Urijah Faber heads the list of WEC 38 earners with $48,000
Urijah Faber may no longer have the World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight title but he once again topped the list of salaries at WEC 38 two weeks ago. Despite losing the title to Mike Brown back in November, Faber remains the WEC top draw and it reflects in his $48,000 payday. His opponent, Jens Pulver, whom he defeated for the second time in the past ten months, was the event’s second leading... [Read More...]
Palaszewski vs. Crunkilton to determine new number one contender for WEC lightweight title
A reported lightweight matchup between Bart Palaszewski and Richard Crunkilton to take place at WEC 39 on March 1 will apparently determine the new number one contender for the WEC lightweight title. The news is according to a report by MMAjunkie.com. If the matchup between Palaszewski vs. Crunklinton is made official, the winner is expected to challenge the winner of this Sunday’s WEC lightweight... [Read More...]
Hiromitsu Miura to return at WEC 38 vs. newcomer Edgar Garcia
Coming off the heels of his spirited title challenge against WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit at WEC 35 this past August, Hiromitsu Miura is finally set to return to action at WEC 38 on January 25 in San Diego, California against newcomer Edgar Garcia. Garcia was signed to the WEC after accumulating a 6-0 record while competing on the Arizona MMA scene. His most recent victory took place at... [Read More...]
Rob McCullough vs. Marcus Hicks WEC 38 matchup postponed
A widely reported lightweight bout between former WEC lightweight champion “Razor” Rob McCullough and Marcus Hicks that had been scheduled to take place at WEC 38 on Jan. 25 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif. has been postponed. FiveOuncesOfPain.com confirmed with news early Thursday morning with McCullough’s agent, Ken Pavia of MMA Agents. Pavia indicated that the... [Read More...]
WEC makes Faber vs. Pulver II and Varner vs. Cerrone official for Jan. 25
World Extreme Cagefighting officially announced Monday that WEC 38 will be held on January 25 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif. The event will mark the first time that the WEC has come to the market and fans in attendance will be treated to a rematch between former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber as well as Jamie Varner defending... [Read More...]
American Top Team’s Danillo Villefort planning move to WEC’s welterweight division
After a scheduled middleweight fight vs. Jake Rosholt had to be postponed due to injury combined with World Extreme Cagefighting’s announcement that the 185 pound division was going to be disbanded before year’s end, it appeared that the WEC career of American Top Team jiu-jitsu black belt Danillo Villefort might have been over before it started. Villefort was a finalist at the International... [Read More...]
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver II set for WEC 38 on Jan. 25
Multiple sources confirmed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com on Tuesday afternoon that a rematch between former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver is set to take place at WEC 38 on Jan. 25 in San Diego, Calif. Published reports had indicated that Faber’s next opponent would be up and coming featherweight prospect Jose Aldo but sources close to both Aldo... [Read More...]
Kaitlin Young responds to Dr. Sherry Wulkan of the New Jersey Athletic Control Board
On Monday, we printed an e-mail authored by Dr. Sherry Wulkan, one of the cageside physicians during Saturday’s debut of EliteXC on CBS. The e-mail was written in response to comments made by New Jersey Athletic Control Board legal counsel Nick Lembo and sent to directly to Lembo. We re-printed the letter with consent from Nick Lembo. After conducting an interview with Lembo and reading Dr. Wulkan’s... [Read More...]
5 Oz. Exclusive: Dr. Sherry Wulkan comments on Kaitlin Young and Scott Smith stoppages
After reading our interview with New Jersey Athletic Control Board legal counsel Nick Lembo, Dr. Sherry Wulkan contacted the NJACB with additional comments via e-mail. The NJACB forwarded that e-mail to us with permission to publish it. I am making that e-mail available here, but I wanted to add that 5 Oz. of Pain contacted both Kaitlin Young and Scott Smith to get their sides of the story. Young declined... [Read More...]
Exclusive: Kaitlin Young latest fighter to join EliteXC’s female division
Kaitlin Young is the latest fighter to be added to EliteXC’s female division, a source close to the promotion has informed ProElite.com (SamCaplan.ProElite.com). No decision has been made as to when she’ll make her EliteXC debut. She joins a women’s division in EliteXC that includes Gina Carano, Shayna Baszler, Tonya Evinger, and Julie Kedzie. Young, who trains in Minnesota out of... [Read More...]
