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Pros react after Petr Yan KO's Urijah Faber at UFC 245
Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019
A key bantamweight fight between Petr Yan and Urijah Faber kicked off the main card of tonight’s UFC 245 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Faber was most recently seen in action at July’s UFC Fight Night event in his backyard of Sacramento, where he scored a first round TKO victory over Ricky Simon.
UFC 245 Results: Petr Yan KO's Urijah Faber (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019
A key bantamweight bout kicked off tonight’s UFC 245 main card as former WEC champion Urijah Faber squares off with surging contender Petr Yan. Urijah Faber (35-10 MMA) made his return to the Octagon at July’s UFC Fight Night event in his backyard Sacramento, where he scored sensational first round TKO victory over Ricky Simon. ‘The California Kid’ has gone 3-2 over his past five fights overall entering tonight’s event.
Pros react after Geoff Neal TKO's Mike Perry at UFC 245
Natasha Hooper - December 14, 2019
Tonight, Mike Perry and Geoff Neal lead the way on the preliminary card for UFC 245. The action-packed event was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and was headlined by a welterweight title bout between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. The fellow welterweight fighter, Geoff Neal is currently ranked No 14 in the division. The heavy hitter has 6 back-to-back wins, finishing half of them with punches and resulting in TKO victories. He made his UFC debut in Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series in 2017 where he set his own precedent by finishing Chase Waldon in under 2 minutes of the first round.
Pros react to Matt Brown's KO win over Ben Saunders at UFC 245
Cole Shelton - December 14, 2019
When the UFC 245 card was revealed, one fight many fans had circled for a potential fight of the night was Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders. The fight was on the ESPN2 prelims and it surely didn’t disappoint as Brown won by second-round KO.
VIDEO | The Senegalese Hulk Oumar Kane smashed his opponent in MMA debut
Alfredo Zullino - December 14, 2019
A star is born! Oumar Kane, the undefeated Senegalese wrestler, also known as ‘Reug Reug’, now holds a perfect record in mixed martial arts as well. Debuting against former Cage Warriors Franco-Maroccan fighter Sofiane Boukichou, Kane was able to gain his first win inside the eight-sided cage, during the co-main event of the first ever ARES Fighting Championship’s event.
VIDEO | Watch 4 live fights from ARES 1 in Dakar, Senegal
Tom Taylor - December 14, 2019
ARES 1, the first event from upstart promotion ARES Fighting Championship, goes down today in Dakar, Senegal. The ARES 1 main card will air on UFC Fight Pass, but the card’s four postlims will air right here on BJPENN.com at 5:15pm ET.
Colby Covington mocks Kamaru Usman's Nigerian heritage ahead of UFC 245
Natasha Hooper - December 14, 2019
Colby Covington is getting in his final rounds of verbal warfare before he embarks on a five-round fight for the welterweight title. Tonight “Chaos” will challenge the welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, in the main event of UFC 245 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. No subject is off-limits when it comes to Covington’s trash-talking, and that includes “The Nigerian Nightmares'” heritage.
Matt Hughes sends Colby Covington a message prior to UFC 245
Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes sent an interesting message to Colby Covington earlier this afternoon. Covington is set to square off with Kamaru Usman for the promotions coveted welterweight title in tonight’s UFC 245 event headliner in Las Vegas.
Jon Jones has some bold words for middleweight champ Israel Adesanya
Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019
The ongoing feud between UFC champions Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya continued earlier today, and this time it was ‘Bones’ dishing out the insults on ‘Stylebender’. The UFC’s reigning light heavyweight kingpin, Jones, responded to reporters questioning his desire to fight the newly crowned UFC middleweight title holder, Adesanya.
Dana White on Justin Gaethje: "He knows exactly what happened!"
Chris Taylor - December 13, 2019
Dana White recently made headlines when he suggested that a win for Conor McGregor over Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 could lead to a rematch between ‘Mystic Mac’ and Khabib Nurmagomedov. In order for that rematch to happen, the UFC President says that Khabib Nurmagomedov would also have to defeat Tony Ferguson at April’s UFC 249 event in Brooklyn.
Dana White explains why Conor McGregor wanted Donald Cerrone fight at Welterweight
Christopher Taylor - December 13, 2019
Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon on January 18 for a welterweight fight with Donald Cerrone. It will mark the Irish superstars first fight since he suffered a submission loss to reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229.
Jon Jones reacts after Colby Covington claims his UFC persona is partially an act
Christopher Taylor - December 13, 2019
Current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is a former friend and training partner of UFC 245 headliner Colby Covington. Jones and Covington were roommates in College, so ‘Bones’ likely has a good idea what ‘Chaos’ is really like behind closed doors.
UFC 245 salaries revealed: Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington lead the pack
Thomas Taylor - December 13, 2019
The salaries for Saturday night’s UFC 245 card in Las Vegas have been revealed, and as expected, main event stars Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington will be the biggest earners. Usman, the UFC welterweight champion, will pocket a flat rate of $500,000, without a win bonus. His opponent, former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington, will earn the same amount. These sums do not include pay-per-view points or Reebok sponsorship amounts.
Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts to Dana White's plans for Conor McGregor rematch
Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019
UFC President Dana White recently opened the door to a blockbuster rematch between UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champion Conor McGregor. The catch, the UFC boss explained, is that Nurmagomedov will have to successfully defend his belt against Tony Ferguson in April, and McGregor will have to defeat Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 in January.
Amanda Nunes reveals gameplan for Germaine de Randamie rematch
Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019
In the first of three title fights on the UFC 245 bill, two-division champion Amanda Nunes will attempt to defend her bantamweight belt against Germaine de Randamie. Nunes has bested de Randamie once before, and with a carefully constructed gameplan, intends to do so again.
VIDEO | Dana White considering bringing professional slapping to UFC Fight Pass
Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019
UFC Fight Pass home to an ever-expanding library of combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to grappling, to Muay Thai, to Lethwei. According to UFC President Dana White, the UFC Fight Pass library could soon grow by one extremely strange, but undeniably brutal pseudo-sport: professional slapping. This sport is so strange it gives X-Arm a run for it’s money.
Hector Lombard set for BKFC debut
Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019
Former Bellator middleweight champion and UFC welterweight contender Hector Lombard recently signed with upstart bare knuckle fighting promotion BKFC. On Friday, it was announced that he’ll make his debut with the promotion at BKFC 10 on February 15 in Miami, Florida, where he’ll take on fellow UFC veteran Joe Riggs. #BKFC10 main event just announced. @HectorLombard vs. @DIESELRIGGSMMA – February 15 in #Miami @bareknucklefc
Conor McGregor reacts to Jose Aldo hitting bantamweight limit
Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019
On Friday morning, Jose Aldo stepped onto the scale and successfully hit the 136-pound limit for his UFC 245 fight with Marlon Moraes. In doing so, Aldo silenced his hordes of doubters, all of whom worried he could safely hit 136 — or even hit it at all.