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Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A key welterweight scrap between top contenders Demian Maia (23-6 MMA) and Matt Brown (20-14 MMA) headlined the UFC 198 prelims in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Maia presses forward and tries a takedown. Brown stuffs it. Maia shoots in again and this time lands a double leg takedown. Brown pushes himself up against the fence and tries to stand up. Demian takes his back. Brown is on his feet but Maia is on his back. Demian locks his hooks in. This is not good for Matt. Brown falls to the floor and Maia stays on his back and locks in a body triangle. He begins landing some shots on Brown. Two minutes remain. Maia is trying to lock-up a rear-naked choke. He gives it up and starts landing some shots. Brown is defending well. Maia still has the body triangle locked in. Matt scrambles and winds up in top position. Twenty seconds remain. Brown is in full guard and round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A middleweight tilt between Thiago Santos (13-3 MMA) and Nate Marquardt (34-16-2 MMA) took place on tonight’s UFC 198 prelims in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Santos starts off with some nice kicks. Thiago with a nice left kick to the body of Nate. Marquardt with a nice inside leg kick. Both fighters land kicks. Marquardt with another big leg kick. Santos with a big left kick but Nate blocks it. Huge left hand drops Marquardt. Santos jumps in to Nate’s guard. Marquardt scrambles to his feet. Huge left hand from Santos. Marquardt is hurt. More punches from Santos and Nate is down. It is all over.

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A lightweight bout between Francisco Trinaldo (20-4 MMA) and Yancy Medeiros (12-4 MMA) took place on tonight’s UFC 198 prelims in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Yancy starts things off with a kick to the body. Trinaldo shoots in and gets a body lock on Medeiros. He presses the Hawaiian against the fence and begins working for a takedown. Yancy turns Francisco around and lands a knee to the body. Trinaldo replies with a nice knee of his own. The fighters finally break from the clinch position. Medeiros with a nice left hand. Yancy responds with a stiff jab. Trinaldo with a nice combination. He lands a left hand over the top. Trinaldo is throwing bombs. Medeiros is hurt. He throws a spinning back kick. Another massive shot lands for Trinaldo. Francisco is throwing all he has but Yancy won’t go down. Medeiros is saved by the bell and Trinaldo looks exhausted.

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A bantamweight bout between John Lineker (27-7 MMA) and Rob Font (12-2 MMA) kicked off the televised portion of tonight’s UFC 198 prelims in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Font opens up with a front kick to the body of Lineker. Rob with a high kick that misses. Good counter right to the body by John. Lineker lands a solid leg kick. Good jabs from Font. He lands an uppercut. Lineker is having trouble closing the distance. He charges forward with punches but nothing lands. Font with a jab but Lineker is able to counter with a left hand. Good leg kick scores for Font. Good combination from John. He goes to the body of Font. Rob retreats and pumps his jab. Lineker is stalking him. He charges forward. Lineker with a leg kick that drops Font. Rob pops right back to his feet and lands a jab. Lineker comes forward and lands some big shots to the body and head of Font. Lineker shoots in and lands a takedown. He’s working from half guard and landing some nice shots. Font fights his way back to his feet. Lineker charges forward and lands some big shots to the body. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A welterweight tilt between Sergio Moraes (10-2-1 MMA) and Luan Chagas (14-1-1 MMA) served as the second bout of tonight’s UFC 198 fight card in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Chagas charges forward with a flurry of punches. He follows up with a body kick on Moraes. Sergio throws a wild right hand that misses. Chagas with a heavy leg kick that lands flush. He narrowly misses with a spinning back kick. Chagas with a quick jab and then a nice kick to the body. Another good leg kick by Chagas. Sergio Moraes replies with a leg kick of his own. Moraes lands a nice uppercut. Chagas continues to press forward. He lands a big inside leg kick on Sergio. Moraes misses with a wild right hand but lands a good follow up leg kick. Huge head kick lands for Chagas that drops Sergio. Chagas tells him to get back up. Moraes returns to his feet and seems to be ok. Straight left hand drops Moraes again. Chagas tells him to stand back up. Chagas finishes the opening round by landing a nice right hand.

Chris Taylor - May 14, 2016

A featherweight bout between Renato Moicano (10-0-1 MMA) and Zubaira Tukhugov (18-4 MMA) kicked off tonight’s UFC 198 card in Curitiba, Brazil. Round one begins and Renato throws a body kick that misses. Tukhugov is switching stances and comes in with a right. Good low kicks from Renato. Tukhugov charges forward with a left hand. The Brazilian lands a nice counter right hand. Tukhugov misses with a high kick but connects with a follow up side kick. Renato with a quick jab. He lands a nice leg kick but Tukhugov shoots in and lands a takedown. Moicano is utilizing the rubber guard technique from his back. He is trying to setup a triangle choke but Tukhugov pulls out and stands back up. Tukhugov tries to leap in to half guard but after a scramble Renato is on his back. Tukhugov is able to roll out of the position as round one comes to and end.

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

Unable to catch the UFC 198 action tonight? Catch all the UFC 198 live results below! In addition, stay tuned for all of the recaps of the fights. The fight card is as follows:

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

Tonight, UFC 198 goes down in Curitiba, Brazil. Ahead of the highly anticipated night of fights featuring some of the best Brazilian MMA legends, we want to know who you think is going to emerge victorious in the 5 main card fights. Vote below!

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is never one to shy away from speaking his mind when it comes to his opinion on his fellow fighters.

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

While Cris Cyborg hasn’t made her UFC debut just yet, the Invicta FC champion has her eyes set on a major fight after her UFC 198 scrap with Leslie Smith tonight. The fight is a catchweight bout at 140 pounds, however Cyborg could very well go back up to featherweight after the bout despite the UFC not having a women’s featherweight division.

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

While Conor McGregor has been sidelined ahead of UFC 200, where he was originally slated to fight Nate Diaz in a highly anticipated rematch, that hasn’t prevented McGregor from keeping his name in the headlines. Although highly unlikely, a potential boxing match between McGregor and famed prizefighter Floyd Mayweather has been rumored for several weeks now, with Mayweather even going as far as to predict that the fight will “absolutely” happen. While Mayweather has praised McGregor’s striking skills, the fight would undoubtably be the toughest test of McGregor’s combat sports career.

bjpenndotcom - May 14, 2016

Back in 2010, Demian Maia competed against Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight championship in just his 14th professional MMA fight. The fight went the full 5 rounds, and drew quite a bit of criticism for Silva, who taunted Maia throughout the entire fight while appearing to never look to ‘pull the trigger’ and knock his opponent out. Despite that, Silva dominated the fight, earning himself a unanimous decision win. Now, 6 years later, Maia is gearing up for his UFC 198 fight against Matt Brown tonight. Ahead of that fight, he spoke on The MMA Hour to discuss how his fight against Silva changed his career.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

Conor McGregor once made a comment that if this was the medieval times, he would ride into the favelas of Brazil on horseback, and kill everyone who was unfit to work. After Aldo was KOd stiff in just 13 seconds at UFC 194, where he lost his featherweight championship, he stated that he would fight McGregor anytime and anywhere, even if it wasn’t for the belt.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

Floyd Mayweather has compiled an astounding 49-0 record over the course of his boxing career, and while ‘Money’ is currently retired, it appears as though he would be willing to come out of retirement for a boxing match with none other than UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

Tonight, UFC 198 goes down in Curitiba, Brazil. The event will be the first time Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg fights inside the Octagon, as she faces Leslie Smith. Going into the fight, Cyborg is a massive favorite to defeat Smith, who has a 8-6-1 record as a professional. While the odds seem extremely one sided in favor of Cyborg despite it being her promotional debut, this stat breakdown sheds some light on why Cyborg is such a heavy favorite.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

During a recent interview, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was referred to as “Jon”, his nemesis, and the man he will face for the undisputed light heavyweight championship at UFC 200 on July 9th.

Russell Ess - May 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/jZ8wUA7VdKA?t=21m47s UFC veteran Matt Brown is set to take on Brazil’s Demian Maia in Curitiba, Brazil this weekend at UFC 198.

Russell Ess - May 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/jZ8wUA7VdKA?t=24m9s Cris Cyborg is set to make her UFC debut at UFC 198 this weekend versus Leslie Smith in a 140 pound catchweight bout.