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Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

A welterweight scrap between Alan Jouban and Niko Price took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 114 main card in Mexico. Round one begins and Jouban lands a low kick. Price circles and then charges in with a combination that ends with a good right hand. Alan circles to his left and then fires off a low kick. He misses with a left hook and Price tags him with a right. Both men are trying to find their range early on. Jouban fires off a hard low kick. Price counters with a big right hand that sends Alan staggering backwards. Price with a head kick that puts Jouban down. Niko rushes in with a right hand. Jouban rolls and give up his back. More shots from Price. The referee steps in and stops the bout. That looked like an early stoppage.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

The UFC just announced two new exciting fights during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 114 broadcast from Mexico. The first bout announced by the promotion was a key light heavyweight bout featuring former title challenger Glover Teixeira taking on perennial contender Misha Cirkunov.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

A middleweight scrap between former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Sam Alvey took place during tonight’s UFC Fight Night 114 main card in Mexico. Round one begins and Alvey takes the center of the octagon. Rashad fakes a jab and then circles off of the fence. Evans re-establishes himself and then throws a low kick that lands. Evans shoots in for a double-leg takedown attempt but Alvey is able to defend. Sam with a good knee inside from the clinch position. Rashad rips a right hand to the body. Evans drops down for another takedown attempt but Sam once again is able to defend the shot. Alvey with a nice elbow from the clinch. He follows that up with a knee to the body of Evans. Rashad once again shoots and this time he is able to drag Alvey to the floor. Sam quickly works his way back up to his feet. He fires off a nice knee and then presses Rashad against the cage. The fighters break and Evans circles out. Alvey charges forward with a combination that misses. Rashad replies with a right hand that partially lands. Thirty seconds remain in round one. Alvey charges forward with a right hand. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

Tonight’s UFC Fight Night 114 undercard delivered in a BIG way with five finishes in the first six fights of the evening. In the first fight of the evening Jordan Rinaldi defeated Alvaro Herrera by submission (Von Flue choke) at 2:01 of Round One. Check out the finish.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

Former two-weight boxing champion Paul Malignaggi recently parted ways with Team McGregor. The “Magic Man” was irate with “Mystic Mac” and his squad after photos from their sparring sessions were leaked to the public by one of McGregor’s team members.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is one of the biggest stars on the face of the planet. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion of the world, Rousey, has opened a new website (rondarousey.com) and is teasing that she will be dropping some major news for her fans very soon.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

Check out episode two of “Mayweather vs. McGregor All Access”. In this episode, we see the arrival of Paul Malignaggi to Conor McGregor’s fight camp.

Chris Taylor - August 5, 2017

Former two-weight boxing champion Paul Malignaggi was brought in to help current UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor prepare for his upcoming super fight with Floyd Mayweather. Unfortunately the relationship between “Mystic Mac” and the “Magic Man” turned sour rather quickly, this after photos from the pairs sparring sessions were made public by a member of the Irish stars team.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2017

Rap icon Snoop Dogg has long been apart of UFC champion Jon Jones’ team. Back in April, Snoop once again showed off his loyalty to Team Jones by declaring that he wanted to walk Jones to the Octagon for his return fight: “Champ, when you get back in the ring with that motherf*cker “DC” Cormier, I wanna walk you out while you kick his motherf*ckin’ ass,” Snoop says in the video.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2017

UFC veteran Nate Diaz has been absent from the Octagon since his UFC 202 majority decision loss to Conor McGregor, however the possibility of Diaz returning to the Octagon has continued to make headlines as fan hopes for a McGregor vs. Diaz trilogy fight have continued to mount. Recently, the idea of Diaz walking Floyd Mayweather to the ring for his highly anticipated ‘Fight of the Century’ scrap with McGregor is one that has continued to be mentioned in interviews following Mayweather’s attempt to call Diaz during the London stop of the Mayweather-McGregor world tour.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2017

In just a few short weeks, UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will step into the ring with Floyd Mayweather for a highly anticipated showdown that is being dubbed the ‘Fight of the Century’ by the combat sports community. The fight will see McGregor look to make his successful professional boxing debut, while also looking to hand Floyd Mayweather his first professional loss in the ring. Ahead of the fight, Tristar gym head coach Firas Zahabi gave his final pre-fight analysis during a YouTube video, explaining that while Conor McGregor is a “sniper” he also isn’t used to the pace of boxing, at such a close distance.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2017

We all go thru it. Then raise the People's eyebrow. When life gets tough, you get knocked down and you're going "thru the sludge".. you gotta have faith that if you just keep pushing thru it, on the other side is something greater. Proud of and inspired by my guy @jonnybones for keeping the faith, pushing thru the sludge, rising up again to be a greater man and becoming new @UFC Light Heavyweight Champion of the world. When we hugged after the fights he put his UFC title on my shoulder.. a beautiful gesture that I appreciate, but I respectfully gave it back because he's earned it… and the thought of me getting punched in the face in the octagon makes me want to just go eat waffles. Congratulations champ to you, your family and Team Jones. #ItsNeverOver 👊🏾💪🏾 A post shared by therock (@therock) on Aug 4, 2017 at 7:59am PDT

Russell Ess - August 4, 2017

UFC star Nick Diaz has not fought since January 2015 and his future in fighting is still uncertain. The older Diaz brother was recently flagged by USADA for three “Whereabouts Failures,” which USADA stated the following in regards to the violation:

Russell Ess - August 4, 2017

Bob Sapp and shoving matches go hand in hand at this point. So, there is no shock that the massive fighter got into it with his opponent ahead of his return to kickboxing competition at Fight Night Saint Tropez, set to take place on Friday. Sapp and his opponent, Greg Tony faced off after the weigh-ins, which took place on Thursday and Tony threw water from a water bottle at Sapp and then threw the empty water bottle. Sapp reacted to the disrespectful gesture and pushed Tony. The two then locked up grappling each other and crashed into a table where security eventually pulled the two opponents apart.

Russell Ess - August 4, 2017

When you’re in the spotlight, a lot of people from all walks of life have their eyes on you. There are fans that will stick by your side no matter what situation you are put through in life while there are the trolls that try to bring you down when you feel on top of the world. A perfect example is with MMA power couple Travis Browne and Ronda Rousey. The two stars are engaged and couldn’t be more happy with one another but that won’t stop some keyboard warriors trying to bring them down.

bjpenndotcom - August 4, 2017

The score is tied 1-1 between Luke Rockhold and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. In the pair’s first meeting, Rockhold picked up a submission win over his rival in a highly anticipated grudge match. Bisping vowed revenge, however his opportunity wouldn’t come for several years. When it did, it was in the form of a short notice fill-in fight in a bid for Rockhold’s middleweight title. Despite that, Bisping rose to the occasion, defying the odds as he defeated Rockhold via KO in the first round to win the middleweight championship.

Russell Ess - August 4, 2017

Former two-weight boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi was brought in as a sparring partner for Conor McGregor’s camp for his mega-money fight against Floyd Mayweather. Malignaggi, who recently retired from boxing, had a couple of sparring sessions with McGregor but called it quits after McGregor’s camp “exploited” him with photos from the sparring showing McGregor seemingly getting the best of their training. One photo that McGregor’s camp released showed Malignaggi getting up off the ground from his back as if McGregor knocked Malignaggi down. Paulie claimed it was a push down and stated that if people really want to see how their full 12 rounds of sparring went down, the UFC Performance Institute where they sparred has the full video of their session and should release it.

bjpenndotcom - August 4, 2017

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is fresh off a decision win over Demian Maia this past weekend, where he defended his welterweight title in rather lackluster fashion. Following that, Woodley and UFC President Dana White engaged in a rather heated feud that saw both sides go off on one another in various interviews. White informed Woodley that he would be revoking his superfight with Georges St-Pierre due to the fact that he is confident that fans don’t want to see Woodley fight. After their public spat, Woodley threatened to release unfavorable screenshots of White unless he received a public apology. Following that, reports emerged that White and Woodley had settled their beef, and were now on good terms once again.