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Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa

Jimi Manuwa is not interested in a fight with Jon Jones right now

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC light heavyweight contender Jimi Manuwa is not interested in booking a fight with former division kingpin Jon Jones, at least not yet. “The Poster Boy” scored another highlight reel knockout in the featured bout of last night’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London sending his opponent Corey Anderson crashing to the canvas with a brutal left hand in the opening round.

Gunnar Nelson

PHOTO | Alan Jouban and Gunnar Nelson get together post-fight in London

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

Alan Jouban and Gunnar Nelson may have went to battle inside the octagon yesterday in London, but that didn’t stop the UFC welterweights from getting together to talk fight strategies over a drink post-fight. Jouban, who was submitted by Nelson in the second-round of their co-main bout at UFC Fight Night 107, took to his Instagram where he shared the following photo:

Brad Pickett

Brad Pickett issues statement following retirement fight loss

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC bantamweight veteran Brad Pickett retired following his UFC Fight Night 107 TKO loss to Marlon Vera last night in London, England. Pickett had a strong opening two rounds utilizing some timely takedowns and ground and pound to get up on the judges scorecards 20-18 heading into round three.

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PHOTO | Official poster for UFC on FOX 24

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has released the official poster for UFC on FOX 24 which takes place next month in Kansas City. The April 15 fight card is headlined by a flyweight title fight featuring current division champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson taking on surging contender Wilson Reis.

Gunnar Nelson

Pros react to Gunnar Nelson's submission victory over Alan Jouban

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

Pros react to Gunnar Nelson’s submission victory over Alan Jouban A key welterweight tilt served as the co-main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London as Gunnar Nelson took on surging contender Alan Jouban.

Gunnar Nelson
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UFC Fight Night 107 Bonus Report

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Bonus Report Today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England, delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes.

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Jimi Manuwa

Pros react to Jimi Manuwa's one punch KO victory over Corey Anderson

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

Pros react to Jimi Manuwa’s one punch KO victory over Corey Anderson A key light heavyweight bout between perennial division contenders Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson served as the main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England.

Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Jimi Manuwa KO's Corey Anderson (VIDEO)

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Jimi Manuwa vs. Corey Anderson A light heavyweight scrap between Jimi Manuwa and Corey Anderson served as the main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England.

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UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Marlon Vera TKO's Brad Pickett (VIDEO)

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Brad Pickett vs. Marlon Vera A bantamweight scrap between Brad Pickett and Marlon Vera took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England.

Makwan Amirkhani

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Arnold Allen defeats Makwan Amirkhan (Highlights)

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Arnold Allen vs. Makwan Amirkhan A lightweight bout between Arnold Allen and Makwan Amirkhan kicked off the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England.

Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping

VIDEO | Bisping & Florian imitate Nate Diaz, McGregor, Romero & more

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

https://youtu.be/FK3Br3gvjvQ On the latest episode of UFC Tonight on Fox Sports 1, hosts Michael Bisping, Kenny Florian, and Karyn Bryant participated in a new segment called ‘Shot Caller’ where Bisping and Florian took turns impersonating ‘shot callers’ in the UFC, discussing their next fights.

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UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Joseph Duffy defeats Reza Madadi (Highlights)

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Joseph Duffy defeats Reza Madadi A lightweight bout between Joseph Duffy and Reza Madadi served as the featured bout of today’s UFC Fight Night 107 prelims in London, England.

Marc Diakiese
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UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Marc Diakiese KO's Teemu Packalen (VIDEO)

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Results: Marc Diakiese KO’s Teemu Packalen Round one begins and Marc Diakiese starts off quickly. He is bouncing around and looking to find his way inside. Diakiese leaps in and lands a huge right hand that absolutely floors Teemu. This one is all over folks. What an amazing knockout!

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Miesha Tate only ending retirement for Ronda Rousey

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate recently retired in the midst of a 2-fight skid that saw her drop a submission loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 200, where she lost the bantamweight title, followed by a UFC 205 unanimous decision loss to Raquel Pennington. Tate explained that after 11 years fighting professionally, she no longer had it, and would be stepping away from the sport. While many believed that the move was an impulsive one, Tate has stuck to her retirement.

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UFC Fight Night 107

UFC Fight Night 107 Live Results

Chris Taylor - March 18, 2017

UFC Fight Night 107 Live Results Thread Unable to catch today’s UFC Fight Night 107 event in London, England? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results of all today’s fights.

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Three fighters suspended for marijuana from 'UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Bermudez'

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

Unfortunate news surfaced this week that three fighters who competed on February’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Dennis Bermudez’ card have all been suspended and fined for failing fight night drug tests for marijuana. According to MMAFighting, Niko Price, Curtis Blaydes, and Abel Trujillo have all been suspended 90 days and fined $1000 by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for the infraction, however USADA spokesman Ryan Madden has revealed that none of the fighters will be penalized by USADA given the fact that all of the men had less than 150ng/ml of marijuana metabolites in their system in samples collected.

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Alan Jouban discusses the return of Georges St-Pierre

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

Streaking UFC welterweight prospect Alan Jouban is coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry last year, which extended his win streak to 3 following back to back wins over Brendan O’Reilly and Belal Muhammad. During a recent interview with BJPenn.com, Jouban spoke about a variety of topics, including the highly anticipated return of former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre, who will be returning to the Octagon later this year to fight Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight championship.

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Michael Page

Michael Page's father facing 22 sex-related charges

bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2017

News surfaced Friday morning that Curtis Page, the father of Bellator MMA star Michael Page, is currently facing 22 sex-related charges, and has begun to appear in court. Page has been charged with 6 rapes, 14 incident assaults, and 2 counts of sex with a child under the age of 13, and is accused of committing said acts between 1985 and 1995. The prosecutor in the case recalled several horrifying incidents for the court, in which Page is accused of having sexually abused a female student after martial arts class on one occasion, before he then allegedly “raped her with a blade held to her throat and threatened to throw her out of the window of her 18th floor flat”.