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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.

Chris Taylor - April 16, 2016

A welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (15-5 MMA) and Omari Akhmedov (15-4 MMA) kicked off tonight’s UFC on FOX 19 card in Tampa Bay, Florida. Round one begins and Akhmedov opens with a jab that misses. Dos Santos and Akhmedov exchange leg kicks. Big right hand just misses for dos Santos. Akhmedov lands a good shot. Elizeu replies with a leg kick. Akhmedov shoots in and lands a takedown. Dos Santos with a heel hook attempt and uses it to take top control. The Brazilian moves to halfguard and Akhmedov locks up a kimura. It is tight but dos Santos is able to roll and escape. Back on their feet and dos Santos eats a solid jab. He responds with a heavy leg kick on the lead leg of the Russian fighter. 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

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 16, 2016

After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill officially legalizing MMA in New York, it didn’t take long for the UFC to announce their inaugural event in The Empire State. The UFC revealed that its first event will be UFC 205 at the Madison Square Garden, and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta revealed the UFC’s intentions to hold an event at the Yankee Stadium.

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

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.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

Earlier this week news broke that Lyoto Machida had been pulled from his UFC on FOX 19 scrap with Dan Henderson after admitting to using banned substances during a random out-of-competition drug test. Now, with less than 24 hours until fight night, Islam Makhachev has been reportedly pulled from his fight with Drew Dober after he was flagged for using banned substances as well.

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

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.

Russell Ess - April 15, 2016

The talk of a superfight between Ronda Rousey and Cris “Cyborg” Justino have been rumbling for a long time. After Rousey lost the UFC women’s bantamweight title to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November, many may have thought the allure of the superfight was lost.

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.

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

While Khabib Nurmagomedov has been away from the UFC for two years due to several injuries. With that being said, Nurmagomedov holds a win over current UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, and is 6-0 in the UFC. Ahead of his UFC on FOX 19 scrap against UFC newcomer Darrell Horcher, Nurmagomedov made his case for a title shot to media members:

bjpenndotcom - April 15, 2016

After UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos’ strength & conditioning coach captioned an Instagram photo with a major hint at dos Anjos fighting at UFC 200, the UFC officially announced the bout. On Thursday July 7th, just two days before UFC 200, Rafael dos Anjos will look to defend his UFC lightweight championship against Eddie Alvarez on UFC Fight Pass.