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Chris Taylor - June 4, 2016

A welterweight bout between Sean Strickland (18-1 MMA) and Tom Breese (10-1 MMA) capped off the UFC 199 Fight Pass prelims tonight in Los Angeles. Round one begins and Breese opens things up with a kick to the body. Tom tries to go upstairs with a high kick but misses. Breese lands a leg kick. Sean is moving around well but has yet to throw anything significant. A solid leg kick lands for Breese. Tom lands a follow up kick to the body. Nice combination lands for Strickland. Breese with a nice left. Sean returns fire with a kick to the body. Sean is walking forward and applying the pressure. Breese misses with a front kick. Sean lands a nice right hand. Breese replies with a combination. A good leg kick lands from Sean who continues to walk forward on Breese. Strickland with a high kick. Breese charges forward with punches. Nice jab from Sean. He follows that up with a switch kick. Breese replies with a kick of his own but it is blocked. Sean lands a nice left hook. Breese with a nice kick and then another. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - June 4, 2016

Undfeated light heavyweights Luiz Henrique da Silva (11-0 MMA) and Jonathan Wilson (7-1 MMA) squared off in the third bout of tonight’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. Round one begins and Wilson lands a good combo that includes a nice kick to the body. Excellent body shots from Jonathan. Wilson with a leg kick. da Silva fires back with one of his own. Nice knee from the inside by da Silva. Jonathan with a good left hand. Good kick to the body lands for da Silva. He follows up with a good knee inside. Wilson with a nice combination. Luiz fires back with a leg kick. The fighters clinch and da Silva lands a couple of good knees. A big uppercut lands for Luiz. Wilson lands a nice elbow over the top. Jonathan with a left hand. Luiz presses forward with a kick to the body. He lands a couple of chopping leg kicks. Wilson with an elbow and then a right. Luiz charges forward with strikes. He clinches Jonathan and lands a knee. More punches from da Silva. Wilson fires back with a big left hook. Luiz lands another nice knee inside. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - June 4, 2016

A middleweight bout between Kevin Casey (9-4-1 MMA) and Elvis Mutapcic (15-4-1 MMA) served as the second bout of tonight’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. Round one begins and Casey lands a nice inside leg kick to start. Mutapcic misses with a high kick and Casey hits him with a side kick. Another nice leg kick scores for Kevin. Good combination from Mutapcic. Casey misses with a big overhand left. Beautiful leg kick from Elvis. He goes upstairs with a high kick but it is blocked. Both fighters miss with wild punches. Nice leg kick from Casey. He shoots in and gets a takedown. He immediately moves to half guard. Kevin with some good shots to the body of Elvis. Casey moves to side control. Thirty seconds remain in round one. Mutapcic scrambles and gets back to his feet. Flying knee attempted by Elvis. Casey with a nice jab. The fighters trade kicks to end round one.

Chris Taylor - June 4, 2016

A lightweight bout between Polo Reyes (6-2 MMA) and Dong Hyun Kim (13-8-3 MMA) kicked off tonight’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. Round one begins and Ryes throws a right hand that misses. Nice left hands from both fighters. Kim pushes forward with strikes. Reyes lands a nice left. Kim replies with a huge left hook counter of his own. Kim connects with another left and then clinches Reyes against the fence. Reyes lands a big elbow that drops Kim. Dong gets back to his feet but eats a huge right hand. These guys are trading huge shots. A big left hand lands for Reyes and drops Kim. Reyes follows him to the ground and begins working from full guard. Kim is back up and once again the fighters start swinging wildy. Kim lands a knee. He’s coming forward with no regard for his safety. Reyes lands a hook. Kim shoots in and tries for a takedown. He has Reyes pressed against the cage and drags him down to the floor. Reyes gets back to his feet. The fighters clinch and the horn sounds to end round one.

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

Prior to UFC 199, fighters had the opportunity to weigh-in throughout the course of the day on weigh-in day rather than at the official weigh-ins later in the day. The idea is that by giving fighters the opportunity to weigh-in throughout the day, they will be able to rehydrate better before their fights Saturday night.

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

While there is a new weigh-in procedure in California that gives fighters the opportunity to weigh-in throughout the morning in order to have more time to rehydrate prior to their fights Saturday night, they still have staredowns at the official weigh-ins. During the heated staredown before their UFC 199 fight tonight., Cruz and Faber talked some trash, however Faber doesn’t remember what he said because he actually blacked out. He spoke in an interview post-weigh-in where he was asked to recall what was said between he and Cruz:

bjpenndotcom - June 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/MAjKw1Vf3sk Fight fans were rather confused Friday afternoon during the UFC 199 weigh-ins when fighters skipped stepping on the scales to weigh-in, and went straight to staredowns after having their pre-recorded weights read.

Russell Ess - June 3, 2016

Michael Bisping could be having the best two weeks of his life as he approaches his first UFC title shot on Saturday against the champion Luke Rockhold.

Russell Ess - June 3, 2016

At a press conference ahead of UFC 196, Nate Diaz made a lot of noise when he said that Conor McGregor and “everyone” else in the UFC was on steroids. Diaz does not take back what he said and frankly, he doesn’t care if you are using steroids.

Russell Ess - June 3, 2016

Fighter pay is always a hot topic. UFC President Dana White is always included in the subject and recently spoke about it as Colin Cowherd brought it up with White during his Thursday appearance on “The Herd.”

Russell Ess - June 3, 2016

Nate Diaz never cared for doing any media for his fights, but now realizes that it plays an important role for his own business as a fighter. Speaking with Esquire, Diaz says that he has gotten ahead of his competition now that he put his focus on his fighting technique first and is now polishing his presence in the media.

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

Ahead of tomorrow night’s action in Inglewood, California, we want to hear from you PENN Nation! Give us your predictions for who you think will win Saturday’s UFC 199 main card fights using our polls below. Note: Predictions are for entertainment purposes only. No prizes will be awarded for correct predictions. [poll id=”15″] [poll id=”16″] [poll id=”17″] [poll id=”18″] [poll id=”19″]

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

Tomorrow night in Inglewood, California, fight fans will witness an action packed night of fights co-headlined by a trilogy bout between Dominick Cruz & Urijah Faber, as well as a headlining bout between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. Ahead of UFC 199, which is undoubtably a stacked event, take a look at the offensive and defensive knockdown stats for the fighters involved in the card. We have included the fight card below the picture for reference.

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold‘s confidence is at an all time high heading into UFC 199 this Saturday in Inglewood California. The middleweight champ has stated repeatedly that he believes he is on another level in comparison to his middleweight peers. Ahead of his rematch with Michael Bisping, Rockhold spoke after open workouts to explain why he believes no one can match his skill set on the pound-for-pound ladder.

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

Ahead of UFC 199 this Saturday, many are wondering just how long Dan Henderson has left in the sport before he finally makes the decision to retire. After fighting for nearly two decades without mentioning retirement, ahead of his UFC 199 scrap against Hector Lombard, Henderson has finally opened the door to retirement talks. He spoke to MMAJunkie to discuss Lombard as an opponent, and why he feels he could be “talked” into retirement by UFC President Dana White.

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

This is pretty cool! Check out @bisping's reaction as he's given the #BackBisping flag ahead of #UFC199… 🇬🇧 https://t.co/36jv349I9v — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) June 3, 2016

bjpenndotcom - June 3, 2016

The UFC’s outfitting deal with Reebok now makes it so that fighters can only wear Reebok gear, or clothing without a noticeable logo, during media appearances, and fight-week. When fighters don’t follow the protocol, they are either fined, or they have to remove the article of clothing. When UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold showed up to the UFC 199 press conference yesterday wearing Adidas shoes, adjustments had to be made.