Former UFC champion Rodriguez set to take on Warpath at May 8 PFC event

A heavyweight bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez and Ruben “Warpath” Villareal has been signed for a Palace Fighting Championships event in Lemoore, Calif. on May 8. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the matchup after speaking to a source close to one of the fighters Wednesday afternoon. The PFC show on May 8 will mark the second career matchup between Rodriguez... [Read More...]

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Aokiplata (pic) from DREAM 4

If you watched DREAM 4 on HDNet, you were amazed by the submission move Shinya Aoki pulled out of his bag of tricks. Bas Rutten was commentating and said he had never seen a submission like that ever before – it was a version of gogoplata from the top position. We here are Five Ounces of Pain are dubbing it the “Aokiplata” (read more here) UPDATE- some clarification on the move requested... [Read More...]

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DREAM.4 Results

“Love the One You’re With” is nice and all but the first fight starting 40 minutes into the card is a bit much. Even the UFC is like, “get on with it already.” Shinya Aoki def. Katsuhiko Nagata via submission (Aokiplata), Rd1 Aoki dominated taking Nagata down twice early. Moving into a dominant position and eventually mounting, Aoki used what looked to be a gogoplata... [Read More...]

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DREAM 4 Middleweight Grand Prix Promo

Get cised, folks. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DREAM 4 Middleweight Grand Prix Promo", url: "http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/14/dream-4-middleweight-grand-prix-promo/" }); Read More →

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Sam Caplan on MMRated radio; MMA regulation in NY, Noons vs Diaz preview, and more

Our founding father Sam Caplan chatted with MMARAted.com on a host of hot topics, including his revealing the apparent the UFC’s “mind-blowing” announcement and the status of MMA regulation in NY State. There is A LOT of mixed martial arts coming up and Sam breaks it all down… other topics they discussed are: Will Fedor and Syvlia fight for a title? The value of titles in MMA KJ Noons vs.... [Read More...]

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Mayhem Miller: Jacare “is overhyped”

Straight from the horse’s mouth, the always entertaining Jason “Mayhem” Miller has some choice words in an interview with Sherdog for his opponent this Sunday and for those who think he’s going to get slaughtered at DREAM 4: “This kid is overhyped, you know what I mean?” Miller says. “He fought a bunch of chumps, and now he thinks he’s awesome. So that’s... [Read More...]

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Ralek Gracie replaces Cacareco at DREAM.4

So it was announced by DREAM. Gracie was originally scheduled to face Mirko Cro Cop in a special grappling rules bout but Filipovic pulled out late due to “injury.” Don’t mind the quotes, I’m sure it was just a typo. Cacareco’s departure has been blamed both on problems obtaining a visa (his team) and him simply pulling off of the card due to jet lag (DREAM). BloodyElbow... [Read More...]

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DREAM 4 Middleweight Grand Prix Preview

DREAM 4 is this weekend and it’s the continuation of the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix, featuring Kazushi Sakuraba, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Melvin Manhoef, and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, among others. There’s also a special lightweight attraction with Shinya Aoki being placed on the card in a second round Lightweight Grand Prix bout against Katsuhiko Nagata. Let’s... [Read More...]

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Grappling match between Cro Cop and Gracie cancelled

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has pulled out of his scheduled grappling match with Ralek Gracie at Dream 4 due to some nagging injuries.The news comes from MMA Weekly via a report on Croatian news site, Dnevnik.hr. The report states that Cro Cop decided against the grappling match because he wanted to rehab some nagging injuries and focus on a July 21st MMA bout likely to be against former... [Read More...]

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More fights round out DREAM.4

With the Arlovski news of the day flying around, I will sneak in that DREAM.4 looks to be finished as more fights were added overnight on their site. Added for the event were bouts between Alistair Overeem and Tae Hyun Lee as well as a fight between Pancrase veteran Alavutdin Gadzhiyev and Alexandre “Cacareco” Ferreira. This brings the full DREAM.4 card on June 15th to: Alistair Overeem... [Read More...]

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Report: Cro Cop vs. LeBanner at DREAM 4

That’s the word according to the folks at Nokaut.com: MMA-ID (www.mma-id.com), proud sponsor of Mirko Cro Cop, has learned in the last few hours that Cro Cop will be facing dynamic heavyweight striker Jerome LeBanner. The bout is scheduled to take place at DREAMS 4 on June 16 in Saitama, Tokyo. LeBanner is 3-1-1 in mixed martial arts, last competing in 2006. This shouldn’t be an opponent... [Read More...]

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