Good on at Bellator 33 on October 21st in Philadelphia according to a post on the former Olympian’s Twitter account. In addition to confirming the fight, he also sent a clear message to Good, saying, “Kansas city, Philly, or your back yard, it does not matter to me where we fight I am still taking your... [Read More...]
UFC 97: Live Results and Coverage
Welcome to FiveOuncesofPain.com‘s Live coverage of UFC 97: Redemption. Tonight’s event will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and it available worldwide on Pay Per View. Our Live Event Chat Room will be providing up to the minute live coverage of tonights 12 fights. You can enter the room and chat with other FiveOuncesofPain.com readers HERE. Tonight’s... [Read More...]
For Franklin, all Roads Lead to Anderson Silva
Rich “Ace” Franklin (24-3) has enjoyed one of the most prosperous MMA careers in the sports young history. He is a former UFC middleweight champion and has only tasted defeated three times in his career, at the hands of the undefeated Lyoto Machida and the best pound-for-pound fighter Anderson Silva (twice). Silva has dominated the middleweight division in the UFC since defeating Franklin... [Read More...]
Shawn Tompkins Interview Part I: “I just can’t see Arlovski winning the fight”
Shawn Tompkins is one of the foremost authorities in MMA on the art of striking and thanks to Jake Hattan, one of his managers at Denaro Sports Marketing, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was recently granted an opportunity to interview the Xtreme Couture striking specialist. In Part I of our interview, Tompkins discussed the preparations he’s current making in getting four fighters ready for Affliction’s... [Read More...]
Sokoudjou confirms matchup vs. Sobral for Affliction’s “Day of Reckoning”
Affliction Entertainment has added a light heavyweight bout between Renato “Babalu” Sobral and former UFC and PRIDE star Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou to its “Day of Reckoning” event set for Jan. 24. FiveOuncesOfPain.com spoke with Sokoudjou on Friday during the weigh-ins for the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter, where he stated that he had signed the bout agreement to face... [Read More...]
Lyman Good signed to the Bellator Fighting Championships
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 was on the verge of signing a six fight... [Read More...]
5 Oz. Exclusive: Lyman Good expected to sign six-fight contract with EliteXC
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 welterweight prospect Lyman Good... [Read More...]
Paul Daley to return to EliteXC on Sept. 20
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,” Daley is quoted as telling MMA Weekly.... [Read More...]
Save 15% on Robbie Lawler, Jens Pulver, Frank Mir signature t-shirts – 5 Oz of Pain Exclusive
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, Frank Mir, Kurt Pellegrino, Nathan... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain sets new single-day traffic record
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 EliteXC’s debut on CBS. A large... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain: Your headquarters for this weekend’s MMA action
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… just like ESPN.com doesn’t... [Read More...]
5 Oz. of Pain to appear on Fight Network Radio today at 3:05 p.m. ET
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 on “Between the Ropes.” Read More →
Jose Canseco vs. Vai Sikahema Video: New footage of Sikahema’s first round knockout
Win tickets to Affliction BANNED: Fedor vs. Sylvia – Trivia Contest (CLOSED)
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 wants to send a lucky... [Read More...]
5 Oz. Weekend Roundup: Babalu Interview; Thomas Denny feature; Baroni wins welterweight debut; matches set for UFC 89; and more!
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 Internet access at home. However, there... [Read More...]
Vote Now: CBSSports.com’s “King Quest” to determine the greatest fighter of all-time
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 can see the full rules and cast your... [Read More...]
