MMA News

Russell Ess - December 16, 2016

UFC superstar Conor McGregor and his popularity continues to grow to new heights.

Russell Ess - December 16, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has one thing on her mind in her first fight back in the Octagon ever since being served her first loss over a year ago. Rousey is set simply on winning. By doing so in her scheduled UFC 207 fight on December 30, she will also happen to reclaim the UFC women’s bantamweight title as she challenges the talented current champion Amanda Nunes for the title.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

While undefeated welterweight prospect Mike Perry is just 2-0 inside the UFC, ‘Platinum’ has made quite the name for himself in his brief time with the promotion. The Flint, Michigan native has not only won all of his UFC fights, but all of his professional fights, by way of KO/TKO. In his UFC debut earlier this year, Perry picked up an impressive first round TKO win over Hyun Gyu Lim, drawing the attention of fight fans. In his second fight in the UFC, Perry picked up a third round KO win over Danny Roberts at UFC 204, drawing him even more attention from fight fans.

Russell Ess - December 16, 2016

UFC superstar Nate Diaz has been waiting for his trilogy fight with rival Conor McGregor ever since their rematch at UFC 202 back in August.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/h47kFmZVKW8 To close out 2016, the UFC will return to Las Vegas for its final card of the year, UFC 207. The card is certainly a highly anticipated one, despite the fact that it has just 4 finalized fights on the main card, with a fifth one between Jessica Andrade and an unnamed opponent expected to round out the pay-per view portion of the card.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

Trash talk is as much a part of combat sports as punches and judging controversy. Not every fighter, however, is good at it. Try as they might, some people just can’t hang on the mic.

Russell Ess - December 16, 2016

Famed boxing coach and trainer Freddie Roach has worked with some big names in mixed martial arts. From Georges St-Pierre to Anderson Silva, Roach is familiar with talent in both MMA and of course, boxing.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

This Saturday, MMA veteran Urijah Faber will step into the Octagon for the final time as he squares off against Brad Pickett in what Faber has stated will be his retirement fight. Over the course of his 13-year MMA career ‘The California Kid’ shared the cage with some of the biggest names in MMA including Jose Aldo, Dominick Cruz, and Frankie Edgar to name just a a few. While he was never able to capture UFC gold, Faber held the WEC championship for two years, successfully defending the belt five times over the course of his reign.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

While top ranked lightweight contenders Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson have continued to trade verbal blows via social media, there have been no updates regarding the negotiations for the pair to fight. Earlier this week, Nurmagomedov took to social media to reveal that he had already accepted his next fight, but was simply waiting on his opponent, who remained nameless, to sign the agreement. That was followed up by a social media post from Ferguson, who took to Twitter with a message of his own for Nurmagomedov, in which he stated that he agreed to the fight, however the UFC and Nurmagomedov needed to agree on terms for the fight.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

Later tonight, in the main event of Bellator’s debut in Ireland, light heavyweight veteran Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal will take on Satoshi Ishii in a heavyweight bout. If he emerges the victor in this bout, he’ll reestablish himself as one of the very best heavyweights on the Bellator roster. This, of course, would put him neck-and-neck with the winner of January’s Chael Sonnen vs. Tito Ortiz bout. If Sonnen wins that fight, however, don’t ask King Mo to fight him. As he explained in a recent interview with MMAFighting.com, that’s something he’ll never do. King Mo’s reluctance to fight Sonnen comes down to a staph infection that he suffered in 2012. When he was dealing with his infection, King Mo says that Sonnen approached him, out of nowhere, and offered him financial help if he found himself needing it.

bjpenndotcom - December 16, 2016

This Saturday in Sacramento, California, two of the youngest fighters on the UFC roster, Sage Northcutt and Mickey Gall, will square off in a highly anticipated matchup. At just 20 years old, Northcutt has quite the impressive resume. With an 8-1 professional record, Northcutt has gone 3-1 inside the Octagon, dispatching of Francisco Trevino via first round TKO in his UFC debut, before then submitting Cody Pfister in his second UFC fight. Northcutt then had his two-fight win streak snapped earlier this year when he was submitted by Bryan Barberena in January, marking the first loss of his professional career, as well as his UFC career. ‘Super’ Sage bounced back however, picking up a unanimous decision win over Enrique Marin at UFC 200 in July.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

The first quarter of 2017 will be a big stretch for the heavyweight division, as the UFC has pencilled two huge heavyweight scraps onto the calendar. These fights will see the division’s two best prospects take big steps up in competition against well established names. The first of these heavyweight showdowns will occur on January 28, at UFC on Fox 23, when French-Cameroonian destroyer Francis Ngannou gets the biggest test of his career in former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. The second will occur just weeks later, when massive Texan Derrick Lewis faces what could be his biggest test in fringe contender Travis Browne. Lewis and Browne will duke it out on February 11, at UFC 208 in Brooklyn.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

Last weekend, the UFC returned to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the first time since 2013. The promotion did so with UFC 206. In advance of this Toronto return, the card was heavily criticized for its lack of big names. When its originally planned Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson main event fell through, these criticisms only grew louder.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

This Saturday, MMA legend Urijah Faber will compete in the last fight of his career. He will do so against England’s Brad Pickett on the main card of UFC on Fox 22, which will emanate from his hometown of Sacramento, California. With his fighting career in the rear-view, Faber will shift his focus to managing Team Alpha Male, the world-famous gym he founded in his hometown. Though these duties will surely keep him plenty busy in his post-fighting life, Faber recently explained on UFC Tonight that he’s not willing to entirely rule out a return to competition down the road.

Tom Taylor - December 16, 2016

Last November, in the main event of UFC 193, then women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked out by a Holly Holm head-kick in one of the biggest upsets in the history of our sport. She has not returned to the cage since.

Russell Ess - December 15, 2016

Going into the rematch against Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor chose to put his fighting career ahead of starring on the big screen. McGregor was scheduled to play a role in Vin Diesel’s “xXx” movie, which Diesel says he created just for the current UFC lightweight champion.

bjpenndotcom - December 15, 2016

This Saturday, MMA veteran Urijah Fbaer will step into the Octagon for the final time as he fights Brad Pickett in front of his hometown fans in Sacramento, California. For Faber, the fight will mark the end of what has been a truly remarkable MMA career that has seen him compile a 33-10 record over the course of 13 years competing professionally. Given that it would be Faber’s final fight, it came as a surprise to many when the UFC opted to put ‘The California Kid’ as the co-main event behind Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson as the main event.

Russell Ess - December 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/T81m3AdHDx4?t=3m5s Nick Diaz has been enjoying his time off from fighting and it is surely showing in some of his recent interviews and guest spots on radio shows and podcasts.