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Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A welterweight scrap between Warlley Alves and Kamaru Usman took place on tonight’s UFC Fight Night 100 main card in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Round one begins and Usman presses forward and lands a nice left jab. Alves circles and lands a nice counter right hand. He follows that up with a leg kick. Alves with a jab and then he circles away. Usman presses forward and pins Alves up against the cage. Kamaru with a right hand. Alves eats it and circles out. Usman goes to the body with a jab. Alves continues to utilize movement but gets caught with a right. He takes the punch and then charges forward with a kick. Usman presses forward and lands a combination. Alves returns fire with a counter right that lands. Kamaru with a nice stiff jab. Warley responds with a counter left. Usman goes to the body with a jab. Alves returns fire with a leg kick. Usman presses him against the cage and throws a flurry. Alves circles out and lands a body kick. Warley with a nice jab. He lands a knee and then misses with a spinning high kick. That upsets Usman who charges forward with strikes. Round one comes to a close.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A welterweight bout between Sergio Moraes and Zak Ottow kicked off tonight’s UFC Fight Night 100 main card in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Round one begins and Sergio circles and then misses with a head kick. Zak tries to shoot inside for a takedown attempt but it is not there. Moraes lands a kick to the body and then attempts a spinning back fist that misses the mark. Moraes shoots in and scores a single leg takedown. He begins working from the full guard of Ottow. Zak throws some short shots from his back. Moraes postures up and lands a strike. He moves Zak up against the cage and lands some short shots to the body. Moraes moves to half guard. He looks to isolate an arm but then transitions for some strikes. Ottow is ableot fight his was back to full guard and then lands a nice elbow from the bottom. Not much action here and round one comes to an end with Sergio in top position.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

Kevin Ferguson Jr. made his Bellator debut against Aaron Hamilton at tonight’s Bellator 165 event in San Jose, California. ‘Baby Slice’ showed off some good striking and solid power in the early stages of the contest.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

‘UFC Fight Night 99’ in Belfast, Northern Ireland, delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes. With that said, four “Performance of the night” awards were handed out at today’s post fight press conference.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre’s ongoing dispute with the UFC has been an extremely long one with many unanticipated bumps in the road. While St-Pierre has maintained that he is ready to once again return to the Octagon, and end his 3-year hiatus, he and the UFC have been unable to reach a deal that would see ‘Rush’ return to action. Several months ago, all signs pointed to St-Pierre returning to the Octagon at UFC 206 in Toronto to fight Michael Bisping for the middleweight championship on December 10th. While both men agreed to the bout, one major hangup stood in the way, St-Pierre’s sponsorship with Under Armour.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

This afternoon, in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Belfast’, top ranked UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi stepped into the Octagon against Uriah Hall for a highly anticipated rematch of their 2015 scrap. In 2015, when the pair stepped into the Octagon, Hall delivered a spectacular TKO win as he landed a back kick on Mousasi that ultimately resulted in a TKO win.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 100 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil? BJPENN.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for up to the minute live results from the historic event. UFC Fight Night 100 is headlined by a light heavyweight rematch between Ryan Bader and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A middleweight rematch between Gegard Mousasi and Uriah Hall served as the main event of today’s UFC Fight Night 99 fight card in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Round one begins and Hall misses with a high kick to start. Mousasi lands a low kick and Hall returns fire with one of his own. Another leg kick from Hall. Mousasi presses forward and Hall misses with a wild spinning kick. Gegard with a nice jab. Hall lands a hard low kick that stops Mousasi in his tracks. Gegard responds with a good leg kick of his own. He lands a huge jab on Hall. Hall launches a spinning head kick and it partially lands. Uriah follows that up with a hard leg kick. Mousasi misses with an attempted combination. Another good leg kick scores for Hall. Gegard charges forward but misses with a right hand. Hall with another low kick and then ducks under and moves away from a Mousasi counter. Gegard misses with a jab and then eats a pair of low kicks. Hall goes upstairs with a high kick that misses. Gegard charges forward and shoots for a takedown. He presses Uriah against the cage and drags him to the floor. He begins working some short right hands and a few knees to the body. Big shots from Mousasi from the top and this one is over!

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A heavyweight tilt between Timothy Johnson and Alexander Volkov took place on today’s UFC Fight Night 99 main card in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Round one begins and Volkov immediately presses forward and lands a right. Johnson circles away but Alexander quickly follows up and throws a knee to the body. Volkov presses forward with a combination that lands. He presses Timothy against the cage and begins working some big uppercuts inside. Johnson grabs a hold of an arm and looks for a kimura. The fighters break from the cage and Johnson lands a massive uppercut that drops Alexander. Timothy rushes in with some ground and pound a Volkov is in all sorts of trouble. Alexander is surviving here but eating some big shots from Johnson. Tim is working from full guard now. Volkov is able to wall-walk and get back to his feet. He presses Johnson against the fence and works some short shots. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A featherweight bout between Artem Lobov and Teruto Ishihara kicked off today’s UFC Fight Night 99 main card in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Round one begins and Ishihara misses with a high kick to start. Teruto follows that up with a body kick that grazes Lobov. Artem is applying the forward pressure here. He misses with a wild right hand and then eats a low kick. Ishihara with a jab to the body that lands. He follows that up with back-to-back leg kicks. Lobov misses with a left hook. Teruto with another low kick that lands. Lobov continues with the forward pressure and lands a left hand. Teruto circles away. The Japanese fighter misses with a body kick. Lobov lands a right hand and then stuffs a takedown attempt from Teruto. Lobov lands a right hand and then another. Ishihara fires back with a low kick. Artem presses forward and misses with a left hook. Teruto with a jab that misses upstairs but he lands a follow up strike to the body. Artem responds with a jab. He lands a leg kick. Teruto fires back with a leg kick of his own. Artem charges forward and lands a right. Teruto responds with another leg kick. Artem presses forward and lands a big right. Lobov with a left and Teruto looks hurt. He lands a big body kick and round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

A middleweight tilt between Jack Marshman and Magnus Cedenblad served as the featured bout of today’s UFC Fight Night 99 prelims in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After being outpointed in round one by his opponent Magnus Cedenblad, Welsh striker Jack Marshman was able to rally an entertaining comeback in round two which resulted in a TKO finish.

Chris Taylor - November 19, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

Saturday afternoon in Belfast, Ireland, #5 ranked UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi will step into the Octagon against #10 ranked Uriah Hall in a highly anticipated rematch that will see Mousasi given the chance to avenge his highlight reel KO loss to Hall which took place last year. Ahead of the fight, Mousasi has admitted that he knows he is taking a risk by accepting the fight given that he is not only ranked higher than Hall, but is also on a 3-fight winning streak, whereas Hall is on a 2-fight losing streak:

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

This week, former UFC champion Lyoto Machida was handed an 18-month suspension for a USADA anti-doping violation. While Machida admitted to using a supplement which contained the substance he tested positive for, ‘The Dragon’ admitted that he didn’t know the substance was on USADA’s banned substance list.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

Earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 205, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor cemented his place in the UFC history books when he TKOd Eddie Alvarez in the second round to claim the UFC lightweight strap, becoming the first man to simultaneously hold two championship belts in two weight classes. Several weeks prior to the fight, McGregor appeared at the UFC 205 pre-fight press conference, where he was asked who he would like to fight next if he defeated Alvarez. McGregor of course stirred up quite a bit of controversy when he stated that he was considering making the jump to boxing for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.

Chris Taylor - November 18, 2016

“And Still!” Tyron Woodley retained his UFC welterweight championship this past Saturday night at UFC 205 in New York after fighting Stephen Thompson to a majority draw in the evenings co-main event.

Russell Ess - November 18, 2016

By Dennis Taylor It’s dark and chilly in the underground, where authentic bare knuckle fighters have been bloodying each other’s noses for decades, even centuries. They’ve been fighting in barns, warehouses, box cars, auto body shops and parking garages — anywhere they might avoid law-enforcement. In 1881, bare knuckle legend John L. Sullivan fought John Flood, “The Bull’s Head Terror,” on a barge in the middle of the Hudson River.

Russell Ess - November 18, 2016

In December of 2012, Cris Cyborg was hit with the most devastating blow of her professional MMA career. After needing just 16 seconds to TKO Hiroko Yamanaka at the Strikeforce – Melendez vs. Masvidal event, Cyborg found out soon after her fight that she tested positive for the steroid stanozolol.