MMA News

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

Mixed martial arts legend Fedor Emelianenko will return to fighting on when he squares off with former UFC veteran Fabio Maldonado in the main event of EFN 50 on June 17, 2016.

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/BKbM5v_ovmo UFC 200 will be one the most stacked cards in the promotions history.

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

During last weekend’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles, UFC officials announced that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning the octagon to fight on July’s stacked UFC 200 card. On Monday morning, Lesnar appeared on ESPN where he announced that he would be fighting heavyweight slugger Mark Hunt in his return to the UFC on July 9 in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

Tragedy struck the Unites States of America today as a heavily-armed assailant opened fire inside a packed Orland nightclub killing 50 people and wounding 53 others. The suspect has since been identified as Omar Seddique Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

Mixed martial arts icon Kimbo Slice tragically passed away earlier this week in Cleveland. The 42-year-old superstar originally became famous from his backyard fight videos, which went viral on the Internet, and carried on to his big draw in mixed martial arts where he set record numbers.

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

A key welterweight fight between top contenders Rory MacDonald (18-3 MMA) and Stephen Thompson (12-1 MMA) will headline next weekend’s UFC Fight Night event in Ottawa. Here is a statistical comparison of the two fighters competing in next weekend’s main event (via @Fightnomics):

Chris Taylor - June 12, 2016

According to former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen, a highly anticipated middleweight fight between Uriah Hall (12-6 MMA) and Anderson Silva (33-7 MMA) will take place at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. No official announcement has been made by the UFC, but this is what Sonnen had to say during his “You’re Welcome” podcast:

bjpenndotcom - June 11, 2016

Unfortunate news surfaced Saturday afternoon that former Bellator MMA fighter Ivan Cole was found dead in a Dallas apartment earlier in the day after shooting himself in the head while playing a game of Russian roulette. The Dallas Police Department confirmed Cole’s death on their website, where they reveal that Cole was killed around 7:31am Texas Time.

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

On June 18th, two elite members of the UFC’s welterweight division, Rory MacDonald and Stephen Thompson, will square off in a pivotal welterweight matchup that could see the next welterweight title challenger determined.

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

[ooyala code=”cxeWczNDE6RJ040jXyA_Gp-ffv3gFDLW” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1600″ autoplay=”true”] “Working on my karate point sparring technique with @hayabusafight #teamhayabusa” While the entire UFC 200 card has been announced, and former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will not be returning to the UFC for the highly anticipated card, he has continued to train as if he were preparing for a comeback.

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: