UFC NEWS

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

The last old school Canadian fighter left since Sam Stout retired, Patrick Cote is looking for a top 15 fighter or Nick Diaz.   With three straight wins, is the ‘old school’ Cote ready to make the leap into deep waters?

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Sunday night in Boston Dominick Cruz had just his second fight in 4 years as he successfully defeated TJ Dillashaw to reclaim the UFC bantamweight championship. Following the fight, fighters took to Twitter to react to Cruz’s triumphant return.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Following his ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ win over TJ Dillashaw, a lot of doors opened for newly crowned bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. Cruz could have a rematch with former champion TJ Dillashaw, accept Urijah Faber’s callout, or even accept a superfight with flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson, whose coach called Cruz out on Facebook.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/DikFcXayuVo Get ready for a LHW showdown between #2 Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and #4 Ryan “Darth” Bader in Newark, New Jersey in the main-event January 30th.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Dominick Cruz hadn’t even been the newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion for more than an hour before he found himself being called out by nemesis Urijah Faber.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Is the mic on?  Yes Chael Sonnen the mic is on.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

If your an MMA fan, behind the scenes footage before a fight are little nuggets of truth we as fans look for before fight night.  Looking through some of his training videos you can tell he’s preparing for that ‘signature heavy pressure’ that earned him a victory over the previous champ Anthony Pettis.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Dominick Cruz didn’t let the punches stop after his five-round fight with T.J. Dillashaw on Sunday. Cruz reclaimed the UFC bantamweight champion title with a split decision win over Dillashaw and threw a stiff jab at fellow UFC analyst Kenny Florian in his interview in the Octagon after being awarded the victory. “Kenny Florian, stop copying and pasting man,” Cruz said.

bjpenndotcom - January 18, 2016

The #2 bantamweight woman in the world Miesha Tate getting the opportunity that she deserved by rattling off 4 wins straight as she takes Holly Holm at UFC 197 this March.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Check out UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor training for his historic match coming up against lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 197. McGregor and SBG training partner Peter Queally are seen training hard with sprints in one of Conor’s latest Instagram posts.

bjpenndotcom - January 18, 2016

Who’s next? The last person who isn’t concerned at this exact moment is probably the new champ Dominick “The Dominator” Cruz. After waiting as long as Cruz had to get into the octagon and perform against the former champ the way he did, Cruz is who he claimed to be regardless of multiple roadblocks and still come out the victor by a narrow margin.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

The coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 23 were officially announced on Sunday during the UFC Fight Night 81 broadcast. UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk said that she was likely going to be one of the coaches recently and she in fact set to be a coach against former opponent Claudia Gadelha. Jedrzejczyk and Gadelha fought back in December 2014 with Jedrzejczyk being awarded a close split decision. The two are set to rematch at the show Finale on July 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is also the day before UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - January 18, 2016

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3n3rap_ufc-ronda-rousey-holy-holm-rematch-will-happen_sport TMZ was live on location with a reporter to ask the former champ questions about her Holly Holm re-match.   Ronda Rousey didn’t have any hesitation to the question and it sounds like more along the line of negotiating her contract for the epic event.

bjpenndotcom - January 18, 2016

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Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

UFC veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and part of the team at JacksonWink MMA Academy put together a photo for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Cerrone posted the photo to his Instagram account where he is the only white person in the photo with the rest of the team glaring at him. Obviously, the guys posed for the picture all in fun and it looks like they didn’t take the holiday off from the gym.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Check out the newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz talk about his fight at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston against the former champion T.J. Dillashaw.

Russell Ess - January 18, 2016

Check out former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw talk about his fight at UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston against the newly crowned champion Dominick Cruz.