MMA News

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin is looking to get back into the Octagon and establish himself as one of the more memorable fighters in UFC history. Following news of Brock Lesnar’s return to the Octagon for a single fight at UFC 200, Carwin reflected on where he currently stands amongst the UFC’s greatest.

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

Bob Sapp will return to competition when he takes on Aori “The Heavyweight Supernova” Gele in an MMA openweight match at ROAD FC’s event in July.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

Earlier this month, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis announced his intentions to drop down to featherweight in hopes of ending his 3-fight skid. On Wednesday, it was announced that Pettis would be making his featherweight debut in Vancouver on August 27th against #7 ranked featherweight Charles Oliveira.

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

With all the blood, sweat and tears endured in training and in competition, MMA fighters have a high threshold for pain. That just goes to show how much of pain black widow spiders can be if they bite you.

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

Frankie Edgar is taking a step closer to making sure he will be fighting for the undisputed UFC featherweight title. In his next fight at UFC 200, Edgar is set to rematch former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo for the interim title. However, the interim tagline doesn’t excite Edgar so much.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

In the co-main event of UFC 199, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber stepped into the Octagon to put an end to their nearly 10-year long feud. While Faber submitted Cruz in the pair’s first meeting, Cruz came out on top in their second bout, and at UFC 199, where he convincingly defeated Faber. Now that Faber has had over a week to digest the bout, he took to Instagram to reflect on how things played out after watching the fight for the first time.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva has been out of action since his UFC London loss to Michael Bisping earlier this year. ‘The Spider’ was slated to fight Uriah Hall in a highly anticipated matchup at UFC 198, however he was forced out of the bout after it was revealed that he would need his gallbladder removed. While Silva has intentions of fighting at UFC 200, there has so far been no word yet on whether or not he will be able to fight on the card.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

In the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked Luke Rockhold out cold in the very first round of their UFC 199 middleweight title scrap. Following the fight, Bisping and Rockhold engaged in two heated verbal exchanges. The first was in the Octagon, where Rockhold refused to shake Bisping’s hand a second time. The second was at the post-fight press conference when Rockhold began stating that he would “kill” Bisping. The pair exchanged heated words in front of media members, and ultimately had to be separated.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

Going into UFC 199, there was certainly no love lost between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. For nearly 10 years the pair had engaged in a bitter rivalry after Faber submitted Cruz back in 2007 under the WEC banner. Cruz avenged the loss in the UFC, defeating Faber via unanimous decision, however that wasn’t enough to put an end to the rivalry. In the co-main event of UFC 199, the pair finally competed in a trilogy fight, which Cruz won in convincing fashion.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

Mark Hunt has earned the reputation as one of the hardest hitting men in the history of the UFC. The ‘Super Samoan’ has gone 7-4 in his UFC career, and is currently on a 2-fight win streak that has seen him knock out both Bigfoot Silva and Frank Mir. Ahead Hunt’s UFC 200 fight against former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, UFC President Dana White spoke about Hunt’s new UFC contract, and why he wants the veteran heavyweight to finish his career with the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

At the age of 45, many are wondering at what point MMA legend Dan Henderson will walk away from the sport which he has given so much to. On the heels of his incredible UFC 199 KO win over Hector Lombard, Henderson wants to have one more fight, and then ride off into the sunset. On the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world and knocked Luke Rockhold out cold to win the UFC middleweight championship. The win set up a potential rematch between the two, where Bisping could potentially avenge the brutal KO loss he suffered at UFC 100.

Russell Ess - June 15, 2016

Ariel Helwani is being blamed as the cause of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson losing a lot of money and even opened the can of worms to end a three-year relationship between Jackson and his former girlfriend.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

There has been much speculation as to whether or not Dana White and the Fertittas will sell the UFC. While initial reports stated that the trio were extremely close to finalizing a sale, UFC President Dana White then refuted the reports, claiming that the UFC isn’t for sale. Details then emerged that the trio could be looking to sell a portion of the promotion while retaining majority ownership. The report also indicated that the move would be in order to make a move into the Chinese MMA market.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

In just under one month, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated return to MMA as he faces veteran heavyweight Mark Hunt in a battle of heavy handed heavyweights. The fight, which will serve as the co-main event of the historic UFC 200 event, has the MMA community talking about whether or not Lesnar will be able to make a triumphant return to the Octagon.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

Since Conor McGregor signed to fight Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight title at UFC 196 in the beginning of the year, which ultimately turned into a welterweight fight against Nate Diaz, there has been much speculation as to whether or not McGregor will return to featherweight. With McGregor vs. Diaz II set for UFC 202 in August, and Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo II set for UFC 200 for the interim featherweight championship, Frankie Edgar has been ver open about his belief that McGregor will not return to featherweight.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

At UFC 199 earlier this month, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked out Luke Rockhold in the very first round of their middleweight title fight. Bisping stepped in on short notice for former middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who injured his neck just two weeks before the fight. On the same card, MMA legend Dan Henderson fought, and defeated, former Olympian Hector Lombard via vicious KO. Given that both Bisping and Henderson were victorious on the card, many began calling for a second fight between the two.

Russell Ess - June 14, 2016

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar isn’t out to prove anything to anyone else but himself when he steps foot back into the Octagon at UFC 200.