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Chris Taylor - October 16, 2016

Current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has confirmed that he will be making a major announcement following his UFC 205 lightweight title fight with Eddie Alvarez this November in New York. McGregor has remained tight-lipped about the announcement and recently told MMAJunkie that he will not be spilling the beans until his business with Eddie Alvarez is finished on November 12:

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2016

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Tom Taylor - October 16, 2016

Brazil’s Jessica Andrade, who stands just 5’2, began her UFC career fighting much taller women in the bantamweight division. Yet after a decent run in this division, which saw her amass a 3-2 record against solid competition, she decided to drop to the strawweight division, where she’d be at less of a physical disadvantage. This move has paid dividends for the dangerous Brazilian. In just two fights, she has transformed from the middling competitor she was at bantamweight into a bona fide strawweight contender.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/c-wml71s3I8 Bad news, fight fans. Despite plenty of speculation to the contrary, Georges St-Pierre will not be competing at UFC 206 in Toronto. UFC President Dana White shut down any surviving hope of a GSP comeback in the Ontario capital in a recent interview with FS1’s Jay and Dan.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2016

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz had plenty of highly-publicized run-ins in the buildup to their UFC 202 rematch. The most high-profile of these, however, was their infamous bottle-throwing showdown at one of the event’s pre-fight press conferences. The incident began when McGregor showed up late to the press event. Evidently irritated by the Irishman’s tardiness, Diaz and his team then stormed out of the building, throwing water bottles McGregor’s way as they did. McGregor, who never shies away from an on-camera conflict, then returned fire, pelting his adversaries with water bottles of his own, and an energy drink can. This wild shoot-out, unsurprisngly, drove the fans into a frenzy, and increased the hype for UFC 202 by an exponential factor. The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), however,  was not pleased about the ordeal. In fact, they were livid.

Tom Taylor - October 16, 2016

Earlier this month, in the main event of UFC 204, a 46-year-old Dan Henderson fought Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight title. Win, lose, or draw, the aging legend assured it would be the last fight of his career.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Jose Aldo has been locked in a dispute with the UFC ever since the promotion announced Conor McGregor would be fighting Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title instead of unifying Aldo’s interim featherweight belt with the belt McGregor took from him at UFC 194. Aldo’s head coach Andre Pederneiras spoke on the subject and naturally backed up his fighter, who is asking for his release from the UFC and is threatening to retire from the sport altogether.

Chris Taylor - October 15, 2016

Earlier this afternoon we reported that mixed martial arts legend Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort was hanging up his gloves and retiring from the fight game. Belfort had taken to Instagram and posted the following photo which included the statement “I decided that I will end this chapter of my life looking at the mirror and recognizing myself.”

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Derrick Lewis has had an unusual past couple of weeks. First, “The Black Beast” flew out to Manila in The Philippines, only to discover the entire fight card had been canceled. Lewis was quickly offered another fight after the UFC paid out the fighters who were set to compete on the canceled Manilla card. Now, “The Black Beast” is taking on the relatively unknown Shamil Abdurakhimov (17-3) in the main event if UFC Fight Night 102. While the fans may not be familiar with him, Lewis is still not taking him lightly.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Former light heavyweight champion and MMA pioneer Vitor Belfort has officially retired from mixed martial arts. Following his co-main event fight with Gegard Mousasi, which he lost via TKO, former UFC champion Vitor Belfort announced his retirement from MMA.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Earlier this month, it was announced that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey would be returning to the UFC after a year away from the Octagon following her brutal UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm which saw her suffer the first defeat of her professional MMA career. Not only was it announced that Rousey was returning to the Octagon, it was announced that she would be fighting Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight championship in the main event of UFC 207 on December 30th.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Miesha Tate was on a tear of the UFC women’s bantamweight division from 2014-2016 as she bounced back from back to back losses in 2013 to Cat Zingano and Ronda Rousey by going on a 5-fight win streak that ultimately saw her capture the UFC women’s bantamweight championship by submitting Holly Holm in the co-main event of UFC 196 back in March. Following her win over Holm, Tate was booked for her first title defense against Amanda Nunes on the main card of UFC 200 in July. After Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II was pulled from the card, in addition to Jon Jones being pulled from his headlining fight with Daniel Cormier on just 48 hours notice, Tate vs. Nunes was promoted to the main event.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is now 2-0 inside the Octagon, with her most recent win last month being a 2nd round TKO win over Swedish striking ace Lina Lansberg. Although Cyborg is regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time, she fights primarily under the Invicta FC banner due to the fact that the UFC doesn’t have a women’s featherweight division. In her two Octagon appearances, Cyborg fought at a catchweight of 140 pounds, both times enduring a grueling weight-cut in the process of reaching the contracted weight.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

UFC 205 is expected to be the biggest UFC Pay-Per View event in the promotion’s 25 year existence. While UFC 200 back in July was expected to be the biggest event in the promotion’s history, the card took two major blows when Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II was scrapped from the card, and when Jon Jones was pulled from his headlining fight with Daniel Cormier on just 48 hours notice.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis, who is currently ranked #10 on the UFC’s official heavyweight rankings, was slated to fight Marcin Tybura in the co-main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Manila’ this Saturday. Unfortunately, the card was cancelled last minute after main event fighter BJ Penn was forced out of the fight with a rib injury. While the UFC initially blamed the card’s cancellation on strict drug testing procedures in the Philippines, the Philippine commission was quick to respond with a statement that indicated that the card was indeed cancelled because of Penn’s withdrawal given that the UFC Hall of Famer is a marquee fighter.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

After Conor McGregor was submitted by Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 back in March, there was much speculation as to what the UFC featherweight champ’s next move would be. One of the more intriguing options that was immediately available to McGregor after he was pulled from the UFC 200 card for refusing to fulfill his media obligations was to make the jump to boxing for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. Both men traded shots back and forth in the media, which resulted in both men verbally agreeing to fight. While talks began as very ‘hypothetical’, things quickly progressed, with an ESPN affiliate even going as far as to announce the date for the McGregor-Mayweather fight. With that being said however, McGregor ultimately ended up signing to fight Nate Diaz in a rematch at UFC 202 in August, which McGregor won via majority decision.

bjpenndotcom - October 15, 2016

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Chris Taylor - October 15, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor did a Facebook interview with The LAD Bible on Friday and was asked the following question by a fan who wrote in “Jose Aldo really wants a rematch, do you feel you will ever give him a rematch?” “Mystic Mac” responded to the question with an interesting theory: