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TUF 25 Finale Results: Jared Cannonier TKO's Nick Roehrick (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - July 7, 2017
TUF 25 Finale Results: Jared Cannonier vs. Nick Roehrick A light heavyweight scrap between Jared Cannonier and Nick Roehrick took place on tonight’s TUF 25 Finale main card in Las Vegas.
TUF 25 Finale Results: Brad Tavares defeats Elias Theodorou
Chris Taylor - July 7, 2017
TUF 25 Finale Results: Brad Tavares vs. Elias Theodorou A middleweight scrap between Brad Tavares and Elias Theodorou took place during tonight’s TUF 25 Finale main card in Las Vegas, Nevada.
TUF 25 Finale Results: Jordan Johnson defeats Marcel Fortuna (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - July 7, 2017
TUF 25 Finale Results: Marcel Fortuna vs. Jordan Johnson A light heavyweight scrap between Marcel Fortuna and Jordan Johnson kicked off tonight’s TUF 25 Finale main card in Las Vegas.
TUF 25 Finale Results: Angela Hill defeats Ashley Yoder (Highlights)
Chris Taylor - July 7, 2017
TUF 25 Finale Results: Angela Hill vs. Ashley Yoder A women’s strawweight scrap between Angela Hill and Ashley Yoder served as the featured bout of tonight’s TUF 25 Finale prelims.
McGregor Sports and Entertainment gets first massive feature
Russell Ess - July 7, 2017
McGregor Sports and Entertainment is the featured promotion sitting right next to Floyd Mayweather’s Mayweather Promotions logo on the Mayweather vs McGregor World Tour graphic that the UFC posted on Friday. The announcement of the four-city international press tour will jump to three different countries in four days.
VIDEO | Rousimar Palhares ends fight in 37-seconds with opponent screaming in pain
Russell Ess - July 7, 2017
Rousimar Palhares separated Alexei Ivanov foot in less than 40 s. (FNG 70) pic.twitter.com/wpQCZWB7mx — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) July 7, 2017
Yoel Romero explains love-hate relationship with Michael Bisping
bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2017
UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and top middleweight contender Yoel Romero have a rather lengthy, and very public, rivalry going back quite some time now. Following Yoel Romero’s knockout of Chris Weidman at UFC 205, where Bisping was in attendance for his Fox Sports 1 duties, the ‘Soldier of God’ campaigned for a fight with Bisping, calling out “I love you Mike!” as part of his post-fight Octagon interview. This started a string of back and forth insults between the pair spanning across the next several months, which saw both men launch scathing verbal attacks at one another.
VIDEO | Showtime releases epic promotion for Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor
Russell Ess - July 7, 2017
The mega money fight featuring the two biggest stars from combat sports is coming on August 26 as Floyd Mayweather will welcome Conor McGregor into the boxing ring. Mayweather is undefeated in his professional boxing career holding a perfect 49-0 record while McGregor will make his professional boxing debut with a 0-0 pro boxing record.
Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor world tour schedule announced
bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2017
Thursday evening news surfaced regarding the first Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor press conference, which will be held at the Staples Center on Tuesday July 11th. Friday morning, the combat sports community awoke to news of the full Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor world tour schedule, which you can see below!
Travis Browne opens up on home robbery
bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2017
Recently, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey revealed that her Venice home was burglarized before she and her hubby, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne, left for New Zealand. Browne, without missing a beat, wound up finding the robbers at a nearby skate park and alerting police officers. The incident flew under the radar when it initially happened, only making headlines once Rousey told the story on TV recently. However, with that being said, Browne was of course asked about the incident ahead of his UFC 213 scrap.
Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather press conference set for July 11th
bjpenndotcom - July 6, 2017
With the countdown officially underway for the highly anticipated Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match, the reports of the media tour recently began to emerge. Now however, an official announcement regarding the press tour has surfaced, after the Staples Center posted on social media that tickets were on sale for the highly anticipated press conference:
Ticket prices for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor
bjpenndotcom - July 6, 2017
Thursday afternoon, tickets for the highly anticipated August 26th boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor went on sale on the T-Mobile Arena website. While tickets for the event were expected to be extremely expensive, fight fans will be stunned to learn that the cheapest seats in the arena were sold at $2,425, while ringside seats were sold for $79,000 a set. These numbers of course only represent the box office price, which is generally far cheaper than what fans resell the tickets for.
Tyron Woodley: I have no problem taking Demian Maia down on my terms
Tom Taylor - July 6, 2017
This August 29, in the co-main event of UFC 214, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will attempt to defend his title for the third time opposite Brazilian jiu jitsu cognoscente Demian Maia. On the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio, Woodley gave his take on this matchup with the talented BJJ specialist, and how he plans to approach the challenge.
VIDEO | Competitors take to the scales: The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale weigh-in results
Russell Ess - July 6, 2017
The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale is set to take place on Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Season 25 of “The Ultimate Fighter” finalists Dhiego Lima and Jesse Taylor will meet in the center of the Octagon to crown the season’s welterweight winner.
VIDEO | Yoel Romero shows his freakish athleticism at 40-years-old during UFC 213 open workouts
Russell Ess - July 6, 2017
Yoel Romero is set to fight for the UFC interim middleweight title at UFC 213 this Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Romero, who is ranked #1 in the UFC middleweight rankings will be taking on #3 ranked Robert Whittaker.
VIDEO | World War III breaks out on The Ultimate Fighter
Russell Ess - July 6, 2017
"The night before my fight…and World War III broke out at the house." — @JTMoneyMMA (understatement) #TUF https://t.co/H3GWXGraox — FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 6, 2017
Tyron Woodley: "pound-for-pound, I'm the hardest punching fighter in the entire UFC"
Tom Taylor - July 6, 2017
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has knocked a lot of people out. He’s knocked even more people down, some of them multiple times in a single fight. Needless to say, the champ hits incredibly hard. If you ask Woodley himself, he’s probably the hardest hitter in the UFC, pound-for-pound – especially now that the brick-fisted Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has called it a career.
Cody Garbrandt gives timeline for return from back injury
bjpenndotcom - July 6, 2017
This Saturday, fight fans will tune in for a stacked night of fights headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko. In the co-main event, top ranked middleweights Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero will step into the Octagon for a highly anticipated showdown for the interim middleweight championship. With that being said however, the card was initially supposed to play host to a bantamweight showdown between Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw, where Garbrandt was looking to make his first successful title defense. Unfortunately, Garbrandt was forced out of the fight with a back injury.