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MMA Weekly is reporting that Drew Fickett has had to pull out of his June 14 welterweight title fight with Jake Shields due to a knee injury. The news comes from EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw who was a recent guest on MMA Weekly radio. From MMA Weekly: “Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and the easiest [...] - [Read more]

View draft results HERE Ten rounds down and 10-12 more to go! That’s right, round 10 of Five Ounces of Pain’s first-ever Fantasy MMA Mock Draft is in the books. In case you’re new to the site , you can re-live the glory of the previous rounds. Click here for rounds 1 & 2 click here for round 3 click [...] - [Read more]

VIACOM and CBS chairman Sumner Redstone has spoken out about his network’s decision to begin televising mixed martial arts in the form of Elite Xtreme Combat on Saturday, May 31. The news comes courtesy of a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Redstone, speaking during a panel discussion about the sports industry at the Milken Institute Global [...] - [Read more]

Tito Ortiz made himself available for a Q&A session with The Sun in the U.K. and confirmed his plans to leave the UFC after his fight with Lyoto Machida at UFC 84: I’m getting ready for that fight right now, May 24th in Las Vegas , Nevada at the MGM Grand. This is the [...] - [Read more]

During last night’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” Brandon Sene became the latest fighter to be eliminated from the middleweight tournament after losing a very close three round decision to Dante Rivera. Courtesy of Spike TV, FiveOuncesOfPain.com was able to speak with Sene a day after the loss was shown on television. We not [...] - [Read more]

Sergio Non, USA Today’s resident MMA blogger, got the scoop on Aoki’s status for the second round of the DREAM lightweight grand prix: Aoki “wants to go on, but it’s up to the doctors,” said Mike Kogan, head of U.S. promotion for Dream’s owner, Fight Entertainment Group. The examination is scheduled for later on Friday — [...] - [Read more]

Monte Cox was recently a guest on MMA Weekly Radio and told them that Rich Franklin is considering a move to 205 lbs.: “Rich has to make a decision,” Cox told MMAWeekly Radio. “We’ve certainly considered going to 205 and seeing how he does up there.” “He’s fought almost everybody in the 185-pound division,” said Cox. “There [...] - [Read more]

Both UFC 84 main event participants have passed pre-fight drug testing, according to a new report by MSNBC’s David Avila. UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn and former champion Sean Sherk were both tested in their respective home states by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the report indicates. Keith Kizer, the executive director of NSAC informed Avila [...] - [Read more]

 View draft results HERE The first-ever 5 Oz. of Pain Fantasy MMA Mock Draft is really flowing at breakneck speed right now. You can now access the results of round nine below. Check back later today, because round 10 will be posted as well. In case you’re new to the site , you can re-live the glory [...] - [Read more]

This week’s episode starts out with a recap of last week’s fight between Tim Credeur and Matt Riddle. It was a very entertaining fight with Credeur coming out on top via armbar in the second round. Credeur tells Riddle that he’s one of the toughest opponents that he’s ever faced and tells the camera that [...] - [Read more]

TKO Xtreme is reporting that Canadian Jonathan Goulet will be facing off against Englishman Paul Kelly in a welterweight bout at UFC 85. Goulet is coming off a knockout victory over Kuniyoshi Hironaka at UFC 83 in Montreal. The fight earned Fight of the Night honors from the UFC and both fighters earned $75,000 bonuses for [...] - [Read more]

Matt Lindland is a busy man these days. He’s a fighter; a trainer; and a promoter. And if all goes according to plan, he could become a State House Representative in Oregon. Lindland, running as a conservative republican, recently launched his campaign, which you can find out more about at MattForOregon.com. In the meantime, [...] - [Read more]

According to Sherdog, Shinya Aoki will not be continuing on in DREAM’s lightweight grand prix due to a facial injury suffered during Tuesday’s fight with Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancante. There had been much speculation that Calvancante would step in to replace the injured Aoki and continue on in the grand prix but that now seems [...] - [Read more]

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned that former New York Giants fullback Jarrod Bunch has turned down an opportunity to fight former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro offensive tackle Carlton Haselrig during the undercard of EliteXC’s debut CBS show on May 31. Haselrig, who won his MMA debut against former IFL heavyweight Shane Ott on April 19, is without an opponent [...] - [Read more]

While conducting an interview with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Marcus Jones for CBSSports.com, the former NFL star revealed that he is next scheduled to fight on May 30 in Atlantic City, N.J. Jones will be a part of Florida-based World Fighting Championships’ “North vs. South” event at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in a [...] - [Read more]

Two fighters from Philadelphia’s famed Fight Factory fight camp have been added to the undercard of EliteXC’s first-ever “Saturday Night Fights” card on CBS television, a source close to the camp has revealed exclusively to FiveOuncesOfPain.com. The Fight Factory, started by head trainer Stephen Haigh, features both DREAM lightweight Grand Prix competitor Eddie Alvarez and [...] - [Read more]

What: WEC 34 Faber vs. Pulver When: June 1st ‘08 Where: Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA Here’s the latest on the WEC 34 event: Main Card Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver (WEC Featherweight Title) Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda (WEC Bantamweight Title) “Razor” Rob McCullough vs. Kenneth Alexander Mark Munoz vs. Chuck Grisby Undercard Chase Beebe vs. [...] - [Read more]

Middleweight Joe Doerksen is the latest fighter to be released by the UFC. The news comes courtesy of Sportsnet.ca, which received word of Doerksen’s release from the fighter himself. Doerksen is currently in the midst of a three fight losing streak that began this past August at WEC 29, was TKO’d by current WEC middleweight champion Paulo [...] - [Read more]

Normally I spend almost no time and attention towards covering the MMA media, because in the end, do the masses really care about my thoughts on other websites and other writers? You’re hear to read about fights and fighters, and I get that. However, I think I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that Josh Gross [...] - [Read more]

When I came up with this draft concept, I thought it would be fun. However, I had no idea that the staff would be into it as they are. We’ve got one guy, Ram, who has created spreadsheets and metrics for his rankings. Then, we have another guy, Adam, who has assumed the role of [...] - [Read more]