MMA News

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2016

A welterweight bout between Keita Nakamura and Kyle Noke took place at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Sioux Falls. Kyle Noke found a home for his jab in the opening minute but Nakamura was able to take the early punishment. Noke with some good kicks to the body and the legs of Nakamura. Kyle with is still using his jab effectively. Keita responds with a nice hook. He misses with a front kick. Noke is circling and landing kicks when the opportunity presents itself. Nakamura lands a head kick and then a left hand. Noke wit a kick to the body of Keita. Nakamura responds with a nice combination. Kyle shoots in and lands a takedown. Keita quickly gets back to his feet. Noke misses with a combo but lands a back fist. He circles away and then lands a nice front kick when Nakamura comes in. The fighters trade punches to end round one.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2016

UFC flyweight Louis Smolka put on an incredible performance at tonight’s UFC Fight Night event in Sioux Falls earning a second-round TKO victory over hometown favorite Ben Nguyen. The proud Hawaiian, Smolka, used some nasty ground and pound and excellent strikes which forced referee Herb Dean to step in and stop the fight.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor turns 28-years-old on Thursday.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

Fan favorite Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone made a lot of noise with his controversial criticism of Daniel Cormier’s performance against Anderson Silva at UFC 200. After Cerrone’s comment was circulated all over the Internet, “Cowboy” was criticized by ONE Champion’s welterweight champ, Ben Askren. Askren addressed Cerrone directly in his Facebook video post saying, ““It’s disgusting and if you were actually half as tough as you talk or you think you are, somewhere in over the decade of mixed martial arts you’ve done you would have learned how to stop a takedown but you are weak and you aren’t smart.”

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

With WME-IMG’s $4 billion purchase of the UFC from Zuffa, everyone is wondering what kind of changes we will see with the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world. UFC President Dana White recently spoke with TMZ on how the new owners of the UFC will bring in massive opportunities for the fighters and the promotion.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

A lot of fans were not happy with the way UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier fought Anderson Silva at UFC 200. The world champion of the 205-pound weight class had the edge in weight over the former middleweight champ, who came in on two days notice. Cormier used his wrestling to take Silva to the ground and controlled him for the majority of the fight.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is gearing up to rebound from his first loss in the UFC in the rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 202.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has earned the reputation for being one of the most exciting fighters on the UFC roster. In his past 6 fights, two have been ‘Fight of the Year’ winners, and 4 have won ‘Fight of the Night’. The only two of Lawler’s past 6 fights to not win an award were his TKO isn over Jake Ellenberger, and his split decision win over Johny Hendricks in which he won the welterweight championship. In addition, Lawler’s last 7 fights have all either been decisions, or ended in the final round of the fight.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

Miesha Tate suffered a devastating loss at UFC 200, losing the women’s bantamweight belt in her first title defense to Amanda Nunes. Nunes caught Tate early on with some clean strikes that had Tate on the defense trying her best to recover. Nunes ultimately got Tate in a rear-naked choke and tapped “Cupcake” at 3:16 of the first round.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

At nearly 37 years old, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier knows that his time in the sport is limited. On the heels of Cormier’s UFC 200 unanimous decision win over former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva, Cormier isn’t looking to take time off to wait for Jon Jones’ USADA issues to be settled. He spoke to MMAFighting:

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

Leading up to UFC 200, UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant went undercover at the UFC Fan Expo as a reporter for Reebok to interview unsuspecting fans.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

At UFC 200, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier fought former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva on just 2 days notice in a 3 round main-card fight. The fight was a lackluster one, with Cormier utilizing his wrestling to take Silva down, and eliminate the danger of ending up on the wrong end of a highlight reel knockout. The strategy worked, with Cormier getting the unanimous decision win.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

Self-help coach Tony Robins is widely regarded as one of the best mental performance coaches, and self-help gurus on the planet.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

This past weekend the UFC held their historic UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. The event was an extremely eventful one that saw Brock Lesnar make his UFC return, and Amanda Nunes upset Miesha Tate to name just a few memorable moments.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva stepped in on two days notice to help save a huge fight from being cut from UFC 200 and took one of the toughest tasks of his career, going up against UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

bjpenndotcom - July 12, 2016

With just over a month to go until UFC 202 in La Vegas, ‘The Korean Stun Gun’ Dong Hyun Kim has withdrawn from his scrap with Neil Magny due to an undisclosed injury according to MMAJunkie. As a result, the UFC is currently looking for a replacement opponent for Magny, who will be riding a 3 fight win streak into the event should the UFC find a replacement opponent for him.

bjpenndotcom - July 12, 2016

Following Urijah Faber’s UFC 199 unanimous decision loss to Dominick Cruz in June, the bantamweight veteran was noncommittal about his future in the sport. This week, Fox Sports broke news that Faber would be returning to the Octagon at UFC 203 in Cleveland on September 10th to fight Jimmie Rivera.

Russell Ess - July 12, 2016

UFC President Dana White is looking to make a lot of money with his new pay structure that was recently reported by ESPN. White, who owned 9% of the UFC is estimated to be getting around $360 million dollars in the $4 billion purchase of the UFC by WME-IMG.