MMA News

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

With just 24 hours to go until UFC 202, where Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will have their highly anticipated rematch, the UFC has released the latest episode of UFC Embedded.

bjpenndotcom - August 19, 2016

Following Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 open workout on Thursday, the featherweight champ held a Q&A with those in attendance. Unsurprisingly, the conversation quickly shifted to the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference on Wednesday afternoon, which saw both Conor McGregor and Team Diaz throwing objects at one another from across the room.

Chris Taylor - August 19, 2016

UFC 202 takes place this Saturday night (August 20) live from Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view event is headlined by a welterweight rematch featuring current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor taking on perennial lightweight contender Nate Diaz.

Chris Taylor - August 18, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor showed up almost half an hour late for yesterday’s UFC 202 press conference in Las Vegas. However, after the brash Irish superstar arrived, it took mere minutes for things to get heated between himself and Nate Diaz.

Russell Ess - August 18, 2016

The MMA community was taken for a wild ride when Jon Jones was pulled from the UFC 200 main event for an Anti-Doping Policy violation. While Jones and his team have been adamant that the former UFC light heavyweight champion “would never cheat,” both he and Dana White have recently said that they have found out some good news regarding his case.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

In the aftermath of yesterday’s UFC 202 pre-fight press conference altercation that saw Team Diaz and Conor McGregor throwing objects at each other from across the room, NSAC chairman Anthony Marnell stated that the issue would likely be discussed at an upcoming hearing.

Russell Ess - August 18, 2016

UFC 202 takes place this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

When Nate Diaz steps into the Octagon to square off against Conor McGregor Saturday night in the main event of UFC 202, he will once again not have his brother Nick in his corner. While Nick has been unable to corner his brother in his last 2 fights given that he was serving a suspension with the NSAC, that suspension ended earlier this month.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

With just over 48 hours until Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz square off in their highly anticipated welterweight rematch in the main event of UFC 202, Nate Diaz is “ready for war”. Diaz’ trainer, Jose Garcia, posted a photo to Instagram of Diaz looking absolutely ripped once again ahead of his showdown on Saturday.

Russell Ess - August 18, 2016

There was a war between Team Nate Diaz and Team Conor McGregor at the UFC 202 press conference on Wednesday. Everything from coffee to rolls of tape were thrown at the opposing sides, which caused the press conference to be shut down early.

Russell Ess - August 18, 2016

Jake Shields saw the Trenta Dark Roast and knew this was his moment. #UFC202 pic.twitter.com/sE71Yw2IeD — caposa (@GrabakaHitman) August 17, 2016

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

With just a week to go until UFC 202, where Conor McGregor will look to avenge his UFC 196 loss to Nate Diaz, the featherweight champ is making his final preparations for the fight.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

The string of failed drug tests continues! Fresh off of his UFC 201 unanimous decision loss to Erik Perez, Francisco Rivera has been notified of a potential USADA anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test on July 23rd, a week prior to his UFC 201 scrap.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

The UFC 202 press conference was undoubtably a controversial one.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/hvyyXQlSItY Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor briefly appeared on stage at the UFC 202 pre-fight press conference.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

During the course of fight week leading up to a pay-per view event, the UFC releases a series of ‘UFC Embedded Vlogs’ to give fans a behind the scenes look at the fighters as they make their final preparations before stepping into the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/TD34AweUHUI In the aftermath of the UFC 202 press conference altercation, which took place earlier in the day, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz both appeared on UFC Tonight to discuss the situation.

bjpenndotcom - August 18, 2016

https://youtu.be/HC15IiB7pZ8 While Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz aren’t scheduled to fight until Saturday evening in the main event of UFC 202, the pair decided to start the action early!