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VIDEO | Nick Diaz not fond of Nate vs Georges St-Pierre idea, says he was "poisoned" ahead of GSP fight
Drake Riggs - May 12, 2018
“I think whoever tries to make that fight [between Georges St-Pierre and Nate Diaz], I’m gonna have to give ’em a backhand slap.
UFC 224 Live Results
Chris Taylor - May 12, 2018
UFC 224 Live Results Unable to catch tonight’s UFC 224 pay-per-view event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action.
50 Cent takes a shot at Chael Sonnen and the "American Gangster" fires right back!
Chris Taylor - May 12, 2018
Earlier this week rapper/actor 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) sent the mixed martial arts community in to a buzz after he teased a potential fight between himself and former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Instagram. Most fight fans laughed off the Fifty’s social media post assuming it to be a simple publicicty stunt.
Colby Covington blasts "slob" Mackenzie Dern for missing weight at UFC 224
Chris Taylor - May 12, 2018
Jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern (6-0 MMA) will return to the octagon at tonight’s UFC 224 event in Brazil where she will square off with Amanda Cooper. The Dern vs. Cooper fight will take place at catchweight, this after Mackenzie badly missed the strawweight limit (116 pounds) by coming in at 123-pounds.
Megan Anderson believes she's important for the featherweight division, excited to showcase her evolution at UFC 225
Drake Riggs - May 12, 2018
Finally set to make her long-awaited UFC debut is the former Invicta FC featherweight champion, Megan Anderson. Anderson will be making her debut at UFC 225 on June 9th when she takes on former UFC bantamweight champion, Holly Holm. Since the UFC’s inception of the women’s 145-pound featherweight division in February 2017, they have essentially had just a two-person roster if you only count fighters that have never fought below 140 pounds. Those two being Anderson and the reigning champion, Cris Cyborg.
VIDEO | Nate Diaz gets into altercation with Clay Guida at Combate Americas event
Drake Riggs - May 12, 2018
Is it possible for Nate Diaz to be a spectator at a non-UFC event without getting into some sort of altercation? So far, it just doesn’t seem like it.
Tito Ortiz announces that he's coming out of retirement, wants the Chuck Liddell trilogy fight
Drake Riggs - May 11, 2018
Eight years ago we expected to be seeing one of MMA’s most heated rivalries cap off via trilogy. That rivalry being Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz after season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter. Little did we know that we could very well be getting that trilogy’s conclusion in 2018…
Under the MMA Microscope | Is the UFC hyping the wrong fighters?
Drake Riggs - May 11, 2018
In the current UFC era, it’s been made loud and clear what the new ownership’s motives are: get rich or die tryin’. Well…maybe not to that extreme of a level but 50 Cent has been getting involved with the MMA scene lately(whatever that means) so don’t tell me that that’s not a good quote choice. Everybody loves a good hype train. Especially when it is natural, warranted and deserved. What don’t people love? A forced hype train. Thus begging the question, has the UFC been putting hype behind the wrong fighters?
Darren Till: after win over Wonderboy "Woodley has to come to me"
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
On May 27, in the main event of the UFC’s debut in Liverpool, England, Darren Till will take on two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in a bout that is far and away the biggest test of his career thus far. If Till topples this momentous challenge, he expects to become one of the most sought-after fighters in the stacked UFC welterweight division. In fact, he expects to become the division’s so-called “money fight,” which means divisional king Tyron Woodley will be banging on his door, and not the other way around. To Till, that implies a welterweight title fight inside Liverpool’s famous Anfield stadium.
EXCLUSIVE | No longer injured, Gokhan Saki excited to continue MMA journey with KO of Khalil Rountree
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
Back in September, fearsome kickboxing legend Gokhan Saki made a successful UFC debut, authoring a thunderous first-round knockout of Henrique da Silva. On July 7, when the UFC returns to glimmering Las Vegas, Nevada with UFC 226, Saki will partake in his second UFC bout, as he faces off with the dangerous Khalil Rountree. Saki’s bout with Rountree was initially supposed to occur in December, but was postponed when he sustained an injury in training.
Eddie Alvarez roasts Khabib Nurmagomedov: People are literally sleeping during Khabib time
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
Former UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez, who is now set to rematch Dustin Poirier in the main event of the UFC’s July 28 return to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is hoping that a big win will position him for a title shot opposite reigning lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. That being said, Alvarez doesn’t seem to be particularly impressed by Nurmagomedov. In fact, he seems to find him boring. During a Thursday night Instagram live session, in which he also admitted he’s not excited about his rematch with Poirier, Alvarez gave his take on Nurmagomedov. Apparently, “Khabib time” is synonymous with bedtime in his household.
Amanda Bobby Cooper reacts to opponent Mackenzie Dern's seven pound weigh-in miss
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
If you’ve been paying attention to the MMA headlines this morning, you’ve surely seen that Mackenzie Dern missed weight for her UFC 224 scrap with Amanda Bobby Cooper. Dern, who has missed weight for multiple other bouts in the past, tipped the scales at 123 pounds, a whopping seven pounds above the strawweight division’s 116-pound limit. While nobody could have faulted Cooper if she turned this bout with Dern down, she ultimately elected to accept the fight at a catchweight, and will receive a hefty chunk of Dern’s purse as a result. While Cooper will get a boosted payday for this fight, however, she’s certainly not impressed with her opponent’s lack of professionalism. In fact, she considers Dern’s latest weigh-in blunder “a disgrace.”
Tony Ferguson shares promising update: "I'm back"
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
Tony Ferguson’s year has not been off to a great start. Though he was scheduled for a UFC 223 lightweight title fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov, he was unfortunately forced out of the bout at the last minute when he sustained a knee injury whilst taking care of some media obligations for the card. With his lightweight title dreams temporarily dashed, Ferguson went under the knife in an effort to repair his injured knee.
Eddie Alvarez says he's "not super excited" about Dustin Poirier rematch in Calgary
Tom Taylor - May 11, 2018
Last night, after much back-and-forth, we learned that a rematch between former UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and surging contender Dustin Poirier will officially go down this July 28 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The negotiations for this fight were not exactly breezy, but both fighters have agreed to it, and it’s a go. https://twitter.com/Ealvarezfight/status/994599154419752961
Report | Several UFC employees held at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro
Drake Riggs - May 10, 2018
Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any crazier during a fight week after UFC 223’s incident, reports of a scary situation have been brought to light. UFC 224 takes place this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has reported that several UFC employees and associates of UFC 224 were held at gunpoint near the event’s host hotel, the Windsor Marapendi.
BREAKING | Yair Rodriguez released from the UFC, Dana White says "he can take his act elsewhere"
Drake Riggs - May 10, 2018
Surprising news has just come out from the LA Times’ Lance Pugmire that top UFC featherweight prospect, Yair Rodriguez has been cut from the UFC after refusing to fight Zabit Magomedsharipov at the proposed August 4th date for UFC 227 in Los Angeles, California. The @latimes has learned that Yair Rodriguez has been cut from by the UFC for refusing to take the Aug. 4 Staples Center PPV fight against Zabit Magomedsharipov.
Dana White on Leslie Smith's labor complaint against the UFC: "That's not my problem"
Tom Taylor - May 10, 2018
If things had gone according to the initial plan, Leslie Smith would have fought Aspen Ladd on the undercard of April’s UFC Atlantic City card. Regrettably, things took an incredibly ugly turn at the last minute, and the end result was Smith’s release from the UFC. The trouble began when Ladd missed weight for the fight, tipping the scales 1.8 pounds over the bantamweight limit. Despite this hiccup, Smith was willing to take the fight, but she wanted to hash out a new deal with the UFC first, as her bout with Ladd marked the last obligation on her current contract. Unfortunately, the UFC instead opted to buy out Smith’s contract, paying the bantamweight her show and win money, and ending her UFC career on the spot…
Kenny Florian says Georges St-Pierre's coaches were surprised and unaware of a potential Nate Diaz fight
Drake Riggs - May 10, 2018
The news that’s gotten most of the buzz lately is that of a potential Nate Diaz vs Georges St-Pierre fight in which Dana White confirmed is what he would like to add to UFC 227 in Los Angeles, California on August 4th. While the fight between the former two-division UFC champion and The Ultimate Fighter season 5 winner has yet to be made official, the news alone of it being in the works has confused people to an extent. One of which being a close friend and former training partner of GSP’s at TriStar, retired UFC veteran turned analyst, Kenny Florian.