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Chris Taylor - July 29, 2017

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC 214 pay-per-view event in Anaheim, California? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from all of tonight’s action. UFC 214 is headlined by a light heavyweight title fight rematch featuring current champ Daniel Cormier taking on former title holder Jon Jones.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

Tonight, on the main card of UFC 214, former Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will step into the Octagon against fellow former Invicta FC champion Tonya Evinger in a highly anticipated scrap for the vacant UFC women’s featherweight championship. For both contenders, the fight will mark the first time they fight in the Octagon at 145 pounds. While Cyborg has fought twice in the promotion, she has fought at a catchweight of 140 pounds on both occasions. Evinger on the other hand will not only be fighting in the UFC for the first time at 145 pounds, but also making her promotional debut.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

Tonight, in the main event of UFC 214, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon against former light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones in a highly anticipated rematch for the 205 pound strap. In the pair’s first meeting, Jones looked to defend his title for the eight time against his rival at UFC 182. Jones ultimately picked up a unanimous decision win over Cormier in January of 2015, however despite the UFC’s best efforts to schedule a rematch, the fight never took place.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

Saturday night, the UFC will host the highly anticipated UFC 214 card. While the main card will air on pay-per view as usual, the preliminary card will not be aired on Fox Sports 1 as fight fans have become accustomed to. Instead, the preliminary card will air on FXX, a channel fight fans may not be as familiar with.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway holds his ties to his home state of Hawaii very dear. At the end of 2016, the young contender defeated former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis to capture the interim UFC featherweight championship. This of course meant Holloway had secured himself a title fight with featherweight champion Jose Aldo. Last month the two met in the Octagon, where Holloway picked up a 3rd round TKO win over the champ to claim the undisputed featherweight title. After his win, talks of the UFC going to Hawaii became more serious than ever. While there has been no final word on when Holloway’s first title defense would be, Hawaii State Senator Glenn Waki expressed his desire to bring the UFC to Hawaii.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

In April of 2016, Jon Jones and Ovince Saint-Preux stepped into the Octagon together to fight for the interim light heavyweight title after light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced out of the fight on short notice. Jones accepted a short notice fight against Saint-Preux, something he admitted he normally wouldn’t have done. And proceeded to pick up a lopsided win over the streaking contender. Despite that, many felt as if Jones coasted through the fight, opting to play it safe rather than attempt to finish OSP.

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2017

Friday afternoon prior to the UFC 214 ceremonial weigh-ins, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s team was involved in a verbal spat with Arthur Jones, the eldest brother of former light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones. Arthur Jones recalled the situation to MMAFighting, saying:

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

Friday morning during the UFC 214 early weigh-ins, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s team was involved in a bit of a verbal spat with former light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones’ brother, Arthur Jones. Arthur, the eldest Jones brother, is a star in his own right. An NFL Defensive tackle standing at 6’3 and 320 pounds, Arthur Jones has won two Super Bowl championships, and been named to the All-Big East First NFL team twice over the course of his career. In addition, Arthur has been praised by Jon Jones for his fighting skills in the gym as well.

Russell Ess - July 28, 2017

Joe Rogan has a ton of fans because of his background in martial arts and his undeniable passion for the sport of MMA. Rogan’s name was brought up to be a part of the broadcasting crew for the Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight. Unfortunately, Rogan had already committed to other obligations on the August 26 date of the fight.

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

Thursday afternoon at the UFC 214 media day, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, and former UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones came face to face for yet another heated staredown ahead of their scrap on Saturday. Jon Jones, in an effort to make a statement about the physique of Cormier, hit the stage shirtless for the staredown. When the two men came face to face, they remained silent for most of the staredown as they locked eyes. Jones then appeared to say something to Cormier under his breath, that was not picked up by cameras.

Russell Ess - July 28, 2017

UFC 214 is just one day away as one of the greatest cards of the year is set to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday. The stacked card will end with the UFC light heavyweight title fight between current champion Daniel Cormier and former champion Jon Jones.

Russell Ess - July 28, 2017

Daniel Cormier is set to defend his UFC light heavyweight title and will look to avenge the only loss of his professional MMA career against rival Jon Jones on Saturday in the main event of UFC 214. Both men have made weight and the bout is official for the what many are claiming the best card of the year, thus far. Ahead of the fight, the stars took to the UFC 214 open workouts where Jones opted to just sign autographs for fans. Cormier did an open workout for fans and media and cut an exceptional promotion that had his fans pumped.

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 214, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will step into the Octagon with light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier for a highly anticipated rematch several years in the making. Ahead of the fight, the MMA community is torn in regards to their predictions for the fight. While some believe that Daniel Cormier remaining active and defending his belt in Jon Jones’ absence will aid him in picking up a win, others believe that Jones will reclaim the light heavyweight title, and cement his place as the undisputed greatest 205 pounder of all time.

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

Friday morning, both UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones hit the scales ahead of their UFC 214 showdown tomorrow night in Anaheim, California. Ahead of the fight, there were speculations as to how the champ’s weight cut was going after he came in 1.2 pounds overweight for his previous fight agains Anthony Johnson, infamously pressing down on the privacy towel to offset his weight in order to make weight without cutting more weight.

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

On Saturday, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will step into the Octagon in hopes of making yet another successful title defense in the co-main event of UFC 214. The fight will see ‘The Chosen One’ step into the Octagon with arguably the greatest JiuJitsu specialist in the UFC, Demian Maia. Ahead of the fight, Woodley spoke to those in attendance at the UFC 214 open workouts, saying:

bjpenndotcom - July 28, 2017

Former Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg has had a very long, and tumultuous journey with the UFC. After finally being signed to the promotion last year, Cyborg competed at catchweight twice, before then being suspended by USADA for taking a pill to help her rehydrate. After being cleared of all wrongdoing by USADA, the stars finally aligned for the WMMA veteran to fight for the vacant women’s featherweight title. After Cyborg’s title fight was announced UFC President Dana White publicly stated that the UFC had made some mistakes in regards to how they handled Cyborg’s fights, and that they owed it to her to get her a title fight.

bjpenndotcom - July 27, 2017

In UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier’s most recent fight, the champ caught quite a bit of criticism when he weighed in 1.2 pounds over the light heavyweight title fight limit of 205 pounds for his title defense with Anthony Johnson. Cormier then reemerged just moments later and pressed down on the privacy towel to offset his weight, in order to make weight without cutting the weight. Ahead of Cormier’s UFC 214 showdown with Jon Jones this weekend, Cormier’s nutritionist spoke with MMAFighting to discuss the situation leading up to the fight:

Russell Ess - July 27, 2017

UFC on FOX 25 took place last weekend and the UFC has updated their rankings following their event that took place in Long Island, New York. In the main event of the evening, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was able to get the monkey off his back and ended his three-fight losing streak by submitting Kelvin Gastelum in the third round. With the outcome of the match, both Weidman and Gastelum did not move in the UFC middleweight rankings as they both remain at their #5 and #8 respective positions.