MMA News

bjpenndotcom - April 27, 2016

Recently news broke that Fedor Emelianenko would be making his return to MMA once again on June 17th under the Fight Nights Global banner in Russia to fight Fabio Maldonado. Surprisingly, the promotion has now offered Conor McGregor $2 million to fight at the event as well. This comes after McGregor was pulled from UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event.

bjpenndotcom - April 27, 2016

Early Wednesday morning, UFC President Dana White announced that Jon Jnes vs. Daniel Cormier II would headline UFC 200 on July 9th. The bout is undoubtably a highly anticipated one, and fills the role that was left after Conor McGregor was pulled from UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill his media obligations.

bjpenndotcom - April 27, 2016

https://youtu.be/jIkgXgs2MTI Early Wednesday morning, UFC President Dana White joined Good Morning America to announce that Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier II would headline UFC 200 on July 9th.

bjpenndotcom - April 27, 2016

This past weekend UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones made his return to the Octagon against Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of UFC 197. Jones defeated OSP via unanimous decision to claim the interim light heavyweight championship. While Jones did win the fight, he wasn’t thrilled with his performance, and neither was Daniel Cormier. Jones chalked his hesitance up to a late change of opponents, throwing off his gameplan.

Chris Taylor - April 27, 2016

July’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas has a new main event! Current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will rematch interim UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the headlining bout of this summer’s blockbuster event.

Russell Ess - April 27, 2016

UFC heavyweight Travis Browne spoke with the media for the first time about the domestic violence allegations thrown against him last year by his ex-wife Jenna Webb.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

Once a week we take some time to show some appreciation to UFC Octagon girls for ‘Woman Crush Wednesday’. This week famed Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste was chosen to be our woman crush after the 5 time ‘Ring Girl of the Year’ posted the below photso to Instagram on Tuesday evening.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

While Rory MacDonald is currently slated to fight Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in the main event of UFC Fight Night 89 in June, the top ranked welterweight has expressed his desire to test the free agency after the fight given that his contract is expired. Unsurprisingly, Bellator MMA, who have scooped up quite a few UFC veterans, including former UFC champion Benson Henderson, will be looking to sign MacDonald.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

With just over two weeks until UFC 198, the anticipation for one of the most stacked events of the year is continuing to grow! The event, which goes down in Curitiba Brazil features quite a few Brazilian MMA legends including Shogun Rua, Anderson Silva, Fabricio Werdum, and more!

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

It’s not every day that an actor takes their talents from the big screen to the cage, however that’s exactly what ‘Harry Potter’ actor Josh Herdman plans to do. Herdman, who played Gregory Goyle in all 8 of the Harry Potter movies had his first MMA fight recently, which he won. Herdman, who is 28 years old, now looks to build on the win and pursue an MMA career while also continuing his acting career.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

This past Saturday at UFC 197, Jon Jones made his return to the Octagon against Ovince Saint Preux. Jones defeated Saint Preux via unanimous decision to claim the interim light heavyweight championship. With Jones’ win many were expecting the UFC to book Jones vs. DC II at UFC 200 to replace McGregor vs Diaz II, however Jones may be sidelined for quite some time.

Russell Ess - April 26, 2016

The rivalry between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier heated up at UFC 197, even with Cormier out of the fight against Jones due to an injury. Cormier sat ringside doing color commentary alongside Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg for the main event UFC interim light heavyweight title fight between Jones and Ovince Saint Preux. With Jones’ unanimous decision win over Saint Preux, Jones and Cormier will get to settle their differences in the Octagon next for the undisputed title.

Russell Ess - April 26, 2016

Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has not fought since November 2013. With much speculation that “GSP” will return to the Octagon in 2016, it only seems fitting that he would be in shape. “Rush” posted a photo after a training session with Olivier Aubin-Mercier and is looking in great shape, but not very big next to his lightweight teammate.

Russell Ess - April 26, 2016

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone is a highly active fighter in the UFC because he enjoys fighting and enjoys the paydays that come with it. “Cowboy” spoke with the media over the weekend and gave his thoughts on the whole Conor McGregor and UFC 200 situation.

Russell Ess - April 26, 2016

Do you ever think Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier could collaborate on anything together? Well they have a hilarious new single out but still never stepped anywhere near each other to bring the music alive.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/tR6R2rhWwBI UFC 200 currently doesn’t have a main event scrap after Conor McGregor was pulled from the card for refusing to fulfill his media obligations for the event.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

At UFC 193, Ronda Rousey was handed the first loss of her professional MMA career at the hands of Holly Holm in the form of a 2nd round head kick KO. Some time after the loss, Rousey explained that she briefly felt suicidal while backstage after the loss.

bjpenndotcom - April 26, 2016

MMA Ref Herb Dean stops the fight, but this time with his fists.