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bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

On July 9th at UFC 200, fight fans will finally see the long awaited rematch between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier for the UFC light heavyweight championship. This time however, Jones, who currently holds the UFC interim light heavyweight championship, will be coming into the fight as the challenger, while Cormier comes into the fight as the champion. Despite that, Jones has still opened as the favorite in betting lines ahead of the fight.

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

Earlier this week, We posted a video of Antonio Inoki slapping Lyoto Machida

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/51ZxRcnD6Wc Its been over a year since Cat Zingano was in the Octagon. In her last Octagon appearance, Zingano infamously lost to Ronda Rousey via 1st round submission in just 14 seconds.

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

While Conor McGregor may have started the ‘Irish Invasion’ of MMA, the rest of the SBG Ireland team has also gained widespread popularity in the world of MMA. Former UFC flyweight Paddy Holohan posted the following photo on Instagram of himself, UFC women’s strawweight Aisling Daly, and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, alongside coach John Kavanagh. The photo, which you can see below, was captioned:

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/a85zNZDAu70 Luke Rockhold is currently gearing up for his rematch with Chris Weidman for the UFC middleweight championship. Rockhold won the belt from Weidman in the co-main event of UFC 194 back in December of 2015 after dominating ‘The All American’ the entire fight en route to a 4th round TKO win.

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

https://youtu.be/RF9kSSlrYmE Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis has earned the reputation as one of the most powerful heavyweights on the UFC roster. With all 6 of his UFC wins coming by way of KO/TKO, including all of the wins in his recent 3 fight win streak.

Russell Ess - May 4, 2016

Another Wednesday rolls by and another #WCW comes to help you get through the rest of the work week and UFC Octagon Girl Brittney Palmer is a big fan favorite for obvious reasons. Palmer posted a photo of her poolside back when she and Arianny Celeste had some time to hang out in Bali, Indonesia. Palmer said in the caption of her post, “When you’re wishing you’re back in Bali… Photo cred @ariannyceleste”

Chris Taylor - May 3, 2016

Former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz has been busy training “ninja shit” with his younger brother Nate and mixed martial arts legend Jean-Claude Van Damme. Diaz, who is eligible to return to the UFC octagon this August, took to Instagram to show off one of his new kicks.

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

While UFC President Dana White may maintain that there is no dispute between Conor McGregor and the UFC, the tension between the two is undeniable. After refusing to fulfill his media obligations for arguably the biggest event in UFC history, McGregor was pulled from his UFC 200 rematch with Nate Diaz on July 9th. McGregor was training in Iceland and helping Gunnar Nelson prepare for his upcoming fight against Albert Tumenov on May 8th when he was pulled from the card.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

https://youtu.be/xRow_lhtU2g UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is currently the biggest draw in the UFC and is now without a scheduled fight.

Russell Ess - May 3, 2016

Two brothers are set to fight against each other in the cage at WSOF 32. To make this fight even more intriguing, one of the brothers is a masked self-made crime-fighter based in Seattle.

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

https://youtu.be/4kMsb0xMz9A Top ranked UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant has been competing on ABC’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ alongside partner Mark Ballas.

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.