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Russell Ess - August 17, 2016

Now that Nate Diaz is more popular than ever, fans are surely wanting to see him in action as often as physically possible. However, the UFC veteran has already set himself up in life so that he doesn’t even have to fight in the Octagon anymore. Diaz recently stated that he could easily “make just as much money outside of the ring as in the ring.”

Russell Ess - August 17, 2016

Nate Diaz has grown to be one of the biggest stars in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

While Eddie Alvarez may be the UFC lightweight champion after defeating Rafael dos Anjos last month, Donald Cerrone remains the only man to defeat Alvarez inside the Octagon. When the MMA vet made his UFC debut in 2014, it was Cerrone who welcomed him to the Octagon. ‘Cowboy’ put on a spectacular showing, dominating Alvarez from bell to bell, brutalizing his legs with leg kicks until he was no longer able to stand.

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

While Cody Garbrandt is currently making his final preparations for his UFC 202 fight with Takeya Mizugaki this Saturday, the Team Alpha Male prospect has continued to relentlessly call out UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. After Cruz compared Garbrandt to former WWE champion CM Punk, who will be making his MMA debut at UFC 203, Garbrandt took a break from fight-prep to fire back at the bantamweight champion via Twitter:

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently gearing up for his UFC 202 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz this Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

The war of words continues between UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and #8 ranked bantamweight Cody Garbrandt!

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

With just days left until Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor step into the Octagon for their highly anticipated rematch, Nate Diaz appears to be in phenomenal shape. One of Diaz’ trainers, Jose Garcia, posted a photo of Diaz to Instagram during the midst of his weight cut.

bjpenndotcom - August 17, 2016

At UFC 199, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman were slated to have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC middleweight championship. Unfortunately, with just two weeks to go until fight night, Chris Weidman was forced out of the fight with a neck injury that required surgery. Weidman was replaced by Michael Bisping, who went on to defeat Rockhold via first round KO to win the middleweight championship.

Russell Ess - August 17, 2016

Gabi Garcia is as intimidating as they come. The 205-pound jiu-jitsu world champion has acknowledged that finding female opponents that are willing to fight her don’t come running at the opportunity.

Chris Taylor - August 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/TmW8TW4EYTg Tuesday afternoon UFC President Dana White shocked the MMA community as he gave a major update in regards to Jon Jones’ failed drug test case with the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Chris Taylor - August 16, 2016

Earlier this afternoon UFC President Dana White shocked the MMA world when he gave a major update in regards to Jon Jones’ failed drug test case with the US Anti-Doping Agency. Jones was expected to fight current UFC light heavyweight champion and bitter rival Daniel Cormier in the headliner of last month’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas, but was pulled from the card just days prior to the event after being flagged by USADA for banned substances.

Chris Taylor - August 16, 2016

Early yesterday morning, former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz was surprised with a random drug test from USADA, this after the Stockton native had apparently been “out all night” and had gone without any sleep. Obviously Nick was not to happy about the situation and thus proceeded to share his verbal argument with the USADA agent, followed by his random drug test on social media.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

Lightweight #1 contender Khabib Nurmagomedov continued his streak of calling out the UFC’s best today when he simultaneously roasted UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, and UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz in one Tweet. Nurmagomedov and Alvarez have had a back and forth war of words since Alvarez won the UFC lightweight championship last month. While Nurmagomedov is the lightweight #1 contender, Alvarez has been very vocal about the fact that he doesn’t believe ‘The Eagle’ deserves a title shot.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

While there has been no official word yet on whether or not former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre will return to the Octagon, Reebok just dropped a major bombshell on the MMA community. For the first time since the UFC’s partnership with Reebok, a Georges St-Pierre ‘Fight Kit’ is on the Reebok Canada store. The product sold out extremely quick, however it is still available for viewing on the Reebok website.

Russell Ess - August 16, 2016

UFC President Dana White shared some very interesting news while speaking with Jim Rome on his show regarding Jon Jones Anti-Doping Policy violation. As reported earlier, White told Rome that Jones “did not take drug everyone thought he took.”

Russell Ess - August 16, 2016

When news broke that Jon Jones was pulled from his title fight with Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 for an Anti-Doping Policy violation, the MMA community was in total shock. With Jones going through the “full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes,” some potentially good news has come out for Jones.

bjpenndotcom - August 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/8PXwq1yeT14 With less than a week to go until UFC 202, where Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch, Fox Sports 1 analyst Kenny Florian has a rather bold prediction!

Russell Ess - August 16, 2016

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