MMA News

Russell Ess - June 6, 2016

You would think that after throwing down in the Octagon twice, newly crowned UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and former champion Luke Rockhold would have settled their differences. Bisping realized his dream on Saturday night at UFC 199, knocking Rockhold out in the very first round and became the UFC middleweight champion.

Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

Michael Bisping shocked the mixed martial arts world on Saturday night in Los Angeles when he knocked Luke Rockhold out cold in the very first-round of their UFC 199 main event fight to earn the UFC’s undisputed middleweight championship. Checked out the replay of “The Count’s” epic knockout victory below:

Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

Earlier today on ESPN’s SportsCenter former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar announced that he would be returning to the octagon to fight Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas. Lesnar has not competed in mixed martial arts since his 2011 TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. The former champions last win came via submission against Shane Carwin at UFC 116 in 2010.

Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

This past weekend at UFC 199 in Los Angeles the UFC announced that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning to the octagon at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. The promotion did not name an opponent for Lesnar that evening in Los Angeles (UFC 199), leaving fans across the world speculating as to who Brock would fight in his UFC return.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Yesterday evening Ariel Helwani announced on Twitter that he had been removed from Saturday’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles by Zuffa staff members prior to the fight cards conclusion and was told that he and his friends were now “banned for life”. I was escorted out of the building by Zuffa staff before the main event. Credential taken away, too. Didn't see Bisping realize his dream.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Yesterday evening news broke that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning to the octagon on July 9 in Las Vegas for UFC 200. An opponent for “The Beast” has yet to be named by UFC officials, which has resulted in several fighters taking to social media to campaign for the spot.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA) shocked the mixed martial arts world last night in Los Angeles by earning a stunning first-round knockout victory over Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199. Bisping and Rockhold engaged in a heated conversation at the UFC 199 post fight press conference and that bad blood carried over in to today as “The Count” posted the following photo on social media taunting the former champion:

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

During last night’s UFC 199 pay-per-view broadcast UFC officials announced that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning to fight at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. An opponent for “The Beast” was not given at the time, but we now know that an announcement will be made Monday June 6 on ESPN.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

During Saturday night’s UFC 199 pay-per-view card in Los Angeles it was announced that a rematch between current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and perennial lightweight contender Nate Diaz had been booked to headline August’s UFC 202 event in Las Vegas. Despite coming out victorious in their first encounter at UFC 196, Nate Diaz has been labelled the early underdog in his rematch with McGregor, this according to MMAOddsBreaker:

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/hnVJXPJcRzg Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA) earned the biggest win of his career last night at UFC 199 in Los Angeles. “The Count” defeated Luke Rockhold by way of knockout in the bouts opening round to become the UFC’s undisputed middleweight champion of the world.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

After nearly getting finished in the opening round of his UFC 199 fight with Hector Lombard, 45-year-old MMA legend Dan Henderson delivered a stunning comeback that resulted in a brutal second-round knockout victory. Here is a clip of “Hendo’s” finish of “Lightning” (via DefPenSports)

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/VvOAmMG3agg Michael Bisping became the UFC’s undisputed middleweight champion at last night’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles, this after he knocked Luke Rockhold out cold in the very first-round.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Former Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson scored an absolutely brutal knockout victory over former Bellator title holder Hector Lombard at last night’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old landed a head kick on Lombard and then hit him with an elbow that caused “Lightning” to fall crashing to the canvas in the bouts second-round.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Dominick Cruz scored an impressive unanimous decision victory over bitter rival Urijah Faber in the co-main event of yesterday’s UFC 199 fight card in Los Angeles. Cruz was able to utilize his excellent footwork and head movement to frustrate Faber for the majority of the fight. “The Dominator” dropped Urijah in the bouts second-round but was unable to finish “The California Kid”.

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

It is no secret that former UFC champions Fabricio Werdum and Luke Rockhold do not like each other. The former heavyweight champion of the world took to Twitter last night to poke fun at Rockhold’s knockout loss to newly crowned champion Michael Bisping. Check it out:

Chris Taylor - June 5, 2016

Michael Bisping was able to shock the mixed martial arts world yesterday in Los Angeles by scoring a first-round knockout victory over Luke Rockhold to claim the UFC’s middleweight championship. “The Count”, who took yesterday’s title fight on just two weeks notice, was able to catch Luke Rockhold with a couple of big left hands before putting him to sleep with some shots against the cage.

Chris Taylor - June 4, 2016

UFC 199 in Los Angeles delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes. With that said, UFC President Dana White handed out three “Performance of the night” awards at last night’s UFC 199 post fight press conference.

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/DVyhSZCa87M In the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping finally got his middleweight title shot after nearly a decade in the UFC. Bisping, who stepped in on just 2 weeks notice, was able to knockout Luke Rockhold in the very first round of their scrap to claim the UFC middleweight championship.