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MMAWeekly.com is reporting that former IFL lightweight Jim Miller will take on PRIDE veteran David Baron at UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben in Birmingham, England. A few weeks ago, FiveOuncesOfPain.com reported that brothers Jim Miller and Dan Miller had signed exclusive four-fight contracts with the UFC. Jim Miller currently trains at the AMA Fight Club and possesses [...] - [Read more]

In a new interview with MMAWeekly.com, welterweight Paul Daley has revealed he will return to the United States and compete for EliteXC during the promotion’s Sept. 20 event in Albuquerque, N.M. The event will be televised on SHOWTIME. “I will be fighting Sept. 20 in New Mexico, most likely against an undefeated ex-IFL fighter who cannot [...] - [Read more]

FiveOuncesOfPain.com broke the news several weeks ago that top East Coast prospect and former IFL middleweight Mike Massenzio had signed a four fight contract with the UFC and that he’s set to debut against Drew McFedries at UFC Fight Night 15 on Sept. 17. Massenzio’s bout is currently slated to make the Spike TV portion of [...] - [Read more]

The above is one of several photos being distributed by UFC heavyweight champion (that’s right, he’s still their heavyweight champ) Randy Couture’s camp depicting Couture and WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko socializing Monday night at Los Angeles-area hot spot “STK.” In the release of the photos there was no mention of business being discussed between either [...] - [Read more]

We were turned onto this little nugget of awesomeness by Steve Cofield of Yahoo! Sports and ESPN Radio in Las Vegas. Prior to the weigh-ins for UFC 87 in Minnesota, UFC President Dana White conducted a Q&A with members of the UFC’s “Fight Club.” Usually, “Fight Club” members are UFC loyalists who are some of the [...] - [Read more]

The UFC has announced that former IFL middleweight champion Matt Horwich will make his debut with the promotion at UFC 90 on Oct. 25 vs. jiu-jitsu black belt Ricardo Almeida. Horwich, a member of Matt Lindland’s Team Quest in Portland, Ore., is 23-10-1 overall in his MMA career. He posted a 7-4 record in the IFL [...] - [Read more]

Sports Illustrated was able to catch up with Fedor Emelianenko and get some comments on him in regards to when he thinks he’ll be able to step back into the ring as well as his future fight plans: “I think definitely by New Year’s Eve I’ll be ready to go,” the 31-year-old Russian told SI.com Sunday. “My [...] - [Read more]

The Palace Fighting Championships have announced that the “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni will be fighting on the promotion’s Sept. 26 show in Lemoore, Calif. Baroni, expected to compete at welterweight, is scheduled to face former WEC veteran Olaf Alfonso during the promotion’s Palace Fighting Championships 10 show. The former UFC middleweight is now 2-0 after [...] - [Read more]

Because they think we do a KICK ASS job at Five Ounces of Pain, our buds at HDNet Fights put together this HD quality video player for us to use. This one features all of HDNet Fights of the Week. Enjoy! Dont forget to check out our MMA Video page for more high quality mixed [...] - [Read more]

Sherdog.com is reporting that Jeff Curran announced this past weekend during the opening of a new school in Crystal Lake, Ill. that one of his Team Curran member and lightweight competitor Bart Palaszewski has signed a six-fight contract with the World Extreme Cagefighting organization. Palaszewski had been a staple of the International Fight League’s 155 pound [...] - [Read more]

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has learned through a source speaking on the condition of anonymity that UFC veterans David “The Crow” Loiseau and Solomon Hutcherson will square off in the main event at XMMA 5: “It’s Crow Time”. Loiseau, a native of Montreal, Quebec, possesses a mixed martial arts record of 17-8-0. Since his release from the UFC and [...] - [Read more]

Last time when we posted WWE play-by-play announcer Jim Ross’ critique of a UFC pay-per-view event, it was one of our most read articles for the month. Well, Ross is back at it again, this time with an even more thorough critique of UFC 87. I wanted to post some of his thoughts again. As a [...] - [Read more]

While speaking during the opening of his new fight gym in Crystal Lake, Ill. this past weekend, WEC competitor Jeff Curran made the announcement that he will be dropping down to promotion’s bantamweight division, according to an article on Sherdog.com. Nicknamed “The Big Frog,” Curran is 30-10-1, according to Sherdog’s fight finder. He has competed for [...] - [Read more]

Strikeforce has officially announced the first bout scheduled for “Strikeforce at the Mansion II” on Sept. 20 in Beverly Hills, Calif. at the famed-Playboy Mansion. In a middleweight matchup, former UFC veteran Joe “Diesel” Riggs will be making his second-ever appearance on a Playboy show after defeating Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson on last year’s card. His opponent [...] - [Read more]

Despite being headquartered in California, apparel and MMA-lifestyle company Pimpit has done a lot to support fighters on the East Coast in recent months. In May, the Pimpit Fight Team sponsored Philadelphia-based fighters Mike Groves, Zach Makovsky, Matt Makowski, and Jon Murphy during EliteXC’s first-ever telecast on CBS. Soon after, Pimpit became an official sponsor of Combat [...] - [Read more]

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Steve Cofield from Yahoo! Sports and ESPN Radio in Las Vegas is reporting that last night’s post-UFC 87 press conference at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. was a buzz about the UFC possibly looking to match Brock Lesnar in his next fight vs. Cheick Kongo. “The word swirling around the media room was that UFC [...] - [Read more]