MMA News

bjpenndotcom - August 27, 2016

News surfaced earlier this week that UFC veteran Rory MacDonald had decided to sign with Bellator MMA after opting to test free agency following his ‘UFC Ottawa’ scrap with Stephen Thompson earlier this summer. While the announcement of MacDonald signing with Bellator was all but official given the fact that the UFC declined to match Bellator’s offer, it wasn’t until Saturday that the signing was made official.

bjpenndotcom - August 27, 2016

Unfortunate news surfaced this weekend that UFC middleweight Adam Hunter had been pulled from his scheduled UFC Vancouver fight with Ryan Janes on Saturday on less than 24 hours notice after a ‘Potential USADA Violation’ was reported from an out-of-competition drug test earlier this month. Without enough time to further investigate the potential failure, the UFC was forced to scrap the fight. Janes, who won’t receive a replacement opponent on such short notice, was less than thrilled with the situation.

bjpenndotcom - August 27, 2016

https://youtu.be/JXPteyQHGOk Recently, talks of former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre returning to the Octagon have continued to surface more and more frequently.

bjpenndotcom - August 27, 2016

While Adam Hunter may have weighed-in for his scheduled ‘UFC Vancouver’ fight Saturday night, the popular middleweight found himself pulled from the card for a potential USADA violation. The violation is in regards to an out-of-competition drug test from August 11th. The UFC released a statement on the situation, which in-part read:

bjpenndotcom - August 27, 2016

This evening, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will make his highly anticipated UFC featherweight debut against Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira. Pettis will enter the fight on a 3-fight losing streak, and will look to return to the win column and cement his place as one of the best featherweights on the planet with a win over Oliveira.

Chris Taylor - August 26, 2016

Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn will return to the octagon on October 15, when he squares off with former UFC featherweight title challenger Ricardo Lamas in the main event of “UFC Fight Night Manila 2”. The UFC Hall of Fame fighter, Penn, has been on the sidelines for over two years now and has not won inside the octagon since his first-round KO victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 123 in November of 2010.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/3E7GMkmFKBI Chinzo Machida, the brother of former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, scored a brutal first-round knockout victory over Mario Navarro in his Bellator debut this evening.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

UFC 202’s main event featuring Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor will be talked about for a long time. The epic five-round battle saw both competitors find their moments of success but ultimately “The Notorious” walked out of the Octagon with the majority decision win in their second meeting. With the five-round battle, Diaz landed 252 of 435 total strikes thrown in the contest while McGregor landed 197 of 322, according to Fight Metric. With those numbers, Diaz established himself as Fight Metric’s UFC fighter that has the most total strikes landed in UFC history, moving past Frankie Edgar to take the number one spot.

bjpenndotcom - August 26, 2016

It didn’t take newly crowned UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley long to begin calling out fighters for his first potential title defense. Woodley shut down welterweight #1 contender Stephen Thompson on the post-fight show, where Woodley also called out Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - August 26, 2016

This week, rumors of a Georges St-Pierre return to the Octagon picked up more steam as the former welterweight kingpin revealed that he is mentally ready to return to the Octagon. To add to the speculation following GSP’s interview, rumors surfaced that GSP had reportedly signed to fight Nick Diaz once again, this time at UFC 206.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is set to make his UFC featherweight debut on Saturday at UFC on FOX 21 against Charles Oliveira. On Friday, Pettis made the featherweight limit weighing in at 146 pounds.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

Former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre and UFC President have not always seen eye-to-eye. However, St-Pierre knows how much of a positive impact White has had on the sport of mixed martial arts.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

Money fight rivals Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are now 1-1 against each other. While Diaz says he is waiting for the UFC “to see how obsessed” he is, Team McGregor says that a trilogy fight will indeed take place. However, when the fight will actually happen is still in the air.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

It’s no secret that former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has a lot of female fans. The former champ is making headlines in a lot of the major Hollywood media outlets but not for any recent fight related news. Instead, Hollywood is buzzing on his dating life.

Russell Ess - August 26, 2016

When UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor had his first loss in the UFC against Nate Diaz at UFC 196, “The Notorious” was described as “obsessed” with getting a rematch to seek revenge. At UFC 202, McGregor was able to do just that when he was awarded a majority decision win after a five-round war.

bjpenndotcom - August 26, 2016

Jason Parillo has gained recognition as one of the best striking coaches in MMA. Parillo, who has not only worked with UFC champions such as our very own BJ Penn, and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, but also Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg, has been around MMA since its earliest days. Parillo, who was an accomplished pro boxer back in his day, recalls how he got started in coaching and the ‘dark ages’ of MMA, when rules didn’t exist:

bjpenndotcom - August 26, 2016

Earlier this week, former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre stated that he was mentally ready for a UFC comeback. St-Pierre, who has been on an indefinite hiatus since his 2013 split decision win over Johny Hendricks, reportedly was interested in fighting newly crowned UFC champion Tyron Woodley after his UFC 201 win over Robbie Lawler, however a matchup was never officially booked.

bjpenndotcom - August 26, 2016

This Saturday in Vancouver, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will make his highly anticipated featherweight debut against #6 ranked featherweight Charles Oliveira.