Light heavyweight competitor Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou can be added to the list of fighters recently released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. FiveOuncesOfPain.com first became aware of Sokoudjou having been dropped from the UFC roster last week but could not find a second source for verification. However, published reports have surfaced on the Internet... 

I’ve read one too many posts on this blog as well as others that are ripping Scott Ferrall and his performance as a ring announcer during this past Friday’s debut show for YAMMA Pit Fighting. While I have not seen the event in its entirety, I have watched clips online and have also seen the infamous Ferrall video that is currently making the rounds. Maybe... 

Pictures taken ringside at YAMMA Pit Fighting, 4/11/08, Atlantic City NJ. (click thumbnails for large image) Pics by freelance photog Andrew Gehman Check out Results and Commentary for YAMMA here.  Read More →

If you didn’t watch the inaugural YAMMA Pit Fighting then God has smiled upon you this day. It was seriously terrible. There was a novelty value for all of about 10 minutes but once it wore off you found yourself watching some very sloppy and very unexciting MMA, with terrible, terrible commentary. The show was a train wreck which I couldn’t take... 

The YAMMA The only thing that I took from the YAMMA is that it promotes a lot of takedowns. There were a lot of wrestlers on the card so that probably had something to do with the amount of takedowns, but more often than not, when a fight hit the lip of the YAMMA, it went to the ground almost automatically. It’s certainly not the “revolutionary fastest... 

Heavyweight Quarterfinals: Alexey Oleinik > Sherman Pendergarst, sub (choke), Rd1 (4:18) Chris Tuscherer > Tony Sylvester, decision Travis Wiuff > Marcelo Pereira, decision Ricco Rodriguez > George Bush III, decision “Master Fight”: Oleg Taktarov > Mark Kerr, sub (kneebar), Rd1 (1:50) Heavyweight Semifinals: Chris Tuscherer > Alexey... 

Here’s a quick video which reveals the “new” fighting surface that they intend to use at this Friday’s YAMMA Pit Fighting event in Atlantic City, New Jersey. To me it looks like Chuck Norris’ WCL surface with a cage around it, but what do I know? I’ll be interested to see how it works in MMA and how it plays out at Friday’s... 

Former UFC and PRIDE heavyweight standout Mark Kerr is still scheduled to take on UFC 6 champion Oleg Taktarov in a “Master’s Superfight” this Friday in Atlantic City, N.J. during YAMMA Pit Fighting’s inaugural show. Kerr was announced as a late replacement by YAMMA last week but his availability was immediately called into question after... 

This blog posting was published on April 3. You’re not reading some kind of old post that was accidentally re-published. Now that that’s out of the way, I can report that Bob Meyrowitz’s YAMMA Pit Fighting has issued a statement announcing that Gary Goodridge is off the card for their inaugural event on April 11 in Atlantic City at the Trump... 

A planned “Master’s Superfight” between Gary Goodridge and Eric “Butterbean” Esch scheduled for YAMMA Pit Fighting’s inaugural show on April 11 in Atlanta City, N.J. is the latest bout on the show to be altered. Goodridge was knocked out in the second round against Mu Bae Choi in Seoul, South Korea on March 30. When speaking... 

YAMMA Pit Fighting issued a press release today announcing that Ricco Rodriguez and Mark Kerr have been added to the promotion’s inaugural show on April 11 in Atlantic City, NJ. Rodriguez will participate in the eight-man, single-night heavyweight tournament while Kerr replaces Pat Smith in a Superfight vs. Oleg Taktarov. Updated: FiveOuncesOfPain.com (www.FiveOuncesOfPain.com)... 

More alterations have been made to YAMMA Pit Fighting’s debut card on April 11 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. FiveOuncesOfPain.com has confirmed with Nick Lembo, legal counsel for the New Jersey Athletic Control Board, that Maurice Smith has pulled out of the YAMMA Pit Fighting event due to illness. FiveOuncesOfPain.com announced yesterday that... 

Several alterations have been made to YAMMA Pit Fighting’s debut card on April 11 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ. Two unnamed fighters originally slated for YAMMA’s eight-man single-night heavyweight tournament have been scratched from the card for unspecified reasons. However, when contacted by ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com),... 

Sherdog.com has learned that UFC and Pride veteran, Don Frye has pulled out of YAMMA Pit Fighting’s inaugural event on April 11th. Frye was set to face fellow MMA legend, Oleg Taktarov in one of the two “Superfights” but he has now been replaced by 45 year old Patrick Smith. Smith (14-13) participated in the first ever UFC event where he was... 

According to the official website of upstart MMA promotion, YAMMA Pit Fighting, Strikeforce veteran, Rex Richards has been replaced by UFC veteran Kevin Jordan. Previously YAMMA had listed Richards as a member of the 8-man tournament set to take place on April 11th but he been removed from the “fightcard” section of the website but he still remains... 

Upstart MMA promotion created by UFC founder Bob Meyrowitz, YAMMA Pit Fighting has announced the 2 “Superfights” as well as the 8 competitors for the 8 man tournament that will take place in their first show on April 11th at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ. The competitors are as follows: Superfight 1 Don Frye (19-6-1) vs. Oleg Taktarov... 

More details pertaining to the formation of former UFC owner Bob Meyrowitz’s YAMMA Pit Fighting organization continue to surface. According to the February 11 print edition of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer, a second “Masters Division” match involving Eric “Butterbean” Esch vs. Gary Goodridge has been signed in addition... 

UFC pioneers, Don Frye and Oleg Taktarov are set to face off in YAMMA Pit Fighting’s first “Master Fight” according to MMAjunkie.com. YAMMA Pit Fighting is a new MMA organisation founded by UFC creator, Bob Meyrowitzand it will hold its first show on April 11 in the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A heavyweight tournament featuring... 

When Bob Meyrowitz’s new YAMMA Pit Fighting promotion made the announcement earlier this week that they’d be promoting a single-night heavyweight tournament on April 11 in Atlantic City, it raised a lot of eyebrows. While California approved the use of single-night four-man tournaments last year, most commission states frown upon the single-night... 

Details are now emerging in regard to former UFC owner Bob Meyrowitz’s attempt to return to the mixed martial arts business. ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com) received a press release this morning announcing that the name of Meyrowitz’s new promotion is “YAMMA Pit Fighting.” YAMMA Pit Fighting has scheduled its first event for April...