PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 24, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that top welterweight prospect Tyler Stinson will have a second shot at Bellator tournament action this Thursday night, officially replacing a non-medically cleared Rory Markham. Stinson will take on Iraq War veteran Steve Carl in a Season 4 Welterweight Tournament qualifier [...]

Former Strikeforce light heavyweight title-holder Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal will be sidelined for up to nine months after damaging his left knee’s ACL and PCL in last weekend’s “Strikeforce – Houston” bout against newly crowned champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante. Lawal is slated to undergo surgery next week to replace both ligaments. The upcoming medical procedure [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 23, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the signing of heavyweight prospect D.J. “Da Protege” Linderman to its rapidly expanding roster. The California native brings an impressive 8-1 record to the promotion and is currently riding a three-fight win streak. Although Linderman was signed after the completion of [...]

For as long as there has been professional mixed-martial arts, wrestling has been one of the most dominant disciplines in the sport. A good wrestler is able to nullify his opponent’s offense and control the fight, all while absorbing the minimal amount of damage. Athletes who experienced success in collegiate amateur wrestling have gone on [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 23, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the “Local Feature Fights” for Bellator 26 taking place in Kansas City, MO. at the Kansas City Power & Light District on August 26th. Headlining the local main event are Kansas City native and Bellator veteran Rudy Bears (11-5), who looks [...]

No one ever doubted Urijah Faber’s toughness and after hearing him casually explain the knee injury he suffered in July forcing him to sit on the sidelines until late 2010 you can see why. The former WEC featherweight champ discussed how the damage came about, how his rehabilitation has gone, and even his openness to [...]

PRESS RELEASE / SAN JOSE, CALIF. (Aug. 21, 2010) – The Strikeforce men’s and women’s welterweight champions Nick Diaz and Sarah Kaufman will return to the cage on Saturday, October 9th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The event will be shown live on Showtime (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Diaz [...]

In what’s becoming more of a pattern than coincidence, for a fourth time the long-awaited match-up between UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and Brazilian countryman Vitor Belfort appears to again be put on hold due to injury. Belfort, who has been out of action since September 2009, was first announced as the top contender to [...]

PRESS RELEASE / HOUSTON (Aug. 21, 2010) – Hard-hitting striker Rafael Feijao shocked Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion “King Mo” Lawal with a devastating third round knockout in Saturday’s Showtime televised main event at “Strikeforce – Houston”. In a tactical co-feature, world-class submission specialist Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza captured the vacant Strikeforce Middleweight Championship with a unanimous [...]

American Top Team middleweight Jorge Santiago won for the second time in the fifth round against Kazuo Misaki at last night’s Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 event after weathering yet another early storm in the bout to ultimately emerge victorious. The bout saw both men on the verge of defeat throughout the first four frames and [...]

FiveOuncesofPain.com will be on-site at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas to take in all the happenings at tonight’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event and report back live. Coverage of the show will begin prior to the first set of fighters touching gloves at approximately 6:00 p.m ET (4:00 PT). You can also watch the main [...]

Former IFL welterweight champ Jay Hieron has at last secured his release from Strikeforce after being kept on the sidelines since this past January. The news of Hieron’s newfound “free agent” status came via his Twitter account. “I finally got my release from Strikeforce… Y’all know what I’m about to do!!!!!!! I have been through [...]

Someone once said, “Everything in Texas is bigger.” Apparently a few of the fighters scheduled for tomorrow night’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event took that to heart, as more than one of the evening’s participants came in heavy. However, in the end, all were able to resolve the issue and each bout will take place as [...]

It stands to reason an individual might incur an injury or two while standing opposite in the ring from a highly-skilled opponent and exchanging blows for twenty-five minutes. That being said, as you might expect, both WEC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz and challenger Joseph Benavidez were included in a group of twelve WEC 50 fighters [...]

The four championship-competitors slated to test each others’ skills on Showtime at tomorrow night’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event sat down with media on Thursday to give one last take on their respective match-ups before fully focusing on the final few steps of preparation for the show. However, while the fighters were in attendance, absent was [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships returned again to its backyard at the historic Chicago Theatre with Bellator 25 for an action-packed night, featuring Season 3 Heavyweight and Women’s Tournament fights. Owning the fireworks of the night was Season 2 Welterweight Tournament finalist Dan “The Handler” Hornbuckle and UFC vet “Bad” Brad Blackburn in the special feature fight. [...]

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… Tim Kennedy Talks About Life as a Former Green Beret (MMAFighting.com) UFC Lightweight Champ Frank Edgar Opens Up About his UFC 118 Rematch Against BJ PEnn (FIGHT! Magazine) [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 18, 2010) — Top European middleweight prospect Dragan “Gagi” Tesanovic has officially been added to the Bellator Fighting Championships roster. Tesanovic brings a perfect 7-0 record to the promotion with five wins coming via TKO or KO. Tesanovic regularly displays a dangerous clinch game and very technical ground skills. [...]

On top of solidifying his spot as top contender to bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz’s title with a hard-fought win over Brad “One Punch” Pickett at WEC 50, Scott Jorgensen also took home the distinction of being the event’s top earner in part due to a $10,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus for the performance against [...]

Can Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante pull off an upset against “King Mo” Lawal at this weekend’s Strikeforce event? Should fans be worried about Shane Carwin’s possible past connection to a steroids distributor? What’s the biggest story coming out of last weekend’s veteran-packed “War on the Mainland” show? Is Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic a superior UFC 119 [...]