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UFC Rochester | Kevin Lee expecting 'bloodbath' against Rafael dos Anjos
Cole Shelton - May 15, 2019
Kevin Lee is set to make his welterweight debut this Saturday against former UFC lightweight champion and current third-ranked welterweight Rafael dos Anjos. For Lee, to get the chance to fight a top-three opponent in his welterweight debut is exciting. He also likes the fact that dos Anjos is a former lightweight too.
Manager gives update on former champ Fabricio Werdum
Tom Taylor - May 15, 2019
Last year, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum tested positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone and was suspended two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). “Werdum, 41, tested positive for trenbolone and its metabolite epitrenbolone following an out-of-competition urine test conducted on April 25, 2018,” a USADA statement issued at the time explained. “Trenbolone is a non-Specified Substance in the class of Anabolic Agents and prohibited at all times under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, which has adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
Shinya Aoki vs Christian Lee could be one of the most interesting bouts of the year
BJPENN.COM Staff - May 15, 2019
There isn’t much rest for iconic Japanese superstar and newly-crowned ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki after his historic victory at ONE: A New Era back in March. Aoki already has his next opponent, and it’s none other than hard-charging Singaporean rising star and former ONE featherweight title challenger Christian Lee.
Manager says Justin Gaethje would 'slaughter' Conor McGregor
Tom Taylor - May 15, 2019
With Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier, Donald Cerrone, Tony Ferguson, Nate Diaz and Max Holloway all currently booked, there aren’t a lot of viable opponents left for former UFC lightweight and featherweight champ Conor McGregor. One option that is still available, however, is former World Series of Fighting lightweight king Justin Gaethje. While a the idea of a McGregor vs. Justin Gaethje fight is likely to excite many fans, Gaethje’s manager Ali Abdelaziz does not believe the fight would be competitive. He believes his client would dominate the Irishman, and used all kinds of creative metaphors to describe the color of McGregor’s flesh after a potential meeting with Gaethje.
Pedro Munhoz plans to make 'b*tch' Aljamain Sterling pay for PED comments
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2019
Liz Carmouche vs Roxanne Modaferri targeted for UFC San Antonio
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2019
The UFC is headed back to Texas for UFC San Antonio on July 20. With no fights yet to be announced… that’s about to be changed. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has confirmed that a pivotal flyweight match-up between seasoned veteran top contenders and former title challengers, one at bantamweight and the other at flyweight, is close to finalization for the event.
Frankie Edgar explains why title fight with Max Holloway 'makes sense'
Cole Shelton - May 14, 2019
At UFC 240 current featherweight champion Max Holloway will look to defend his title against Frankie Edgar, not Alexander Volkanovski, as many expected. The former UFC lightweight champion is just 1-1 in his last two fights and hasn’t fought since April 2018. But, according to Edgar, he knew he was next after talking to the UFC. After all, he did give up his title shot when Holloway got injured and accepted a short-notice fight against Brian Ortega, which he ended up losing.
UFC Sacramento gets four fights, Nicco Montano set to return
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2019
On July 13, UFC Sacramento goes down and it’s beginning to really shape up with four fun fight additions. The UFC revealed on Tuesday that the inaugural flyweight champion, Nicco Montano (4-2) will be making her long-awaited return for the first time since winning the title in December 2017. She would defeat Roxanne Modafferi via unanimous decision to take home the gold.
Neil Magny reveals USADA test failure as reason for UFC Rochester removal
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2019
On Monday, Neil Magny was suddenly pulled from his UFC Rochester co-main event bout with Vicente Luque this Saturday night due to undisclosed reasons. Well, we now know why. The 20-fight UFC veteran took to Instagram on Tuesday following the news and revealed that his removal from the fight was due to a positive out of competition USADA testing from this past Saturday.
ONE: Enter the Dragon | Competitors with the most at stake In Singapore
BJPENN.COM Staff - May 14, 2019
The stakes are always high at every major martial arts event, and ONE: Enter the Dragon is no exception to that. However, there are some competitors scheduled to perform who have a little more on the line than others. The following martial artists have even more at stake than the other athletes on the card.
Manager wanted all of TJ Dillashaw's UFC wins overturned, gives update on Cody Garbrandt
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2019
At UFC 235 in March, the former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt went to war with Brazil’s rising contender, Pedro Munhoz. Unfortunately for the Team Alpha Male staple, he would suffer his third consecutive defeat via knockout. Of course, it’s never a fighter’s desire to take damage, especially in the form of a knockout. So when it comes to getting back to fighting, health and timing are critical.
Chatri Sityodtong announces massive prize for ONE Kickboxing World Grand Prix
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
There was already ample reason to be excited for the ONE Kickboxing World Grand Prix, which begins this Friday at ONE: Enter The Dragon in Singapore. Yet at a pre-fight press conference on Tuesday, ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong added even more spice to this massive kickboxing tournament. He says the winner will receive a $1 million prize.
Brendan Schaub rips UFC, Dana White for moving PPVs to ESPN+
Natasha Hooper - May 14, 2019
Speaking on a recent episode of his Below The Belt Podcast, former UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub discussed the UFC’s recent decision to make its pay-per-views available exclusively on ESPN+. Schaub feels that this is significantly and negatively influencing pay-per-view numbers, which is in turn hurting the fighters. https://youtu.be/MFR0-s1GckM
Jon Jones makes prediction for Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic rematch
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
Daniel Cormier will attempt his second defense of the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 241, as he takes on the man he beat to win that title, former champ Stipe Miocic. Jon Jones, inarguably the fiercest rival of Cormier’s career, expects the champion to defeat Miocic once again — though perhaps not quite as easily. In fact, Jones has quite a bit of praise for his arch rival.
Anderson Silva escapes UFC 237 with minor injuries
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
As Anderson Silva collapsed to the ground in the UFC 237 co-main main event, clutching his knee in pain, we all experienced terrifying flashbacks to his 2013 loss to Chris Weidman. At best, it looked as though Silva’s ligaments had been hacked to pieces by Jared Cannonier’s crippling leg kicks. Yet according to a report from MMA Fighting, which cites sources close to Anderson Silva, the former middleweight champ did not sustain any serious injuries in his UFC 237 loss to Cannonier.
Duke Roufus has an interesting strategy to prepare Anthony Pettis for Nate Diaz
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
When Anthony Pettis steps into the cage with Nate Diaz at UFC 241, he’ll have to worry about his opponent’s incredible grappling skill, his crisp boxing, and his bottomless gas tank. Yet he’ll also have to be concerned with a much more intangible factor: Diaz’s trash talk. Nate Diaz and his brother Nick are both infamous for their habit of talking trash to their opponents mid-fight. In an apparent grudge match like this fight with Pettis, the trash talk will almost certainly fly inside the Octagon.
Christian Lee calls for rematch between Angela Lee and Xiong Jing Nan
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
This weekend, in the main event of ONE Championship: Enter The Dragon, Christian Lee will partake in the biggest fight of his career as he challenges Japanese legend Shinya Aoki for the ONE Lightweight World Title. While this matchup is taking up most of his focus at present, he believes there could be another big fight for the Lee family in the very near future: a rematch between his sister, ONE Atomweight champ Angela Lee, and ONE Strawweight champ Xiong Jing Nan. Angela Lee and Xiong Jing Nan first met in late March, at ONE: A New Era in Tokyo, Japan. This bout, which stands out as one of the best of the year so far, saw Xiong emerge the victor by fifth round TKO. That being said, Lee very nearly finished the fight herself in the fourth round, as she had Xiong locked up in a bone-bending armbar until the round ended.
Anthony Pettis says he was offered Conor McGregor fight before Nate Diaz
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is expected to return to the Octagon at UFC 241, where he’ll take on a big name in Nate Diaz. From the sounds of it, however, Pettis was first offered the chance to fight the biggest name in MMA: Conor McGregor. Pettis dropped this bit of information on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday.
Alex Volkanovski hospitalized with blood infection in Chile
Tom Taylor - May 14, 2019
Yesterday afternoon, news surfaced that the UFC is targeting a featherweight title fight between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar for UFC 240 in July. The widespread reaction to this news is that top featherweight contender Alex Volkanovski, who just defeated Jose Aldo at UFC 237, is being snubbed. As it turns out, this is probably the least of the Australian’s contenders worries at present.