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Five Ounces of Pain (fiveouncesofpain.com) has great Fedor Emelianenko news, photos, videos and more
Monday, Feb 9
Putting TheFix in Affliction | Five Ounces of Pain
two fights Josh Barnett – Gilbert Yvel and Fedor Emelianenko Andrei Arlovski If they felt that this gave the two featured fights adifferent look they were wrong This is simply a case of Affliction and its producers trying too hard ...
Wednesday, Feb 4
Dana White refers to Fedor Emelianenko as a “top five pound-for ...
Over the course of the last year and a half, there might not have been a more harsh critic of former PRIDE and current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor.
Monday, Feb 2
5 Oz. of Pain World Rankings Updated for February
The busy fight month of January is now over and it was time for me to update FiveOuncesOfPain.com’s rankings from top to bottom. You can click here to see the updated rankings in their entirety. January saw top ranked middleweights Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson go head-to-head; top ranked...
Wednesday, Apr 2
Ben Rothwell talks UFC, Adrenaline MMA, and whether he’s involved in a conflict of interest
I also knew that if something happened with these other organizations, the UFC would still be there. All I’m doing is building my stock and making a name for myself right now. Then, if and when I do go to the UFC, I have some name recognition, not just another guy who has to prove himself.
Tuesday, Apr 1
Report: Fedor asking for $2 million per fight
In the case of Fedor, you’re only worth what someone is willing to pay you. He’s an incredible fighter but if no company is willing to meet his management’s financial demands, then what? At what point do they realize they have to reduce their asking price? The Lights Out Show on the TAGG Radio...
Monday, Mar 24
“Preliminary” talks between Anderson Silva and Roy Jones, Jr. take place to discuss boxing match
The one sticking point in this whole deal is obviously going to be whether or not Dana White would clear Anderson Silva to do a one-off boxing match with Roy Jones, Jr. My gut feeling is that he would never allow Silva to do such a thing. We’re talking about a guy who has been approached about putt...
Wednesday, Mar 19
Exclusive: Ben Rothwell considering offer from new Golden Boy and Affliction fight promotion
It is believed that Matt Lindland has already signed a three-fight contract with the promotion and that Aleksander Emelianenko, the younger brother of Fedor Emelianenko, is also on board as well. The names of Fedor, Andrei Arlovski, and Josh Barnett are also believed to be high on Golden...
Tuesday, Mar 18
Impact Report: Lessons Learned from Fedor’s Imminent Departure
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REMAINDER OF THIS ARTICLE ON SAM CAPLAN’S PROELITE.COM BLOG When I first read yesterday’s report by Greg Savage of Sherdog.com that stated Fedor Emelianenko has never signed a formal agreement with M-1 Global, I was left with the same reaction as just about everyone e...
Sunday, Mar 9
Fact, Fiction, and Fedor
So while a lot of people think they know what’s going to happen, nothing is for certain. One thing that I do believe is certain — and I don’t care how many people say it’s not out of the question — is that you will not see Fedor’s management suddenly come to an agreement with the UFC should Fedor be...
Tuesday, Mar 4
Making the Case for Lesnar vs. Coleman: Part I
“Let’s be honest, I don’t think Fedor is among the top five heavyweights in the world. His last ‘real’ fight was in 2005 … that was against Mirko Cro Cop. He hasn’t fought anyone since.” One of the fighters Fedor has faced in that period is none other than newly minted UFC Hall of Famer Mark Colema...
Upon further review, the UFC has a deep middleweight division
Is it possible for a fighter to be too dominant for his own good? I’ve gone on the record in the past to say that the UFC didn’t have much depth in its middleweight division. I’ve even said that I think middleweight is the weakest division on the roster. I’d like to take both statements back. First...
Monday, Mar 3
Opinion: Roy Nelson calls out Fedor
Instead of saying he’ll fight whoever his employer wants him to fight next, Nelson named names. And he named a big one by calling out none other than Fedor Emelianenko. “I would love that fight,” Nelson responded when asked about Fedor by Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “But I doubt...
Sunday, Mar 2
UFC 82: Highlights from Post-Fight Press Conference; Silva receives $120,000 in bonuses; UFC does $2.2 million at the gate; and more!
White revealed that the UFC officially offered UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture a fight with UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira but that Couture has yet to respond. A reported pointed out that they already offered Couture the fight but White said that they...
Saturday, Mar 1
5 Oz. of Pain on CBSSports.com: Interview with M-1 CEO Monte Cox
Q: There have been some rumors going around that Fedor Emelianenko’s management was shopping him around to other promotions. There have also been rumors that the relationship between Fedor’s management and M-1 Global was not going very well. At any point during recent discussions, was t...
Wednesday, Feb 13
Impact Report: Cro Cop’s “sabbatical” a win/win
Couture wants Fedor but that match will have to wait. The problem is, if Fedor loses in the meantime then the market appeal of that match will suffer greatly. If someone beats Fedor, that fighter could position themselves as the disputed number heavyweight fighter in the world. As of today, C...
Tuesday, Nov 6
Podcast: Audio: Fedor won’t be fighting on New Year’s Eve
During the segment I broke the news that Fedor Emelianenko will not be fighting in Japan on New Year’s Eve. According to M-1 Global CEO and President Monte Cox, the promotion was considering an opportunity for Fedor to fight but the timing simply wasn’t right.
Thursday, Oct 25
Impressions of Randy Couture’s presser
As for the rest of the press conference, nothing was too revealing. Randy Couture came off in a very professional fashion. Dana could learn a thing or two from Randy Couture about how to conduct yourself at a press conference. At the same time Dana was telling everyone how much “Fedor sucks,” R...
Tuesday, Oct 23
Randy Couture press conference to be covered live
The power that Randy Couture has in this industry will never be more evident than on Thursday when he holds a press conference in Las Vegas at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT where the three-time UFC heavyweight champion plans to respond to comments made by UFC president Dana White in regard to his dep...
So far, so good for M-1 Global
But just because I wasn’t there it doesn’t mean I can’t comment. Two 5 Oz. contributors, Ben Fowlkes and Matt Kaplan, attended the event and thanks to their coverage, I’m able to offer my opinion of Fedor’s signing with M-1 Global, the decision to name Monte Cox as president and CEO, and what l...
A flicker of hope?
If the UFC gets Randy back and they call and want Fedor to fight, we’ll send him to the UFC. So it should be marketed as a Superfight where the UFC presents the ageless Couture in his last fight against M-1 Global’s Emelianenko in the greatest mixed martial arts fight of all time.
M-1 Press Conference Provides As Many Questions As Answers
I have to admit he’s right on all counts. This is a risk, a big one. And having Fedor does mean having the best fighter in the world. But what does it mean to have the best unless you have someone credible for him to fight? That question also goes beyond the heavyweight division. One man won’t make a c...
Monday, Oct 22
Fedor’s NYC M-1 Press Event
We spoke some more about PRIDE and the UFC, Anderson Silva’s dominance, Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell (which he seems to think is a go), Big Nog inevitably becoming UFC heavyweight champ, Randy, and lots more. Suffice it to say that Millen does not like Dana White at all!
Exclusive Interview with UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk
Eric Shapiro: You defeated Hermes Franca, who is supposed to have excellent Jiu-Jitsu, do you think B.J. Penn’s Jiu-Jitsu game is that much better? Eric Shapiro: You’re a big name in the UFC and everybody is still talking about the Randy Couture developments, what’s your take on that?
Tuesday, Oct 16
5 Oz. Roundtable: Randy Couture’s departure from the UFC
In the short-term, the UFC needs to address who is the heavyweight champion. The best way to do that would be an 8-man tournament fought over eight months to determine the new champ. The tournament should start this Saturday with Tim Sylvia vs Brandon Vera. Other guys in the tournament could b...
Monday, Oct 15
Couture vs. Fedor could be wishful thinking
It’s been said by some that Randy could become a free agent when his contract expires in nine months and that a showdown with Fedor Emelianenko under the M-1 banner is likely. However, based on my limited knowledge of the structure of the UFC’s contracts, a scenario in which Couture becomes...
Thursday, Oct 11
Randy Couture and Dana White release statements
Both Randy Couture and UFC president Dana White have released statements in regard to reports earlier today that Couture has left the UFC and has vacated the promotion’s heavyweight title. There’s also Randy’s own words according to a quote in the original report by The Fight Network:
Sunday, Sep 23
Dana White: Silva vs. Liddell “just not meant to happen”
He also was very confident of signing Fedor Emelianenko, but felt it wouldn’t happen until after Emelianenko competes in a Russian sambo tournament in the fall. White said it was incorrect the story, claimed by Kurt Angle, that Brock Lesnar had signed with UFC. But he did hope to make the dea...
The Dana White Show (a recap of Dana’s UFC 76-related comments)
Dana thinks Cro Cop might retire Mark Hunt under contract to Zuffa? Mark Hunt in the UFC? Is that more crazy talk? Dana doesn’t like super heavyweights and Mark Hunt would really have to re-dedicate himself to MMA to make 265 lbs. on a consistent basis. Dana tired of being asked about Fedor
