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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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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.” SHARETHIS.addEntry({... [Read More...]

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Jose Canseco vs. Vai Sikahema Video: New footage of Sikahema’s first round knockout

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jose Canseco vs. Vai Sikahema Video: New footage of Sikahema’s first round knockout", url: "http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/07/16/jose-canseco-vs-vai-sikahema-video-new-footage-of-sikahemas-first-round-knockout/" }); Read More →

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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...]

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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...]

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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...]

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5 Oz. of Pain on CBS Sports: Forecasting the future of the UFC Light Heavyweight division

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” Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, and others. I... [Read More...]

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Arkansas MMA fans receive quite the surprise

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 pulled a fast one on the convention center... [Read More...]

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Random Ranting: How to fix the judging and rule making process in MMA

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 fight. I scored the fight on my own, as... [Read More...]

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5 Oz. of Pain on CBS Sports: IFL’s impact greater than some realize

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 well. Despite all the former IFL talent... [Read More...]

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Delaware considering a ban on MMA

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 fighting” in Delaware. The... [Read More...]

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