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Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 4, 2025

Reigning UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis has named the one fight that had him more nervous than any other bout in his career. Du Plessis worked his way up to the top of the mountain, defeating the likes of Robert Whittaker, Sean Strickland, and Israel Adesanya. There was no easy path for “Stillknocks,” but he has emerged as a UFC champion.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 4, 2025

Sean Strickland has shown respect to Israel Adesanya following “The Last Stylebender’s” third straight loss. The kind words may come as a surprise to fans given that Strickland and Adesanya had a war of words leading up to their September 2023 clash. Strickland won that bout and the UFC Middleweight Championship, which started Adesanya’s slide. The former two-time UFC middleweight champion was then submitted by Dricus du Plessis, and more recently suffered a TKO loss to Nassourdine Imavov.

Cole Shelton - February 4, 2025

The 188th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live to preview UFC 312. We’re first joined by UFC light heavyweight Jimmy Crute (1:09). We close out the program talking with UFC lightweight Kody Steele (9:26).

Cole Shelton - February 4, 2025

The UFC was in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a solid UFC Saudi Arabia fight night card. In the main event, Israel Adesanya took on Nassourdine Imavov in a pivotal middleweight bout. Adesanya entered the fight coming off a submission loss to Drcius Du Plessis for the middleweight title. Imavov, meanwhile, was coming off a decision win over Brendan Allen.

Harry Kettle - February 4, 2025

UFC legend Michael Bisping has explained why he believes Michael Page should stay in the middleweight division after UFC Saudi Arabia. Last weekend, Michael Page surprised a lot of people. He did so by defeating Shara Magomedov – and doing so fairly decisively. He was able to control the page on the feet, and while Magomedov had his moments, it was the man known as MVP who got his hand raised.

Harry Kettle - February 4, 2025

UFC heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich wants to be back in title consideration after his win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Saudi Arabia. After bursting into the title picture, Sergei Pavlovich was brought back down to earth by Tom Aspinall. After being finished by the Englishman, he had to go back to the drawing board. Unfortunately, in his next outing, he was beaten again – this time in a fairly one-sided affair by Alexander Volkov.

Harry Kettle - February 4, 2025

UFC president Dana White has given his thoughts on Shara Magomedov’s surprising defeat to Michael Page at UFC Saudi Arabia. Last weekend, Shara Magomedov fell short in his co-main event collision with Michael ‘Venom’ Page. He was neutralized by MVP throughout the course of their fight and in the end, he wound up losing on the scorecards. Of course, due to the unconventional style of Page, a lot of fans and pundits weren’t surprised to see him struggle to break his opponent down.

Josh Evanoff - February 3, 2025

UFC welterweight Michael Page has given Shara Bullet some advice following their fight on Saturday. The two flashy strikers met in the co-main event of UFC Saudi Arabia over the weekend. For ‘MVP’ the middleweight bout was his first up at the weight class, having last suffered a loss to Ian Machado Garry last June. Meanwhile, Shara Bullet entered the cage fresh off a knockout win over Armen Petrosyan in October.

Josh Evanoff - February 3, 2025

Bellator bantamweight champion Patchy Mix still wants out from the PFL. ‘War Ready’ hasn’t been seen in the cage since an appearance at Bellator Champions Series 2 in May. Back for the first time since unifying bantamweight gold with a submission win over Sergio Pettis the previous year, Patchy Mix met Magomed Magomedov. There, the champion scored a split-decision win, his second over ‘Tiger’.

Cole Shelton - February 3, 2025

Michael Bisping believes Israel Adesanya is no longer a true contender at middleweight. Adesanya suffered a second-round knockout loss to Nassourdine Imavov in the main event of UFC Saudi Arabia. It was his third straight loss and he’s now 1-4 in his last fight. Although Adesanya won the first round, Bisping believes the loss proves ‘The Last Stylebender’ is not a contender anymore.

Cole Shelton - February 3, 2025

Chael Sonnen will be coaching TUF 33 opposite Daniel Cormier and he revealed his coaching staff. TUF 33 is set to debut on May 27 and will have two legends as coaches, instead of current fighters who are usually booked to fight after the show airs. Ahead of the show airing, Sonnen revealed in an interview that Colby Covington will be one of his assistant coaches.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 3, 2025

Dricus du Plessis admits he would’ve liked to have been defending his UFC middleweight gold against Khamzat Chimaev this weekend. Du Plessis will instead have a title rematch against the man he defeated for the 185-pound hardware, Sean Strickland. In their first meeting, du Plessis earned a split decision victory. Strickland stood firm in his stance that he wouldn’t take another fight outside of his win over Paulo Costa before getting a chance to reclaim the middleweight title.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 3, 2025

Sharabutdin Magomedov is claiming that he entered his bout against Michael Page with a rough health issue. Magomedov and Page shared the Octagon in the co-main event of UFC Saudi Arabia this past Saturday. Page was able to dictate the pace on the feet. “MVP” proved to be too elusive for Shara “Bullet.” After three rounds of action, Page was awarded the unanimous decision victory.

Harry Kettle - February 3, 2025

Ivanka Trump has seemingly become the latest person to fall in love with the great sport of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. As many of us know, the Trump family have a pretty big presence in the world of mixed martial arts. At the forefront of that, of course, is none other than US president Donald Trump. He helped out the UFC for many years in their early existence and in recent times, he’s become incredibly close with UFC president Dana White.

Harry Kettle - February 3, 2025

A former world champion has given their opinion on when Conor McGregor’s career trajectory shifted. Over the course of the last few years, the public perception of Conor McGregor has shifted quite dramatically. From his legal issues to some of his general actions, the Irishman doesn’t have quite as many fans as he once did. In fact, that’s probably putting it quite lightly.

Harry Kettle - February 3, 2025

UFC star Sean Strickland has explained why his fight style changes between bouts in the gym and what he does inside the Octagon. As we know, Sean Strickland is a pretty eccentric guy. In addition to some of his outlandish views, there are also multiple videos of him training pretty hard in the gym – and that’s an understatement. However, some have often questioned why he doesn’t always bring that same kind of energy when he’s competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

BJPENN.COM Staff - February 2, 2025

Another intriguing match up has been added to ONE Fight Night 28: Prajanchai vs. Barboza that pits old foes Sean Climaco and Diego Paez against one another.   On Friday, February 7, Climaco will greet promotional newcomer Paez in flyweight Muay Thai action inside Bangkok, Thailand’s Lumpinee Stadium.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 2, 2025

Darren Till has taken issue with fans who have poked fun at Israel Adesanya suffering his third straight defeat. Adesanya went one-on-one with Nassourdine Imavov in the UFC Saudi Arabia headliner. “The Last Stylebender” was hoping that this would be a bounce back fight for him. He had already dropped back-to-back bouts against Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis.