MMA News

Cole Shelton - June 5, 2020

Mike Winkeljohn says if Jon Jones does move up in weight to fight Francis Ngannou it would be the end of his light heavyweight tenure. For weeks now, Jones and Ngannou have been talking about fighting one another. Recently, however, pay has been an issue for the light heavyweight champ. He then said he was going to retire and vacate the belt, which coach Winkeljohn said to BJPENN.com is 100 percent true.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

Colby Covington has taken a shot at his former American Top Team stablemate Jorge Masvidal, who is embroiled in a heated dispute with the UFC. Masvidal has long been viewed as the next man in line for a shot at welterweight champ Kamaru Usman, but the negotiations for the fight have stalled, as Masvidal feels he’s being undervalued.

Adam Martin - June 5, 2020

Dana White says that UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes is now entering “Tom Brady status” in regard to her accomplishments. Brady, the former quarterback of the New England Patriots and the newest member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is one of the most accomplished athletes in sports history. He has been to nine Super Bowls and led the Patriots to six of them, making him arguably the single-most successful player in NFL history. Brady is also a personal friend of White and so comparing Nunes to him shows how strongly White feels about his female champion.

Adam Martin - June 5, 2020

UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of the UFC 250 bantamweight bout between Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen will get a title shot. Aside from the main event between UFC women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes and Felicia Spencer, Sterling vs. Sandhagen is the most important fight at this weekend’s UFC 250 card. And now, according to the UFC bossman during the UFC 250 pre-fight media scrum, the winner of this fight will be getting a title shot at 135lbs.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

BJJ ace Dillon Danis has challenged Jorge Masvidal to ditch the UFC’s Octagon in favor of the Bellator cage. On Friday afternoon, Masvidal took to Twitter to share his frustration with the stalled negotiations for a welterweight title fight with Kamaru Usman. He began by daring the UFC to release him from his contract if they’re not prepared to pay him what he’s worth.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

Jorge Masvidal has long been viewed as the next man in line for UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman, but the title fight has yet to come to fruition. He seems to be getting fed up.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with UFC 250, an under-the-radar pay-per-view emanating from the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas. UFC 250 will be headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes, who also holds the promotion’s bantamweight strap, and challenger Felicia Spencer. The bout will mark Nunes’ first defense of the featherweight title since she captured it with an unforgettable knockout win over Cris Cyborg. The bout will also mark Spencer’s first shot at UFC gold.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

Former Pride middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva was recently hit by his car while riding his bike, breaking his foot and sustaining some pretty nasty looking wounds. It was the Brazilian MMA legend’s second such accident in a four-year span. He says wearing a helmet save his life on both occasions.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

Gilbert Burns says he has volunteered to challenge Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title at UFC 251, which is expected to go down on July 11. Burns divulged this information in an interview with MMA Fighting.

Tom Taylor - June 5, 2020

Three-time UFC light heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson is ending his retirement and moving up to the heavyweight division. According to a report from Combate, Gustafsson is targeting a return to action on July 25 on the UFC’s widely discussed Fight Island. The frontrunners for his comeback fight, per the report, are former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, and former interim light heavyweight title challenge Ovince Saint Preux.

Natasha Hooper - June 5, 2020

MMA fighter turned analyst Chael Sonnen is convinced that Rafael Dos Anjos has “lost his mind”. During a recent interview, the Brazilian star revealed that he is currently on the last fight of his UFC contract and is waiting to see if the UFC will resign him.

Cole Shelton - June 4, 2020

Gilbert Burns may very well get the next welterweight title shot according to UFC president, Dana White. Burns became a top contender following his dominant decision win over Tyron Woodley in the main event of UFC Vegas. Following the win, he called for a title shot against his teammate and friend in Kamaru Usman.

Cole Shelton - June 4, 2020

On the main card of UFC 250, Aljamain Sterling battles Cory Sandhagen in what many assume is a number one contenders bout at bantamweight. Heading into the fight, Sterling is a -120 favorite while the comeback on Sandhagen is at -110. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their predictions for the scrap. The pros truly do believe it is a pick’em fight as the oddsmakers do. But, the majority lean towards Sandhagen getting the job done.

Cole Shelton - June 4, 2020

Alonzo Menifield believes the pressure is on him to make his fight against Devin Clark entertaining for the fans. Menifield and Clark are the second fight from the bottom on the UFC 250 card, which will be Menifield’s first fight in nearly a year. Since his last fight, a first-round knockout of Paul Craig, the undefeated prospect dealt with a serious neck injury.

Tom Taylor - June 4, 2020

Red hot UFC bantamweight prospect “Sugar” Sean O’Malley looks to be in incredible shape ahead of his UFC 250 main card scrap with Eddie Wineland. O’Malley flaunted his physique—and an undeniably bold hairstyle—in an Instagram post on Thursday.

Adam Martin - June 4, 2020

MMA legend Wanderlei Silva was involved in an accident on Wednesday afternoon in Curitiba, Brazil, when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle. Silva says that he broke his foot and suffered cuts to his face.

Tom Taylor - June 4, 2020

Dana White believes Conor McGregor is the first truly international superstar in UFC history, and that’s what sets him apart from other stars like Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, and Ronda Rousey. White compared McGregor’s celebrity to that of other big UFC stars on Eddie Hearn’s Talk the Talk podcast. He believes that, while stars like GSP, Rousey and Silva opened up new markets, McGregor brought the UFC to the whole world.

Mike Pendleton - June 4, 2020

Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is not holding back against some of his biggest rivals. Earlier this week during an interview with Submission Radio, Covington went after the likes of Tyron Woodley, Dustin Poirier, Jorge Masvidal, and Kamaru Usman.