MMA News

Russell Ess - June 6, 2016

Big news is surrounding MMA journalist Ariel Helwani after he revealed on Saturday that he was “banned for life” from the UFC. Helwani spoke on “The MMA Hour” on Monday to address the fiasco and his meeting with UFC President Dana White where he was kicked out of the UFC 199 event and banned as a journalist after breaking the news of Brock Lesnar’s return to the Octagon ahead of the organization’s announcement.

Chris Taylor - June 6, 2016

Former UFC champion Brock Lesnar was a guest on ESPN’s SportsCenter this morning where he announced that he would be returning to the octagon at UFC 200 on July 9 to fight Mark Hunt. Lesnar, who has not fought since his 2011 loss to Alistair Overeem, has opened as a +120 underdog against Hunt, this according to @MMAOddsAlert:

Russell Ess - June 6, 2016

Shocking news hit the world of MMA on Saturday night when MMA journalist Ariel Helwani tweeted that he was kicked out of UFC 199 just before the main event between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping. Bisping went on to shake up the middleweight division, winning the UFC title after knocking Rockhold out in the first round and Helwani was not able to cover the fight as a journalist.

Russell Ess - June 6, 2016

“The Beast” is back and coming to show the world what he is still capable of in the Octagon when he returns to the UFC at UFC 200.

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 UFC officials announced that former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar would be returning to the octagon this summer to fight on the UFC 200 fight card set for July 9 in Las Vegas. Following the announcement, which occurred during the UFC 199 pay-per-view broadcast, the UFC released the following new preview for UFC 200 which includes “The Beast”:

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

Michael Bisping became the UFC’s undisputed middleweight champion last night in Los Angeles, this after he knocked Luke Rockhold out cold in the first-round of UFC 199’s main event. Bisping’s boxing coach, Jason Parillo, had this legendary reaction to the championship-earning knockout victory:

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

UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz picked up a dominant decision victory over bitter rival Urijah Faber at last night’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles. In the fights second round Cruz was able to drop Faber with a big left hand, check it out:

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: