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Friday, Nov 21

Many lessons to be learned from the Jon Fitch crisis | Five Ounces <b>...</b>

This isn’t a Randy Couture or Tito Ortiz situation; are people not forgetting that Fitch didn’t want to leave the UFC in the first place? Fitch was angry but he was angry about no longer being in the UFC. Do people not realize he had ...

Wednesday, Jun 4

Report: Tito Ortiz issued cease and desist request from UFC

MMA Payout has the scoop: MMAPayout.com has learned that Tito Ortiz was recently served a cease and desist request from the UFC. The subject of the complaint was the cover of Ortiz’s recently released autobiography, entitled This is Going to Hurt. The book’s cover features Ortiz wearing th...

Tuesday, Jun 3

Report: Gonzaga vs. McCully at UFC 86

According to MMAjunkie.com, a heavyweight clash between Gabriel Gonzaga and Justin McCully has been added to the card for UFC 86 on July 5 in Las Vegas. McCully, a member of Tito Ortiz’s Team Punishment, has not fought since his successful debut at UFC Fight 9 in April of 2007. During that figh...

Wednesday, May 28

Video: Tito Ortiz during post-UFC 84 press conference

Below is video of Tito Ortiz following his unanimous decision loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 84. Yes, you can actually see what all the fuss was regarding Ortiz’s behavior just prior to the start of the UFC 84 post-fight press conference: I wanted to give a special hat tip to “Mr. Sunshine” Steve...

Sunday, May 25

Tito Ortiz offered UFC contract prior to UFC 84

FiveOuncesOfPain.com was informed by Rear Naked Radio, a weekly MMA show heard every Saturday from 7-9 p.m. CT on Live 105.3 FM in Dallas, that former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz was offered a contract by the UFC in the days leading up to last night’s fight against Lyoto Machida. W...

UFC 84 Video: Ortiz and Jameson discuss UFC 84 post-fight press conference drama

Thanks to our friends at Rear Naked Radio, we have received permission to run video of an interview they conducted with Tito Ortiz immediately after all of the post-UFC 84 press conference drama. Ortiz’s girlfriend, Jenna Jameson, was also very vocal as well as the two gave their side of th...

UFC 84: Ortiz “crashes” post-fight presser

According to Dave Meltzer of Yahoo! Sports, it appears there was a lot of drama between Tito Ortiz and the UFC during the post-UFC 84 press conference: The 33-year-old former UFC light heavyweight champion showed up, uninvited, with UFC official Jennifer Wenk asking him to leave and not...

Saturday, May 24

Pre-UFC 84 Random Rantings

I’ll be attending a family function today but I submitted a few stories via time-release delay. Before I took off, I wanted to leave some pre-UFC 84 rantings for you. – Steve Cofield posted on his Mr. Sunshine blog two different versions of Friday’s weigh-in. The live version was recorded for Y...

Friday, May 23

UFC 84 Video: Tito Ortiz on ESPN’s Sportscenter

Tito Ortiz was on Sportscenter this afternoon and had a number of things to talk about including Dana White (of course), the UFC stiffing the fighters, his opponent Lyoto Machida and hinted at a possible future fight with Randy Couture.

UFC 84: Weigh-In Results

All 22 fighters set to appear at UFC 84: “Ill Will” successfully made weight at today pre-fight weigh-in held at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. There was a lot of excitement surrounding many of the card’s bigger fights. However as usual, Tito Ortiz went on to steal the show with...

Tuesday, May 20

UFC 84 Video: Tito Ortiz ready to smash Lyoto Machida

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Friday, May 16

EliteXC not shy about interest in Tito Ortiz

During a Thursday conference call to promote the debut of CBS’ “Saturday Night Fights” on May 31, EliteXC Live Events President Gary Shaw did not shy away from any questions regarding former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. Ortiz will become a restricted free agent following h...

Thursday, May 15

Dana White decides against apology

As stated yesterday, Tito Ortiz made comments stating he would give the UFC another chance should Dana White apologize for the things he has done to him. Well, Dana responded at the conference call and shockingly he’s not playing into Tito’s hand: “Tito is a f—ing idiot,” White said. “He’s o...

Tuesday, May 13

UFC 84 Preview Video

Here’s a nice little sampler for UFC 84: Ill Will on May 24th with some hype for the main three fights: BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk, Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, and Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva. If you’re not at least pumped for Penn vs. Sherk, then I don’t know if you’re a fan [...]

Thursday, May 1

Tito Ortiz: “It’s not about money anymore, it’s about respect”

Tito Ortiz made himself available for a Q&A session with The Sun in the U.K. and confirmed his plans to leave the UFC after his fight with Lyoto Machida at UFC 84: I’m getting ready for that fight right now, May 24th in Las Vegas , Nevada at the MGM Grand. This is the [...]

Thursday, Apr 3

Season Premiere of The Ultimate Fighter: Two Thumps Up

The first episode of TUF 7 was pretty much nothing but fights. UFC president Dana White set the stage with a variation of his infamous “Do you want to be a f—— fighter” speech and informed the cast of 32 fighters that they would have to fight their way into the house.

Monday, Mar 17

Shamrock vs. Shamrock on the rocks?

Frank is probably right about the casual fan not having seen Ken’s latest fight against Robert “Buzz” Berry, but the hardcore fans know better than that. Judging from Ken’s last fight, a fight against Frank would probably not be very competitive at all. The fight that makes a lot more sense i...

Tuesday, Mar 11

Thiago Silva to face Antonio Mendes at UFC 84

UFC 84 is headlined by a lightweight title clash between UFC lightweight champion, B.J. Penn and former UFC lightweight champion, Sean Sherk. Intriguing light heavyweight matches between Tito Ortiz and Lyoto Machida as well as Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva will serve as co-main event...

Sunday, Mar 9

Ken Shamrock looked old last night

They’d also debate whether Jean Claude Van Damme or Steven Segal would win in a fighter or whether Jackie Chan could hang with Bruce Lee in a real fight. Normally I’d keep my mouth shut but at a certain point I’d interject my belief that Shamrock would kill them all. Hey, I was in high school and a...

Saturday, Mar 8

Rumor: Shane Carwin to face Christian Wellisch at UFC 84

Carwin has a perfect 8-0 record and was both a Division II wrestling champion and a two-time All-American in football. The news of the UFC signing Carwin was exclusively reported right here, at FiveOuncesOfPain.com. Intriguing light heavyweight contests between Tito Ortiz and Lyoto Mac...

Thursday, Mar 6

Dave Meltzer from Yahoo! Sports names all 32 cast members for The Ultimate Fighter 7

In the article Meltzer discusses the impact the Ultimate Fighter has had on Mixed Martial Arts and to a greater extent, the UFC. He also has quotes from TUF 7 coaches, Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin regarding the skill set of the 32 cast members.

Rashad Evans steps up to fight Chuck Liddell

MMA Weekly has confirmed that winner of the Ultimate Fighter Season 2, Rashad Evans will now fight Chuck Liddell later this year. Chuck Liddell’s last appearance in the octagon was at UFC 79 where he recorded an impressive unanimous decision victory over Wanderlei Silva which halted a tw...

Wednesday, Mar 5

Tito Ortiz: “I’m done with the UFC”

Here’s a video interview from HollyScoop.com with Tito Ortiz and his main squeeze Jenna Jameson where Tito talks about being done with the UFC and Dana White, says he’s changed his tune on Kimbo Slice, and would welcome a rematch with Frank Shamrock. Also, are we really calling them “Jennit...

Wednesday, Feb 27

Machida vs. Ortiz and Silva vs. Jardine officially announced for UFC 84

It looks like many UFC fans might have gotten their answer this morning in their e-mail boxes when the UFC officially announced that light heavyweight bouts between Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva and Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz have been signed and are scheduled for UFC 84 on May 24 in La...

Tuesday, Feb 26

Rumor: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84

Sokoudjou burst onto the MMA scene last year with two devastating knockout wins over highly touted fighters,Antonio Rogerio Noguieraand Ricardo Arona in the now defunct Pride FC. However in his recent UFC debut at UFC 79: Nemesis, he was defeated by Lyoto Machida by 2nd round arm-triang...

Thursday, Feb 21

So you want to be an Ultimate Fighter?

UFC Champion Tito Ortiz is going to train you to battle out your problems in the Octagon!! We are looking for ALL SHAPES AND SIZES to walk into the ring and settle it once and for all!!!! Both of you would need to come down and audition in our Hollywood studio, so you must live in southern Califo...

Wednesday, Feb 20

Mass Fighter Exodus from the UFC?

Tito Ortiz? That’s a different story. Unlike Cofield, I’m not worried about Ortiz bashing the UFC. How many times has he ripped them during contract impasses before? Tito has ripped Dana and the UFC so many times that I think people have become numb to it.

Tuesday, Feb 19

Lyoto Machida vs. Tito Ortiz is still on

Read more Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortizcontent on FiveOuncesOfPain.com. Lyoto Machida’s manager, Ed Soares was a recent guest on “The Lights Out” show and stated that the fight between Lyoto Machida and Tito Ortiz is still scheduled to go ahead at UFC 84. During the interview, Soares was ver...

Sunday, Feb 17

Is Tito Ortiz really going to fight Lyoto Machida?

In a recent interview with PunchDrunkGamer.com, former UFC light-heavyweight title contender, Renato Sobral stated that he believes a fight between former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and Lyoto Machida which was tentatively scheduled for a UFC event in May, may no long...

Saturday, Feb 16

Rashad Evans never thought the rematch with Tito would happen

Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz fought to a draw at UFC 75 Stacked. After the fight, Dana White said that Ortiz and Evans would have an immediate rematch. That didn’t happen. Evans fought and defeated Michael Bisping while Ortiz is set to face Lyoto Machida in a few months.

Monday, Nov 12

Tito Ortiz wants the winner of Evans vs. Bisping

Tito Ortiz held an MMA seminar for young fighters this weekend in Edmonton, and the former UFC light heavyweight champion was certainly not at a loss for words about where he stands in the UFC’s 205-lb. pecking order. Tito told the Edmonton Sun that since he lost his rematch to Chuck Liddel...

Sunday, Oct 28

Bisping vs. Evans: Title Implications?

In the preview for UFC 78 on UFC.com, Dana White states that the main event between Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans will move the winner into the top 5 light heavyweights. So how can Dana White say that one of these fighters will break into the top 5 while also saying that Houston Alexander may...

Friday, Oct 19

Report: Tito Ortiz to appear on “Celebrity Apprentice”

According to the website TMZ.com, former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz is a part of the cast for Donald Trump’s upcoming season of “Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC. Could Ortiz’s potential appearance on the show be the reason why he was unwilling to sign a bout agreement to rematc...

Wednesday, Oct 3

Report: Chuck vs. Wanderlei could still happen in December

“We though it was going to be ‘Shogun,’” Hackleman said, “but now instead of saying ‘no’ to Wanderlei [Silva], they’re saying maybe.” While Liddell was more than willing to fight Rua, it sounds as though he’s still plenty eager to hop into the Octagon with Silva.

Podcast: Ricco Rodriguez to headline New Jersey MMA card

Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez has been in the news lately coming off a stint in VH1’s upcoming reality TV show “Celebrity Rehab, an appearance on this past week’s edition of “Human Weapon” on the History Channel, a match against Ben Rothwell during the IFL finals in Sep...

Tuesday, Oct 2

Ryo Chonan vs. Thiago Alves could happen at UFC 78

Chonan, a veteran of both PRIDE and DEEP, recently signed with the UFC and holds a win over current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Despite his submission victory over Silva at PRIDE Shockave 2004, Chonan plans to compete in the UFC’s 170 lbs. division.

Monday, Oct 1

Tito Ortiz v. Wanderlei Silva?

According to Fightlinker, Tito Ortiz made an appearance at Little Creek Casino in Shelton, WA this past weekend and got on the microphone to tell everyone that his next fight is against either Rashad Evans or Wanderlei Silva. A fight against Wanderlei Silva doesn’t make a whole lot of sens...

Sunday, Sep 30

Report: Ortiz vs. Henderson not happening at UFC 78

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reported on the newsletter’s website that a rumored main event between Dan Henderson vs. Tito Ortiz at UFC 78 is not happening and that the UFC is still aiming for a bout between Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans on the card:

Monday, Sep 24

MMA Roundup: Liddell could fight in Dec.; Rampage could be done for ‘07; Parisyan vs. Lombard; Riggs wants Shamrock; and more!

It was revealed during the UFC 76 post-fight press conference that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s hand injury worsened during his UFC 75 title defense against Dan Henderson and that he’s unlikely to fight again in 2007. It doesn’t look like the UFC can fall back on a Forrest Griffin vs. Rampag...

UFC 78 fight card

Check out more UFC 78 content on 5 Oz. of Pain. Here’s the latest on the UFC 78 card: Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans Karo Parisyan vs. Hector Lombard Frank Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher Ed Herman vs. Dave Terrell Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt Tamdan McCrory vs. Akihiro Gono We’ll keep updating as fights get s...

Sunday, Sep 23

Podcast: LISTEN to Sept. 23 edition of Inside the Cage Radio with Kenny Florian, Ricco Rodriguez, and Joe Riggs

http://mmatakedown.net/MMA_Audio/Inside_the_Cage_Radio_9.22.07.mp3 Segment One - EliteXC’s female MMA controversy: Segment Two - UFC lightweight fighter Kenny “The Finisher” Florian: Segment Four - New Strikeforce middleweight fighter Joe “Diesel” Riggs:

Monday, Sep 17

Tito Ortiz speaks out on Hamill vs. Bisping decision

Could Tito be doing some early marketing for a future bout vs. Bisping? Via his account on MMA.tv’s Underground forum, Tito Ortiz has comment on the controversial decision between Matt Hamill and Michael Bisping from UFC 75: After watching the fight between Matt and Mike, it was clear to me...