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Chris Taylor - April 16, 2016

A welterweight bout between Court McGee (17-5 MMA) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (22-3 MMA) took place on the UFC on FOX 19 prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Court lands two good right hands and follows up with a left body kick. Big leg kick scores for Ponzinibbio. McGee falls down but gets right back up and lands a jab. They clinch and then break. Ponzinibbio lands a big right hand and then a jab. Court responds with a right hand. Ponzinibbio with another good right and then another. Big leg kicks from Ponzinibbio. Court fires back with a jab. Stiff jab scores for Santiago. Good right hand by Court. The fighters trade jabs. Ponzinibbio with a good left hook. Court with a body kick and then a right hand. Big right lands for Ponzinibbio and drops Court. Mcgee gets back up but Santiago is on him with big shots. Huge shots from Ponzinibbio and it is all over.

Chris Taylor - April 16, 2016

A welterweight bout between Randy Brown (7-1 MMA) and Michael Graves (6-0 MMA) kicked off the televised portion of the UFC on FOX 19 prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Michael Graves shoots in for a takedown. The fighters clinch against the fence. Brown scores a trip but Graves shoots back up to his feet. They clinch against the fence again. Graves shoots in for a double leg. Brown defends the takedown well. More clinch work from the fighters and the referee decides to force the break. Good strike lands for Brown. Graves rushes in and scored the takedown. Michael begins working from half guard. Randy adjusts and moves to full guard. Good upkick scores for Brown from the bottom. Graves with a good right hand. Brown is searching for a triangle and then an armbar but neither submission is there for the taking. Brown is defending well but Graves is on top. Triangle choke attempt from Brown falls short on time as round one comes to an end.

Chris Taylor - April 16, 2016

A bantamweight bout between former flyweight title challenger John Dodson (19-7 MMA) and veteran Manny Gamburyan (15-9 MMA) served as the main attraction of the UFC on FOX 19 Fight Pass prelims in Tampa. Round one begins and Dodson lands a left hand to start. Manny responds with a leg kick. John lands a front kick to the body. Big left hand from Dodson. Manny is hurt. More shots big from Dodson. It is all over!

Chris Taylor - April 16, 2016

A middleweight bout between Oluwale Bamgbose (6-2 MMA) and Cezar Ferreira (9-5 MMA) served as the second fight of tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa Bay, Florida. Round one begins and Bamgbose opens with a leg kick. Ferreira responds with a huge leg kick of his own. Big punches and a kick from Bamgbose. Another big punch from Oluwale drops Ferreira. Bamgbose follows him to the ground and lands a couple of shots but Cezar gets back to his feet. Good takedown from Ferreira who begins unleashing some brutal ground and pound. Bamgbose scrambles and gets back to his feet. Ferreira slips and ends up on his back. Bamgbose decides not to follow him to the ground. Round one comes to an end.

bjpenndotcom - April 16, 2016

Unable to catch tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 action on Fox? BJPenn.com has you covered! Stay glued to this page for live results updates, and stay tuned to BJPenn.com for fight recaps! Main card (Fox) Glover Teixeira vs. Rashad Evans – Teixeira defeats Evans via KO at 1:48 of round one Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres – Namajunas defeats Torres via decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Darrell Horcher – Nurmagomedov defeats Horcher via TKO at 3:38 of round 2 Cub Swanson vs. Hacran Dias – Swanson defeats Dias via decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

bjpenndotcom - April 16, 2016

On July 7th on UFC Fight Pass, Rafael dos Anjos will fight Eddie Alvarez in a lightweight title fight. The fight will be dos Anjos’ first back in the Octagon after he was forced to withdraw from his UFC 196 title defense against Conor McGregor back in March. While dos Anjos believes that Alvarez will try to out-wrestle him, he also believes that his elite level Jiu-Jitsu will be the X-factor.

bjpenndotcom - April 16, 2016

In a stacked welterweight division there has been much speculation as to who will get the next welterweight title shot. While some wanted to see Lawler vs. Condit II, others believe that Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson deserves a welterweight title shot after becoming the first man to stop Johny Hendricks. During his filming for the upcoming episode of “Lookin’ For A Fight” UFC President Dana White spoke to Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello on AXS TV to reveal that Robbie Lawler will most likely be defending his title at UFC 201 in August, or UFC 202 in September against Tyron Woodley.

bjpenndotcom - April 16, 2016

After Rafael dos Anjos’ trainer posted a video of the lightweight champ training following a broken foot, there was much speculation as to when RDA would return to the Octagon. The UFC wasted no time announcing dos Anjos vs. Alvarez for a July 7th event on UFC Fight Pass.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

News broke Friday afternoon that UFC on FOX 19 fighter Islam Makhachev had been pulled from his UFC on FOX 19 fight with Drew Dober after it was discovered that he had Meldonium in his system. The UFC issued a statement regarding the situation, which also revealed that Meldonium was only placed on the WADA banned substance list as of January 1st.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

Earlier this week news broke that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had officially signed the bill legalizing MMA in New York. The UFC promptly announced its inaugural event in New York at the Madison Square Garden on November 12th, which was later revealed to be UFC 205.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

Friday afternoon news broke that Islam Makhachev had been pulled from his UFC on FOX 19 scrap with Drew Dober on Saturday in Tampa after it was discovered that he had used a banned substance. The UFC promptly released a statement on the situation via UFC.com which read:

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

Saturday night in Tampa, fight fans will tune in to Fox for UFC on FOX 19, which will be headlined by a light heavyweight showdown between Glover Teixeira and former champion Rashad Evans.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones holds the title as the youngest fighter to become a UFC champion.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

Star UFC veteran Nate Diaz and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor are set to fight in an immediate rematch at UFC 200. Some fans could not wait.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

It didn’t take long for the UFC to sell out the UFC Fight Night 89 event, which is the UFC’s debut in Ottawa, Canada. Over 10,000 tickets were sold. According to the UFC, the event “will be the largest arena show in TD Place history. It also marks the fastest sellout at The Arena at TD Place.” The event is headlined by Canadian local Rory MacDonald (18-3) taking on fellow top welterweight contender Stephen Thompson (12-1). The winner of the bout could determine the next fighter in line to have a shot at the welterweight title.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum is set to defend his title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil on May 14. With recently being tested by USADA, the heavyweight champion displayed his sense of humor posting a funny photo of his face on an edited photo.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

https://youtu.be/EalADPMrPJQ Friday morning, Ben Askren and Nikolay Aleksakhin went to war at ‘ONE Championship: Global Rivals’.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

While Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson reigns as king over the UFC’s flyweight division, a recent chat from Fightnomics may leave you surprised as to who the most efficient striker is in the UFC’s flyweight division. Based on the chart, Justin Scoggins is the most efficient flyweight striker, landing between 6 and 7 significant strikes per minute at a distance while managing to avoid being hit.