Shawn Tompkins Leaving Xtreme Couture?

It appears as though longtime Xtreme Couture striking coach Shawn Tompkins will be leaving the world famous Las Vegas based gym in the very near future. FiveOuncesofPain.com has been able to confirm through sources close to the situation that the widely respected coach has plans to part ways with the gym due to undisclosed circumstances. A former professional fighter and coach for the Los Angeles Anacondas... [Read More...]

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Kit Cope vs. Shawn Tompkins: The war of words heats up

It appears that we may have something brewing between Xtreme Couture striking coach Shawn Tompkins and upstart MMA fighter Kit Cope. Kit had stated in an interview with MMAJunkie radio on July 8th that he didn’t believe Carano could handle her upcoming opponent due to her training regimen and made a point to call out her entire camp at Xtreme Couture. “She’s gonna get her ass handed to her if... [Read More...]

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5 Oz. Video: Shawn Tompkins says he “doesn’t buy the Freddie Roach thing”

FiveOuncesOfPain.com is currently in Anaheim, Calif. to cover Affliction and M-1’s “Day of Reckoning” event that is scheduled for this Saturday. During the event’s pre-fight press conference in Los Angeles, the site conducted an exclusive video interview with famed MMA trainer Shawn Tompkins. During the course of the interview, Tompkins discusses the positives and negatives... [Read More...]

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Shawn Tompkins Interview Part III: “I look at B.J. Penn as one of the best boxers in the business

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 III, Tompkins shares his thoughts on new interim UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir’s improved striking at UFC 92; who he... [Read More...]

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Shawn Tompkins Interview Part II: “I kind made a career of doing what people told me not to do”

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 II of our interview, Tompkins continued his rebuttal to famed boxing instructor Freddie Roach’s recent critique of Fedor Emelianenko;... [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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EliteXC: “Return of the King” Promo (video)

This summer is really heating up as far as MMA action goes. We’ve had almost a month now where every weekend there has been at least one event. This weekend is no different as there’s three MMA events (EliteXC: Return of the King, Adrenaline MMA, and DREAM 4). EliteXC: Return of the King is featuring some pretty bangin’ fights like Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey, heavyweight prospect... [Read More...]

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Random Rants: Thoughts on Weekend Fights

There was so much MMA action from this past weekend that I am still catching up. The problem though is that this sport never stops. There really is little time to play catchup because each day brings a whole new list of to-dos. I was able to watch Eddie Alvarez vs. Andre Dida from DREAM.1, Phil Baroni vs. Kala Kolohe Hose at ICON Sport, and Jake Rosholt vs. Chad Jay from the Xtreme Fighting League. I’ll... [Read More...]

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