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bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

While a boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather is reportedly being discussed, the odds of a fight between the pair happening are rather slim given that McGregor fights in the UFC, and Mayweather is currently retired from boxing. Despite that, if a fight were to go down between two of the most powerful men in combat sports, famed boxing coach Freddie Roach would be willing to train Conor McGregor for the superfight.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/2rj5m2nZ-DY Top ranked UFC women’s strawweight fighter Paige VanZant is currently competing on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars alongside partner Mark Ballas.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

While the MMA community continues to discuss a potential boxing match between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather, McGregor appears to be gearing up for a boxing match. McGregor, who was pulled from his UFC 200 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz after refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event, currently doesn’t have a fight booked, however it is expected that he will face the winner of UFC 200’s Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar interim featherweight title fight.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

Chael Sonnen feels that the UFC has gotten soft with how the biggest star in the promotion is a featherweight fighter. Sonnen spoke on the Three Amigos podcast recently about how “The Notorious” would not be the star he is back in his days of the UFC.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has been busy as one of the contestants on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

An incident nearly came to blows amongst JacksonWink MMA teammates, Donald Cerrone and Jon Jones a while back, according to “Cowboy.” Cerrone was a guest on the recent episode of “The Fighter and the Kid” podcast and recalled a time that he mentioned Jones’ past party animal side he had to him to the media, which the former UFC champ did not appreciate at the time.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

Many fans feel that UFC color commentator Joe Rogan is as tied to the UFC brand as UFC President Dana White.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

Matt Brown had a rough time, to say the least, while in Brazil for UFC 198. Brown battled with the fans at the UFC 198 weigh-ins and during his walk out to the Octagon. Then, Demian Maia showed his world-class ground skills by submitting Brown in their bout setting “The Immortal” back in his goal of winning UFC gold. To top things off in Curitiba, Brown was allegedly attacked at his hotel by Rodrigo Botti, a former trainer of his.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

Vitor Belfort suffered a first-round TKO at the hands of Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the UFC 198 co-main event over the weekend in Curitiba, Brazil. The win for “Jacare” likely puts him at the top of the middleweights for the next to contend for the championship belt. However, for Belfort, it sets him back in his hopes of fighting once again for UFC gold.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

$240,000 was the total payout by Reebok for the exclusive uniform deal with the UFC for the UFC 198 event that took place in Curitiba, Brazil over the weekend. This marks the highest paid card of 2016 for Reebok with a roster that included many pioneer stars and a championship bout. The payout from Reebok is in addition to each fighter’s contracted fight pay with the UFC.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor got some training in with BJJ black belt pioneer Chris Haueter recently. Haueter is one of the first American black belt jiu-jitsu practitioners and is a part of the “BJJ Dirty Dozen”, which is a group of 12 practitioners outside Brazil to achieve the rank of black belt in BJJ. Haueter received his black belt from Rigan Machado back in 1996.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

Rodrigo Botti, a former trainer of UFC welterweight Matt Brown allegedly attacked Brown at his hotel in Brazil on Sunday after his UFC 198 fight with Demian Maia. Video was released of the incident following Botti’s alleged attack on Brown. The video shows a man who has been identified as Vinicius “Pequeno” Lemos punishing Botti for his attack on Brown.

Chris Taylor - May 16, 2016

Pound-for-pound boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. is willing to end his retirement in order to square off with current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. “Money” spoke to ESNEWS this past weekend where he stated that a boxing match with “Mystic Mac” is the only fight that he will come out of retirement for and added that the potential fight with the Irish superstar would be nothing short of “record breaking”. His words (as transcribed by MMAFighting.com):

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

Living boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been retired since his last fight with Andre Berto in September of last year.

Russell Ess - May 16, 2016

https://youtu.be/7d_aVU1JOvg Belgian lightweight Marat Grigorian put up a highlight reel KO against Djimé on Friday at Glory 30.

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt (12-10-1 MMA) is currently riding a two-fight win streak, scoring stoppage wins over former champ Frank Mir and former title challenger Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in that time. Prior to the win streak, “The Super Samoan” had suffered back-to-back TKO losses to the two men who competed in Saturday night’s UFC 198 main event, Stipe Miocic and Fabricio Werdum.

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

Stipe Miocic earned the “baddest man on the planet” title last night at UFC 198, this after he knocked Fabricio Werdum out cold in the opening round to claim the UFC’s coveted heavyweight championship. Shortly after Miocic’s championship win, number one contender Alistair Overeem took to Twitter with the following messages for Stipe:

Chris Taylor - May 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/8kzXmRBqpQs Former UFC bantamweight fighter George Roop (15-13-1 MMA) suffered a gruesome leg injury during his fight against Yoon Jun Lee at ROAD FC on Saturday in South Korea.