FiveOuncesofPain.com will be on-site at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas to take in all the happenings at tonight’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event and report back live. Coverage of the show will begin prior to the first set of fighters touching gloves at approximately 6:00 p.m ET (4:00 PT). You can also watch the main [...]

Former IFL welterweight champ Jay Hieron has at last secured his release from Strikeforce after being kept on the sidelines since this past January. The news of Hieron’s newfound “free agent” status came via his Twitter account. “I finally got my release from Strikeforce… Y’all know what I’m about to do!!!!!!! I have been through [...]

Someone once said, “Everything in Texas is bigger.” Apparently a few of the fighters scheduled for tomorrow night’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event took that to heart, as more than one of the evening’s participants came in heavy. However, in the end, all were able to resolve the issue and each bout will take place as [...]

It stands to reason an individual might incur an injury or two while standing opposite in the ring from a highly-skilled opponent and exchanging blows for twenty-five minutes. That being said, as you might expect, both WEC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz and challenger Joseph Benavidez were included in a group of twelve WEC 50 fighters [...]

The four championship-competitors slated to test each others’ skills on Showtime at tomorrow night’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event sat down with media on Thursday to give one last take on their respective match-ups before fully focusing on the final few steps of preparation for the show. However, while the fighters were in attendance, absent was [...]

Bellator Fighting Championships returned again to its backyard at the historic Chicago Theatre with Bellator 25 for an action-packed night, featuring Season 3 Heavyweight and Women’s Tournament fights. Owning the fireworks of the night was Season 2 Welterweight Tournament finalist Dan “The Handler” Hornbuckle and UFC vet “Bad” Brad Blackburn in the special feature fight. [...]

Welcome back to another edition of “MMA Link Club”, Five Ounces of Pain‘s weekly smorgasbord of work from our brothers and sisters in the MMA community. Enjoy… Tim Kennedy Talks About Life as a Former Green Beret (MMAFighting.com) UFC Lightweight Champ Frank Edgar Opens Up About his UFC 118 Rematch Against BJ PEnn (FIGHT! Magazine) [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 18, 2010) — Top European middleweight prospect Dragan “Gagi” Tesanovic has officially been added to the Bellator Fighting Championships roster. Tesanovic brings a perfect 7-0 record to the promotion with five wins coming via TKO or KO. Tesanovic regularly displays a dangerous clinch game and very technical ground skills. [...]

On top of solidifying his spot as top contender to bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz’s title with a hard-fought win over Brad “One Punch” Pickett at WEC 50, Scott Jorgensen also took home the distinction of being the event’s top earner in part due to a $10,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus for the performance against [...]

Can Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante pull off an upset against “King Mo” Lawal at this weekend’s Strikeforce event? Should fans be worried about Shane Carwin’s possible past connection to a steroids distributor? What’s the biggest story coming out of last weekend’s veteran-packed “War on the Mainland” show? Is Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic a superior UFC 119 [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 18, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships announced today the official main card fights for Bellator 26 which is taking place at the Kansas City Power and Light District in Kansas City, MO. on Aug. 26th , marking the third appearance at the venue this year. In an opening round [...]

To the surprise of few in attendance or tuning in on Versus, WEC put on another exciting event as has been the case far more often than not in recent history. WEC 50 offered a little bit of something for everyone – knockouts, back-and-forth battles, a split-decision championship bout, and Anthony Pettis’ contendership-claiming triangle choke [...]

PRESS RELEASE / Chicago (August 18, 2010) — One night before Bellator Fighting Championships’ much-anticipated event at the Chicago Theatre, the fighters competing in tomorrow’s event participated in an official weigh-in just blocks away at the Hotel Sax – with all main-card fighters making weight. Bellator 25 will be broadcast live in prime time nationwide [...]

PRESS RELEASE / Houston, TX – Several of the top fighters taking part in Saturday’s “Strikeforce – Houston” event made a visit to the Fisher House at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston on Tuesday. More than 8,500 guests have stayed at this “home away from home” for families of servicemen [...]

Female welterweight contender Miesha Tate made a card-high $18,000 for her performance at last week’s Strikeforce Challengers 10 event, though ultimately had to do twice the work of her male counterparts in order to earn the sum. “Takedown” received $8,000 for her win in the women’s welterweight tournament’s opening round, as well as an additional [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced that Bellator Season 2 welterweight semi-finalist Steve Carl (10-2-0) will take on fellow Iowa-native, hard-hitting UFC veteran Rory Markham (16-6-0) at Bellator 26 taking place at the Kansas City Power & Light District on Aug. 26th. Carl is coming off of [...]

Joseph Benavidez came one step closer to his dream of becoming WEC’s 135-pound champ when he and current title-holder Dominick Cruz stepped on the scale Tuesday afternoon and made this evening’s WEC 50 main event official. Joining the headliners were eighteen other WEC 50 competitors who also made weight and will compete as scheduled at [...]

PRESS RELEASE / CHICAGO, Ill. (August 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced that Bellator Season 2 featherweight semi-finalist Georgi Karakhanyan (13-2-1) will take on UFC veteran and submission specialist Alvin Robinson (10-5) at Bellator 28 in New Orleans on September 9th. Karakhanyan is coming off of a loss to current Season 2 Featherweight [...]

Shortly after submitting BJJ blackbelt Ricardo Almeida for the first time in his MMA career at UFC 117, welterweight icon Matt Hughes mentioned his intent to enjoy a bit of hunting during his time off between fights. If the former UFC champion’s pay for the event is any indication, it appears Hughes will be able [...]

PRESS RELEASE / Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the official addition of Zach Makovsky to the Season 3 Bantamweight World Championship Tournament. Makovsky enters the tournament with an impressive 9-2 record, while currently riding a three fight win-streak. The Philadelphia-based fighter last competed at Bellator 21 in June 2010 against Eric Luke where he secured [...]