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Chris Taylor - July 23, 2016

UFC strawweight Felice Herrig made a successful return to the octagon tonight in Chicago by forcing Kailin Curran to tapout in the very first-round of their UFC on FOX 20 main card bout. Here is a clip of Herrig’s slick rear-naked choke submission victory:

Chris Taylor - July 23, 2016

A strawweight fight between Felice Herrig and Kailin Curran kicked off tonight’s UFC on FOX 20 main card in Chicago. Round one begins and Herrig opens up with a front kick that misses. Felice connects with a jab. Curran responds with a kick to the body. Felice with a nice combination. She scores with a nice left kick to the body. Curran lands a jab and follows up with a high kick that partially lands. Felice grabs a hold of Kailin’s leg and takes the fight to the ground. Herrig immediately takes the back of Curran and sinks in a rear-naked choke. Curran tries to defend but it is deep. Kailan is forced to tap.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

While Jon Jones may be provisionally suspended until his NSAC hearing later this year, the pound for pound kingpin has continued to train at the JacksonWinkeljohn MMA Academy in Albuquerque New Mexico. Jones, who was slated to fight Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 200 earlier this year, is still looking in fight shape despite being sidelined.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

At UFC on FOX 20 tonight, Holly Holm will look to rebound from losing her UFC women’s bantamweight championship to Miesha Tate, as she faces Valentina Shevchenko. Ahead of the fight, many aren’t giving Shevchenko much of a chance against the former champ. During a Q&A Friday afternoon, UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk revealed that she actually has 3 losses to Shevchenko.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

Yoel Romero may currently be suspended after failing a USADA-administered drug test, however ‘Soldier Of God’ believes he is still the rightful #1 contender at middleweight. Back at UFC 194, Romero and Jacare Souza squared off in what many believed to be a middleweight #1 contender fight. Romero won the bout via split decision, with many thinking that the fight should have been scored for Jacare Souza.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

https://youtu.be/Bw8ikMaPQQw Back in May, there was speculation as to whether or not Valentina Shevchenko would be fighting in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Chicago’ against Holly Holm after Shevchenko and her coach were involved in a shootout with armed robbers in Peru.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

At the end of 2015, talks of a Ronda Rousey-Cris Cyborg superfight were at an all time high. At UFC 194, that all changed when Rousey was knocked out by Holly Holm. With Rousey on an indefinite hiatus from the Octagon, talks of a potential superfight with Cris Cyborg seemed to fade away. However, after Cyborg made her successful UFC debut at UFC 198 in May, the Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion began to call for a fight with Rousey once again.

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

Back in the co-main event of UFC 196, Holly Holm looked to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Miesha Tate. The fight was Holm’s first title defense. Unfortunately for ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ Tate was able to pull off the late-fight upset in the 5th round, and defeat Holm via rear naked choke in the 5th round. Ahead of Holm’s ‘UFC Chicago’ fight against Valentina Shevchenko Saturday night, the former champ recalled the moment before she was choked out. MMAFighting has the quotes:

bjpenndotcom - July 23, 2016

Prior to Carlos Condit’s UFC 195 welterweight scrap with Robbie Lawler, the former interim champ revealed that it could be his last fight before retirement. Condit lost the fight via controversial split decision, putting his future in the Octagon in question.

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

Tonight in Chicago, Illinois, the UFC will host ‘UFC on FOX 20’ at the United Center. The event will be headlined by a women’s bantamweight scrap between Holly Holm & Valentina Shevchenko, and co-headlined by a lightweight bout between Gilbert Melendez and Edson Barboza.

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

Those elbows tho. @Young__Assassin is BACK #Bellator159https://t.co/QcyN9aKvQS — Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) July 23, 2016

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been a busy man. Despite celebrating his birthday with teammates and family members, and throwing a party at a club in Vegas, the featherweight champ found time to return to Ireland for some training.

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

With just 2 days to go until UFC 200, UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones found himself pulled from the historic card after being notified of a potential USADA anti-doping violation. Ultimately, Anderson Silva took Jones’ place against Daniel Cormier on the card, and Jones was handed a provisional suspension until his hearing with the NSAC.

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

https://youtu.be/B4olmr_rqMk Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is widely regarded as one of the most ferocious strikers in all of women’s MMA.

Russell Ess - July 22, 2016

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Russell Ess - July 22, 2016

If it wasn’t bad enough that Jon Jones is facing a two-year suspension from fighting in the UFC for a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation, add in a sibling to the situation. On Friday, it was revealed that Indianapolis Colts defensive end Arthur Jones has been suspended for violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing drugs.

bjpenndotcom - July 22, 2016

Saturday afternoon in Chicago, Illinois, the UFC will hold it’s 20th event on Fox. In the main event, Holly Holm will square off against Valentina Shevchenko in a pivotal women’s bantamweight matchup.

Russell Ess - July 22, 2016

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