MMA News

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler seemed as durable as they come in his five-round championship UFC fights leading up to his UFC 201 bout with Tyron Woodley. Lawler was in brutal wars in every one of his UFC championship fights leading up to Saturday’s event, taking 2015’s Fight of the Year against Rory MacDonald and already put up another potential Fight of the Year for 2016 in January against Carlos Condit.

Chris Taylor - August 1, 2016

Khabib Nurmagomedov is not impresses with current UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez’s latest win streak. In fact, “The Eagle” is claiming that Alvarez really only has one legitimate UFC victory under his belt. Here is what Nurmagomedov had to say about Alvarez on Instagram:

bjpenndotcom - August 1, 2016

Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn will return to the octagon on October 15 in Manila, Philippines, when he meets former UFC featherweight title challenger Ricardo Lamas. The UFC Hall of Fame fighter, Penn, has not stepped foot in the cage since his July 2014 loss to Frankie Edgar.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

Tyron Woodley has a big target on his back after knocking out Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 over the weekend becoming the new UFC welterweight champion of the world. UFC #1 ranked welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson was a guest on Monday’s episode of “The MMA Hour” and talked about a match with the new champion Woodley.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

A massive bodybuilder by the name of CT Fletcher was not very pleased with Joe Rogan’s comments about Tyron Woodley’s physique prior to “The Chosen One’s” UFC 201 main event with Robbie Lawler. Rogan had stated that Woodley carried a lot of muscle mass which could possibly cause him to gas out if the title fight with Lawler went in to the championship rounds.

Chris Taylor - August 1, 2016

Former WWE champion CM Punk (0-0 MMA) will make his octagon debut at September’s UFC 203 pay-per-view event in Cleveland, Ohio. Punk is set to take on Mickey Gall (2-0 MMA) at the event, which takes place September 10 live from Quicken Loans Arena.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor are set to rematch in another non-title welterweight clash on August 20 at UFC 202.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/zO8z8iC_dE0 Nate Diaz has grown to be one of the biggest stars in the UFC as his older brother Nick has been sidelined with an 18-month suspension for testing positive for marijuana.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

One of the top female Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors made her professional MMA debut at LFC 58 in July and is getting a lot of new fans with her transition to the new sport. The highly decorated Mackenzie Dern has already notched World Champion, World No Gi Champion, ADCC and many more titles under her belt and is looking to add some MMA titles to her trophy room.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

The talk about a fighter’s union has been floating around for quite some time. Most recently, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt has been very vocal about fighters needing a union after his opponent Brock Lesnar tested positive for banned substances.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

Nate Diaz is done with his media tour ahead of his rematch with Conor McGregor.

Russell Ess - August 1, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor gets his chance to avenge his first UFC loss to Nate Diaz in another non-title welterweight rematch at UFC 202.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

https://youtu.be/MDS7UdPDFBg Watch former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez try and master the leaping-off-the-cage technique made famous by “Showtime” Pettis.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

Last night’s UFC 201 event in Atlanta delivered with some memorable fights and solid finishes. Tyron Woodley became the UFC’s undisputed welterweight champion by scoring a first-round knockout victory over Robbie Lawler in the evenings main event.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

Last night’s UFC 201 event in Atlanta delivered with some memorable fights and solid finishes. Tyron Woodley became the UFC’s undisputed welterweight champion by scoring a first-round knockout victory over Robbie Lawler in the evenings main event.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

Tyron Woodley became the UFC’s new welterweight champion at last night’s UFC 201 event in Atlanta by scoring a first-round knockout victory over Robbie Lawler. Following his impressive victory over Lawler, Woodley stated that he was eyeing a fight with former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

UFC 201 in Atlanta delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes. With that said, UFC President Dana White handed out four “Performance of the night” awards at tonight’s UFC 201 post fight press conference.

Chris Taylor - July 31, 2016

https://youtu.be/AqOTK-xHzYI A welterweight rematch between perennial lightweight contender Nate Diaz and current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will headline next month’s highly anticipated UFC 202 fight card in Las Vegas.