MMA News

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

On Tuesday, news broke that former middleweight champion Chris Weidman was forced to pull out of his immediate title fight rematch with champion Luke Rockhold, which was scheduled for UFC 199. The UFC has been busy finding a replacement for Weidman. According to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, the frontrunner to replace Weidman is Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who is coming off a first round TKO win over Vitor Belfort this past weekend at UFC 198.

Chris Taylor - May 17, 2016

Chris Taylor - May 17, 2016

Derek Brunson (15-3 MMA) is the latest middleweight to offer his services for the vacant UFC 199 slot opposite current UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. The rising 185-pound contender is currently riding a four-fight win streak, which includes first-round knockout victories over Ed Herman, Sam Alvey and most recently Roan Carneiro.

Chris Taylor - May 17, 2016

Former Strikeforce title holder Gegard Mousasi (38-6-2 MMA) took to Twitter this evening to announce that he is ready to become the UFC’s new middleweight champion. His words: @danawhite @lorenzofertitta , I will be ready to be the new @ufc MW champion even with 2 weeks notice. Ready to take over the world!

Chris Taylor - May 17, 2016

UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was expected to defend his title for the first time in a rematch against former champ Chris Weidman in the headlining bout of UFC 199 on June 4 in Los Angeles. Unfortunately for fight fans, news broke earlier today that Weidman had suffered an injury and was forced to pull out of the highly anticipated rematch.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

News broke Tuesday afternoon that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had been forced out of his UFC 199 headlining fight with Luke Rockhold due to an injury. While there was no immediate word given on who would replace Weidman, many expected either Jacare Souza or Michael Bisping to step up on short notice to fight Rockhold on June 4th.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

News broke Tuesday afternoon that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had been forced out of his scheduled UFC 199 bout due to an undisclosed injury. After the news broke on Twitter, Jeremy Botter of FloCombat confirmed the story, which also revealed that there has been no official word yet on who would step in on short notice to fight Luke Rockhold for the middleweight championship on June 4th.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

The UFC announced on Tuesday that welterweight champion Robbie Lawler will defend his belt at UFC 201 in Atlanta. With reports coming out that the UFC was working on having Lawler defend his title against Tyron Woodley, the bout has finally been made official.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

Floyd Mayweather believes that he can make the fight with Conor McGregor happen while “The Notorious” has been throwing a lot of hints up about boxing lately in his social media posts.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

UFC Lightweight World Champion Rafael Dos Anjos!

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

Newly crowned UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic took home a championship for his hometown of Celeveland after knocking out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 over the weekend. With the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers looking to make their way to the NBA finals, Miocic sent a message to the Cavs following his championship win.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is no stranger in front of the camera. Tate, who has won the hearts of many fans got dolled up recently for an editorial photo shoot and looked amazing.

Russell Ess - May 17, 2016

Cris Cyborg made her UFC debut at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil over the weekend with a successful finish of Leslie Smith in the first round. Cyborg’s only UFC fight was at a 140 pound catchweight, which isn’t typical in the UFC. However, oddsmakers did release odds for Cyborg in fights against Ronda Rousey and current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

This past weekend Cris Cyborg made her successful UFC debut as she TKOd Leslie Smith in the first round of their UFC 198 scrap. Although the fight took place at 140 pounds, Cyborg has her eyes set on a fight with Ronda Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

https://youtu.be/4LZrvD2Khlk On June 4th, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their highly anticipated trilogy fight almost exactly 10 years after their rivalry started back in the days of Strikeforce.

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

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.