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Russell Ess - August 10, 2016

UFC veteran Nate Diaz has surely gained a lot of star power following his giant win over Conor McGregor at UFC 196.

Russell Ess - August 10, 2016

UFC veteran featherweight champion Conor McGregor and his team have hand selected specific training partners to help prepare for the rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 202.

Chris Taylor - August 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/CVKYfslwUQU Watch former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey capture a bronze medal in Judo at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, by defeating Germany’s Annett Boehm.

Chris Taylor - August 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/6wOqFZH4c1k Watch former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey compete in a Judo match against Edith Bosch at the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

Unfortunate news surfaced this week that UFC women’s strawweight Aisling Daly has been forced out of her September 3rd fight with ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson. MMAJunkie broke the story, which reported that Daly was forced out of the fight with an undisclosed injury.

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz are set to fight in another non-title welterweight fight at UFC 202.

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

There is no denying that Nate Diaz has an immense amount of star power, especially after beating the UFC’s superstar Conor McGregor. However, Diaz said during the recent UFC 202 media conference call that he has always had the biggest following, until “The Notorious” came along.

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has what he calls the biggest fight of his life coming up in just 11 days. “The Notorious” will get his chance to avenge his only loss in the UFC in a non-title welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/Xps9CzvdPR4 Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is currently in the midst of a 2-fight losing streak that has seen him defeated by Ryan Bader and Glover Teixeira.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

Back in June, MMA legend Dan Henderson picked up a spectacular highlight reel KO win over former Olympian Hector Lombard. Henderson landed a perfectly placed elbow in the moment that Lombard was trying to land a single leg takedown. After the win, many believed that the 45 year old would retire, however Henderson had other plans. Ultimately, the UFC booked a middleweight title fight between Henderson and Bisping, a rematch of their UFC 100 fight that saw Henderson starch Bisping.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

Since winning the UFC lightweight championship last month by knocking out Rafael dos Anjos, newly crowned lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has remained adamant that he would like to fight the winner of UFC 202’s Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor rematch.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/5Rk0yB7FrWU UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is currently gearing up for his first title defense, which he will make against Dan Henderson in the main event of UFC 204 in Manchester, England on October 8th.

bjpenndotcom - August 9, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/criscyborgmma/videos/10153706488946892/ Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is generally known for her dominant Muay Thai striking. With that being said, a new video of Cyborg in a wrestling match against Olympic wrestler Aline Ferreira, who is competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, shows that Cyborg also has an incredibly impressive ground game!

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

Could you imagine what would have happened if Conor McGregor fought Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight belt back in March like it was originally planned? Would Rafael dos Anjos still be holding the lightweight belt with a giant win over “The Notorious”?

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/85N2eDoPL0g Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2 is expected to be one of the biggest fights of the year and has the potential to take the number one spot for the biggest pay-per-view card in the history of the UFC.

Russell Ess - August 9, 2016

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has announced that he has officially started the USADA drug testing process so that he can be eligible to fight in the UFC once again. In a recent interview with Bloody Elbow, “Rush” went over various topics from a rematch with Nick Diaz, to his thoughts on Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - August 8, 2016

Conor McGregor famously stated one time that he is a UFC superstar not because of talent, but because he is “obsessed”. That obsession led to McGregor turning down a massive 7-figure payday to appear in the upcoming xXx movie starring Vin Diesel. McGregor was slated to appear in the film, however he decided to pull out of the role in order to train for his UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz on August 20th.

bjpenndotcom - August 8, 2016

After Conor McGregor was handed his first UFC loss at the hands of Nate Diaz back in March at UFC 196, the featherweight champ refused to make excuses for the loss, simply chalking the situation up to an “inefficient use of energy”. Ahead of the pair’s rematch at UFC 202 on August 20th, McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, believes that if his prized pupil loses again, there are no excuses. He explained in an editorial for The42: