MMA News

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino is still looking for her fight with former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Fans have been calling for the superfight between the two for a long time, but the demand for the fight dwindled a bit when Rousey lost the belt to Holly Holm back in November.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

UFC veteran Matt Brown has been in the fighting game for a long time and has seen his share of MMA matchups. Brown has an interesting match of his own coming up against Demian Maia at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil on May 14. While Brown in concentrated on his fight with Maia, the veteran gave some time to talk about all the buzz on UFC 200 and Conor McGregor on the Great MMA Debate podcast recently.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

The result of Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson and Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris has been overturned to a no-contest, according to MMA Junkie. This comes as a result following Kimbo’s settlement with Texas’ athletic commission after testing positive for steroids in a post-fight drug test from their controversial fight at Bellator 149. Slice was fined $2,500 and had his Texas fight license revoked and waived his right to a hearing.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

Ukranian gold medal Olympic wrestler Vyacheslav Oliynyk made headlines recently, but not for any new accolades.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

Former boxing champion Amir Khan is currently gearing up for his fight with ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Saturday in Las Vegas. Ahead of that fight, the idea of a potential jump to MMA appears to be on Khan’s mind. The 29 year old English boxer currently owns a MMA promotion that puts on events in Dubai, and has even used MMA training to prepare for his fight with Alvarez.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

On Sunday May 8th, Andrei Arlovski will step into the Octagon against former teammate Alistair Overeem. While at first many wondered how things would play out with the two Jackson WinkelJohn teammates fighting each other, the pair have explained before that they were never friends, and only training together on a few occasions.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

UFC 199 is rapidly approaching on June 4th. The event is an absolutely stacked one, and will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman as they have their highly anticipated rematch. I In addition, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their trilogy fight in the co-main event for the bantamweight title. Of course, there are several other high-profile bouts including Max Holloway vs Ricardo Lamas, Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard, and BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/SYCM8ZQVo_o With less than 2 weeks to go until UFC 198, where Fabricio Werdum will look to defend his title against Stipe Miocic in the main event, take a look back at when Vitor Belfort KOd Michael Bisping.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/dBunsh-zWZQ At one point in time, Thiago Alves was regarded as one of the top welterweights in the UFC. With explosive knockout power to go along with elite level Muay Thai technique, Alves went on a 7-fight win streak that saw him finish 5 of those opponents. The win streak earned Alves a crack at Georges St-Pierre’s welterweight championship at UFC 100. Ultimately, Alves lost the fight via decision, which sparked a bit of a skid in which he went just 4-4 over the course of his next 8 fights, including his recent TKO loss to Carlos Condit.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

UFC 199 is rapidly approaching on June 4th. The event is an absolutely stacked one, and will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman as they have their highly anticipated rematch. I In addition, Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will have their trilogy fight in the co-main event for the bantamweight title. Of course, there are several other high-profile bouts including Max Holloway vs Ricardo Lamas, Dan Henderson vs. Hector Lombard, and BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver.

bjpenndotcom - May 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/IHCR_eVeE7A The concept of Virtual Reality is currently in the process of spreading throughout the world. While VR has gained mainstream attention through YouTube, and has even earned itself an entire South Park episode, the technology is just now becoming available to the general public.

Chris Taylor - May 3, 2016

UFC welterweight contender Patrick Cote (23-9 MMA) is busy preparing for his upcoming ‘UFC Fight Night 89’ showdown with Donald Cerrone which takes place next month in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. “The Predator” is currently riding a three-fight win streak and has won six of his past seven bouts overall.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

Even with being the biggest draw in the UFC, featherweight champion Conor McGregor still made some time to train with a young MMA prospect in Iceland. ⚜Training with Conor Mcgregor 🇨🇮🇮🇸@thenotoriousmma #mjölnirmma#mma #thechamp @mjolnirmma

Russell Ess - May 2, 2016

Horrific news broke on Sunday when it was revealed that Bellator MMA fighter Jordan Parsons was involved in a serious hit-and-run motorcycle accident in Delray, Florida. Parsons had to have his leg amputated due to a serious injury suffered in the accident and now Ariel Helwani reports that he is undergoing heart surgery after his heart was working at 20 percent.

Russell Ess - May 2, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor made a lot of noise on twitter Monday morning. “The Notorious” addressed fans on twitter and had some lofty claims regarding everything from pay-per-view numbers to his opponent Nate Diaz’s skills and how things will go in their now unscheduled rematch.

Russell Ess - May 2, 2016

Now that UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is no longer fighting Nate Diaz at UFC 200, every fan of “The Notorious” wants to know what will be next. McGregor’s teammate Gunnar Nelson revealed some information about “The Notorious” on Monday’s MMA Hour as his own fight with Albert Tumenov is approaching this weekend at UFC Fight Night 87.

Russell Ess - May 2, 2016

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao put up the richest fight in boxing sport’s history back in 2015. Mayweather and Pacquiao crushed the records with reports of 4.4 million pay-per-view buys and a $72,198,500 live gate from 16,219 tickets sold. Although the fight itself was not exciting to the majority of fans drawn to the bout, Mayweather and Pacquiao walked away with giant paydays.

Russell Ess - May 2, 2016

https://youtu.be/_KITGy4VX50 Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was seen back in training on the sands of Venice Beach recently.