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BJPENN.COM Staff - November 21, 2018

He hasn’t been inside the ONE Championship cage for almost two years, but Brandon Vera insists he is faster and stronger than ever as he bids to defend his ONE Heavyweight World Title against Cage Warriors champion Mauro Cerilli at ONE: Conquest of Champions this Friday, November 23 in Manila, The Philippines.  “Everybody’s worried that it’s been nearly two years, but it doesn’t feel like that to me,” the Filipino-American Brandon Vera said. “I’ve been doing action stuff, and I’ve been training on my days off. I’ve really been just working.

Tom Taylor - November 21, 2018

Back in July, in the main event of UFC 226, Daniel Cormier claimed the UFC heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of dominant champion Stipe Miocic. Since then, Miocic has been adamant that his previous accomplishments should earn him an immediate rematch with Cormier. Miocic continued on his mission to goad Cormier into a rematch on Twitter this week.

Tom Taylor - November 21, 2018

Tony Ferguson has long been confident that he could defeat former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion Conor McGregor in the UFC’s Octagon. Speaking on Twitter late on Tuesday night, however, El Cucuy proclaimed that he could also beat the Irish striker in the boxing ring. https://twitter.com/TonyFergusonXT/status/1065100398363521024

Tom Taylor - November 21, 2018

Arnold Berdon, the husband of UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich, has been arrested on an attempted murder charge, according to reports from TMZ and MMA Fighting. Berdon, who is also an MMA fighter, is currently in custody. Speaking to MMA Fighting, a spokesperson from the Honolulu Police Department confirmed that the charge against Berdon could still change as the investigation is ongoing.

Drake Riggs - November 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1065068525759344641 “To be a real success, you know…a low number? 200 [thousand pay-per-view buys]. I mean, that’s shootin’ super low. If me and Chuck [Liddell] do 200,000 pay-per-view buys, we shouldn’t even be in the business. I think this thing knocks it out of the park, we have a home run ahead of us and all the fans at home will be interested in this fight cause they want to see how it turns out.

Drake Riggs - November 20, 2018

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Drake Riggs - November 20, 2018

The UFC returns to China this Saturday as they drop down in Beijing! Despite the very early start time that the card will have for those in North America, the card promises to be one that you absolutely will not want to miss. Here are five reasons as to why.

Drake Riggs - November 20, 2018

For the many fighters that have been competing for the UFC at 125-pounds over the years, it appears that it’s time to move on, whether that be by leaving the promotion entirely or by changing weight classes. It has been a rather rough year for one of the top-ranked contenders at 125-pounds, Ray “The Tazmexican Devil” Borg as he has had four consecutive fight cancellations along with aiding his son through a battle tougher than any fight that Borg could compete in himself.

Drake Riggs - November 20, 2018

UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has already successfully defended his heavyweight title in which he earned in July with a stunning first-round knockout victory over the defending king, Stipe Miocic. It seemed clear after that fight that Cormier’s first heavyweight title defense would come against another former heavyweight champion in the WWE star, Brock Lesnar.

bjpenndotcom - November 20, 2018

Catch Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz 3 right here on BJPENN.COM, on Saturday, November 24.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2018

The next UFC event on the calendar is UFC Beijing, which goes down this Saturday morning in Beijing, China. This UFC Beijing card will be headlined by a heavyweight rematch between top contender Curtis Blaydes and former title challenger Francis Ngannou.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2018

UFC President Dana White has not been shy about his disdain for former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren in the past. Yet Chael Sonnen believes the UFC President will come to love the American wrestler, who has finally joined the UFC roster. In fact, he thinks Askren is likely to become White’s favorite fighter.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2018

Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz’s trilogy fight is just around the corner. The fight, which is being promoted by Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, goes down this Saturday, November 24. As this trilogy fight between the two MMA legends looms on the horizon, many members of the MMA community are quite excited. Others, however, would prefer to see Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz sticking to their retirement plans.

James Lynch - November 20, 2018

“The Baddest Man On The Planet” is back. Former multi-division Bellator champion Joe Warren will square off with Shawn Bunch at Bellator 210 on Nov. 30. MMAJunkie was the first to report the fight booking.

Cole Shelton - November 20, 2018

The UFC is continuing its push into the Chinese market in a big way. The promotion will be opening a brand new UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai, China. It will reportedly be more than 93,000 square feet and will cost the promotion a whopping $13 million. However, this PI will be quite different from the one that’s been established in Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, the PI is for UFC athletes to recover, train and help with their weight cutting and nutrition. However, the one in Shanghai will primarily be about developing Asian MMA fighters, with the hope that the fighters will then sign with promotion. The promotion will reportedly offer these fighters ‘scholarships’ which will allow them to train at the PI.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2018

Over the weekend, TMZ reported that UFC strawweight Rachael Ostovich had been attacked by “someone close to her.” According to a report from MMA Fighting, The Honolulu Police Department has now opened an assault investigation into this attack.

Tom Taylor - November 20, 2018

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has a lot of options on the table for his next fight. There’s a rematch with Conor McGregor. There’s a long awaited fight with top-contender Tony Ferguson, and matchups with other top contenders like Dustin Poirier or Kevin Lee.  Of all the options available to Khabib Nurmagomedov, however, there is one that his father Abdulmanap likes best of all: a fight with former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre.

Cole Shelton - November 19, 2018

Colby Covington vs. Tyron Woodley is a fight MMA fans are looking forward to. Ever since Covington defeated Rafael Dos Anjos in June to win the promotions interim belt, fans and analysts have been debating if “Chaos” is the man to dethrone “The Chosen One”. Fans initially expected to get that answer in the fall of 2018. However, after an injury to Covington, Woodley ended up fighting Darren Till in September. “T-Wood” would cruise to a second-round submission win over Till at UFC 228, once again proving himself as the best welterweight fighter in the world.