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Buried at the end of Dave Meltzer’s latest column at Yahoo! Sports regarding the health of the MMA business is this little tidbit about DREAM’s possible plans to put a fight together between Japan’s most hated fighter, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and their most beloved foreign fighter, Mirko Cro Cop: Under the gun to draw ratings, the company [...] - [Read more]

After Rampage Jackson’s police chase hit and run incident in Costa Mesa, much speculation was going on in the MMA circles that he had split with his manager and trainer Juanito Ibarra. Josh Gross is now reporting that as fact in his new SI.com article: With defeat as the impetus, Jackson responded to rough terrain by [...] - [Read more]

ProElite, Inc., the parent company of Elite Xtreme Combat, declared via a filing with the Securities Exchange Committee that both Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Doug DeLuca and EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw have resigned from the company. According to the filing, restated service contracts were agreed upon with DeLuca and Shaw on July 23. Both [...] - [Read more]

UFC light heavyweight James Irvin tested positive for non-approved painkillers Methadone and Oxymorphone during a UFC Fight Night 14 post-fight urinalysis, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. FiveOuncesOfPain.com confirmed the test results with NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer after reading reports online. As a result of the allegations, Irvin has been suspended temporarily. He is subject [...] - [Read more]

Spike TV issued a press release Tuesday afternoon announcing that its re-airing of UFC 84 this past Saturday drew more viewers than CBS and EliteXC’s “Saturday Night Fights” in the key demographic of males 18-34. According to the release, UFC 84 outdrew “Saturday Night Fights” in the male 18-34 demo by 27% with Spike totaling 433,00 [...] - [Read more]

EliteXC’s next card will be a ShoXC event scheduled for August 15 and will feature five bouts to be televised on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET from the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, Calif. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of the finalized card after speaking with EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw on Tuesday afternoon. According to Shaw, the card will [...] - [Read more]

PRO: Magical blood on the mat. OMG where did it come from!? I wonder what prelim had so much blood. Will I get to see it? Was it stopped? Oh the questions are endless and the temptation? Palpable. There is something magical about that start of the show [...] - [Read more]

At first glance, it appeared that Affliction’s first-ever pay-per-view on July 19 in Anaheim was a relative success story. It was announced that the Honda Center sold out for “Banned” and Tom Atencio, the company’s Vice President, stated that PPV buys were expected to be over 100,000. While the 100,000 mark would have been well short [...] - [Read more]

A light heavyweight clash between former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and former UFC light heavyweight title contender Renato “Babalu” Sobral is close to being added to the card of Affliction’s next show, according to a report by Yahoo! Sports’ Steve Cofield. The proposed Ortiz vs. Sobral bout would co-headline Affliction’s Oct. 11 show at [...] - [Read more]

Multiple sources have revealed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com in the last 24 hours that former UFC and WEC veteran John Alessio has signed a three fight contract with EliteXC. Alessio, 23-11, according to Sherdog’s fight finder, last competed on June 20 during Banner Promotions’ “Night of Combat” at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Headlining a [...] - [Read more]

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When: Oct. 25, ‘08 Where: Allstate Arena; Chicago, IL Watch: PPV Here’s the latest on UFC 90: Anderson ”Spider” Silva vs. Patrick Cote @ 185lbs (UFC Middleweight Title) Thiago Alves vs. Diego Sanchez @ 170lbs Check out more UFC 90 content on 5 Oz. of Pain. - [Read more]

The fallout from the IFL debacle continues as Sherdog is reporting that former IFL lightweight champion Ryan Schultz is headed to the Japanese Sengoku promotion. He will start out in the promotion by competing in their first ever 8-man lightweight grand prix. The opening round of the grand prix takes place on August 24 in [...] - [Read more]

I just read a sign of the times in regard to MMA drawing new fans to the sport. In an article on BleacherReport.com, J. Michael Morris actually takes a shot at Anderson Silva for something that is just completely silly: What in the H-E-double hockeysticks was Anderson Silva doing at the EliteXC fight on Saturday [...] - [Read more]

The UFC has officially announced the long figured news that UFC 89 from Birmingham, England will air on SpikeTV free in the United States on tape delay. MMAWeekly is also stating a rumored bout between Brandon Vera and Keith Jardine in the light-heavyweight division is now also confirmed for the event. The bout is much [...] - [Read more]

Tim Sylvia recently conducted an interview with The Houston Chronicle and stated he believes he’ll be a part of Affliction’s second show on October 11th. Other topics include his thoughts on WAMMA as a unified MMA world championship, a future rematch with Fedor Emelianenko and the difference between the UFC and Affliction is it pertains to [...] - [Read more]

For the second time, Scott Smith dropped a measured elbow to the crown of Robbie Lawler’s head.  And for the second time, that sucker split wide open. Check out the gash and the bruising on Lawler’s noggin.  Robbie states the first cut had to be closed with staples; no doubt he’s headed back to [...] - [Read more]

Dave Carmichael of the Carmichael Dave Show on KHTK in Sacramento is reporting that EliteXC middleweight Scott Smith suffered a broken hand during the first round of Saturday’s main event rematch against EliteXC middleweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. According to Carmichael, Smith is scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday. - [Read more]

Alistair Overeem has made no secret about his interest in fighting former UFC and PRIDE knockout artist Mirko Cro Cop, going so far as to call the Croatian out after a win over Tae Kyun Lee in his DREAM.4 bout. Cro Cop recently responded in a blog post stating among other things: I was asked by the [...] - [Read more]

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the UFC has informed them that UFC 90 will be held on October 25 in Chicago at Allstate Arena and will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between current champion Anderson Silva and challenger Patrick Cote. Silva was originally supposed to face off against Yushin Okami but Okami [...] - [Read more]