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Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva met in the Octagon at UFC 126 back in 2011 for the UFC middleweight title where Silva picked up a highlight reel knockout in the very first round. Now, over five years later, Belfort is looking to avenge the loss to Silva in a fight that he says is a profitable fight for everyone involved.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Israeli Muay Thai champion Ilya Grad recently went to train with UFC star Sage Northcutt to help him prepare for his fight with Enrique Marin set for UFC 200 in July. Grad left the training session with Northcutt quite disappointed and had a lot of criticism for Northcutt’s father and his coaching.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) released a statement on Monday addressing the suspension terms for BJ Penn for his admitted IV violation. USADA’s statement:

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Hard-hitting knockout specialist Mark Hunt is set to welcome back former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar back to the Octagon at UFC 200.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

BJJ sensation Dillon Danis has been in Ireland at SBG training with UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and his team preparing for McGregor’s rematch with Nate Diaz set for UFC 202. Danis, a black belt under Marcelo Garcia spoke with FloGrappling about training with “The Notorious” and had nothing but great things to say about the UFC champion.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping fought a controversial fight back at UFC Fight Night 84, just a few months prior to Bisping becoming the UFC middleweight champion at UFC 199. Silva thought he had finished Bisping at the end of the third round and ran off jumping on the cage celebrating, but was dumbfounded when he realized referee Herb Dean did not call an end to the bout and the fight was going to the fourth round.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Conor McGregor bit off even more than he could chew in his attempt to negotiate media appearances for his once scheduled main event at UFC 200. “The Notorious” and Nate Diaz were pulled from the main event of UFC 200 after McGregor refused to take part in media obligations to promote the historic card. Now that the two are again signed to fight at UFC 202, McGregor says that he is still fighting with the UFC over the amount of media ahead of the fight.

Russell Ess - June 27, 2016

Another shocking death has hit the MMA community. UFC veteran Ryan Jimmo was involved in a hit-and-run incident in Edmonton, Canada early Sunday morning and died later that day due to injuries sustained from the incident.

Russell Ess - June 26, 2016

After hearing Georges St-Pierre tell Ariel Helwani on a recent episode of “The MMA Hour” that he could easily fight at lightweight, our namesake, BJ Penn took to twitter to cordially ask “Rush” for another fight in the Octagon. Penn tweeted, “Hey @GeorgesStPierre if you can make 155 easily, I’m free in November and would love the opportunity to fight you at 155 pounds in New York.”

Russell Ess - June 26, 2016

Reebok has faced a ton of issues since trying to establish their brand as a legitimate athletic clothing company in the sport of mixed martial arts. From their countless design issues to now facing problems with their products not functioning well while being used in competition, Urijah Faber spoke about his recent wardrobe malfunction that occurred in his title fight with Dominick Cruz at UFC 199.

Russell Ess - June 26, 2016

Henrique Lopes KO's Jonny Walker – JF 88(No sound). Comedy KO of the year. Amazing reffing. Get Jonny Walker a drink pic.twitter.com/MFr4XY9zHJ — caposa (@GrabakaHitman) June 26, 2016

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Tragedy has struck the mixed martials arts world as it is being reported that former UFC fighter Ryan Jimmo has been killed after a hit and run in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Canadian news outlet CBC shared the following information:

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Current UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has been doing some verbal sparring with former division title holder Chris Weidman in recent weeks. The pair have been firing off insults at each other on Twitter and “The Count” recently took things to another level with this tweet insinuating that Weidman may have been taking steroids in the past:

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/wIfMSGLwTyA Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will square off with former UFC lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar for the promotions interim featherweight championship on the main card of UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre recently announced that he would be making a return to the octagon later this year. “GSP” discussed a possible move up to middleweight in order to challenge newly crowned champion Michael Bisping in his return. However, that is not the only weight class that “Rush” has his eyes on:

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Mickey Gall and Phil Brooks (CM Punk) will finally square off at September’s UFC 203 event in Cleveland, Ohio. Gall, who was discovered on Dana White’s “Looking for a Fight” reality show, is planning on making an example out of the former wrestling superstar as he told FOXSports in a recent interview:

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Conor McGregor will be looking to get revenge on Nate Diaz when the pair square off in the main event of UFC 202 later this summer. The current UFC featherweight champion was submitted by Diaz in the second-round of their welterweight fight at UFC 196 this past March.

Chris Taylor - June 26, 2016

Wilson Reis will challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight title at UFC 201 next month. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Reis, has earned nine of his twenty career victories by way of submission.