MMA News
It's Official! Chris Weidman Will Fight at UFC 205 in New York
Tom Taylor - September 27, 2016
UFC 205, which will mark the UFC’s long-awaited debut in New York City, New York, is finally starting to take shape. Last week, the card grew with the addition of several dynamite match ups, including a strawweight title fight between Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz, a women’s bantamweight bout between recent champ Miesha Tate and Raquel Pennington, and a featherweight bout between former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar and Jeremy Stephens. Then, last night, the card finally got its main event, as a long-rumored lightweight title fight between reigning lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and reigning featherweight champion Conor McGregor was finally made official.
Conor McGregor to retain featherweight title and gets chance to be the first fighter to hold two UFC belts simultaneously
Russell Ess - September 27, 2016
The next move for Conor McGregor once again erupted the world of MMA in absolute excitement on Monday. MMA insider @TalkMMA was the first to report that Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez were official for UFC 205 in New York, which is set to take place on November 13 at Madison Square Garden.
BREAKING! Conor McGregor will return at UFC 205 in New York
Chris Taylor - September 26, 2016
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will return to the octagon at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he will square off with current UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez for the promotions lightweight title. MMA Insider @TalkMMA (Dizz) just broke the news.
UFC Fight Night 97 lineup set, Ricardo Lamas vs. BJ Penn headlining main event
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
UFC Fight Night 97 returns to the Phillippines on October 15. Our namesake, BJ Penn makes his return to the Octagon for the first time since July 2014 as he takes on #4 UFC ranked featherweight Ricardo Lamas in the main event of the evening.
Cris Cyborg walked into Octagon against Lina Lansberg weighing 170 pounds?
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
Cris Cyborg’s journey on her dreadful weight cut to make the agreed catchweight of 140 pounds may have gotten more attention that her actual fight against Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95 over the weekend. With less than a week out from their fight, Cyborg stated on The MMA Hour that she was weighing around 165 pounds, meaning she had to drop close to 25 pounds in order to make the 140-pound catchweight limit.
REPORT: WWE superstar Ryback in talks with Bellator MMA
bjpenndotcom - September 26, 2016
Ryan Allen Reeves, better known as Ryback in the wrestling world, is allegedly in talks with Bellator over a potential career in mixed martial arts. Well-sourced wrestling insider RBR broke the news on Monday, saying that Ryback is “open to the idea” of a run in Bellator MMA:
Will Brooks: "I want to fight Michael Johnson" after disrespecting Poirier following KO
bjpenndotcom - September 26, 2016
When Will Brooks tuned in to watch his friend and part-time teammate Dustin Poirier take on Michael Johnson, he was confident that Dustin would continue his win streak at lightweight. But after Johnson knocked Poirier out a minute and a half into the first round, Brooks took notice of how Johnson handled himself following the win. Brooks spoke about Michael Johnson’s post-fight antics on Monday’s edition of ‘The MMA Hour’ and revealed a desire to fight Johnson after his controversial celebration over a knocked out Dustin Poirier:
Roy Nelson's kick at referee 'Big' John McCarthy to be addressed by a Brazilian court
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
Frustration and emotion caused an odd incident to occur at UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil over the weekend. Following the heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Antonio Silva, Nelson kicked referee “Big” John McCarthy after what Nelson explained what he thought was a late stoppage.
Joe Rogan pleads with UFC to stop Cyborg from 'torturing herself' and open a women's featherweight division
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
The biggest story leading up to UFC Fight Night 95 in Brazil was regarding Cris Cyborg’s drastic weight cut to make 140 pounds for her catchweight bout against Lina Lansberg. The Invicta featherweight champion had to drop an additional five pounds below her usual cut to 145 in order to make the catchweight limit and had to cut 25 pounds in less than a week.
Dan Henderson on Jon Jones: 'He's still arguably the best pound for pound guy out there'
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
MMA legend Dan Henderson has a chance to retire at the top of the game as he is set to face UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping for the belt at UFC 204 on October 8. Prior to his last bout where “Hendo” knocked out Hector Lombard in the second round of their fight, Henderson had already begun talks of retirement. The UFC 199 bout against Lombard was the last fight to fulfill his UFC contract.
VIDEO: Watch Gabi Garcia dominate and submit Destanie Yarbrough at RIZIN 2
bjpenndotcom - September 26, 2016
Gabi Garcia remained undefeated on Saturday and moved to 3-0 after submitting Destanie Yarbrough with an Americana shoulder lock. Fighting under the Japanese RIZIN banner for the third time, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt took Yarbrough to the mat three minutes into the opening round and dominated her opponent from there. Garcia got top control and rained down vicious ground-and-pound complete with knees to the head of a downed opponent, as RIZIN adopted the old PRIDE rules when the promotion launched last year.
'Big Country' on post-fight kick to referee John McCarthy: "I wouldn't take it back"
bjpenndotcom - September 26, 2016
Roy Nelson scored a thunderous knockout over pal Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva on Saturday night, but ‘Big Country’s’ post-fight kick to referee John McCarthy ended up stealing the show. Nelson booted McCarthy moments after the fight ended in the second round after what ‘Big Country’ perceived to be a very late stoppage.
VIDEO | Felony Charles Bennett delivers the best post-fight speech following 7-second KO over Minoru Kimura
Russell Ess - September 26, 2016
https://www.facebook.com/mma0247/videos/1002180799894896/ Felony Charles Bennett is back.
Dana White: “Conor McGregor’s foot is hurt, I want him to fight Aldo.”
Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016
Fight fans are eagerly awaiting news on current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s next fight. Most people presumed that the Irish star would return at November’s highly anticipated UFC 205 event in New York, where he was expected to challenge current UFC lightweight title holder Eddie Alvarez for the promotions 155-pound title.
VIDEO | Watch Paige VanZant get ripped in half by Criss Angel
Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is quickly becoming one of the promotions most recognizable stars. The 22-year-old has gone 4-1 while fighting under the UFC banner, most recently scoring a highlight reel knockout (flying switch kick) victory over Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21 last month in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
UFC Fight Night 95 Reebok Outfitting Pay: Cris Cyborg pockets $2,500
Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016
UFC Fight Night 95 took place last night in Brazil. The event was headlined by a women’s catchweight bout (140-pounds) between current Invicta Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and UFC newcomer Lina Lansberg.
VIDEO | Roy Nelson reveals what he said to John McCarthy following kick in the butt
Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016
Veteran UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson made headlines yesterday evening in Brazil for all the wrong reasons.
Krazy Horse and Wanderlei Silva go at it again backstage at RIZIN
Chris Taylor - September 25, 2016
Earlier this week bitter rivals Charles ‘Krazy Horse’ Bennett and former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva got into a war of words at a hotel in Japan. (Watch that video here). Well, it appears that the bad blood between Wanderlei Silva and Krazy Horse is still boiling as the two went at it again, this time backstage following Bennet’s seven-second knockout victory at RIZIN 2.