UFC middleweight Nick Catone has confirmed to the website iGuillotine.com that a previously scheduled matchup against Amir Sadollah is now set to take place at a UFC Fight Night event on Feb. 7. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has also confirmed through a source close to Sadollah speaking on the condition of anonymity that the matchup has indeed been finalized. Catone and... 

The UFC announced Tuesday that a middleweight matchup between Amir Sadollah and Nick Catone that had been scheduled to take place at this Saturday during UFC 91 has been canceled. According to UFC.com, Sadollah was forced to pull out of the fight due to a leg infection. Despite an exhaustive search, a replacement was not able to be secured and a decision was... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned from two independent sources in the last 24 hours that USKBA middleweight champion Nick Catone is expected to face Amir Sadollah at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 in Las Vegas. Bout agreements between Catone and Sadollah have not been signed but could be finalized by early next week. Both Sadollah and Catone have fighting roots on the East... 

UFC.com has announced three additional bouts for October 18th’s UFC 89. The Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) (UFC(R)) has added three thrilling bouts to the organization’s next UK super-show. It has been confirmed that Rameau Sokoudjou will collide with Luiz Cane in a battle of light-heavyweight strikers, Japanese submission expert Akihiro Gono will... 

Akihiro Gono, who pulled out of his fight with Jon Fitch at UFC 82, recently had surgery to repair his injured hand. He wrote about the surgery on his blog yesterday which was translated by Suki MMA: My operation went well and I left the hospital yesterday. I hope I recover soon. It was a 5 hours operation, cutting a part of bone in radius and transplanting it... 

From Akihiro Gono’s blog: I have a pain in my righthand from November(UFC debut fight) So I could not train enough I wondered it,Doctor checked my hand again,and This condition was so bad, Doctor ordered me to stop fight and all training. And operation is done. maybe in Junuary I am verry sorry,my fans and John Fitch…….. I will annnounce operation... 

MMA Mania has confirmed that top UFC welterweight Jon Fitch has signed a bout agreement to fight Akihiro Gono at UFC 82 and that he’s signed a contract extension with the UFC: Top welterweight contender Jon Fitch (15-2) has signed the bout agreement to fight Akihiro Gono (27-12-7) at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” on March 1 at the Nationwide Arena in... 

MMA Mania is reporting that Jon Fitch will be fighting on the UFC 82 pay per view card in Columbus, Ohio on March 1st, 2008: MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) learned earlier this morning that welterweight contender Jon Fitch (15-2) has been approached about fighting Akihiro Gono (27-12-7) at UFC 82 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 1. Fitch will... 

I was a guest during a taping of WhoopAss Radio last night. I will have the link for the show when it goes up. We spent a lot of time breaking down UFC 78 on the show and devoted some time to talking about Tamdan “The Barn Cat” McCrory. McCrory, who is featured in FiveOuncesOfPain.com’s “MMA Prospects” section, will be taking on...