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bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

When Chris Weidman withdrew from his UFC 199 scrap with Luke Rockhold with just two weeks to go until fight night, many believed Jacare Souza would step-in on short notice to fight Rockhold. Unfortunately for Souza, he was forced to undergo surgery for a torn meniscus, and was unable to take the fight. Michael Bisping ultimately stepped in on short notice to fight Rockhold, and the rest is history.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

Since winning the UFC featherweight championship back in December, Conor McGregor went up to welterweight for a UFC 196 fight with Nate Diaz, which was initially supposed to be a lightweight title fight with Rafael dos Anjos. McGregor lost the fight, and then was rebooked to fight Diaz at UFC 200, however he was pulled from the card after refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event. Now, with Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo set for the interim featherweight championship at UFC 200, and McGregor vs. Diaz II set for UFC 202, many are wondering if McGregor will ever go back down to featherweight to defend his title.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

At UFC 199, Dominick Cruz defeated bitter rival Urijah Faber via unanimous decision, dominating the fight from start to finish as he knocked Faber down several times, and secured several takedowns over the course of the fight. Following the fight, Team Alpha Male fighter Cody Garbrandt ran into Cruz backstage, which resulted in a rather heated exchange according to Garbrandt. He recounted the incident on Stud Radio Show.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

In just under one month, fight fans will witness a historic night of action in Las Vegas at UFC 200. The event, which features two title fights, an interim title fight, and the return of Brock Lesnar, will go down on July 9th, and leave fight fans in awe. With just under one month to go until fight night, take a look at the updated odds from Bovada for the entire event

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

The landscape of the UFC women’s bantamweight division changed greatly on November 15th at UFC 193 as Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to claim the women’s bantamweight championship. Rousey had reigned as the only women’s bantamweight champion in UFC history until she was knocked out by Holm in Australia. In Holm’s first title defense at UFC 196, she was choked out cold by Miesha Tate in the 5th round of their co-main event scrap. With Tate now the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, many are wondering when Rousey will return from her hiatus for a trilogy fight with Tate.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

Although Chris Weidman was forced to withdraw from his UFC 199 rematch with Luke Rockhold for the middleweight championship, Weidman has managed to keep his name in the headlines. After Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold this past weekend to claim the UFC middleweight championship, Weidman wasted no time in attempting to secure a title fight with Bisping via Twitter.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

In the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked Luke Rockhold out in the 1st round on just 2 weeks notice to win the UFC middleweight championship. The fight was Bisping’s first title fight after 10 years in the promotion, and he certainly took advantage of the opportunity.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

All Roads Lead to #UFC200 | UFC.com/200 A video posted by ufc (@ufc) on Jun 10, 2016 at 11:50am PDT

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

During the UFC 199 broadcast this past weekend, it was announced that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who currently competes in the WWE, would be making his return to MMA after nearly 5 years away from the sport. Lesnar, who will still be making an appearance at the next WWE pay-per view this summer, being granted permission from the WWE to fight at UFC 200 could very well be a move of good faith from the WWE, who reportedly are hoping to secure former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey for a match at WrestleMania 33.

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been criticized quite a bit for backing out of fights with injuries. Most recently, Aldo backed out of his title fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 189, and was replaced by Chad Mendes. With a false rumor surfacing earlier this week that Aldo was injured and unable to fight Frankie Edgar for the interim featherweight championship at UFC 200 on July 9th, Edgar decided to poke some fun at the former champ in an interview with Fox Sports:

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

At UFC 199, it was announced that Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor II would go down at UFC 202 in August. Prior to that announcement however, Nate Diaz was involved in a bit of a fight backstage with Clay Guida’s brother Jason. While there hasn’t been much in the way of details regarding the brawl, Team Alpha Male coach Justin Buchholz, who cornered Guida in his UFC 199 fight along with Guida’s brother Jason, spoke about the incident on the Stud Radio Podcast:

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

https://youtu.be/TubJH4IMl54 Ahead of Brock Lesnar’s return to the Octagon in less than a month at UFC 200 after nearly 5 years away from the Octagon, take a look back at Lesnar’s UFC 100 rematch against Frank Mir.

bjpenndotcom - June 10, 2016

During the UFC 199 broadcast this past weekend, it was announced that Brock Lesnar would be returning to the UFC at UFC 200 to fight Mark Hunt in the co-main event of the historic card. In the following days it was revealed that Lesnar had been granted a USADA exemption and missed the first 3 cycles of USADA testing, but would be tested in the month leading up to the fight.

bjpenndotcom - June 10, 2016

Bisping and Rockhold still going at it after the post fight press conference. pic.twitter.com/Ojiiwlo9O1 — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 5, 2016

Russell Ess - June 10, 2016

The UFC released a statement on Friday that former UFC featherweight title contender Chad Mendes has been flagged by for a “potential Anti-Doping Policy violation.” The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) notified the UFC of the potential violation after an out-of-competition drug test was performed on Mendes.

bjpenndotcom - June 10, 2016

Wednesday night after the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors game in Cleveland, Ohio, pop music star Justin Bieber started a brawl in Cleveland. Footage of the altercation shows Bieber punching the man, and then being thrown to the ground before bystanders pulled the man off Bieber.

Russell Ess - June 10, 2016

UFC star Nate Diaz is set to rematch UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in another non-title welterweight bout at UFC 202 in August.

Russell Ess - June 10, 2016

What is life like for fighters after being cut from the UFC? Recently cut from the UFC, Robert Whiteford looks like he has been keeping busy with some road construction.