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bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

Unfortunate news surfaced Friday afternoon that UFC lightweight Darrell Horcher, who recently lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov, was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him “grateful to be alive” according to Horcher’s manager. According to Fox Sports, Horcher hit a Jeep that pulled in front of him, and was flung from his bike nearly 240 feet before skidding on the pavement. Fortunately for Horcher, he only suffered from a broken arm, torn ligaments in his ankle, and road rash.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

It wasn’t too long ago that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman withdrew from his UFC 199 rematch with Luke Rockhold for the middleweight title. Immediately there was a debate as to whether Jacare Souza or Michael Bisping would get to step in on short notice and fight Luke Rockhold. Unfortunately for Jacare, he would need to undergo knee surgery, making him unable to accept the fight. Ultimately, Bisping agreed to the fight, and will now fight Rockhold next Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

Teddy Atlas has earned the reputation as one of the most knowledgeable minds in boxing. After training with Cus D’Amato at an early age, Atlas pursued a career as a trainer as he trained notable boxers such as Timothy Bradley & Wladimir Klitschko. With rumors of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match taking place in September, Atlas weighed in on how he would train McGregor for a fight with Mayweather.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

https://youtu.be/QNoGhwcDOBc In just one week, Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz will finally have their trilogy fight, nearly a decade after the pair’s first meeting under the WEC banner where Faber submitted Cruz. In the pair’s second meeting, Cruz picked up the unanimous decision win to retain the UFC bantamweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

On Sunday, former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao will be making his UFC featherweight debut against Jeremy Stephens. The fight is an extremely important one for Barao, who will be looking to make a splash in the stacked featherweight division. Ahead of the fight, ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is reporting that Barao went into fight week weighing nearly 160 pounds, 15 pounds over the featherweight limit of 145 pounds. While that certainly means he would have had a hard cut for his fight on Sunday, it likely sheds some light on why Barao had trouble making 135 pounds on several occasions in the past.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

“Running Man challenge…all the way to New York! Share this post if you want to see this fight @ufc ‪#‎ufc205‬!!!” The ‘Running Man Challenge’ has been taking over the internet recently, with UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones even taking the challenge twice!

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

ONE – This is full 6s long fight !!! – Timofey Nastyukhin (RU) @timnastyukhin x Robert Lisita (Australia) pic.twitter.com/GEumo6VoLs — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) May 27, 2016

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has been competing in MMA professionally for nearly a decade. In addition, ‘Cupcake’ was one of the first women in the UFC. Ahead of her UFC 200 fight against Amanda Nunes, Tate appeared on SiriusXM Fight Club, Tate tried to impart some wisdom on UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who was pulled from UFC 200 after refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

While former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey is currently on an indefinite hiatus from competing in the UFC, she has continued to make headlines. During a recent podcast appearance, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate told a story about an encounter Rousey had with UFC strawweight Paige VanZant. As the story goes, VanZant and Rousey were doing a Reebok promo shoot, during which Rousey cursed out VanZant for congratulating Holly Holm on winning the UFC championship when she knocked out Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold certainly have a history. To add on to the animosity between the two, Rockhold defeated Bisping in the pair’s first Octagon meeting back in 2014. Now, as Bisping prepares to challenge Rockhold for his UFC middleweight championship on June 4th at UFC 199, Rockhold has declared his plans to retire the UFC veteran.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

Michael Bisping may be entering his UFC 199 scrap with Luke Rockhold on a 3 fight win streak, with his most recent win coming over arguably the greatest fighter of all time in Anderson Silva, however that doesn’t seem to phase Luke Rockhold. On a conference call, Rockhold, who holds a win over Bisping, explained his plans to demolish Bisping, and even retire the UFC veteran.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently waiting in limbo to find out whether he will fight Floyd Mayweather next, or Nate Diaz. McGregor enjoyed some down time this week as he and members of his family hit the beach in style! Beach life.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

Ahead of UFC 200 on July 9th, where Miesha Tate will look to defend her UFC women’s bantamweight championship against Amanda Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion sat down to check out old footage from early on in her MMA career, as well as footage of her wrestling in high school.

bjpenndotcom - May 26, 2016

This Sunday in Las Vegas, two of the UFC’s brightest bantamweight prospects will square off in a pivotal matchup as undefeated prospects Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt square off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 88. Prior to that however, Garbrandt was involved in a brief scuffle with Almeida’s team at the hotel the pair are staying at.