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bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s action from Toronto, Canada? BJPenn.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for live results, and stay tuned to BJPenn.com for recaps of each fight throughout the night. Main card: Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis – Holloway TKO’s Pettis at 4:50 of Round Three Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown – Cerrone def. Brown via knockout (head kick) at 0:34 of Round Three Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi – Swanson def. Choi via decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum – Gastelum KO’s Kennedy at 2:45 of Round Three Jordan Mein vs. Emil Meek – Meek def. Mein via decision (29-28 x3)

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

While South Korean superstar Doo-Ho Choi has just three fights inside the Octagon, he has left fight fans speechless all three times. Back in 2014, Choi entered the Octagon with a 12-1 professional record that saw him enter the UFC on a 10-fight win streak, with all but two of the wins coming by way of KO/TKO. When he stepped into the Octagon for the first time at ‘UFC Fight Night: Austin’ in 2014, it took ‘The Korean Superboy’ just 18 seconds to earn himself his 11th straight win, and his first UFC win, in the form of a first round TKO against Juan Puig. Unfortunately, it would be an entire year before Choi returned to the Octagon, however when he did, it was in front of his hometown fans in South Korea. Choi didn’t disappoint, and rose to the occasion as he KOd TUF alumni Sam Sicilia in just over 90 seconds. With fight fans starting to take notice of his impressive striking skills, Choi was booked for a fight with MMA veteran, BJJ ace Thiago Tavares. Choi once again left fight fans in awe as he picked up yet another first round KO win.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

While Nate Diaz may be regarded as one of the most popular MMA fighters at the present time, the Stockton superstar doesn’t appear to have plans of sticking around. Earlier this year, Diaz picked up arguably the biggest win of his career as he rocked, and then submitted UFC superstar Conor McGregor on just two-weeks notice in the main event of UFC 196. Following the monumental win, Diaz met McGregor in the Octagon for a second time at UFC 202 back in August. In that fight, McGregor ultimately secured himself a majority decision win to avenge the first loss of his UFC career.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

Tonight, in the main event of Toronto’s UFC 206 pay-per view card, streaking featherweight contender Max Holloway will square off against former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis in a highly anticipated showdown between two of the best strikers in the featherweight division. For Holloway, the fight will be for the interim featherweight title, and give him the chance to not only extend his win streak to 10, but also secure a fight with featherweight champ Jose Aldo. For Pettis however, coming in three pounds over the featherweight limit of 145 pounds meant that he will no longer be able to capture the interim featherweight belt tonight with a win over Holloway.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

Since the new WME-IMG UFC owners took control of the company earlier this year, they have continued to fire numerous high-profile employees, including UFC Canada’s Tom Wright, and UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell & Matt Hughes to name just a few. Recently, there were reports circulating that in order to potentially secure a new TV deal, the promotion was looking to replace the “hype” style of commentary that longtime commentators Joe Rogan & Mike Goldberg brought to the table. While there has been no further reports on the matter, Joe Rogan’s friend, Eddie Bravo, recently asked on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience’s Fight Companion “Who’s taking Mike Goldberg’s spot?” which led to a period of awkward silence with Joe Rogan and Brendan Schaub, potentially indicating that there was some truth behind Bravo’s question.

bjpenndotcom - December 10, 2016

Well, this is a first! #UFCAlbany https://t.co/Fx3O76nU02 — UFC (@ufc) December 10, 2016

Russell Ess - December 9, 2016

UFC 206 takes place on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The Canada card has had a couple big shakeups as the originally planned main event for UFC 206 took a turn when it was revealed weeks out from the fight that Daniel Cormier was forced out of his UFC light heavyweight title defense against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson due to suffering an injury.

Russell Ess - December 9, 2016

Both fans and athletes have been very polar on Phil Brooks, better known as the former WWE star, CM Punk, getting his first professional mixed martial arts fight in the UFC. There have been many hating on the fact that CM Punk was able to fight for the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world for his first fight on account of his success and stardom from professional wrestling. Then on the opposite end of the spectrum, there are those that have welcomed the former WWE star to the Octagon knowing it would bring new fans over to the sport of mixed martial arts.

Chris Taylor - December 9, 2016

A heavyweight bout between Francis Ngannou and Anthony Hamilton served as the co-main event bout of tonight’s UFC Fight Night 102 fight card in Albany, New York. Round one begins and Hamilton is able to get a hold of a Francis kick and press Ngannou against the cage. Ngannou looks to secure a kimura and uses the hold to get Anthony to the floor. Francis continues to work on the submission and secures it. Hamilton has no choice but to tapout. Wow! What a win for Ngannou.

Chris Taylor - December 9, 2016

A light heavyweight bout between Corey Anderson and Sean O’Connell took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 102 main card in Albany, New York. Round one begins and O’Connell starts things off with a leg kick. Anderson circles out and then comes in with a combination. Sean with a nice kick to the body. He presses forward and lands a left. Anderson grabs a hold of O’Connell and slams him to the floor. Corey moves immediately to side control and begins working some knees to the body. O’Connell gets back to half guard but eats some short shots and elbows for his troubles. Anderson with some short right hands from the half guard position. He has Sean pressed against the cage and switches to elbows. More good short right hands from Anderson. Two minutes remain. Big elbows now from Anderson. O’Connell scrambles and tries to stand back up. He utilizes the cage to wall walk but Anderson trips him back down to the canvas. O’Connell keeps battling and manages to get back to his feet. Anderson takes him right back down however and once again begins unloading some heavy ground and pound. Corey is working from half guard and landing some good short left hands. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - December 9, 2016

A light heavyweight bout between Gian Villante and Saparbek Safarov kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 102 main card in Albany, New York. Round one begins and Safarov opens with a leg kick and then a stiff jab. Villante answers back with a hard leg kick of his own. Gian lands a nice shot that opens up a cut on Saparbek. Villante circles and then comes in with a nice body shot. Safarov with a nice leg kick. Villante comes forward and lands a big shot that drops Safarov. Saparbek gets back up and eats a huge uppercut for his efforts. He’s back on the floor and Gian comes in with punches from the top. Villante opts to let Safarov back up. Saparbek charges forward with punches. He lands a shot but then eats a right hand from Villante. Another crisp jab scores for Gian. Safarov throws a front kick and it connects low. We break so that Gian can recover from the groin shot. We restart and Villante lands a big shot. Safarov returns fire with a nice combination. He lands a big shot that drops Villante. Gian pops right back up but he eats another hard right hand. Saparbek presses him against the cage and works a knee. The fighters break off of the fence and Safarov lands another nice counter right hand. Gian with a leg kick. Saparbek with a right hand. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - December 9, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 102 fight card in Albany, New York? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for all of the events live results. UFC FIGHT NIGHT 102 Results:

Russell Ess - December 9, 2016

With the five famous fighters that were a part of the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association announcement last week, UFC President Dana White has said that “fighters can go out and do what they want to do — they are all grown men.” However, White did state that he was surprised to see Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone as one of the five fighters standing as a part of the association, especially after White helped him out with a legal situation where White paid for Cerrone’s attorney out of his own pocket. White was a guest on Tim & Sid on Sportsnet and commented on Cerrone’s involvement with the MMAAA and the conversation that he had with Cerrone following the announcement of the association.

Russell Ess - December 9, 2016

There is a UFC interim featherweight title on the line in the main event of UFC 206, which takes place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Saturday night.

bjpenndotcom - December 9, 2016

"You don't take that advice. You don't listen to a doctor."- @bisping on Anthony Pettis. #UFC206 https://t.co/qt8NfxmQZk — FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) December 9, 2016

bjpenndotcom - December 9, 2016

Back in July, ‘The Chosen One’ Tyron Woodley picked up the biggest win of his MMA career as he knocked out reigning UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in the first round of their UFC 201 main event scrap to claim the UFC welterweight championship. Following the win, Woodley sparked some controversy as he shut down welterweight #1 contender Stephen Thompson on the Fox Sports 1 post-fight show, opting to call out former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre, and MMA veteran Nick Diaz. Diaz, who was still suspended at the time of the callout, was ineligible to fight due to not paying his fine with the NSAC.

bjpenndotcom - December 9, 2016

On this episode of American Animals, the animals are joined by “The California Kid”, Urijah Faber! Faber discusses his upcoming final fight at UFC on Fox 22, the legacy he leaves behind, and his multiple business ventures. Also, Erik and Ian welcome Melkon Khosrovian, founder of the Greenbar Craft Distillery. Greenbar is the first distillery in Los Angeles since prohibition and the largest maker of organic spirits in the world. Join us for this episode of American Animals! You can email your questions and comments to info@2americananimals.com and find the show at www.2americananimals.com on the web, on social media at facebook.com/2AmericanAnimals and @2AmericanAnimal on Twitter and @2AmericanAnimals on Instagram.

Tom Taylor - December 9, 2016

On Friday morning, we learned that former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis had missed weight for his UFC 206 interim featherweight title fight with Max Holloway. Though this weigh-in miss will thankfully not force the cancellation of their bout, it will nix Pettis’ chances of winning interim featherweight gold. Holloway will still be crowned interim champion with a win, but Pettis will not. Needless to say, this was a disappointing twist for fight fans. Perhaps nobody was more disappointed by the news, however, than UFC President Dana White, who has been bending over backwards trying to keep the UFC 206 lineup from falling apart.