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Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

Paige VanZant just announced that her next fight will be for UFC gold. No this is not a joke.

Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

A heavyweight scrap between Walt Harris and Mark Godbeer took place during tonight’s UFC 217 prelims in New York. Round one begins and Harris and Godbeer both miss with early head kick attempts. Harris comes forward with a left hook that partially connects. Mark responds with a body kick. Walt Harris is throwing bombs now. He opts to shoot in and takes the fight to the floor. He immediately moves to mount and lands a huge shot. Godbeer scrambles and gets back to half guard and then full guard. Harris continues to work and lands a nice left hand. Another good left hand from “The Big Ticket”. He switches to elbows and then moves Godbeer against the fence. Harris is landing some hard shots from this position. Under two minutes remain in the opening round now. Harris lands another huge left elbow. Godbeer is attempting to scramble and finally gets back up to his feet. He leaps in with a right hook that misses. Walt connects with a nice counter left. He throws a knee that may have landed low. The referee attempts to step in and but Harris lands a head kick before he does. The doctors are called in to take a look. The fight is being called off.

Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

A light heavyweight scrap between Ovince Saint Preux and Corey Anderson took place during tonight’s UFC 217 prelims in New York. Round one begins and “OSP” throws a big front kick early. He lands a nice left hand and then another. Anderson fires back with a right. Corey shoots in and scores a double leg takedown. “OSP” scrambles up to his feet but Anderson drags him right back down to the canvas. Anderson is looking to take the back but “OSP” gets back to his feet and breaks free. Saint Preux lands a left hand as Anderson is coming in. Corey presses “OSP” against the fence and begins working hard for a single leg takedown. He can’t get it. Anderson postures up and then lands a beautiful spinning elbow. He follows that up with a left hand and then presses “OSP” against the cage. Anderson with a knee to the mid section. One minute remains in round one. “OSP” is able to break Anderson’s hold and then circles off the fence. Saint Preux with a left hand and then knee. Anderson pushes “OSP” back against the cage. Saint Preux once again shakes free and then lands a big combination. Anderson is hurt. Another left puts Corey on the floor. “OSP” rushes at him but the horn sounds to end round one.

Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

A welterweight scrap between Mickey Gall and Randy Brown kicked off tonight’s UFC 217 prelims on FS2 live from Madison Square Garden in New York. Round one begins and Brown moves forward early while utilizing his jab. Gall tries to circle off the fence but Brown won’t let him. Randy with a nice right hand. Gall replies with a good shot of his own. The fighters clinch along the cage. Brown starts landing some nasty knees to the body. He goes upstairs and lands a hard knee to the forehead of Gall. Randy scores a trip and takes Mickey to the floor. He begins working from side control but Gall quickly scrambles back to full guard. Brown opts to stand up and begins landing leg kicks. Brown dives back in to the guard of Gall. Brown begins working some big elbows from the top. Gall is attempting to transition for a triangle choke attempt but Randy isn’t having it. A big elbow from Brown causes a big gash on the forehead of Mickey. The horn sounds to end round one.

Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

A bantamweight scrap between Ricardo Ramos and Aiemann Zahabi kicked off tonight’s UFC 217 pay-per-view event from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ricardo Ramos had a strong opening round but Zahabi was able to turn the tide with some solid boxing in round two.

Chris Taylor - November 4, 2017

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC 217 pay-per-view event? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s UFC 217 action. The pay-per-view fight card, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York, is headlined by a middleweight title fight featuring current champion Michael Bisping taking on former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre.

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

No more words need to be said about Cody Garbrandt’s upcoming fight with TJ Dillashaw. It’s amazing and it has everything you could ever want surrounding a fight. Rankings and a gold belt aside, these dudes have every reason on Earth to fight each other and we finally get to watch it happen. It seems like their peers are just as excited as the fans and all of to see these two scrap. Most of them also see Garbrandt walking out of Madison Square Garden with the UFC bantamweight title around his waist. “I’ve got ties to both of them, so it’s kind of hard. I’m going to go with Cody [Garbrandt] on that one. He’s got that thumper, boy. He’s got that thumper and he believes in it. So, I think if he can crack him, especially before TJ [Dillashaw] gets warm, get his feet set — you know, TJ does move his feet around a lot. I don’t know, I think Cody might be able to crack him.” — Kevin Lee

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

Pat Barry is currently in hiding. pic.twitter.com/5uHPL1WCfU — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 4, 2017

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

In many ways, the bantamweight title fight between Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw is the idealized version of what MMA should be. It has everything: Champion fighting challenger, actual bad blood, a gym war, feuding coaches, the true two very best in their division, and an entire season of The Ultimate Fighter on top of that. It doesn’t take the Professor X of MMA to know why this match-up is incredible, but Dominick Cruz’s wise insight is always welcome. After his experience losing his title to Garbrandt, he believes the young champ’s mental edge is an advantage over TJ Dillashaw. “I do think that Cody [Garbrandt] beats [TJ] Dillashaw. It’s because I think that he’s kind of in the head of TJ with the whole [Team Alpha Male] team. You’re not just fighting Cody. If you were just fighting Cody, [Dillashaw’s] got a good support system, it wouldn’t be as difficult for TJ. But he’s fighting that whole team who knows everything there is about him, so they know how to get under his skin. They know what to say to [Dillashaw] when he’s in there to piss him off and get him off-track. They know what to say before the fight to piss him off. They know his weaknesses, they know his strengths.”

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

Michael Bisping is mere hours away now from arguably the biggest fight of his career against Georges St-Pierre. The former welterweight king will challenge for the UFC middleweight title, while Bisping is fighting to retain and cement his legacy as one of the greats. If he manages to take out St-Pierre, will he defend his belt against Robert Whittaker or set his goals even higher? According to Daniel Cormier, it’s possible Bisping could go up and challenge for the light heavyweight belt. A Michael Bisping vs. Daniel Cormier superfight would be epic! @dc_mma explains why he thinks it could happen. pic.twitter.com/YaINxubrev

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

A match-up that threatens to steal the show tonight at the extremely stacked UFC 217 is Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s title defense against Rose Namajunas. It speaks to Jedrzejczyk’s presence and dominance in the sport that, among a name like Georges St-Pierre and one of the best fights on paper ever between Cody Garbrant and TJ Dillashaw, she holds her own. The combination of her skills and aura have written Namajunas off as someone who is a good fighter, but just not enough. MMA fighters as well as some prominent professionals in the business seem to agree. “Man, Joanna [Jedrzejczyk]. She’s a beast. I don’t see anybody in that division taking that title away from her, man. I wouldn’t want to step into the Octagon with her even though she’s like, what, 115lbs? She does work, man. I would not want to step out there with her. Great striking, great muay thai, good movement, good takedown defense, and she’s just a better all-around fighter than her opponent [Rose Namajunas].” — Stephen Thompson

Justin Golightly - November 4, 2017

By now, it’s common knowledge that Conor McGregor let some choice words fly after his right hand hand Artem Lobov lost to Andre Fili at UFC Gdansk. It’s by far no the first time McGregor has said something controversial, but it seemed like it was the last straw with some people and turned into the biggest story of the card. It’s worth it to note that the UFC champ champ has since released a public apology, but that isn’t enough for Tyron Woodley who thinks he’s gotten way too many passes as it is. “I’m fired up about Conor McGregor. He was using homophobic slurs. How many passes do we give this dude? That’s like the person that drops the ‘N’ bomb and says ‘I’m not racist, I’ve got three black friends and I had them over for dinner last night’. I gave him a pass during the Floyd Mayweather fight. He was using the term ‘boy’ [and] ‘monkey, words that have had very, very negative racial undertones in the past but I’ve got a problem with this. When you’re a celebrity of that stature and you’re making that kind of money, you need to have a PR person on staff and you need to have a bit more of a social conscience when you’re saying things.”

Russell Ess - November 3, 2017

If you weren’t aware of Darren Till’s connection to Brazil, the rising star from Liverpool spent a few years living there and started his professional MMA career in the country and even speaks the native Portuguese language. With the years of living, training, and competing in Brazil, Till still has a strong connection with friends and fans in the country even after moving back to the UK. With fellow UFC welterweight Colby Covington’s controversial promotional speech following his win over Demian Maia in Brazil, Till says he has been messaged by his Brazilian friends and fans to teach the American Top Team fighter a lesson.

Justin Golightly - November 3, 2017

Promising not to be the rusty coin sitting in the embarrassment of riches that is UFC 217, a wild scrap between Jorge Masvidal and Stephen Thompson rests just below the three title fights. On any normal fight card, this is a main event. On any other big pay-per-view, it could be a co-main event. Despite a Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos bout set to crown the next challenger to Tyron Woodley’s welterweight strap, this fight between Masvidal and Wonderboy has huge title implications. This is something Masvidal is knows and has a plan already set in place if he gets his hand raised. “I see myself breaking his face. I’ll be number one. After this fight, I’ll fight for the belt, especially after the post-fight speech I’m going to give. I haven’t prepared anything yet, but I’ll […] do something really disgusting, something ugly, and scare people. It’ll go viral. I still don’t know what it’s going to be, though. Colby [Covington] gave people a demonstration of insanity. I’m going to do something different, the way I usually do.” 

Russell Ess - November 3, 2017

Conor McGregor is without a doubt now the highest paid UFC fighter and with his demands of what he wants in his next fight, that will only further be solidified. The former owner of the UFC, Lorenzo Fertitta stated back in 2015 that “The Notorious” would be the UFC’s first fighter to earn $100 million. McGregor likely earned close to that amount just with his last fight in the boxing ring against Floyd Mayweather and is looking to add a few more figures to his income as a career goal.

Russell Ess - November 3, 2017

We are just a day away from UFC 217, which is surely one of the biggest cards of the year. With the UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden in New York, the stacked card will feature three title fights. The main event of the evening will feature UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping defending his title against former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. This is a huge matchup as it is St-Pierre’s first fight in the UFC since November of 2013 where he won a close and controversial split decision title fight against Johny Hendricks. This also marks the first time “Rush” will be fighting at middleweight in his professional MMA career.

Russell Ess - November 3, 2017

If you saw UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal and their exchanges backstage leading up to UFC 217, you would think that the two were meeting in the Octagon on Saturday night. However, this isn’t the case as Bisping is set to take on former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre in the main event of the evening while Masvidal will look to establish himself as one of the next welterweight title contenders as he meets Stephen Thompson in the Octagon.

Justin Golightly - November 3, 2017

Daniel Cormier has been telling us since September that Volkan Oezdemir was going to get the next shot at his belt. He asked the fans on Twitter who he should fight next to defend his UFC light heavyweight title, resulting in Oezdemir beating out former challenger Alexander Gustafsson. At that point, it was just some Twitter results until the 15-1 Swede said we could expect a fight announcement from him soon. We still don’t have a date yet, but it looks like the fight is officially happening. DC tells me he’s fighting Volkan Oezdemir next. No date yet but says we should hear soon #UFC