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bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, the UFC hosted the UFC 200 weigh-ins ahead of the biggest event in UFC history.

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

The bad news continues for pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones. After being pulled from UFC 200 on Wednesday for a potential USADA anti-doping violation, it was announced that USADA would be testing Jones’ ‘B sample’. While Jones and his team admitted that the odds of the sample coming back negative were rather slim, they did hold out hope for the situation. Friday afternoon news broke that the sample did indeed come back positive.

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

Thursday night in Las Vegas, yet another UFC title changed hands as Eddie Alvarez defeated Rafael dos Anjos via 1st round TKO. The win was an impressive one for Alvarez, who managed to get the win without sustaining any major damage. Following the fight, dos Anjos spoke to MMAJunkie to discuss the fight, and his desire for a rematch with Alvarez rather than have a rematch with Khabib Nurmagomedov:

Russell Ess - July 8, 2016

Injuries continue to haunt the UFC. The latest is the UFC flyweight championship bout that was scheduled for UFC 201 between champion Demetrious Johnson and contender Wilson Reis, according to a report from Combate.

Russell Ess - July 8, 2016

The drama of UFC 200 continued today during the weigh-ins in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighters are getting used to a new early weigh-in procedure that the UFC petitioned the Nevada Athletic Commission to implement, which gives fighters more time to hydrate before their actual fights.

Russell Ess - July 8, 2016

Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is set to fight UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier on two days notice at UFC 200. Silva, who is a massive underdog against Cormier reached out to the UFC shortly after Cormier’s original opponent Jon Jones was pulled from the fight after being flagged by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

With former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva stepping in on just 2 days notice to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 200, many have questioned how prepared Anderson Silva really is for the fight. While he won’t have to cut weight to make 205, Silva spoke at a press conference Thursday night, where he revealed that while he hasn’t been training too hard, he was sparring the day before he stepped in to fight:

Russell Ess - July 8, 2016

Eddie Alvarez became the new UFC lightweight champion on Thursday night in Las Vegas, Nevada at UFC Fight Night 90.

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

Thursday afternoon during UFC Fight Week, Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer hurt his knee while partaking in a lip sync battle. Buffer, noticeably in pain over the injury, continued to perform until his knee locked up on him and he took a painful tumble to the ground.

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

Thursday night UFC President Dana White announced that Anderson Silva would be stepping in on just two days notice to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 200. Silva, who is stepping in for Jones Jones following a potential USADA anti-doping violation, opened up at a major underdog. Ahead of the fight, take a look at the statistical breakdown of both fighters:

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

Eddie Alvarez has been the lightweight champion for less than 24 hours, however he is already looking ahead to his next fight. While the lightweight division is currently stacked with contenders such as Donald Cerrone, who holds a win over Alvarez, Tony Ferguson, and Khabib Nurmagomedov to name just a few, Alvarez wants to fight Conor McGregor. During the post-fight press conference he spoke about the situation:

bjpenndotcom - July 8, 2016

While we are nearly 24 hours away from UFC 200, the MMA community can’t get enough of Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz after their UFC 202 press conference on Thursday afternoon. During the course of the presser, McGregor explained that a win for him on August 20th likely sets up a trilogy fight between the pair given that Diaz won the pair’s first meeting at UFC 196.

Russell Ess - July 7, 2016

Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva says that he simply wants to test himself as a martial artist. From his yearning for a catchweight fight with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor to his much-wanted rematch with current UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, Silva officially has a big challenge ahead of him stepping in on two days notice to fight UFC light heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.

bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2016

In the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: 90’ MMA veteran Eddie Alvarez finally accomplished his dream of capturing a UFC lightweight championship. Alvarez landed big blows in the first round that dropped dos Anjos, after a scramble, dos Anjos made it back to his feet. Alvarez then landed some big blows and finished dos Anjos in the first round via TKO to win the lightweight championship!

bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2016

Cormier vs Silva!!! #UFC200 pic.twitter.com/c2QYsgEb68 — Dana White (@danawhite) July 8, 2016

Russell Ess - July 7, 2016

An exciting heavyweight match went down between Derrick Lewis and Roy Nelson on Thursday for the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 90. Lewis got off to a big start in the first round giving Nelson almost more than he could handle, but “Big County” was able make it through round one.

bjpenndotcom - July 7, 2016

In the co-main event of UFC FN 90, Roy Nelson and Derrick Lewis squared off in a pivotal heavyweight matchup. Both men come out aggressive and exchange punches before clinching up. Nelson gets the body lock and presses Lewis against the cage. Big John separates them and Lewis lands a head kick and a right hand that land clean. Nelson responds with a trip and secures the takedown, landing in Lewis’ half-guard. Lewis makes it to his feet and lands a major knee to the body followed by a knee to the head. Nelson looks for another takedown and eats another big shot. Nelson looking a bit wobbled as he pushes Lewis against the cage. Big John separates them as Lewis lands bombs on Nelson. Nelson eats them in true ‘Big Country’ fashion and secures a takedown.

Russell Ess - July 7, 2016

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz tickets on-sale July 15!!! #UFC202 A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jul 7, 2016 at 12:52pm PDT