It appears the Ultimate Fighter Season 12 is scheduled to culminate in UFC welterweight champ George St. Pierre defending his title against top contender Josh Koscheck in Montreal. According to Dana White, the bout will headline UFC 124 at the Belle Center on December 11th. News of the event was recently confirmed by the UFC [...]

With news recently breaking that Yushin Okami would test his chin against Vitor Belfort this November, fans of Chris Leben were left wondering what might be next for the Ultimate Fighter O.G. with “The Phenom” off the table. Enter Wanderlei Silva. In a match-up sounding as much like the title of a horror movie as [...]

When hard-hitting Brazilian middleweight Vitor Belfort recently made statements regarding an upcoming fight in November against someone other than current 185-pound champ Anderson Silva the speculation on who he might be facing immediately began. Belfort helped clear the matter up a bit last week by eliminating Chael Sonnen from the list of possibilities, leaving slugger [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 30, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced today that the promotion will make its debut in Pennsylvania when Philadelphia native and Bellator Lightweight World Champion Eddie Alvarez (20-2) squares off against former UFC star Roger “El Matador” Huerta (24-4-1) in one of the most highly anticipated fights of [...]

Sunday afternoons are always a good time for post-fight reflection and while thinking back on UFC 118 I noticed a particular trend: almost all of the fights were completely one-sided. I remember the betting odds and pre-fight picks around the internet in the days leading up to the fights and there were solid favorites up [...]

PRESS RELEASE / Chicago, Illinois – Bellator Fighting Championships officially announced today that the promotion will bring the first nationally televised, sanctioned MMA event to Wisconsin with Bellator 29, taking place in Milwaukee from the historic Rave-Eagles Ballroom on September 16th, 2010. The event will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Net with a highlight [...]

UFC 118 was a unique event for a number of reasons. Beyond its base of Boston, the show was also one where the results were set to impact the public’s perception of not only the sport but many of its top athletes. How would two former champions, one a boxer and one a Mixed Martial [...]

Lightweight Gabe Ruediger drew a few eyes and ears this past week when presenting Joe Lauzon with a cake during their face off at the UFC 118 weigh-ins. As it turns out, the baked good might make for an appropriate dessert for Lauzon after the Massachusetts native feasted on Ruediger’s arm a few minutes into [...]

Fans and fighters are pumped as the UFC rolls into Boston for the first time in promotional history! Join Five Ounces of Pain as we bring you live results as action unfolds at the TD Garden. Who will be next in line for the winner of the evening’s main event, Gray Maynard or Ken Florian? [...]

Though Jason “Mayhem” Miller has found a good deal of success in MMA against respected opposition, the host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” is perhaps known for his showmanship as much as his well-rounded set of skills. On September 25th, Miller will have a chance to put both to the test, as HDNet Fights CEO Andrew [...]

Iconic boxer James Toney has likely been to more weigh-ins in his life than he can remember, but it’s likely he won’t ever forget the proceedings for his bout against former UFC double-divisional champion Randy Couture for more reasons than the simply its relationship to his Mixed Martial Arts debut. Fans in Boston who showed [...]

Lisa Ward may have called Irish 125-pounder Aisling Daly a “bully” earlier this week, but in the end it was Ward who pushed Daly around for three rounds en route to a unanimous decision win over the previously undefeated fighter. The win brought Ward’s record to 14-5 and earned her a spot in the semi-final [...]

Who do you want to see Vitor Belfort face off against at UFC 123? How long will it take Randy Couture to shoot on James Toney? Will Bobby Lashley ever fight again? Are Ken Florian/Gray Maynard more deserving of a shot at the title than Frank Edgar if he loses the belt to BJ Penn? [...]

With this weekend’s headlines focused squarely on a boxer-turned-Mixed-Martial-Artist, former EliteXC/UFC fighter Kimbo Slice took advantage of the buzz to announce his intent to take do the reverse and try his hand – or fists as the case may be – at boxing. Slice took to Twitter to reveal his plans, saying he hadn’t completely [...]

Welcome back to another edition of “MMA Link Club”, Five Ounces of Pain‘s weekly smorgasbord of work from our brothers and sisters in the MMA community. Enjoy… “Shogun” Rua Out Until Middle of 2011 (Versus.com) Why Giving Sonnen an Immediate Rematch May be a Mistake (RunKalibRun.com) Tri-Star Trainer Firas Zahabi Talks Ken Florian (Heavy.com) Joe [...]

Survey a group of knowledgeable MMA fans about the prospect of Fedor Emelianenko squaring off with Alistair Overeem in a Strikeforce cage and nearly every one will tell you it’s a match-up they would love to see take place. Survey the lot of people in Emelianenko’s camp and you’d probably get a different story – [...]

Sixteen fighters slated to compete at tonight’s Bellator 26 event in Kansas City stepped on the scale late Thursday afternoon and all made weight, meaning the eight bouts listed for the card will go on as originally scheduled. Bellator 26 takes place in KC’s “Power and Light District” and features action from a pair of [...]

PRESS RELEASE / Amarillo, TX. – August 25, 2010 – Shark Fight Promotions announced today that UFC veteran Brock Larson will face Strikeforce sensation Tarec Saffiedine at the Shark Fights 13 pay-per-view event in September. “Shark Fights – Jardine vs. Prangley” will take place Saturday, September 11, at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas. [...]

Lisa Ward never quite seemed to fit in among her childhood peers growing up. As far back as the 115-pound fighter widely considered to be among the best female mixed martial artists in the sport can remember, she always seemed to have a problem blending in. “It was really rough because I was a little [...]

UPDATE – Five Ounces of Pain has been able to confirm with Strikeforce executives that Noons vs. Diaz II will be contested at 170 pounds and will be a title fight. PRESS RELEASE / SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2010) – A grudge rematch that fans, media, and the confident fighters themselves have been clamoring [...]