MMA News

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

While many fighters in the welterweight division are questioning the UFC’s call to give Tyron Woodley a title shot against Robbie Lawler, Woodley is more than ready to seize the opportunity to become a UFC champion. Woodley spoke with FloCombat recently on fighting his ATT teammate for the UFC welterweight championship title.

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 27, 2016

UFC strawweight Joanne Calderwood made some noise about her pay and being broke following her fight with Valerie Letourneau at UFC Fight Night 89. UFC President Dana White caught wind of Calderwood’s gripe on not getting a “Performance of the Night” bonus and said that he would be giving Calderwood the bonus and signing her to a new deal.

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

https://youtu.be/wsuuk3CHgoI Legendary actor Jean Claude Van Damme is best known for his mixed martial arts action films.

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

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor suffered the first loss of his UFC career to Nate Diaz this past March in Las Vegas. Diaz submitted the Irish superstar in the second-round of their main event fight at UFC 196.

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.

bjpenndotcom - June 25, 2016

Following UFC 196, where Nate Diaz submitted Conor McGregor, the pair were slated to fight in the main event of UFC 200. McGregor wasn’t happy with the situation, and surprised the MMA community when he retired via Twitter. The fight was ultimately scrapped after McGregor refused to fulfill his promotional obligations for the event. Ultimately however, the pair were rebooked to fight at UFC 202 in August.