Five Ounces of Pain » Steve Bruno http://fiveouncesofpain.com Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Matt Riddle vs. Steve Bruno added to UFN 17 in February http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/04/matt-riddles-april-return-set-to-take-place-vs-steve-bruno/ http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/04/matt-riddles-april-return-set-to-take-place-vs-steve-bruno/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:07:01 +0000 Sam Caplan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=10631 An alumnus from the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter, Matt Riddle had been scheduled to make his welterweight debut in a UFC 91 matchup this past November against Ryan Thomas. However, a serious knee injury sustained while training forced Riddle off the card and created an opening for fellow TUF 7 veteran Matt Brown.

Riddle has been making progress in his recovery from the injury and sources close to 22-year old fighter have informed FiveOuncesOfPain.com that he’s expected to return to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 17 on February 7 against Steve “Hollywood” Bruno.

The fight will mark just the second bout of Riddle’s pro career with his official debut having taken place during the live finale for the seventh season of TUF this past June. Matched up against veteran Dante Rivera, the former standout collegiate wrestler was able to defeat his vastly more experienced opposition with a unanimous decision victory.

Bruno improved his overall pro MMA record to 12-4 following his second round submission win over Johnny Rees during “UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops” in Fayetteville, North Carolina on December 10.

A five-year veteran of the Navy, Bruno was involved in a helicopter accident in September of 2002 in the Middle East in which he credited the Army for help saving his life.

“When we crashed, the Navy helicopter that medevacked us to Kuwait ended up getting lost on the way there,” Bruno began to tell CBSSports.com last month in a special column covering the Armed Forces veterans who fought at UFN 16. “We had to shut down and they put us in an Army helicopter and they were able to find the hospital. I owe the Army — they basically saved my life.”

Bruno trains out of American Top Team in Florida and is 1-1 lifetime in the UFC with his debut having been a unanimous decision loss to Chris Wilson at UFC 87 this past August. In addition to competing for the UFC, Bruno has also fought for the IFL, MFC, and Spirit MC in South Korea.

UFN 17 will emanate from the University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida with the current card reported to be the following:

  • Joe Lauzon vs. Hermes Franca
  • Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer
  • Amir Sadollah vs. Nick Catone
  • Cain Velasquez vs. Denis Stojnic
  • Anthony Johnson vs. Luigi Fioravanti
  • Jake Rosholt vs. Alessio Sakara
  • Rich Clementi vs. Gleison Tibau
  • Kurt Pellegrino vs. Rob Emerson
  • Matt Riddle vs. Steve Bruno
  • Matt Grice vs. George Sotiropoulos
]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/01/04/matt-riddles-april-return-set-to-take-place-vs-steve-bruno/feed/ 8 Bits ‘n’ Pieces: UFC vets have mixed results in smaller shows http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/bits-n-pieces-ufc-vets-have-mixed-results-in-smaller-shows/ http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/bits-n-pieces-ufc-vets-have-mixed-results-in-smaller-shows/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:03:50 +0000 Sam Cupitt http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/03/08/bits-n-pieces-ufc-vets-have-mixed-results-in-smaller-shows/ March 7th was a very busy day for two smaller MMA promotions with a number of UFC castaways and underachievers trying to work their way back up the ladder.

Rage In The Cage 105: Friday Night Fights was headed up by the always volatile Melvin Guillardwho was staying true to the promise he made in recent interviews of fighting at a higher weight (170 lbs.) in an effort to avoid jeopardising his place in the UFC. “The Young Assassin” was victorious over his opponent, Eric Regan via unanimous decision.

Guillard was coming off, to put it bluntly, a terrible 2007 in which he accused Joe Stevenson of taking HGH before having to retract the statement after he admitted he had no proof. He was then choked out in 27 seconds by the TUF 2 winner and tested positive to cocaine after the fight. He served an 8 month suspension before making his comeback fight against heated rival, Rich Clementi. In a spiteful affair, Clementi once again exposed Guillard’s weak submission defense when he scored a rear naked choke victory at 4.40 of the first round.

Guillard had this to say post-fight: (from Sherdog.com)

“Eric is tough,” Guillard said. “A lot of guys out here wouldn’t take this fight. I caught him with some good stand-up strikes; he just wouldn’t go down. He has a hard chin.”

“The UFC is still my home,” he continued. “I’m grateful they are letting me participate in outside shows. In my last two fights I got caught thinking too much.”

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AFL: Erupption featured a number of recognisable fighters such as TUF veterans, Rory Singer and Dan Christison, as well as UFC lightweights, Junior Assuncao and Diego Saraiva.

Dan “The Sandman” Christison kicked off proceedings for the UFC veterans as he scored a 2nd round TKO victory over his opponent, John LeBlanc. Singer however was not able to continue the trend as he succumbed to a painful kneebar submission to Chilo Gonzalez.

Junior Assuncao, who was coming off of a submission loss to Nate Diaz scored himself a 3rd round submission victory via guillotine choke over Steve Sharp. In the night’s main event, Diego Saraiva made light work of Joe Ammerman as he scored a rear-naked choke victory early in the first round to capture the AFL lightweight championship.

Also on the card was featherweight stand out, Rafael Assuncao who obtained a quick first round submission victory (arm bar) over opponent, Aaron Williams.

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