By JAKE CHASTAIN | This was a huge fight with heavy implications on the UFC bantamweight division. This was a dangerous fight for Faber and he was likely going to earn himself another title shot with a victory. But that was not going to be an easy task. Yuri Alcantara looked amazing in the opening minutes...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Wow. There’s really not much to say about this fight except…wow. Matt Brown entered this fight riding a 5 fight winning streak inside the UFC octagon. That alone is a very tough feat. Many people were saying that he was already worthy of being considered a title contender, but for some reason...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The first thing I noticed when the fight started was that Uriah Hall had a massive advantage in reach and height, but Howard is still a powerful man, so anything could happen. Shockingly Hall opened the fight with a beautiful blast double-leg takedown. After a little time for Hall the fight came...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The main card kicked off with a very intriguing match up between two UFC veterans and TUF alumni. Both men were coming off of losses, Johnson being plagued by a 2 fight skid. This was a perfect fight to set the tone for the main card action. Johnson came out looking a...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tonight the UFC hits UFC on FOX Sports 1 with a stacked night of fights. However, before the main card hits the television waves a stellar preliminary card event kicks off on Facebook at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The three facebook fights will be followed up with a fantastic four-fight preliminary card even on...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | BJPenn.com Radio hosted another spectacular show this week as they invited on several big MMA names, one of which was a Fight of the Night winner at last weekend’s UFC 163 event in Brazil. UFC flyweight contender Ian McCall talked with our boys Pedro Carrasco and George Mathews about his first UFC victory,...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tomorrow (August 3rd) Jose Aldo will place his UFC featherweight title on the line against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All fighters scheduled to perform tomorrow night hit the scales today (August 2nd) for the weigh-ins. All fighters, with...
UFC 163 fighter and former UFC champion Lyoto Machida knows a little something about title rematches as his consecutive bouts with Mauricio Rua started a streaky run for ‘The Dragon’. Now Machida weighs in on a situation concerning his friend and former UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva. In an interview with O Globo, Machida covered...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | After rumors started swirling that the UFC was in the process of looking to expand it’s women’s divisions within the organization by adding weight classes UFC President Dana White smashed those talks following last weekend’s UFC on FOX 8 event in Seattle, Washington. The event featured two very exciting female bouts from...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Our boys over at BJPenn.com’s Late Night Cage Side Radio invited longtime fan favorite, Leonard Garcia, onto this week’s show to talk about all the things that have been going on with him and his career as of late. Garcia was recently dropped from the UFC roster after losing 5 straight fights in...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | BJPenn.com’s Late Night Cage Side Radio had a fantastic lineup this past week and one of the guests on the show was former TUF Champion and UFC lightweight, Tony Ferguson. Tony came onto the airwaves to join Kinch and Chase Raymond to talk about all the things going on in his career, his...
Aaron Riley, 32, announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts following a split decision loss to Justin Salas at UFC on FOX 8. Riley boasted a professional record of 30-14, with one draw. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA UFC lightweight fighter, Aaron Riley, announced his retirement from MMA Saturday night following...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | This is the first installment of BJPenn.com’s Monday Morning Aftermath column, which will consist of breaking down the previous weekend’s top news and touching on what fans can expect to look for the following week as aftermath from that action. This column will also give the fans a head’s up on anything MMA...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Tonight the UFC went to Seattle, Washington and put on an amazing show. The night was filled with explosive battles and a couple technical wars that would have driven most judges crazy. There were a couple of KOs and a couple of submissions but the curious thing that stood out to me...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Speed. Speed. Speed. It was no surprise that Moraga had trouble catching Johnson at the beginning of the fight. DJ was using his speed to stay at bay and landed a few clean jabs throughout the round. Moraga was finally able to close the space and get Johnson pinned against the fence....
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The fight opened up with a complete lack of action. For the majority of the first round neither man threw many strikes. To say that the two men had respect for each other’s skills would be an extreme understatement. I would have to say that 4 out of the 5 minutes of the...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Robbie Lawler came out on fire, in every sense of the word. He was landing clean punches, solid kicks, flying-knees and vicious elbows. Robbie didn’t waste any time coming out and setting the pace of the fight. He totally dominated the first round and was looking unrealistically quick. Within the first couple...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The women kicked off the action on the main card and they brought the heat! Carmouche is coming off of her title fight loss to Ronda Rousey back in February and she came out looking like she was on a mission with everything in the world to prove. Her strength and wrestling...
By JAKE CHASTAIN Eight fights make up tonight’s UFC on FOX 8 preliminary card. Starting at 1:00 pm PT, two fights will go down on the UFC’s Facebook.com channel. 1 Hour later the prelims switch to FX where six more fights will go down culminating in a UFC on FX Prelims headliner between Jorge Masvidal and...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | The UFC has added and exciting bout to its upcoming event in Toronto as lightweights Pat Healy (29-16) and undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov (20-0) are slated to meet on September 21st at UFC 165. The news was made official by the UFC today as they confirmed the booking between the two brawling lightweights....
By JAKE CHASTAIN | When you’re fighting for the right things it never seems like spending too much is a concern of high regard. Take it from the UFC’s recent spending this past year on Capitol Hill. The world’s number one MMA promotion spent a hefty $620,000 dollars in lobbying efforts in 2012 while they tried...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | News broke Friday night (July 12th) that a lightweight battle between two TUF competitors is set to go down this fall in Houston, Texas. UFC officials have announced that TUF 13 winner Tony Ferguson will be going to war with TUF 15 contestant Mike Rio at UFC 166 on October 19th, 2013...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | UFC 162 took place last Saturday, July 6th, in Las Veg, Nevada and today the Nevada State Athletic Commission released its report for the post-fight drug tests submitted by the event’s competitors. The NSAC confirmed that that all 22 fighters who were tested for illegal/banned substances after competing at at UFC 162 in Las...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | BJPenn.com’s Chase Raymond and Kinch, hosts of the weekly radio show Late Night Cage Side, invited Bellator Fight Master coach and former featherweight champion, Joe Warren, onto this week’s episode. Mr. Warren came onto the airwaves and shared some time and thoughts with all the fans here at BJPenn.com as he discussed the new...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | Our boys Denny and Anton over at BJPenn.com’s Fist-Ta-Cuff Radio invited Invicta FC co-founder and president, Shannon Knapp, onto this week’s show.Knapp, who as of late has been receiving an abundance of praise from everyone in the MMA world, is currently preparing her company for its upcoming event, Invicta 6, which takes place this Saturday, July...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | News has surfaced following UFC 162 that the Nevada State Athletic Commission granted UFC middleweight Chris Leben permission to use the prescription opioid medication Suboxone. Leben (22-10 MMA, 12-9 UFC) lost his fight on the card in a split decision to Andrew Craig (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at this past Saturday’s event. With his exemption granted by...
By JAKE CHASTAIN | UFC 162 took place tonight (July 6th) in Las Vegas, Nevada and the fans were treated to an amazing night of fights. There were huge performances from many of the fighters as we saw Chris Weidman dethrone the long-time champ, Anderson Silva, with a brilliant KO in the second round to claim his...
By JAKE CHASTAIN Oh. My. Goodness! What an amazing way to end UFC 162 and the 2013 4th of July weekend! Ladies and Gentlemen, Chris Wiedman is your new undefeated, undisputed UFC Middleweight Champion. Weidman came out on a mission. He didn’t waste any time before shooting in and scoring a deep, slick takedown to open...
