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Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson (15-2-1 MMA) and Albert Tumenov (17-3 MMA) took place on the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Nelson leaps forward with punches. Tumenov with a leg kick. Gunnar with a nice left hook on the button. Tumenov with a body kick. Nice right hand counter from Albert. He follows up with a solid body shot. The fighters clinch and then break. Nelson with a good push kick to the body. He follows up with another solid kick and then a takedown. Nelson immediately moves to full mount. This is not good for Tumenov. Two minutes remain in the opening round. Nelson with a good short elbow from the top. Tumenov bucks his hips but is unable to shake Nelson. Good right elbow from Gunnar. One minute remaining in the round. Another nice elbow from Gunnar. Tumenov rolls and gets back to his feet. Good shot to the body from Albert. He leaps in with a left and then lands a side kick to the body of Nelson. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A women’s bantamweight bout between Germaine de Randamie (6-3 MMA) and Anna Elmose (3-1 MMA) took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Elmose immediately ducks under for a single-leg takedown attempt. She doesn’t get it but works some good knees from the clinch. De Randamie is searching for a kimura attempt. Anna is relentless in her search for this opening takedown. She drags de Randamie to the floor but Germaine pops right back up. Good knees from the clinch by both ladies. Nice uppercuts from Anna. Germaine with a big knee. The fighters break. Big shots from de Randamie. Anna desperately shoots in for a takedown. It’s not there. Nice left hand from Germaine. She follows up with a big right and then some knees. Anna with an uppercut. More knees from Germaine. de Randamie with a huge knee to the body that floors Elmose. This one is over.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A key lightweight tilt will take place in South Dakota on July 13, as UFC officials just announced that Michael Chiesa (14-2 MMA) will battle Tony Ferguson (20-3 MMA) in the event’s headliner. Chiesa is coming off an impressive submission victory over Beneil Dariush which he earned at April’s UFC on FOX 19 event. The victory marked “Maverick’s” third in a row, as he had previously submitted Jim Miller and earned a decision victory over Mitch Clarke.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A light heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov (20-4 MMA) and Francimar Barroso (18-5 MMA) took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and the pair of light heavyweights immediately begin trading leather. They clinch and Krylov lands some good knees. Barroso is searching for a takedown but Krylov is not having it. Nikita is searching for a single leg. It’s not there. He lands some shoulder strikes and then some knees on Barroso. They break and Barroso throws out some wild punches. Good uppercut from Barroso. He shoots in for a takedown and eventually gets it. Krylov fights his way back up but eats another uppercut for his troubles. Nikita would land a nice combo finished by a head kick to end round one.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

Josh Emmett remained undefeated by picking up a decision victory over Jon Tuck at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Emmett had a strong opening two rounds as he was able to ‘slip and rip’ shots on his lightweight opponent.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A lightweight bout between Rustam Khabilov (20-3 MMA) and Chris Wade (11-2 MMA) took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Wade opens with a leg kick. He follows up with a push kick to the thigh. Khabilov replies with a kick of his own. The Russian misses with an overhand right. Good leg kick from Wade. Khabilov with a takedown attempt but Wade fights him off. Chris is pumping the jab. He lands a couple of good kicks. Rustam replies with a leg kick. Wade lands a push kick to the thigh. Khabilov misses with a spinning high kick. Good counter punch from Wade. Khabilov shoots in and scores a takedown. He has the back of Wade. Good shots from the back by Khabilov. He lands a solid hammer fist. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A middleweight bout between Magnus Cedenblad (14-4 MMA) and Garreth McLellan (13-4 MMA) took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins McLellan lands a couple of kicks to get things started. Magnus replies with a kick to the body of his own. McLellan just misses with a high kick. Magnus with a nice right hand and then a kick to the body. McLellan replies with a leg kick. Good right hand counter for Magnus drops McLellan. He quickly pops back to his feet however and eats a body shot. McLellan throws a kick to the body but eats a jab. Magnus with a good right hand counter shot. McLellan with a body kick. Magnus replies with a front kick to the body. Big right hand lands for Magnus. McLellan with a jab. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A lightweight bout between Jon Tuck (9-3 MMA) and Josh Emmett (10-0 MMA) took place at today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Emmett starts things off with a high kick. Tuck with a good combo. Josh charges forward with punches. He lands a good counter shot and then a leg kick on Tuck. Big overhand right scores for Josh. Emmett goes for a high kick but misses. Tuck lands a good left. Josh replies with a good right jab. Emmett with another big overhand right. He follows that up with a high kick. Another good right hand from Josh scores. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A flyweight tilt between former title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (17-2 MMA) and veteran Neil Seery (16-12 MMA) served as the featured bout of today’s UFC Fight Pass prelims in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Horiguchi throws a body kick and then a big right hand that lands on Seery. Huge left hand scores for Horiguchi and drops Seery. Kyoji lands a good shot to the body and then another from top position. Neil lands a sweep and gets back to his feet. Horiguchi comes forward and lands another takedown on Seery. Neil gets back to his feet. Big right hands land for both fighters. Horiguchi with a good jab and then another big shot that drops Seery. Neil gets back up and throws a one-two combo. Good left hand from Horiguchi. Kyoji lands a takedown. He scores a big right hand from the top. He moves to side control position after Neil scrambled but failed to get up. Knees to the body from Horiguchi. Seery gets back to his feet but eats some shots for his efforts. Nice kick from Kyoji. Round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A welterweight fight between Leon Edwards and Dominic Waters served as the second bout of today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Waters opens with a front kick that misses. Waters shoots in and scores a takedown. He quickly moves to half guard but Leon scrambles and jumps up to his feet. Edwards shoots in and scores a takedown of his own. Waters is looking for a submission but Leon breaks free and allows Dominic to stand up. Big kick lands for Edwards. Waters shoots in for a takedown but it is stuffed. Good hammer fist lands for Leon. Edwards moves to the full mount position. He begins working on a submission but eventually opts to let it go. Big elbow from the top by Edwards as round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

A flyweight tilt between Ulka Sasaki (19-3-2 MMA) and Willie Gates (12-7 MMA) kicked off today’s UFC Fight Night 87 event in Rotterdam. Sasaki was able to catch Gates in a rear-naked choke late in round two to earn his first career octagon victory.

Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

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Chris Taylor - May 8, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been rumored to be in negotiations for a potential boxing match with all-time great Floyd Mayweather. Those rumors were initially shot down by UFC president Dana White. However, Floyd Mayweather Sr confirmed in a recent interview that Conor and his son have been in discussions about a potential end of the year boxing match.

bjpenndotcom - May 7, 2016

Earlier this month tragic news surfaced that Bellator MMA fighter Jordan Parsons had been struck by a vehicle and was forced to have part of his leg amputated. An update was released that Parson’s had to undergo heart surgery, as the condition turned from bad to worse. Ultimately, Parsons passed away as a result of the hit and run incident.

bjpenndotcom - May 7, 2016

SBG Ireland has earned the reputation as one of Ireland’s premiere MMA gyms, with John Kavanagh earning the reputation as one of the best coaches in all of MMA. Coach Kavanagh likely receives hundreds of emails regarding training at SBG Ireland given the number of high profile fighters who train at his gym. We have a feeling that this has to be one of the strangest ones he’s ever seen.

bjpenndotcom - May 7, 2016

https://youtu.be/lkPVtdY0RuI With less than two weeks to go until UFC 198, where Anderson Silva will fight Uriah Hall, Silva has taken it upon himself to mock his opponent.

bjpenndotcom - May 7, 2016

UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy is a certified badass. In addition to being one of the UFC’s top ranked middleweights, Kennedy is a is U.S. Army Special Forces member who has received the Army’s Bronze Star Medal with ‘V device’ for his valor shown while under enemy fire. Kennedy, who has yet to return to the Octagon since his controversial TKO loss to Yoel Romero, has also been targeted personally by ISIS. Despite that, Kennedy hasn’t backed down from speaking out about the terrorist group.

bjpenndotcom - May 7, 2016

Throughout the history of MMA, several fighters have worn MMA shorts that have become iconic such as Mirko Cro Cop, Chuck Liddell, and our namesake BJ Penn to name just a few. With the UFC’s new apparel deal with Reebok, fighters now all wear uniforms, which takes away a fighters ability to be an individual according to Rizin FF CEO, and former PRIDE FC CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara.