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Chris Taylor - July 29, 2017

A featherweight scrap between Renato Moicano and Brian Ortega took place on tonight’s UFC 214 prelims in Anaheim, California. Round one begins and Ortega misses with an early left jab attempt. Moicano with a leg kick. Ortega comes forward but eats a combination from Renato. Ortega with a nice right hand in response. Renato comes forward again and fires off another combination that culminates with a right hand. Ortega circles and then presses forward. Moicano fakes with a takedown but Brian catches him with a right hand. Ortega pushes forward but ends up poking Renato in the eye. We break briefly and then Renato lands a high kick. Ortega presses forward but eats a left hand. Brian with a leg kick but Moicano catches it and presses him against the cage. Renato with a nice body kick. He circles out and then lands a nice combo as Brian is coming in. Ortega presses forward and lands an overhand right. Renato land s a nice counter right hand of his own. Both men are trading in the pocket now. Renato lands a good uppercut followed by a right hand over the top. He goes to the body with a kick. Another nice combo from Renato. Brian leaps in with a flying knee. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - July 29, 2017

A scrap between Andre Fili and Calvin Kattar kicked off tonight’s UFC 214 televised prelims from Anaheim, California. Round one begins and Fili presses forward pumping a left jab. Kattar swings and misses with a wild right. More pressure from Fili now. He throws a left jab that connects. He lands a body kick but Calvin replies with a counter right hand. Kattar with a stiff left jab now. Andre circles and then lands a nice right hand of his own. Fili tries to go upstairs with a head kick but it is blocked by Calvin. Kattar circles and then comes forward with a left jab. Fili replies with a left jab and then a low kick. Kattar replies with a good right hand to the body. Fili circles and then misses with an attempted body kick. Kattar responds with a good left and then a body kick. Fili immediately fires back with a nice combination and then a low kick. Fili continues to pressure but gets caught with a counter left hand from Kattar. Fili with a good punch. He circles and then lands a right low kick. Kattar takes the center of the octagon and then throws a kick to the body. Fili shoots in but Kattar stuffs it. Calvin with a nice uppercut. He shoots in and scores takedown. Nice shots from the top by Kattar. Round one comes to an end.

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

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

👉🏼**FULL video link in BIO***👈🏼 _ On December 9, 2017 Matthew Kline Kader is gonna invade Dublin Ireland and is gonna knockout Conor McGregor. What's my beef with Conor? 1. I asked you guys who you want me to fight. 2. Conor embarrassed all the real men around the world by sitting there in front of millions of people with a goofy ass smile on his face while another man verbally degraded him. 3. His coach was running his mouth saying he would donate money to charity if I showed up for my last fight. Now he's being a cheapskate and I'm gonna collect that money before I knockout Conor. _ Everyone is saying why are you waiting until December 9th. Well @thenotoriousmma has a fight on August 26 and I have a fight the same night so December will allow us both to be 100% . More info on my August 26th fight in the next few days 👊🏼 #RealWorldChampion #KaderVsMcGregor #RealChampVsUFCchamp #RealFighterVsUltimateEntertainer #RHB #RokhardBody _ 👉🏼**FULL video link in BIO***👈🏼 _ A post shared by Matthew Kline Kader #RHB (@shallowking) on Jul 28, 2017 at 4:38pm PDT

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 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

There is no doubt that the Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor fight will be one of the biggest and perhaps the richest fight in combat sports history. With two superstars colliding in the boxing ring that are coming from two different sports, the masses of die-hard fans, as well as casual ones getting caught up in the hype will be turning their attention to two men on August 26.

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

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

Friday morning in Anaheim, California, the fighters of UFC 214 hit the scales ahead of their highly anticipated showdowns on Saturday night. Thankfully, all championship fighters hit their marks for the event, and all three title fights are now official for Saturday July 29th. In the main event, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown that will see Cormier look to avenge his rather one-sided 2015 loss to Jones. On the flip-side, Jones will be looking to return to the Octagon after nearly a year and a half away, and reclaim the title he never lost inside the Octagon.

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

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 28, 2017

This Saturday at UFC 214, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon for a highly anticipated rematch with his nemesis Jon Jones. The fight will not only determine the undisputed light heavyweight champion, but will also see Jones return to the Octagon for the first time since his UFC 200 suspension that resulted in him being pulled from the fight on just 48 hours notice. Now, with the rematch just over two days away, Daniel Cormier explained what his ideal ‘f**k you’ mic drop ending would be.