MMA News

Tom Taylor - March 27, 2017

Over the last few months, the age-old boxing vs. UFC debate has reached a fever pitch, as a handful of stars from the two sports have called each other out. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are chomping at the bit to fight each other. Roy Jones Jr. and Anderson Silva seem down to go at it in the boxing ring. UFC light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa recently called out boxing star David Haye. The list goes on.

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

The most feared women’s fighter on the planet, Cris Cyborg, has issued yet another challenge to former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, but this time the stipulations are much different. Cyborg has apparently garnered an interest in professional wrestling, this after recently training moves with TNA & WWE Tough Enough Star Gabriela “Gabi” Castrovinci, and has decided that a bout with Rousey under the WWE banner makes sense.

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

Daniel Cormier and Andre Ward discuss his UFC 210 fight with Anthony Johnson. https://youtu.be/CdpQga65zAE

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

The UFC has released an official poster for June’s pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The June 3rd event is headlined by a featherweight title unification bout between current champion Jose Aldo and interim title holder Max Holloway.

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

Bellator MMA has signed another former UFC title challenger. The UFC’s top rival, Bellator MMA, has been scooping up a ton of talent in the past several months including Benson Henderson, Josh Thomson, Matt Mitrione, Phil Davis, Rory MacDonald, Chael Sonnen, Wanderlei Silva and Ryan Bader, just to name a few.

Chris Taylor - March 26, 2017

Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 – UFC SOUNDWAVES https://youtu.be/7wM3cDjYopc

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

For a time, Chris Weidman looked like he was going to be come a truly dominant champion. First, he knocked out Anderson Silva to win the UFC middleweight title. Then, he defeated Silva again – albeit thanks to a freakish leg injury – erasing any doubt that he deserved his station atop the middleweight division. Next, he defeated Lyoto Machida in a thrilling, five-round war. And finally, he took out a bona fide MMA legend in Vitor Belfort, marking his third-straight defense of the middleweight title. Indeed, it looked like it could be the beginning of a legendary reign for the talented American star.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

This May, in the main event of the stacked UFC 211, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos will attempt to reclaim the title he once owned by taking out reigning champ Stipe Miocic. The bout will be a rematch of a 2014 contest, which Dos Santos won with a close decision. Though this will surely not be an easy fight, the former champ is optimistic about his chances. In a recent interview with MMALatest.com, he explained that he’s feeling good, and ready to remind the world what he’s capable of.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

In less than two weeks’ time, the UFC will touch down in Buffalo, New York with UFC 210.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

Shortly after his thunderous, first-round knockout of Andrei Arlovski, rising heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou issued callouts of three of the division’s top fighters: Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, and Alistair Overeem. Yet when Ben Rothwell was forced out of a scheduled bout with Brazil’s Fabricio Werdum, leaving Werdum without an opponent, the Brazilian became Ngannou’s primary target. Ngannou has some competition in his quest for a fight with Werdum. That competition comes from an unlikely source in former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who has beef with Werdum stemming from their days fighting under the Strikeforce banner.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

Next Friday, in the main event of Bellator 175, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will step onto the canvas for a heavyweight bout with rival Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. The bout will be a rematch of a 2014 light heavyweight contest, and it stands out as one of the biggest fights of Rampage’s already impressive Bellator career.

Tom Taylor - March 26, 2017

Barring a blitzkrieg, knockout loss to the ever-dangerous Michael Johnson, Louisiana’s Dustin Poirier has looked absolutely fantastic since returning to the lightweight division. Since he made this return, he has picked up emphatic defeats over Carlos Diego Ferreira, Yancy Medeiros, Joseph Duffy, Bobby Green and Jim Miller. These big wins have earned him a fight with former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. The two talents will collide on the main card of UFC 211 this May. If Poirier passes this upcoming test, he expects to be just one win away from a UFC lightweight title shot. He explained this feeling in a recent interview with MMAJunkie Radio.

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks once reigned as the UFC welterweight champion. With that being said, Bigg Rig is coming off a successful UFC middleweight debut which saw him pick up a decision win over Hector Lombard earlier this year. Despite Hendricks success at 170, the former welterweight champion was forced to move up to 185 by UFC President Dana White after being unable to make the welterweight non-title fight limit of 171 pounds on several occasions. While it wasn’t long ago that Hendricks mentioned the possibility of retirement, he is now looking to build momentum at 185 when he fights Tim Boetsch on June 25th.

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

Mayweather Calls Out McGregor

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is certainly no stranger to lavishness. The UFC superstar frequently can be seen showing off his luxury purchases, most notably luxury supercars. In a new announcement, the Irish superstar showed off his new extremely rare Lamborghini Huracan Avio, the only one in Ireland, while announcing a new partnership with a luxury motorsport company.

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

UFC veteran Joe Lauzon is currently gearing up for his upcoming ‘UFC Fight Night: Nashville’ scrap on April 22nd against Stevie Ray. For Lauzon, one of fight fan’s favorite fighters to watch, he will be looking to build on his controversial split decision win over Marcin Held earlier this year, which saw him rebound from a split decision loss to Jim Miller back in August of 2016 at ‘UFC Fight Night: Vancouver’. Ahead of Lauzon’s fight with Ray, he spoke to MMAJunkie about the upcoming return of former welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre, and why he feels BJ Penn is actually arguably the greatest fighter of all time (GOAT):

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

Watch out, Barboza #LFA7 pic.twitter.com/wDUZxW7XiO — caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) March 25, 2017

bjpenndotcom - March 25, 2017

https://www.facebook.com/UFCCanada/videos/1294634377239176/?pnref=story MMA veteran Brad Pickett recently stepped into the Octagon for the final time, calling an end to an incredible thirteen year professional MMA career that saw ‘One Punch’ pick up ‘Fight of the Night’ honors on 4 separate occasions in the UFC, as well as a ‘Knockout of the Night’ bonus for his 2012 win over Yves Jabouin.