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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

The UFC women’s bantamweight title has been playing hot potato ever since the dominant women’s champion, Ronda Rousey was knocked from the top by Holly Holm’s head kick at UFC 193. In Holm’s first defense, she was submitted by Miesha Tate in the fifth round at UFC 196.

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.

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.

bjpenndotcom - July 13, 2016

When Jon Jones was pulled from UFC 200 with just two days to go until his main event scrap with Daniel Cormier, there was much speculation as to what would happen to Daniel Cormier in regards to his involvement in the historic card. Fortunately, former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepped in on just two days notice to fight Cormier in a 3 round main-card fight. While Cormier was criticized for what many perceived to be ‘playing it safe’, the light heavyweight champ revealed on The MMA Hour this week that he actually went as far as to take a pay cut for the fight because of his desire to 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

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

With just two days to go until the biggest event in UFC history, Daniel Cormier found himself without an opponent for the main event of UFC 200 after Jon Jones was pulled from the card for a potential USADA anti-doping violation. Ultimately, former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepped in on just 2 days notice to fight the light heavyweight champ in a 3 round main card scrap. Unfortunately for Cormier, while he had an opponent for the event, his pay was cut because he was no longer the main event of the card.

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.

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

Prior to UFC 200 last week, the UFC held its annual ‘UFC Fan Expo’ during fight week. During the course of the festivities for the week, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman went undercover as a janitor to prank fans.

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.

Russell Ess - July 12, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell didn’t feel any pity for Jon Jones when he began crying at his press conference addressing the media about his potential Anti-Doping Policy violation. Liddell spoke with MMA Mania about how he believes that Jones knowingly took banned substances, which resulted in the failed drug tests.

Russell Ess - July 12, 2016

If you have ever seen HBO’s Entourage, one character that makes a big impression on you is the talent manager character Ari Gold. Gold’s character is based on the real life character of Ari Emanuel, who is one of the new owners of the UFC that was just purchased for a whopping $4 billion.