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UFC 91 Drug Tests Come Up Clean, PPV Buys a Little Disappointing
The Nevada State Athletic Commission revealed that all 10 of the fighters that they drug tested came up clean, including main even fighters Randy Couture and newly crowned heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Also, the preliminary UFC 91 Pay-Per-View buyrates are in, and they didn’t qui...
Kampmann to Make Welterweight Debut at UFC 93
Martin Kampmann, who currently holds a 13-2 professional record, will be making his welterweight debut at UFC 93. Kampmann has compiled an impressive 4-1 Octagon record in the middleweight class, but will now look to test the waters in one of the UFC’s deepest divisions. No opponent has y...
New “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs Penn” to Help Promote Super-Fight
Although the UFC has made calculated moves to separate themselves from boxing, it looks as if they have just made a move to be just like them. The UFC and Spike TV are teaming together to broadcast a brand new TV show, “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs Penn,” to help promote the January 31st super...
Yesterday
Not Too Much Interest in Couture/Liddell IV
Earlier this month, rumors swirled that the UFC was considering pitting former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell against former heavyweight champ Randy Coutre for a fourth time. However, it seems as though neither of the two fighters are interested in facing each other agai...
Saturday, Nov 29
Not So Fast, Werdum
After finally admitting, or coming to the realization, that he was released from the UFC, heavyweight Fabricio Werdum hinted that he was in the negotiating process with Affliction Entertainment. Werdum was hoping to have a contract signed in time to be able to compete on the promotion’s...
Friday, Nov 28
White: GSP vs. Silva Super-Fight is Possible
UFC president Dana White has officially spoken out about the possibility of the organization putting on another super-fight, however that bout will be directly dependent upon the outcome of the super-fight that is already lined up for UFC 94. White stated that if welterweight champ Geo...
Two Bouts Added for UFC 93
MMA veteran Jeremy Horn has been added to the UFC 93 event in Dublin, Ireland. Although he has lost two consecutive bouts in the UFC, he was granted another opportunity to redeem himself against Rousimar Palhares. Joining these two at the O2 Arena will be Tomasz Drwal taking on Ivan Serati, w...
Sokoudjou Latest UFC Cut
Light heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou is the latest fighter to be released from the UFC, as the organization continues to trim their roster. Sokoudjou entered the UFC as one of the most highly touted PrideFC free agents after he knocked out two world class fighters, Antonio Rogerio...
Thursday, Nov 27
Franca Back in Action at Fight Night 17
UFC lightweight Hermes Franca will be taking on Joe Lauzon at “UFC Fight Night 17” on February 7th. Franca is coming off of a win over Marcus Aurelio at UFC 90 just last month, however has lost two of his last three bouts. The event will be held at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, an...
GSP vs. Penn II, What Legends are Made of
You become a champion in the sport by beating other fighters, however you achieve legendary status when you are able to defeat the sport’s greats. That is exactly what UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn and welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre will be striving for come January 31st. The two w...
Gurgel Finds New Home
It didn’t take long for former UFC fighter Jorge Gurgel to find a new place of employment. Minutes after being released from the largest MMA organization in the world, he found a new home at Strikeforce. The San Jose based organization has reportedly signed the lightweight to a multi-fight...
Wednesday, Nov 26
Lesnar in a Good Place
It’s good to be a champion, just ask newly crowned UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar. The former WWE wrestler found himself in a title fight just four bouts into his professional career, and was able to knockout a living legend in Randy Couture to earn himself the crown. A star was born the n...
Germany to Host UFC 99
Germany’s long awaited arrival of the UFC will officially come to an end on June 13th, 2009. The largest MMA organization in the world will hold its first-ever event in Germany at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. The 20,000 seat venue is the biggest indoor site in the country, and there is no dou...
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It appears as though Strikeforce’s newly crowned light heavyweight champion Rentao “Babalu” Sobral hasn’t eaten in months. After feasting on Bobby Southworth at this past weekend’s “Destruction” event, Babalu now looks to satisfy his ...
Tuesday, Nov 25
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The Midwest-based MMA organization is owned and operated by Alvarez’ manager Monte Cox. Although the 12-year old promotion is a local hit, it is far too small of an organization to house a fighter of Alvarez’ caliber. ...
Anderson Silva’s Next Opponent a Light Heavyweight
With Chuck Liddell apparently out of the picture for Anderson Silva, it seems as though he’ll have a crack at another UFC light heavyweight. It is being reported that Silva may end up fighting the loser from either the Rashad Evans vs. Forrest Griffin or Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson fi...
Monday, Nov 24
GSP Aiming for Legendary Status
Current UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is looking to achieve levels of MMA superiority that very few have been able to obtain. He has twice been a champion and successfully defended his title once, however is now on a mission to be one of the sport’s best ever. He is no longer cont...
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Werdum posted a meager 2-2 record for the organization, however his release from the world’s biggest MMA organization has not deterred the Chute Boxe fighter, as he is still confident that his future is as bright as ever. ...
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It seems as though yet another fighter is not happy with the timeliness in which he received payment from Dream after fighting for the company. Bantamweight sensation Joseph Benavidez last fought for the organization at Dream.5 back in ...
UFC Announces Two Bouts for “Fight Night 17″
Two bouts have been added to for the February 7th UFC Fight Night 17 event at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mac Danzig will be facing Josh Neer, and Nick Catone will be finally be squaring off against Amir Sadollah, the two were initially slated to compete at UFC 91, however S...
Franklin: Machida is “a Boring Fighter”
Two years ago, Rich Franklin was sitting on top of the UFC middleweight division. He hadn’t lost a fight in nearly three years and held an almost perfect 20-1 record. His only loss at the time? It was to Lyoto Machida back in 2003, when the Brazilian TKO’ed him in the 2ndRound. Currently, only Ma...
Saturday, Nov 15
Randy Couture’s Shorts Might Make The Difference
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Everlast will make its official debut into MMA tonight at UFC 91 with none other than Randy Couture as their lead guy. Couture will reportedly wear Everlast’s new “Omnistrike” shorts in his fight againt Brock Lesnar to help with his overall flexability....
Friday, Nov 14
Beard Resigns from Affliction
Two days after Kim Couture, wife of UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, was granted a temporary restraining order against Affliction’s Todd Beard, the brash co-owner has resigned from the company. According the the release, Affliction executives were aware of his resignation l...
Tuesday, Nov 11
Sadollah Out at UFC 91
The UFC announced today that “The Ultimate Fighter 7″ champ Amir Sadollah will be forced out of his UFC 91 matchup against Nick Catone due to a leg infection. Because the event will be taking place this Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, they will be unable to find a re...
Tuesday, Apr 1
Podcast: 5thRound.com’s exclusive interview with UFC Lightweight Frank Edgar before Ultimate Fight Night
We got to talk to undefeated UFC Lightweight Frank Edgar before his fight with Gray Maynard later on tonight at Ultimate Fight Night 13 on SpikeTV. Frank talked to us about his rumored bout with Takanori Gomi as well as his gameplan going into tonight’s match-up. (more…) We got to talk to unde...
Monday, Feb 4
Podcast: 5thRound.com’s Exclusive interview with UFC Middleweight fighter Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann
We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann late last week prior to UFC 81: Breaking Point about his rehab on his injured knee. Kampmann was open and honest about a possible return sometime in the near future, “I’m still working on my knee, but I’m aiming at maybe...
Tuesday, Jan 29
Podcast: 5thRound.com’s EXCLUSIVE interview with UFC Lightweight fighter Frankie Edgar
Tom Ngo of 5thRound.com recently got the chance to speak with undefeated UFC Lightweight fighter Frankie Edgar. Edgar is coming off of a huge victory over Spencer Fisher at UFC 78 and is looking to climb up the Lightweight ladder towards a title shot. Edgar also has a victory over another Ligh...
Wednesday, Jan 16
Podcast: 1-on-1 with UFC Middleweight Drew McFedries
Don’t forget to tune into Outside the Cage Live! this Saturday at 12PM PST for our Live AUDIO play-by-play of UFC 80: Rapid Fire. Those who can’t order it won’t want to miss it, and those who do will want to listen in! We apologize to anyone trying to listen into the radio show as we ran into some a...
Friday, Nov 9
Podcast: UFC 78 Validation Countdown Airs Monday on SpikeTV
This coming Monday is when the UFC officially starts pumping up their next Pay-Per-View event UFC 78: Validation. Critics and fans alike are skeptical about the card, even hardcore fans like James Hergott who told us on the last episode of the 5thRound Beat Down that he may, “take a pass” on...