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Last night’s UFC 87 event from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. proved to be yet another strong showing from the UFC with very few negatives involved with the promotion and production of the show. The event saw two of the promotion’s biggest stars walk away victorious in fights that went to the judges yet whose [...] - [Read more]

MMA Weekly has their hands on the UFC 87 Awards and Bonus figures for the night. They are as follows: Jon Fitch and Georges St. Pierre each pocketed an extra $60,000 for Fight of the Night following their five round war for the welterweight title. Demian Maia was awarded Submission of the Night and also pocketed an [...] - [Read more]

UFC 87 is now in the books and it was one of the best shows, if not the best show, all year. Georges St. Pierre defended his title against an incredibly game Jon Fitch, Brock Lesnar proved his worth against Heath Herring, and Roger Huerta failed to do the same against a technical Kenny Florian. [...] - [Read more]

One of the big storylines going into Saturday night’s event wasn’t whether or not Georges St. Pierre would defend his crown against Jon Fitch. Nor was it the question of whether or not Roger Huerta would step up to the plate and win in his toughest fight in the UFC to date. Instead, it was [...] - [Read more]

Main Card: Georges St. Pierre def. Jon Fitch via Unanimous Decision Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring via Unanimous Decision Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan via Knockout Rd 1. (12 secs into round 1) Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta via Unanimous Decision Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Rd 3. Undercard: Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo via Unanimous [...] - [Read more]

Dana White talks about this weekend’s event, the future for Brock Lesnar if he loses, and about his video blog. Turns out that it was Lorenzo Fertitta’s idea. - [Read more]

Courtesy of the UFC’s official site. All fighters made weight and the show is good to go for Saturday night: Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. Jon Fitch (170) Heath Herring (250) vs. Brock Lesnar (265) Roger Huerta (155) vs. Kenny Florian (155) Demian Maia (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185) Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Rob Emerson (155) Tamdan McCrory (170) vs. Luke Cummo [...] - [Read more]

A report by the Brazilian website Tatame.com claiming that a bout has been booked by EliteXC between Wilson Reis and Bao Quach for the promotion’s 140 lbs. title may have been premature. On Thursday, FiveOuncesOfPain.com spoke with one of Reis’ managers at North County Fight Club, Matt Stansell. Stansell confirmed that a bout with Quach has [...] - [Read more]

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James “Colossus” Thompson will be returning to his hometown of London, England to compete at Cage Rage 28: VIP. The card, scheduled for Sept. 20th, will feature Thompson going up against Cage Rage veteran Piotr Kusmierz. Thompson, a veteran of PRIDE and EliteXC, is 2-7 in his last nine bouts though he still has a strong [...] - [Read more]

Is there a weekend this summer that has been without an MMA event? It sure doesn’t seem like it. UFC 87 is on Saturday with one of the strongest cards that the UFC has put on all year. Will Brock Lesnar secure his first win in the UFC? Will Roger Huerta prove all the critics [...] - [Read more]

Below is part four of Dana White’s UFC 87 video blog which details the UFC 87 press conference from yesterday at the Mall of America, more antics with Rampage Jackson, and a short glimpse of Lorenzo Fertitta working out with Mark Dellagrotte. Oh, and at the end, Dana takes a parting shot at Tito Ortiz. - [Read more]

It’s become very hard to build proper anticipation and excitement with a major MMA card essentially being presented every weekend. Just as you are about to come down from an event, you have to get yourself all excited again. However, watching the UFC 87 countdown show last night put me in the proper frame of mind [...] - [Read more]

Dave Meltzer, in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer, says that the UFC and Roger Huerta are “far apart” regarding contract negotiations. Huerta has one fight left on his contract after the upcoming fight with Kenny Florian this weekend. If he doesn’t renegotiate soon then there’s a very real possibility of missing out on [...] - [Read more]

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Despite a report published late Tuesday on SI.com, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz did not appear at Affliction’s press conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The promotion was in town kickoff the push for its Oct. 11 “Day of Reckoning” pay-per-view that is set to emanate from the  Thomas & Mack Center. The news [...] - [Read more]

It appears as though Affliction’s outstanding roster of talent could be on the verge of expanding even further, as a contract with Chris Horodecki is expected to be finalized with the promotion in the near future. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of this development after contacting Horodecki’s co-manager, Matt Stansell of North Couty Fight Club. Stansell indicated that Horodecki [...] - [Read more]

Jay Hieron, the final reigning welterweight champion of the International Fight League, received his formal release from the organization in recent weeks and is a full-fledged free agent. FiveOuncesOfPain.com learned of this news Wednesday afternoon while speaking with his manager, Monte Cox. According to Cox, Hieron is considering offers from Affliction, Strikeforce, the AFL, and EliteXC. Thus [...] - [Read more]

WEC 35 was about as successful as an event can be from a fighting quality standpoint and was about as successful as it could be from an attendance perspective. According to information forwarded to FiveOuncesOfPain.com by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, WEC 35 this past Sunday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino had just two [...] - [Read more]