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bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

.@LiLHeathenMMA is celebrating his victory in style. #PROcasthttps://t.co/wQQEiSWWLl — FOX Sports: PROcast (@PROcast) May 31, 2016

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

John Gooden and Dan Hardy break down the main event of UFC 199 as Luke Rockhold looks to defend his middleweight title for the first time against Michael Bisping.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

This Saturday, UFC 199 will go down in Inglewood, California. The event is one of the most highly anticipated of the year, featuring a middleweight showdown between Luke Rockhold & Michael Bisping in the main event, and the trilogy fight between Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber in the co-main event. Ahead of the fight, take a look at the striking stats of the fighters on the card. In addition, we have included the full fight card below for reference.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

News broke this week from RPP that UFC women’s bantamweight Valentina Shevchenko was at a restaurant in Peru with her coach, who is also married to her sister, when an armed robbery took place. The robbers reportedly had the registers entered, and then began having customers empty their wallets. Shevchenko’s coach Pavel Fedotov produced a firearm and open fired on the 3 robbers. Fortunately he killed one of the robbers, however the other two escaped, and Fedotov was shot in the stomach.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

While Conor McGregor is the UFC featherweight champion, and has never competed in a professional boxing match, a potential superfight with Floyd Mayweather has been the talk of the town so to speak. While reports have emerged that the fight will go down in September, there has been no official announcement from either party, leading many to wonder if the fight will actually happen.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

[ooyala code=”tvN2N1MzE6wTqZ1iQcOMg511am_K1IKF” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1280″ autoplay=”true”] UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is currently gearing up for his UFC 200 rematch with arguably the greatest fighter of all time, Jon Jones.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/L7l84JpiVBM Back in April, Jon Jones made his highly anticipated return to the Octagon after nearly a year and a half. Jones was initially slated to fight Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight championship, however an injury forced DC out of the bout. Ultimately, Ovince Saint Preux stepped in on short notice to fight Jones.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been enjoying a bit of down time since his UFC 200 rematch with Nate Diaz was scrapped. Despite that, McGregor has managed to keep his name in the headlines as talks of a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather have increased significantly. In a recent Instagram post, McGregor returned to Straight Blast GYM in Ireland, and posted a statement to go along with it.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

Back in 2013, Cat Zingano and Miesha Tate fought in the TUF 17 finale for a crack at Ronda Rousey’s bantamweight championship. Zingano won the bout in dominant fashion, finishing Tate in the 3rd round via TKO.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

Sunday night in Las Vegas, Rick Story and Tarec Saffiedine went to war in a 3 round welterweight showdown. Ultimately, Rick Story won the bout via unanimous decision in a successful UFC return, making it 3 straight wins. Despite the win, Story left with a pretty banged up leg courtesy of Saffiedine. Check out the picture above!

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/xUC9gLxwouk In just under one week, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their highly anticipated trilogy fight nearly a decade after their scrap in the WEC banner back in 2007.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

In what is likely to be the feel-good story of the day, #14 ranked UFC lightweight Rashid Magomedov saved the life of a drowning child in Dagestan earlier this week. According to Cageside.Ru, while walking with his friend along the October Revolution Canal, Magomedov noticed a boy drowning, at which point he jumped in. Despite struggling to reach the boy, the pair finally reached the 6 year old, who was unconscious at that point.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

The combat sports world has been anxiously awaiting an official announcement regarding a potential Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match. While it has been reported that the fight will go down later this year, the lack of an official announcement has left many fans doubtful that the fight will actually happen. Sunday evening, Floyd Mayweather posted a photo of a promo poster for a boxing match with McGregor, however no date was given. Monday morning, McGregor took to Twitter to respond to the poster.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

Sunday night in Las Vegas, Cody Garbrandt picked up the biggest win over his career as he defeated Thomas Almeida via 1st round KO. Not only did the win extend Garbrandt’s undefeated streak, it also likely put him on the top 10 ladder of the UFC’s bantamweight rankings. Understandably, the MMA community went wild on Twitter after the knockout. Below are some of the best reactions!

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/M0VSHl4JmZ0 Last night in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night 88’, Cody Garbrandt showed why he deserves to be in the bantamweight division’s rankings as he knocked out the previously undefeated Thomas Almeida.

bjpenndotcom - May 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/ATXxFhuLO1U In the co-main event of ‘UFC Fight Night 88’, #9 ranked Jeremy Stephens stepped into the Octagon to welcome former bantamweight champion Renan Barao to the division.

Chris Taylor - May 30, 2016

‘UFC Fight Night 88’ in Las Vegas delivered some memorable fights and solid finishes. With that said, UFC President Dana White handed out four “Performance of the night” awards at last night’s post fight press conference.

Chris Taylor - May 30, 2016

Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather posted the following photo on Twitter late Sunday evening promoting his potential bout with current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. .@badmedina https://t.co/648Qb26FTL pic.twitter.com/67agluPAGt