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bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Friday afternoon, it was revealed that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had been flagged for a “potential USADA anti-doping violation” stemming from a June drug test. That didn’t sit too well with Mark Hunt, who lost to Lesnar at UFC 200 via unanimous decision. The heavyweight veteran demanded that the UFC give him half of Lesnar’s purse, or release him from his UFC contract.

Chris Taylor - July 15, 2016

Earlier tonight news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had been flagged for a potential anti-doping violation. The out-of-competition drug test in question was performed by USADA on June 28, 11 days prior to Brock Lesnar’s UFC 200 decision victory over Mark Hunt.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

News broke on Friday that the UFC was notified that Brock Lesnar has been flagged for a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Lesnar’s potential violation stems from an out of competition sample that was collected by USADA on June 28, 2016.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Less than a week after Brock Lesnar’s triumphant return to the Octagon at UFC 200, where he defeated Mark Hunt via unanimous decision in the co-main event of the historic card, it was announced that the UFC was notified of a potential anti-doping violation for Lesnar stemming from a June 28th drug test. It didn’t take long for the UFC to release a statement on the situation through UFC.com:

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

With just under a month to go until Conor McGregor’s rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 on August 20th, Conor McGregor is looking incredibly muscular after training with JiuJitsu world champion Dillon Danis. Danis has been a staple in McGregor’s camp during his preparation for his rematch with Diaz. McGregor, who stands at 5’9, looks several inches shorter than Danis in the picture, but also looks incredibly muscular.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

Daniel Cormier had a rough time with everything UFC 200. From his originally scheduled title fight versus Jon Jones being pulled just days prior to the event, to the fans sheer disrespect for him implementing a winning game plan against Anderson Silva, it was a tough few days for the UFC light heavyweight champion of the world.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

When UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier found out that Jon Jones was pulled from their fight at UFC 200, he was miserable, to say the least. Cormier was looking to establish himself as one of the greats in his attempt to avenge his only loss to the oftentimes argued pound-for-pound king in Jones. However, just days ahead of their competition, Cormier had the opportunity snatched from him after Jones tested positive for banned substances and was pulled from their fight.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

It has been eight months since we last seen former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey in the Octagon. Rousey recently made an appearance at an event in Chicago and from the looks of the photo, it doesn’t look like Rousey has any plans of fighting anytime soon. Although the former champion has expressed interest in fighting on the New York card, she has not made any official announcement on fighting again since losing the belt to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

The UFC was surely planning to make their historic UFC 200 card the biggest event in UFC history. The fight card looks like it had the most expensive roster to date in the disclosed payouts report, perhaps setting the UFC record for fighter payouts for a single UFC event.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/hCPoHt0UD2k Newly crowned UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez knows what it’s like to go into the championship rounds and come out victorious. Alvarez has had two championship five-round fights that have gone the distance in his professional MMA career and both times he was awarded the victory.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

While Alistair Overeem doesn’t step into the Octagon to fight Stipe Miocic for the UFC heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 203 until September, the heavyweight veteran is already calling his shot!

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

In the wake of UFC 200, it was announced that the Fertitta brothers had sold the UFC for $4 billion to WME-IMG. With the sale, it was announced that UFC President Dana White would be staying on board, and even taking on a bigger role within the promotion.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Earlier this year, Dominick Cruz returned to the Octagon to fight TJ Dillashaw for the bantamweight championship he never lost inside the Octagon. Cruz, who had the belt stripped from him due to injuries, won the fight via split decision to reclaim his bantamweight championship. In the wake of TJ Dillashaw’s unanimous decision win over Raphael Assuncao at UFC 200, the former bantamweight champion took to Instagram to blast Cruz for wanting a superfight against Jose Aldo or Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Although Robbie Lawler was defeated by Nick Diaz back in 2004, the UFC welterweight champion isn’t looking to get revenge on Nick Diaz by fighting his younger brother Nate. Ahead of Lawler’s UFC 201 title defense against Tyrone Woodley on July 30th, the welterweight champ explained to MMAJunkie why he doesn’t want to fight Diaz, even if he defeats Conor McGregor for a second time at UFC 202.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Fabio Maldonado’s appeal to the World MMA Association has paid off! After losing via majority decision to Fedor Emelianenko at EFN 50 last month, Maldonado began the appeal process to have the decision overturned due to a conflict of interest stemming from Emelianenko being the head of the Russian MMA Union.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

UFC featherweight Max Holloway currently holds the record for the highest consecutive win streak in the UFC without having earned a title shot. Now, the “Blessed” Hawaiian is eagerly waiting for his chance at UFC gold and is making sure no one steps ahead of him.

Russell Ess - July 15, 2016

UFC superstar Conor McGregor has a lot on the line in his rematch against the UFC’s bad boy from Stockton, Nate Diaz. McGregor suffered the first loss of his UFC career against Diaz in their first meeting at UFC 196 and if a second loss in a row were to occur, the “it” factor of “The Notorious” may very well begin to wilt away.