MMA News

Chris Taylor - October 24, 2016

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (22-1 MMA) will return to action at UFC 207 this December in Las Vegas. “The Dominator” will defend his title against Cody Garbrandt at the December 30 pay-per-view event.

Russell Ess - October 24, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is busy getting prepared for the biggest fight of his life.

bjpenndotcom - October 24, 2016

Urijah Faber says his upcoming fight with Brad “One Punch” Pickett will be his last. Faber broke the news on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, where “The California Kid” announced that his next fight will be his last one, after a long and storied career.

Russell Ess - October 24, 2016

Fans of Jon Jones should be delighted to hear some very interesting news from Jones’ attorney, Howard Jacobs. Speaking with MMA Fighting’s Luke Thomas on The Luke Thomas Show, Jacobs revealed some major details regarding Jones’ failed drug tests for banned substances.

Russell Ess - October 24, 2016

With Ronda Rousey set to return to the Octagon to face current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 in December, she is surely ramping up her training regiment. It looks like Rousey has brought in 2016 U.S. Olympic boxer Mikaela Mayer to get some sparring done. Mayer posted a photo with Rousey after a training session at Glendale Fighting Club and said in the caption of her post, “Good first sparring session with the champ. 👊🏼 @rondarousey #FearTheReturn #boxing #judo #mma #sparring #trainingcamp #womeninsports #olympians #olympics #rondarousey #gfc #la #@ufc #teamrousey @usaboxing @olympics #ufc207 #rouseyvsnunes”

Russell Ess - October 24, 2016

UFC welterweight Alan Jouban will be looking to get on a new level after his next fight coming up against the undefeated and controversial Mike Perry at UFC on FOX 22 in December. Jouban says that with a good performance against Perry, he will achieve his first MMA goal of breaking into the UFC welterweight rankings. Jouban recently was a guest on BJPenn.com Radio and spoke with our host “Kinch” about his UFC welterweight opponent, Mike “Platinum” Perry and how he thinks their fight will play out on December 17 in Sacramento, California.

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

A serial conman has faked having a friendship with current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor to exploit a woman out of €1,500. A young Irish woman named Lauren Caffrey-Byrne, who resides in Dublin, made waves Saturday morning after posting the following story on her Facebook page.

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

Earlier today former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA) took to Twitter where he hinted that he was making the move to fight for RIZIN Fighting Federation by posting the following. https://twitter.com/ShaneCarwin/status/789991380898582529

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

The Ultimate Fighting Championship still has three pay-per-view events to put on before we say goodbye to the year 2016. The octagon will invade New York, Toronto and finally Las Vegas for pay-per-view events over the course of the next 68 days.

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

UFC 207 could be the last time that fight fans get to see former UFC welterweight champion Jonhy Hendricks in action. “Bigg Rigg” recently spoke with ESPN’s Five Rounds where he announced that if he loses to Neil Magny at December’s UFC 207 event in Las Vegas he will be hanging up his gloves and retiring from the sport of mixed martial arts. His words:

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

Following his first-round destruction of Neil Magny at UFC 202, feared welterweight striker Lorenz Larkin became a free agent. “The Monsoon” is still waiting on a call from the UFC in order to work out a new deal.

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

Remember this?

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

No Georges St-Pierre… Big Problem! UFC fans north of the border are not at all pleased with how December’s UFC 206 pay-per-view event in Toronto is shaping up.

Chris Taylor - October 23, 2016

https://youtu.be/i8qHuunR55E Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and perennial lightweight contender Nate Diaz squared off for a second time in the main event of UFC 202 this past August in Las Vegas.

Tom Taylor - October 23, 2016

Earlier this year, it was announced that long-time UFC matchmaker Joe Silva would be parting ways with the organization in December. Given the near endless list of incredible fights Silva has constructed for the fans over the years, this news was met with widespread disappointment. Not everyone, however, will miss the long-time matchmaker.

Tom Taylor - October 23, 2016

Earlier this year, former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin announced that, after a long hiatus from MMA, he was ready to return to the cage. Shortly thereafter, the big man announced that, despite his status as a former top-5 heavyweight, this return would not occur in the UFC. If Carwin’s return wasn’t going to occur in the UFC, it seemed likely that he would end up in Bellator, as the organization has signed several similar high-profile free agents over the last few months. As it turns out, however, Carwin might not be destined for the Bellator cage after all. In fact, he may not even return to the cage.

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2016

Rashad Evans will be making his middleweight debut against Tim Kennedy at UFC 205 next month, and the former light heavyweight champion is feeling like the new kid on the block. Check out what he had to say about his upcoming drop to 185 pounds!

bjpenndotcom - October 22, 2016

12 years ago today, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes submitted Georges Saint Pierre with an armbar with just seconds left until the end of the first round. GSP would of course go on to not just avenge the Hughes loss (two times over), he also went on to become the most dominant 170 pound fighter in UFC history.