MMA News

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

Even without a rematch officially set between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, “The Notorious” is already implementing changes in anticipation for their fight. McGregor spoke with ESPN recently and detailed some things that he is correcting for a rematch with Diaz that he is hoping will be put together soon, and under the same exact conditions of their fight meeting in the Octagon.

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier recently posted a humorous video on his social media of his new heavybag that had a beat up Jon Jones printed on it. The current interim light heavyweight champion, Jones, saw the video and reposted it on his own social media with a callous message directed at Cormier.

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is still set on fighting Nate Diaz in a welterweight rematch. Diaz handed McGregor his first loss in the UFC at UFC 196 back in March and “The Notorious” still wants revenge, but also says that the featherweight division bored him a bit.

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold sounds like he has done really well for himself now that he is at the top of the UFC middleweight division. Ahead of his title fight with Michael Bisping at UFC 199, Rockhold spoke with Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour and said that he is making over $1 million per fight as the champ.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

With talk of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match currently being the talk of the combat sports world, famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach has found himself in the middle of the situation. After Teddy Atlas stated that he wouldn’t train McGregor for a fight with Mayweather, Roach stated the he would in fact train McGregor, despite the overwhelming odds of fighting Mayweather.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

After fight cards, the always controversial topic of Reebok payouts is always a hot topic. Following this Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 88 event in Las Vegas, where Cody Garbrandt ended Thomas Almeida’s undefeated streak, and Jeremy Stephens defeated former bantamweight champion Renan Barao, MMAJunkie obtained the Reebok payouts for the event:

Russell Ess - May 31, 2016

Prior to stepping into the Octagon to fight one another at UFC Fight Night 88, bantamweights Cody Garbrandt and Thomas Almeida both had never lost in their professional careers. Both of them knew that one would be walking out with a loss. Garbrandt didn’t take long to determine who would have his hand raised, delivering a brutal KO that put Almeida out in the very first round.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

On Sunday, UFC Fight Night 88 went down from Las Vegas. In the main event, Team Alpha Male’s Cody ‘No Love’ Garbrandt put on a spectacular performance against Thomas Almeida as he finished the previously undefeated Brazilian by KO. In the co-main event, Jeremy Stephens returned to the win column as he picked up an impressive unanimous decision win over former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao.

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

This Saturday in Inglewood California, Luke Rockhold & Michael Bisping will have their highly anticipated rematch, this time for the UFC middleweight championship. In addition, Urijah Faber & Dominick Cruz will square off in a highly anticipated trilogy fight for the UFC bantamweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - May 31, 2016

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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

Sunday night, in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Vegas’ Cody Garbrandt put on a phenomenal show against the previously undefeated Thomas Almeida, as he picked up a 1st round KO win. On the preliminary card, #8 ranked bantamweight Bryan Caraway defeated #4 ranked Aljamain Sterling via split decision. Garbrandt’s win over Almeida put him in the top 5 rankings in the mind’s of many MMA fans.

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.