MMA News

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

Randy Couture may be an MMA legend, and a UFC Hall of Famer, however ‘The Natural’ has been left out of the festivities for what is arguably the biggest card in UFC history on July 9th at UFC 200. Despite a storied career with the UFC that saw him become the first person to hold a UFC championship in 2 weight classes, Couture has had quite a few public disputes with the UFC, mainly regarding the issue of fighter pay.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/ngrkg11CgBk While the odds of Conor McGregor & Floyd Mayweather potentially boxing each other are slim to none, that hasn’t stopped the combat sports community from heavily debating the bout.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

While initially the potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather & Conor McGregor was reported as being close to finalized, since then several reports have emerged that indicate the matchup likely won’t happen. While UFC President Dana White has said that if Mayweather wants to box McGregor, he should call him, he also believes that the fight is nearly impossible to make.

bjpenndotcom - May 13, 2016

While Floyd Mayweather is currently retired from boxing, and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was recently pulled from his UFC 200 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz, the two men have managed to keep their names in the headlines despite UFC 198 coming up on Saturday. There have been conflicting reports for some time now regarding a potential boxing match between the two, despite the fact that McGregor is an MMA fighter. While many didn’t believe that the match would ever be treated as a possibility, UFC President Dana White stated that Mayweather should call him if he wants to fight Conor McGregor.

Russell Ess - May 13, 2016

“Nobody wants to get on the bad side of the UFC,” said Leslie Smith regarding fighter pay and an MMA fighter’s association while talking with the MMA Fighting in Curitiba, Brazil ahead of UFC 198.

Russell Ess - May 13, 2016

Snorri Björns, an excited photographer in Iceland got the opportunity to shoot superstars, Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson while they were training at the Mjölnir MMA gym in Iceland the other week. However, just before walking into the gym, Björns was intimidated more than ever after finding out McGregor was “retiring” after not wanting to deal with the media.

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/GyCrK_0YEzg Recently, news emerged that the UFC was close to finalizing an agreement to sell the promotion to a bidder who was reported to pay nearly $4 billion.

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

https://youtu.be/5C2kYGqMep8 There have been conflicting reports regarding a potential boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. While initial reports were that a fight was close to being finalized, reports then emerged that the fight was entirely fake.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

As UFC 198 is set to take place this weekend in Curitiba, Brazil, fighters from the card went face-to-face for the media on Thursday.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is known for his accuracy and knockout power.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

People will constantly argue and have their opinions on who the greatest and best fighters of all time are.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

The allure of a fight between two of combat sport’s biggest stars is something that will constantly bounce through fan’s minds. While Dana White has acknowledged that if Floyd Mayweather Jr. in fact wants to come out of retirement to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in some sort of fight, he can give White a call to discuss.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

It might be hard to watch any of Danny Mainus’ commentated fights without cracking up a few times.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2016

American Top Team’s Cole Miller is now officially set to face BJ Penn in a featherweight bout on June 4 in the UFC 199 event at The Forum in California. Miller stepped in with just over three weeks notice for the fight after Penn’s original opponent Dennis Siver pulled out after suffering an injury in training.

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

May13.2000 21 year old @Rampage4real earns the 1st stoppage victory of his career,

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

Back in March, Mark Hunt picked up yet another walk-off KO as he defeated Frank Mir in the first round of their ‘UFC FN: Sydney’ main event scrap. After the bout, news surfaced that Mir had failed a drug test that was taken after his loss to Hunt. Mir adamantly denied that he took any performance enhancing drugs, and revealed that if he were to be suspended for 2 years he would retire from MMA.

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

Since former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw left Team Alpha Male to train with Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig at Ludwig Martial Arts, and at Elevation Fight Team, there has certainly been no love lost between he and former mentor Urijah Faber. While promoting his upcoming UFC 199 trilogy fight with Dominick Cruz, Faber event went as far as to say that Dillashaw looks like a “prepubescent little teenager” because “USADA came in”, implying that Dillashaw’s physique changed due to an increase in random out-of-competition drug testing.

bjpenndotcom - May 12, 2016

During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate told quite the interesting story about an encounter between Ronda Rousey and Paige VanZant.