MMA News

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

Earlier this week news surfaced that former UFC champion Lyoto Machida had been pulled from his upcoming UFC on FOX 19 scrap against Dan Henderson after admitting to using a banned substance during an out-of-competition drug test. While Dan Henderson was extremely pissed about the situation, Machida claimed that he was unaware that the substance contained a banned substance. The way top ranked welterweight Matt Brown sees it however, that’s not an excuse.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

[ooyala code=”0yZzJ1MjE6scArx6PKejAKmYeud3TaAR” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] While it seemed that the ‘big fights’ at UFC 200 had all been announced, it appears that may not be the case! In addition to McGregor vs. Diaz II, Tate vs. Nunes, and Edgar vs. Aldo II, it appears as though UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos will be fighting on the event as well.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

Undefeated lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov is looking to get a title shot with a win over short-notice opponent Darrell Horcher who makes his UFC debut against Nurmagomedov this Saturday at UFC on FOX 19. Despite Horcher being a newcomer to the UFC, Nurmagomedov says that he wants a title shot if he wins because he didn’t choose the opponent.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

It happens in all types of sports. A crazed fan strips down to their birthday suit looking to get their 15 seconds of fame.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

When Daniel Cormier withdrew from UFC 197 with a leg injury, the UFC began looking for a replacement opponent to fight Jones in the main event.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

On Thursday afternoon New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill officially legalizing MMA in New York. This led to the UFC promptly announcing that their inaugural event in New York would go down on November 12th. UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta revealed that UFC 205 would be the inaugural event at the Madison Square Garden, and that there is a possibility of Ronda Rousey returning to the Octagon for the event.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/fvENE4q6wxo Ahead of Mayhem Miller’s return to MMA, he and MMA veteran Matt Horwich went on quite the interesting shopping spree at a local Target store.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is feeling terrible after having to pull out of his title fight rematch with former champion Jon Jones. With Jones now set to fight Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197 on April 23rd, Cormier says that Jones is more vulnerable to losing right now than at any other point in his career.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

Early Thursday morning New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill officially legalizing MMA in New York after nearly a 20 year ban.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

When the UFC deletes a fighter from their roster, it is usually the result of them being released from the biggest MMA organization in the world. Nine fighters have been deleted from the UFC roster and many of them have already confirmed their release from the UFC.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

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Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current Bellator MMA fighter Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson had a recent run-in with police out in California. Fortunately, it was not as serious as his high-speed chase back in 2008. People recognized “Rampage” who was in one of his bright green sports cars when he was pulled over.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

Good news surfaced earlier this week that our namesake, BJ Penn, had been cleared to fight again by the UFC, and would meet Dennis Siver in a featherweight bout at UFC 199 on June 4th. The UFC released a statement through UFC.com on allegations made towards Penn, which they discovered to be false.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

Dan Henderson was fully prepared and ready to fight Lyoto Machida this weekend at UFC on FOX 19. Unfortunately, “Hendo” learned on Wednesday that he would not be fighting at all. News broke that Machida declared the usage of a banned substance during an out-of-competition sample collection last week and would not be allowed to fight on Saturday.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

Back in January, Dominick Cruz returned to the Octagon and defeated TJ Dillashaw to reclaim the UFC bantamweight championship. Immediately following his win over Dillashaw, Cruz found himself being called out by his nemesis, Urijah Faber. The UFC ultimately opted to book Cruz vs. Faber III for UFC 199 on June 4th in Inglewood California. Ahead of that fight things have been tense between Cruz and Faber during media appearances. During an interview with MMAJunkie, Cruz put the bantamweight division on blast for its lack of depth.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

Fan favorite UFC heavyweight Mark ‘Super Samoan’ Hunt has signed a new 6-fight UFC contract. According to the 42 year old MMA veteran, the deal is worth millions, however according to Hunt it isn’t about the money. Hunt has bigger plans in mind.

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

#MMA2NY is OFFICIAL!!! pic.twitter.com/qY86hnszy6 — UFC (@ufc) April 14, 2016

bjpenndotcom - April 14, 2016

It was only a matter of time before the UFC announced its first event in New York after MMA became legal in The Empire State. On Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo officially signed a bill legalizing MMA in New York, which subsequently lead the UFC to announce its inaugural event in New York at the Madison Square Garden.