MMA News

Chris Taylor - October 20, 2016

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title in a rematch with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson this December at UFC 206 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The pair first met at UFC 187 in May of 2015, with “DC” emerging victorious by way of third-round submission (rear-naked choke).

Chris Taylor - October 20, 2016

Jon “Bones” Jones (22-1 MMA) is currently on the sidelines waiting to receive punishment from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), this for his failed pre-fight drug test from UFC 200 this past July. The pound-for-pound great has been rather silent on social media in recent weeks, but that all changed yesterday evening when Jones took to Twitter and put the entire light heavyweight division on notice.

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2016

TJ Dillashaw has been angling for a rematch with the man who took his bantamweight belt, Dominick Cruz, ever since narrowly losing it to the “Dominator” this past January in Boston. Dillashaw took to Instagram on Wednesday to call out the newly crowned champ and did not mince words in doing so!

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Conor McGregor is training like a man looking to make history, as the featherweight champion will take on lightweight kingpin Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 next month. Should ‘Mystic Mac’ emerge victorious on November 12, he would be the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts in two separate weight divisions simultaneously.

Russell Ess - October 19, 2016

Fans were ecstatic when former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre stated that he was ready to come out of his hiatus from fighting. The former welterweight king last fought in the Octagon nearly three years ago in 2013 when he battled Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. Little did fans know that St-Pierre would be in likely the biggest fight of his life, outside of the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Several fighters and coaches were recently asked who they thought was going to win between UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and featherweight champ Conor McGregor. Take a look for yourself to see what the pros think about UFC 205’s main event!

Chris Taylor - October 19, 2016

Current UFC interim featherweight champion Jose Aldo met with Dana White and UFC officials this afternoon in Las Vegas to discuss his fighting future. Immediately following the meeting, which took place at UFC headquarters, Aldo was interviewed by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Here is what the Brazilian legend had to say:

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Coming off one of the biggest wins of his UFC career, Gegard Mousasi made an unusual request for his next fight following his second round TKO of Vitor Belfort at UFC 204. Mousasi, in the most polite way possible, called out former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz, who was recently reinstated after a lengthy USADA suspension.

Russell Ess - October 19, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has his chance to make history on November 12. The featherweight champ will challenge UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title while still maintaining his featherweight crown. If McGregor finds success over Alvarez at UFC 205 in New York at Madison Square Garden, he will make history as the first fighter in UFC history to hold two division’s titles simultaneously.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Recently, news has surfaced that the new WME-IMG owners of the UFC have been cleaning house, and plan to fire between 60 and 80 UFC employees in a major shakeup. Several key UFC executives were let go, including Chief Global Brand Officer & Head of International Business Development in Vegas, Garry Cook, Chief Content Officer Marshall Zelaznik, UFC Executive VP & GM of UFC Asia Ken Berger, and UFC Executive VP & GM of Canada, Tom Wright to name just a few of the nearly 15% of the worldwide employees let go by the WME-IMG owners. In addition, approximately 80% of the UFC’s Canadian Office was let go.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Daniel Cormier may be in the process of beginning his dieting to get down to fight weight for his upcoming UFC 206 title fight rematch with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, but that didn’t stop him from salivating at the thought of Quebec’s famous regional cuisine. .@dc_mma finding out about poutine for the first time #UFC206 (@ufc_canada) https://t.co/qEbpg5GZmE

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Julianna Pena has been on a tear of the women’s bantamweight division as of late, going on a 4-fight win streak that has seen her go on a 4-fight win streak over the course of the past 3 years. After winning ‘The Ultimate Fighter: Season 18’, Pena was forced to take two years away from competition. In her return fight back in the Octagon at ‘UFC Fight Night: Fairfax’, Pena picked up an impressive TKO win over Milana Dudieva to earn herself a performance of the night bonus.

Russell Ess - October 19, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor once said that he looked like Mexican drug lord, “El Chapo” dressed “in his prime.” Now, it looks like an artistic fan is comparing the Irish mixed martial arts superstar to Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/NeNP3B7FqKQ Recently, top ranked UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi has come out of his shell more, and has begun to talk trash openly to the rest of the UFC roster.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

On December 10th, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, and light heavyweight #1 contender Anthony Johnson will step into the Octagon in the main event of UFC 206 in Canada in a highly anticipated light heavyweight rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship. The fight, which was announced earlier this month as the co-main event bout, was then shifted to the main event slot when negotiations between former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre & the UFC brass failed, ultimately leading St-Pierre to terminate his contract with the promotion, which he was reportedly able to do due to the fact that the promotion didn’t secure him a fight.

Tom Taylor - October 19, 2016

Earlier this year, the UFC was sold for a whopping $4 billion – quite an increase from the $2 million that Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta bought it for in the year 2000. The promotion was purchased by American talent agency WME-IMG. Since it purchased the UFC, WME-IMG has made several major moves. Some of these moves, such as its choice to sell small stakes of the promotion to celebrities like Ben Affleck, Conan O’Brien and The Weeknd, were quite exciting. Others, like its choice to enact a mass layoff of UFC staff, have been rather disheartening.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

A superfight between WMMA superstar Cris Cyborg, and former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has always been just out of arms reach for MMA fans. Earlier this month, when UFC President Dana White announced that Rousey would be returning to the Octagon in December, over a year after suffering the first loss of her professional career at the hands of Holly Holm at UFC 193, White announced that in addition to returning for a championship fight with Amanda Nunes at UFC 207, Rousey was looking for a superfight with Cris Cyborg if she defeated Nunes at UFC 207.

bjpenndotcom - October 19, 2016

Earlier this year, tragic news surfaced that Bellator MMA prospect Jordan Parsons had been struck by a vehicle in Florida. While initial reports regarding the situation, and what happened, were a bit scarce, it was then revealed that Parsons was in the hospital, where he was forced to have his leg amputated as a result of the accident. Following the announcement that Parsons had to have his leg amputated, it was then revealed that the young prospect was undergoing heart surgery after it was revealed that his heart was operating at just approximately 1/5 of its capacity.