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UFC Boise Results: Junior Dos Santos defeats Blagoy Ivanov (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
A key heavyweight scrap between former UFC champion Junior Dos Santos and promotional newcomer Blagoy Ivanov served as the headliner of tonight’s UFC Boise event. The former World Series of Fighting heavyweight champion, Blagoy Ivanov (16-1 MMA), entered tonight’s main event fight on a five fight win streak.
UFC Boise Results: Sage Northcutt stops Zak Ottow in Round 2 (VIDEO)
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
A welterweight fight between Sage Northcutt and Zak Ottow served as the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC Boise event. Sage Northcutt entered tonight’s contest riding a two fight win streak, this while sporting an overall record of 10-2 in mixed martial arts.
VIDEO | Niko Price knocks out opponent Randy Brown with hammer fists from his back
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
UFC welterweight Niko Price (13-1 MMA) picked up one of the more bizarre wins in recent memory at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Boise, Idaho. Niko Price squared off with Randy Brown this evening and the pair wasted no time engaging in round one. Brown arguably got the better of Price in round one and appeared to be entering round two with a point advantage.
MMA Community reacts to Chad Mendes first-round TKO victory over Myles Jury
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
Former UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes (18-4 MMA) returned to action at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Boise, Idaho against Myles Jury. The fight marked Chad’s first bout since December of 2015 when he was defeated by Frankie Edgar via first-round knockout.
UFC Boise Results: Cat Zingano defeats Marion Reneau (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
A key women’s bantamweight fight between former title challenger Cat Zingano and perennial contender Marion Reneau kicked off tonight’s UFC Boise main card. Cat Zingano (9-3 MMA) entered tonight’s contest on a three fight losing skid, while her opponent Marion Reneau (9-3-1 MMA) has won two straight.
UFC Boise Live Results
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Boise event? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action. Tonight’s UFC Boise event is headlined by a heavyweight tilt featuring former UFC champion Junior Dos Santos taking on former World Series of Fighting champion Blagoy Ivanov.
Report | Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor expecting a second child
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
Former UFC featherweight and lightweight title holder Conor McGregor turned 30-years-old today and received a sweet surprise from his significant other Dee Devlin for the special occasion. Devlin, who gave birth to the Irish superstars first child Conor McGregor Jr. back in 2017, recently took to Instagram with the following post hinting at her pregnancy while wishing “The Notorious” a Happy Birthday.
PHOTO | Daniel Cormier shows off his spectacular MMA belt collection
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2018
Daniel Cormier earned arguably the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career at last weekend’s UFC 226 event in Las Vegas when he stopped Stipe Miocic in the very first-round of their highly anticipated title fight. The impressive knockout victory captured Daniel Cormier the UFC heavyweight championship and improved his overall professional mixed martial arts record to 21-1.
Yoel Romero takes another dig at Daniel Cormier, American Kickboxing Academy
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
Yoel Romero and Daniel Cormier’s war of words continues. The latest skirmish in this ongoing saga occurred on Friday afternoon, when Romero took another dig at Cormier — and American Kickboxing Academy — on Twitter.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington updates on Whitehouse visit, meeting with Donald Trump
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
Shortly after Colby Covington captured the UFC interim welterweight title with a UFC 225 decision defeat of Rafael dos Anjos, he announced his plans to visit President Donald Trump at the Whitehouse.
UFC Boise weigh-in results: Junior dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov get green light
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the shockingly stacked UFC Boise card. This UFC Boise card will be headlined by a heavyweight contender bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos, and Bulgarian Sambo specialist Blagoy Ivanov, a former World Series of Fighting heavyweight champ who has long been considered one of the best heavyweights outside the UFC.
Unable to find a willing opponent, Jorge Masvidal is headed to reality television
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has been looking for a fight. Over the last few weeks, he’s issued repeated callouts of Neil Magny and Kamaru Usman, and answered the callout of surging British contender Leon Edwards. “If [Edwards] is the biggest ranked guy I can get my hands on than that’s who it is,” Masvidal said on a recent episode of BJPENN.COM Radio. “Doesn’t really matter. If they were to offer me a number 5 dude, number 4 dude, of course I’m gonna say yes to that over Leon.”
Michael Chiesa: I "seriously thought I was going to die" during UFC 226 weight-cut
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
Last Friday, at the UFC 226 weigh ins, long-time lightweight contender Michael Chiesa missed weight for his fight with Anthony Pettis, tipping the scales at 157.5, 1.5 pounds above the 156-pound limit for non-title lightweight fights. Moments after he stepped off the scale, Chiesa assured he was done at lightweight, evidently fed-up with the weight cut. Speaking on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN this week, Michael Chiesa opened up on just how harrowing his UFC 226 weight cut was. Apparently, he worried he was going to kill himself.
EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington explains beef with Matt Serra
Tom Taylor - July 13, 2018
Last week, former UFC welterweight champ and new UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra made headlines after a video of him taking down a troublesome drunk went viral. Shortly after this video surfaced, current UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington took to Twitter, where he went off on Serra in a series of savage Tweets.
Nick Diaz says he is 'Sick of all this baddest man on the planet BS'
Drake Riggs - July 13, 2018
UFC 226’s super fight aftermath between Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar left a sour taste in several people’s mouths. That list now includes one of Stockton’s finest. Despite being in the middle of some rather troubling legal cases, Nick Diaz has made it clear that he’s ready to return to MMA action and continued to make it clear late on Thursday night.
Daniel Cormier continues the war of words with Yoel Romero
Drake Riggs - July 12, 2018
Whether or not the new two-division champion of the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, Daniel Cormier is actually wanting to set up a fight with Yoel Romero…he sure is by continuing the back and forth with the top-ranked middleweight. After Romero’s announcement through his manager, Malki Kawa that he will be looking to jump up in weight classes following his second loss to middleweight champ Robert Whittaker, the Cuban targetted the 205-pound king.
Francis Ngannou is still a terrifying, unfinished star in making
Jordy McElroy - July 12, 2018
It’s almost the same outcome every time—the arena lights dim, Francis Ngannou emerges from the curtains, steps into the cage, some poor soul gets knocked unconscious and the audience erupts in excitement. However, that was far from the case at UFC 226, when the chiseled heavyweight phenom dropped a second consecutive loss. The typical jovial response following an Ngannou fight was replaced with a chorus of boos ringing throughout the T-Mobile Arena.
Report | Holly Holm vs Ketlen Vieira possible for an interim title if Amanda Nunes challenges Cris Cyborg
Drake Riggs - July 12, 2018
With the possibility of yet another super fight on the horizon…this time in the women’s divisions, it presents an opening for the UFC to grant another interim crown. A super fight between the UFC’s featherweight and bantamweight champions has been on the minds of many fans and pundits alike. Dating back to around the beginning of 2018 when UFC 219 concluded with featherweight queen Cris Cyborg defending her title successfully against a former 135-pound champion in Holly Holm.