MMA News

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

CM Punk’s signing with the UFC has been controversial ever since it was announced back at UFC 182, and much of the talk this week has revolved around the former WWE superstar’s Octagon debut this Saturday. UFC President Dana White has been adamant in defending the match-up between Punk and Mickey Gall, the 24-year-old New Jersey native who earned the fight with CM Punk following his 45-second destruction of Mike Jackson in February.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

With nearly a month to go until ‘UFC Fight Night: Manila’, where #4 ranked featherweight Ricardo Lamas, and UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn will have their highly anticipated featherweight showdown, the pair had their first staredown for the fight.

Russell Ess - September 8, 2016

[ooyala code=”5kN3RtNTE6csGYBirQgiCzQaAldTMGij” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1920″ height=”1080″] UFC Hall of Fame legend BJ Penn has been with his clothing sponsor RVCA since the early days of his professional MMA career. Penn and RVCA grew together to great heights as “The Prodigy” was one of the few fighters sporting the action sports logo in the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

Earlier this year, UFC President Dana White hit the road with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, and his good friend Nick The Tooth for his “Lookin’ For A Fight” series. Several episodes of the series ran on YouTube, and UFC Fight Pass, bringing fans some pretty epic content. From the trio being tased, to finding Mickey Gall, CM Punk’s opponent for UFC 203, fans loved the footage of White, Serra, and Nick.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

With just days to go until UFC 203, where 2-0 amateur MMA fighter Mickey Gall will welcome former WWE superstar CM Punk to the Octagon, a photo of Gall with stitches above his eyebrow had the MMA community in a frenzy. Despite the photos of Gall with stitches in his eyebrow, the fight proceeded as planned. Wednesday afternoon, following his ‘UFC 203 open workout’, Mickey Gall addressed media members for a media scrum. It didn’t take long for Gall to be questioned about the stitches in his eyebrow.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

Earlier this month, #3 ranked welterweight Demian Maia stepped into the Octagon to fight former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit in a highly anticipated showdown of welterweights with different styles. While Condit hoped to keep the fight standing and get a TKO win, Maia was able to take the fight to the ground and submit ‘The Natural Born Killer’ in the very first round of their main event scrap.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

This Saturday, former WWE champion CM Punk will make his highly anticipated MMA debut when he steps into the Octagon to fight Mickey Gall on the main card of UFC 203. Ahead of the fight, Punk has been the subject of much criticism following the airing of ‘The Evolution of Punk’ on Fox Sports 1. The mini docu-series gave fans an inside look at Punk’s journey the time he began training full-time at Roufusport in Milwaukee, to his UFC debut this Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

This Saturday, MMA veteran Urijah Faber will step into the Octagon to fight Jimmie Rivera on the main card of UFC 203 in Cleveland. The fight will be Faber’s first since his lopsided unanimous decision loss at the hands of bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz earlier this year at UFC 199. Following the loss, Faber was noncommittal about taking another fight, however it wasn’t long before ‘The California Kid’ signed on to fight #12 ranked Jimmie Rivera, who is on an 18-fight win streak, and has gone 3-0 in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

Unfortunate news surfaced this afternoon that popular UFC flyweight Ian McCall has once again been left without an opponent with just days to go until his scheduled fight. In this incident, McCall’s opponent, Ray Borg, has been pulled from Saturday’s UFC 203 event due to an illness according to Fox Sports. This marks the second time in a row that McCall has been left without an opponent with just days to go until fight night.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

As rumors regarding former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s return to the Octagon continue to surface, fans have only been able to speculate as to when the former champ will return to the Octagon. With UFC 205 in New York rapidly approaching, where Rousey was expected to make her return, UFC President Dana White has stated that negotiations with Rousey’s team are ongoing, and she would not be returning at UFC 205.

Russell Ess - September 8, 2016

https://youtu.be/lPFEZAGFvaA UFC President Dana White is always one who speaks his mind and isn’t afraid to drop F-bombs in front of the media or lash out directly at fans on social media.

bjpenndotcom - September 8, 2016

A respected source within the MMA world squashed rumors that have been circulating of a potential superfight between former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre and Conor McGregor. Ariel Helwani tweeted that the fight was “off the table” in response to a question regarding the match-up, which had been rumored to take place at UFC 205 in New York City.

bjpenndotcom - September 7, 2016

Former UFC heavyweight champion Shane Carwin has been teasing a return to MMA for quite some time now. Numerous Tweets from Carwin had the MMA community playing matchmaker as they began putting together potential fights for the former heavyweight champ.

bjpenndotcom - September 7, 2016

In the main event of UFC 202, Stockton superstar Nate Diaz squared off against Conor McGregor in a highly anticipated welterweight showdown. McGregor and Diaz went the distance, putting on what many believe to be one of the best fights of all time. Following the fight, Nate Diaz appeared at the UFC 202 post-fight press conference with what many initially believed was a ‘vape’. Diaz was quick to explain that he was actually smoking a CBD pen.

bjpenndotcom - September 7, 2016

[ooyala code=”N3eWNyNTE6aI6MOe5Vk3hRzLH2lBtLEh” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″] Jon Jones may be sidelined at the moment while he sorts out his USADA suspension from a positive test in the weeks leading up UFC 200, but ‘Bones’ is training hard regardless.

bjpenndotcom - September 7, 2016

Yoel Romero posted this on IG & then deleted it. Appears the Chris Weidman fight might be on for UFC 205 in MSG, NY. pic.twitter.com/PfbtzNCR9n — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) September 7, 2016

Tom Taylor - September 7, 2016

From the moment it was announced, it was clear that UFC 202 would be a very successful card. Headlined by a welterweight rematch between Stockton slugger Nate Diaz and Irish superstar Conor McGregor, it immediately had all the makings of a top-selling UFC pay-per-view. As it turns out, however, the card might actually have been the highest-selling pay-per-view in UFC history.

Russell Ess - September 7, 2016

You know you have made it when boxing icon Mike Tyson claims you are the “baddest man on the planet.” Following Nate Diaz’s rise to the top of the UFC’s payscale in his last two fights against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, the youngest boxer to ever win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles came out with huge praise for the Stockton fighter.