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bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

Earlier today UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor shocked everyone as he announced his retirement via Twitter with less than 3 months to go until his UFC 200 main event scrap with Nate Diaz. While many believed that McGregor was pulling a prank, or trolling his fans, that doesn’t appear to be the case according to Ariel Helwani.

Russell Ess - April 19, 2016

UFC 200 could be taking a wild turn and surely UFC President Dana White is getting more people reaching out to him more than ever right now. On Tuesday, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor announced on Twitter that he has “decided to retire young.”

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

The Jones-DC war outside the Octagon continued this week as Jon Jones questioned the legitimacy of the injury which forced Daniel Cormier out of their UFC 197 rematch on April 23rd. That didn’t sit too well with DC, who went on a Twitter rant to question Jones, starting with his decision to fight Glover Teixeira rather than give Alexander Gustafsson a rematch.

Russell Ess - April 19, 2016

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has become one of the biggest stars in MMA in just a matter of years. “The Notorious” has set numerous records and has seemingly opened the eyes of the entire country of Ireland to the sport of MMA.

Russell Ess - April 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/exJtXdFM-y0 How much of a die-hard fan are you of “The Notorious?” Would you go as far as to tattoo Conor McGregor’s signature on your body?

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

News broke late Saturday evening that UFC featherweight Diego Brandao had been arrested on April 14th after an incident outside of a strip club that saw Brandao point a gun at several people, and even pistol whip an employee of the club. New details emerged today after MMAJunkie obtained a police report from the Albuquerque Police Department.

Russell Ess - April 19, 2016

Muay Thai Legend Sam-A Gaiyanghadao 50 Roundhouse Kicks

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

On May 14th the UFC will head to Curitiba Brazil for UFC 198. The card will feature some of the biggest names in Brazilian MMA, and will also serve as the UFC debut for Cris Cyborg.

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/CT4mRs-0RRY With less than a week until Bellator 153, where Michael ‘Venom’ Page will face Jeremie Holloway, the “Hands down” fighter has teamed up with movement coach Ido Portal for some training.

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

The UFC has once again cut several fighters from their active roster. While the UFC has yet to officially announce any of the releases, the account which broke the news is a very reputable one, which uses a program which detects when fighters are deleted from the UFC’s active roster on UFC.com. [Deleted] Emily Peters Kagan (Women's Straw)https://t.co/nZfB0IsOE2

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/xqlCce2yhYw Last month, Jon Jones was pulled over and given 5 tickets by a police officer who accused the pound for pound kingpin of drag racing, in addition to numerous other things.

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

This past Saturday, UFC on FOX 19 hit Tampa. The main card on ‘big FOX’ saw Cub Swanson dominate Hacran Dias, Khabib Nurmagomedov make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon as he defeated Darrell Horcher, Rose Namajunas defeat Tecia Torres, and Glover Teixeira KO Rashad Evans. Below is the full payroll, courtesy of BloodyElbow:

bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016

On Saturday, Jon Jones will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon after over a year away from the sport due to legal troubles. Jones will face Ovince Saint Preux in an interim light heavyweight title fight that will see the winner eventually face Daniel Cormier for the undisputed light heavyweight championship. Before Jones was reinstated by the UFC, he was bulking up and putting on extreme amounts of muscle. While this was undoubtably impressive, many wondered how this would affect Jones’ cardio when he returned to the Octagon.

Chris Taylor - April 19, 2016

UFC 197 takes place this Saturday night live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view fight card includes two championship fights.

Russell Ess - April 19, 2016

As the countdown begins to UFC 197 taking place on April 23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada, the UFC brings you closer to the fighters highlighted on the card. Catch a glimpse of their lives outside of the Octagon in the UFC embedded series.

Russell Ess - April 18, 2016

Urijah Faber is holding no punches back as he is set to challenge UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 199. The two will meet for the third time in their careers, with Faber winning their first meeting in the WEC and Cruz taking their second match in the UFC. With their long history, Faber says that he has noticed physical change in Cruz’s body and alludes that the new strict testing done by USADA will be a great advantage for himself.

Russell Ess - April 18, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans swallowed a tough pill on Saturday after being knocked out by the heavy hands of Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC on FOX 19. Despite only having two consecutive losses in his past two fights in the Octagon, the brutal knockout was the first time “Suga” was stopped since being knocked out by Lyoto Machida in their title fight back in 2009.

Chris Taylor - April 18, 2016

Top UFC lightweight contender Eddie Alvarez was a guest on today’s edition of The MMA Hour where he discussed his upcoming title fight with current division champion Rafael dos Anjos. Alvarez stated that while “RDA” is a solid all-around fighter, nothing is going to keep him from winning the belt on July 7 in Las Vegas. His words: “He’s good man. I have nothing bad to say about Rafael dos Anjos. He is a good fighter all around. He’s done a great job. But what happens on July 7 has zero to do with Rafael dos Anjos and everything to do with me. And umm, my journey to get here and my journey to win the title. So it’s not about him and what he can do or what he has done. I’m not concerned with any of that. I’m going to win the world title. If you give me the opportunity of a life time I’m going to take advantage of it and I’m going to execute.”