Former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao explains the reason for his loss to T.J. Dillashaw. The Brazilian told Portal do Vale Tudo that the UFC pressured him into fighting Dillashaw after Chris Weidman was injured and unable to fight on the scheduled card. He said he didn’t want to take the fight but did anyways...
Check out how UFC fighters reacted to Carlos Condit’s win over Thiago Alves! Wow @CarlosCondit looked like a animal…Congrats boss! — Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) May 31, 2015 How about a rematch @nickdiaz209 vs Carlos Condit @ufc ? — Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) May 31, 2015 That's why I could never ever be a fight Dr. no...
UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi is coming off of a victory over Costas Philippou this past weekend at “UFC Fight Night 66” and he is looking to get back into the octagon as soon as possible. With the recent announcement that UFC will be making their return to Japan in September, Mousasi jumped at the opportunity...
Gegard Mousasi dominated Costas Philippou in the co main-event of “UFC Fight Night 66” in a bout that went the distance. While Philippou was never finished, Mousasi proved his dominance tonight as he was able to control the entire fight. Mousasi took Philippou down at will and implemented his ground and pound while on the...
The fighters of “UFC Fight Night 66” took the scales this morning to make their bouts on Saturday official. One fighter missed weight tonight, but Urijah Faber and Frankie Edgar were able to make their fight official. Check out the results below! Main Card (FOX Sports 1, 10 AM ET) Frankie Edgar (146) vs. Urijah...
UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass, has added another big promotion to its catalog. Announced on The MMA Hour, UFC Fight Pass will now include past events and fights from Shooto Brazil to its extensive library. Shooto Brazil is known for having past fighters like Renan Barao and Jose Aldo. It was also announced that they...
After it was announced that the UFC would be changing their fighter pay structure to tenure rather than rankings, UFC veterans were excited to learn more details. UFC recently sent out an e-mail to their fighters and Cody Gibson leaked the specifics of the payout: Reebok figures came out. #UFC #reebok pic.twitter.com/P2s6GuF9j5 — Cody Gibson...
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan has been known to create a lot of truths that just don’t exist. It is unknown whether he knows he is lying or if he truly believes these things happened, but Hogan is losing his credibility in interviews by the minute. There was that time he claimed that...
The always outspoken Khabib Nurmagomedov already has it all planned out if Jon Jones is pulled from his bout at UFC 187. Nurmy said he wants to see Daniel Cormier step into the octagon with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson to decide the new UFC Light Heavyweight Championship– check it out! If Jones out I would like...
Paige VanZant may be one of the most promising young-talents in the UFC today, but she also happens to be an extremely gorgeous girl. It’s the mixture of good looks, charisma, skill and the “IT” factor that is landing her all of these deals with Reebok and the UFC. VanZant’s recent performance against Felice Herrig...
The MMA community let their voices be heard after watching Luke Rockhold completely run through Lyoto Machida en route to a submission win in the second round. Check out what some of your favorite fighters had to say about the performance. Congratulations @LukeRockhold Strikeforce lives!! — Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) April 19, 2015 Very impressive...
Urijah Faber is preparing for his upcoming bout with Frankie Edgar and he is spamming kicks like crazy! Watch one of the faces of Team Alpha Male go to town on the pads. A video posted by Team Alpha Male (@teamalphamalemma) on Apr 13, 2015 at 7:25pm PDT WATCH! KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV LOOKING GREAT FOLLOWING SURGERY!
If it was not for the success of the first UFC event, nobody would know who Royce Gracie, Conor McGregor or Jon Jones was. Everybody who participated at ‘UFC 1’ played an important role in the company’s future. We here at BJPENN.COM are saddened to learn about the passing of Kevin Rosier. Rosier was in...
We have fight news! TJ Dillashaw is set to defend his championship against Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16! The bout was originally scheduled to takes place at UFC 186 but Dillashaw was forced to pull out due to an injury. Anthony Pettis has also been added to the card as he is set...
UFC Fight Pass brought fans of mixed martial arts some of the best fights of 2014. The cost for a subscription is $9.99 a month, but you can score a FREE month of UFC Fight Pass when you ask New York to legalize MMA! Send a letter to the New York State Assembly HERE and...
The report for medical suspensions following ‘UFC Fight Night 64’ is in! Both Gabriel Gonzaga suffered severe lacerations to his forehead and will need to submit a negative CT scan before being approved to fight again. Jimi Manuwa fought with injuries in his leg and will need orthopedic clearance. Both Manuwa and Gonzaga suffered six...
“I consider myself to be ready to be able to already fight for the title… I think I showed in this fight that I’m ready to be able to get the win… “I challenged her to fight with me. I would like to fight with her for the championship, for the title.” Maryna Moroz took...
UFC Fight Night 64 aired this past weekend and it was headlined by a mauling of Gabriel Gonzaga at the hands of Mirko Cro Cop. After the main event concluded, an excited fan tried to make his way toward the camera to celebrate Cro Cop’s come from behind victory. What happened, instead, was almost one...
Check out this side-by-side stats comparison of Lyoto Machida and Luke Rockhold, who will meet in the octagon on April 18 at UFC On FOX 15. Who takes this one? By: Ryan C. Miller | @ryancmiller1630 SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE — Luke Rockhold, Countdown to UFC on FOX 15 Feature
Mirko Cro Cop came back in fantastic fashion tonight when he knocked out Gabriel Gonzaga in the third round! Check out UFC fighters and Dana White’s reactions! WOW!!!!! Cro Cop turned that around!!!! @UFCFightPass — Dana White (@danawhite) April 11, 2015 Just watched the Gonzaga/crocop fight. Good for cro cop! — michael (@bisping) April 11,...
Dan ‘Punkass’ Caldwell joined BJPENN.COM Radio this past Thursday to talk about TAPOUT’s rebranding, working with the WWE and the UFC’s Reebok deal. Check out some of the highlights below. When asked about the UFC Expo and if he knew anything about how it will work with other brands selling there he had this so...
Mirko Cro Cop is back! Cro Cop seemed gun-shy and cautious when it came to standing with Gonzaga. Whenever Gonzaga would charge forward, Cro Cop would run backwards and then reset to the middle of the octagon. Gonzaga trapped him against the cage wall and as Cro Cop ran to the center Gonzaga took him...
A light heavyweight bout between Jimi Manuwa and Jan Blachowicz was one of the headliners for tonight’s card and it was lackluster at best. Manuwa struggled to find a comfortable striking distance in the first two rounds and actually took some punishment from Blachowicz. When Manuwa would get too close and didn’t like his situation,...
Sheldon Westcott tried to wrestle his way to an uneventful unanimous decision victory against Pawel Pawlak. However, it was Pawlak who got the win at UFC Fight Night 64. It seemed like Westcott was trying to apply the ‘Randy Couture’ strategy by pressing Pawlak up against the fence for the first round to tire him...
Joanne Calderwood did not get a chance to show what she was made of as she was caught by a Maryna Moroz armbar in less than two minutes. Calderwood tried to push Moroz up against the octagon fence, but Moroz chose to pull guard. On the ground, Moroz transitioned to an armbar attempt and Calderwood...
EIGHT SECONDS. That is all the time Leon Edwards needed to finish Seth Baczynski tonight at UFC Fight Night 64. It was the second fastest knockout in UFC welterweight history. Six seconds into the bout, Edwards countered Baczynski’s combination with a straight left hand that sent him crashing to the canvas! Edwards followed him down...
Bartosz Fabinski absolutely dominated his middleweight bout with Garreth McLellan at UFC Fight Night 64. Whether the fight was standing or on the ground, Fabinski made the fight his own and controlled the pace for the entire fifteen minutes. McLellan tried his hardest to turn the tables when he could, but Fabinski was just too...
Sergio Moraes is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout, but he spent the first ten minutes of the fight standing with Mickael Lebout. Lebout could not capitalize on this ten minute advantage and as a matter of fact— he was outstruck! Sergio Moraes finally took Mickael Lebout down with three minutes remaining in the final round. Moraes...
