MMA News

Tom Taylor - October 7, 2016

Though Dillon Danis has been a huge name in the BJJ community for some time, he’s recently gained a good deal of notoriety in the MMA world too. That notoriety can be attributed to the role he played in Conor McGregor’s preparation for UFC 202, where the Irishman would look to avenge an early 2016 loss to Nate Diaz. After McGregor’s score-settling UFC 202 win over Diaz, Danis found himself in Diaz’s crosshairs.

bjpenndotcom - October 7, 2016

Saturday night in Manchester, England, MMA veteran Gegard Mousasi will be stepping into the Octagon against Vitor Belfort for his 48th professional MMA fight. Mousasi, who will be entering the fight on a 2-fight win streak that most recently saw him pick up a spectacular KO win over Thiago Santos on the UFC Fight Pass prelims of UFC 200, believes that a win over the #5 ranked Belfort helps him climb the middleweight rankings, but won’t help him get the recognition he deserves.

bjpenndotcom - October 7, 2016

Earlier this month, former Bellator MMA champion Will Brooks stepped into the Octagon in the co-main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Portland’ to square off with Alex ‘Cowboy’ Oliveira in Oliveira’s lightweight debut. The prior day, Oliveira came in five pounds over the lightweight limit of 156 pounds for a non-title fight, forfeiting 20% of his purse to Brooks. While Brooks could have opted to turn down the fight given that Oliveira came in overweight, he chose to accept the fight.

Tom Taylor - October 7, 2016

Earlier this year, in the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world by knocking out Luke Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight title. Tomorrow night, in the main event of UFC 204, Bisping will attempt to defend his new title against a former foil in Dan Henderson.

Tom Taylor - October 7, 2016

Tomorrow night, the UFC takes over beautiful Manchester, England with UFC 204. This hotly anticipated card will be headlined by a rather unlikely middleweight title fight between new champion Michael Bisping, and 46-year-old title challenger Dan Henderson, who plans to retire no matter the outcome of the bout.

Russell Ess - October 6, 2016

Cris Cyborg continues to campaign for her fight against former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.

Russell Ess - October 6, 2016

Let’s be real for a second here for all the Conor McGregor fans out there. How ecstatic would you be if “The Notorious” posted a photo of the two of you together on his social media accounts? What if you didn’t have your phone or a camera on you and somehow got the UFC featherweight champion to take a picture with his camera?

Russell Ess - October 6, 2016

On Thursday, the UFC announced that the UFC Fight Night event scheduled to take place in Manila was canceled and needs to be rescheduled. The full statement from the UFC reads:

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

When it was revealed that just 48 hours before UFC 200, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones would be unable to fight Daniel Cormier for the undisputed light heavyweight championship due to a failed out-of-competition drug test the month prior, former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepped up to take Jones’ place. On just two days notice, Silva stepped into the Octagon on July 9th and fought Cormier in a non-title light heavyweight scrap.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

Five more fights have been added to UFC 206 following the announcement of Daniel Cormier’s rematch with Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson headlining the card. The UFC is currently rounding out the card in their return to Toronto, having added Landro Vanatta, who impressed in spite of a losing effort to Tony Ferguson, against Canadian MMA veteran John Makdessi, alongside:

Russell Ess - October 6, 2016

Mickey Gall’s campaign to fight Sage Northcutt has worked out for himself. ESPN reported on Thursday that Gall is set to meet Northcutt in a welterweight bout at UFC Fight Night Sacramento on December 17.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

Last month, Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson left the MMA world stunned when he knocked out heavyweight veteran Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in the second round of their highly anticipated scrap in Brasilia. While the finish was an impressive one for Nelson, it was his post-fight actions that brought him attention. While referee Big John McCarthy was attending to Silva, who was still dazed and confused on the canvas, Nelson proceeded to give him the finger, and then deliver a running kick to McCarthy’s rear end while he was bent over attending to Silva. After the incident, UFC President Dana White, who often finds himself at odds with Nelson, stated that the fan-favorite heavyweight should be “buried” for his actions.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

One of the most often-argued discussions in MMA is the idea of adding weight classes to the sport, and now the Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association is calling for just that. The MMAFA released a statement this week detailing their proposal for adding new weight divisions in an effort to ‘curb weight cutting’, according to the press release.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

After losing its scheduled main event, the UFC has now cancelled the entire Fight Night 97, according to a report by FloCombat. The UFC has released a statement on the cancellation of the card, saying:

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

It has now been almost exactly a year since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was in the Octagon. In her last outing, Rousey was bloodied and battered by striking ace Holly Holm, who ultimately knocked Rousey out cold in the 2nd round to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship. Following the loss, Rousey took an indefinite hiatus from the Octagon to film several movies in Hollywood before making her return, which has continuously been postponed.

bjpenndotcom - October 6, 2016

Recently, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, and light heavyweight #1 contender Anthony Johnson took to Twitter to exchange verbal blows. Johnson called Cormier out for a fight at UFC 205, the UFC’s inaugural event at the Madison Square Garden, however Cormier was quick to shut down the idea, claiming his analyst duties for Fox Sports 1 would prevent him from fighting on November 12th.

bjpenndotcom - October 5, 2016

With our namesake BJ Penn officially out of the fight with Ricardo Lamas, fellow UFC featherweight Bryan Caraway has offered to take his place. Caraway took to Twitter immediately after the news was announced and offered his services in a polite yet enthusiastic call-out:

Russell Ess - October 5, 2016

If all goes according to Conor McGregor’s plans at UFC 205 on November 12, “Mystic Mac” will surely be buzzing on this one. On January 13, 2013, “The Notorious” tweeted “@arielhelwani @danawhite I’D STOP EDDIE ALVAREZ IN THE 1st ROUND, I’D STOP JIM MILLER IN THE 1st ROUND, I’D STOP CLAY GUIDA IN THE 1st ROUND”