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The Winner of our latest Caption Contest sponsored by EFK Nutrition is # 184 sasquatch_nfld for his caption of the pic of a very dapper Georges St. Pierre: “MMA…anything less would be uncivilized.” Reader “sasquatch_nfld” has won $150 worth of health supplements from EFK Nutrition. We had a lot of really good entries and went back and forth on [...] - [Read more]

Matt Lindland’s Oregon-based Sportfight promotion is scheduled to return to the Rose Garden in Portland on Friday, June 20. During an upcoming full-length interview conducted with FiveOuncesOfPain.com, Lindland revealed that the show’s co-headlining bouts have been finalized. According to Lindland, Michael Pierce will defend his Sportfight welterweight title against Team Quest’s Nathan Coy. Coy was a [...] - [Read more]

Jens Pulver talks about what it’s going to take to beat Urijah Faber on June 1 in Sacramento, California when these two featherweights clash for Faber’s WEC title. This should be a great scrap, but I don’t see how Pulver beats Faber. If Pulver can keep it standing and utilize his great striking skills, he [...] - [Read more]

A 140 pound encounter between Wilson Reis and Justin Robbins has been added to the undercard of EliteXC’s debut telecast on CBS on May 31 in Newark, N.J. The bout was confirmed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com (www.FiveOuncesOfPain.com) by two separate sources within the past 48 hours. Reis, 3-0, had been scheduled to fight former UFC lightweight Doug Evans [...] - [Read more]

If Dave Meltzer’s reporting is accurate (and it usually is), the UFC will be cutting its existing talent roster down from 200 to somewhere in between the 140-160 range. According to the print edition of last week’s Wrestling Observer, Meltzer indicated that the loser of every non-televised undercard match from this point forward will be a [...] - [Read more]

1. JZ Calvancante vs Shinya Aoki Round 1: Aoki immediately hops on him and pulls guard standing but JZ remains up and brings him back to his feet in the corner. They fall in the corner with Aoki briefly grabbing his back but JZ gets top position and they’re restarted in the center. Aoki [...] - [Read more]

Another round down. Round seven of Five Ounces of Pain’s Fantasy MMA Mock Draft is in the can. 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 here for round 4 click here for rounds 5 [...] - [Read more]

While DREAM is no doubt trying to finalize their card in the last 8 hours before the show, MMAWeekly is reporting the UFC is already booking for August with Kenny Florian vs Roger Huerta. The fight comes as a surprise to no one but it’s nice to finally have confirmation after months of speculation. Many [...] - [Read more]

Former ICON Sport middleweight champion Jason “Mayhem” Miller has revealed he will be returning to action on May 11 at DREAM.3 in Japan, according to MMANews.com. Miller revealed to the website that his opponent on the show will be Katsuyori Shibata. Miller, 20-5, has not competed since fighting for Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights in Dallas on [...] - [Read more]

Dave Meltzer has a new article up about Travis Lutter’s release from the UFC and he give us some insight as to how the UFC is going to determine who should go, why they should go, and how many fighters could possibly get the axe: The decision has apparently been made not to stockpile fighters on [...] - [Read more]

WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit has signed an extension with the Zuffa-owned fight promotion, according to a report by USAToday.com. Condit revealed the news during Saturday’s UWC show in Washington D.C.-area that was headlined by Pete Spratt’s decisive victory over Jason Von Flue in a welterweight clash. Nicknamed the “Natural Born Killer,” Condit is undefeated in [...] - [Read more]

Middleweight tournament winner from the fourth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” Travis Lutter has been released by the UFC. The news was broken by Pramit Mohapatra of FightTicker.com, who was informed of the development via e-mail by Lutter himself. Lutter fought and lost to former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin on April 19 at UFC 83 in [...] - [Read more]

Welterweight Nick Serra has been signed to fight prospect Matt Makowski during the undercard of EliteXC’s debut CBS show on May 31 in Newark, N.J. at the Prudential Center, FiveOuncesOfPain.com (www.FiveOuncesOfPain.com) has learned through sources. Serra, the younger brother of former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, has not fought since defeating Mike Varner at Cage Fury [...] - [Read more]

Some of 5 Oz.’s readers voices their frustration with the slow pacing of our first annual “Fantasy MMA Mock Draft” so the crew got to work and sped things up. After posting round three yesterday, we’re already back with round four. In case you’re new to the site or you just want to re-live the glory [...] - [Read more]

The only MMA fighter to be featured on the cover of ESPN Magazine is Chuck Liddell… until now. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has recently wrapped shooting for the cover of next month’s issue. Check out tons of Kimbo Slice content on Five Ounces of Pain. - [Read more]

Adrenaline MMA CEO and fight manager Monte Cox was a recent guest on MMA Rated Radio and discussed a number of topics. However, what caught my eye was Cox’s candidness about his feelings towards rival agent/manager Ken Pavia. When asked by Ariel Helwani about Pavia sticking to managing and not promoting, Cox responded by saying: That’s the [...] - [Read more]

Yesterday I posted my top ten pound-for-pound list and the list for some reason always draws a strong response. I couldn’t help respond to a comment inquiring as to whether Sean Sherk’s omission from my top-ten lightweight rankings was intentional. And of course my decision to keep Sherk out was intentional. The question I have is [...] - [Read more]

After an eventful first two rounds, the crew of 5 Oz. of Pain is back with the third round of our first annual Fantasy MMA Mock Draft. For a full run down of the first two rounds and a detailed explanation about what this draft is about, just click here. But to make a long story short, [...] - [Read more]

Hours after announcing the new main event for UFC 85, UFC.com’s official fight card has confirmed a rumored middleweight clash between Chris Leben and England native Michael Bisping. Bisping signed up for the event, slated for June 7, despite fighting last weekend at UFC 83, a TKO victory over the now-retired Charles McCarthy. Leben is [...] - [Read more]

On the April 25 episode of Inside MMA, Ron Kruck announced the official partnership between HDNet and FEG to bring the DREAM series to the Western Hemisphere. With the long rumored deal now official, HDNet will be the broadcast home for the fledgling series in North America. The deal comes a shade late for HDNet [...] - [Read more]