MMA News

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.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

https://youtu.be/BV5-Nicu65Y Anderson “The Spider” Silva celebrated his birthday turning 41-years old today.

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

[ooyala code=”Q5aWV0MjE6W2eUIVwMkL0LLR6ReMl4N_” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true”] Unfortunate circumstances have shaken up the UFC on FOX 19 card just days before the set date this weekend with Tony Ferguson’s recent injury and Lyoto Machida’s failed drug test.

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

At UFC 200 on July 9th, Conor McGregor will have a welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz, and Frankie Edgar will fight Jose Aldo for the interim featherweight championship. UFC President Dana White has stated that regardless of whether or not McGregor defeats Diaz, his next fight will be a featherweight title defense. With the UFC announcing an event in New York on November 12th at the Madison Square Garden, Frankie Edgar believes the stars could be aligning for a showdown with McGregor at the famed arena.

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

At Bellator 149, Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 put on one of the least impressive fights in the history of MMA. The fight drew extreme amounts of criticism from not only fighters, but also fight fans. After the fight however, it was revealed that Dada 5000 had suffered from kidney failure during the fight, and that his heart had stopped twice.

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.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

More trouble struck the UFC on FOX 19 card on Wednesday as news broke that former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida declared the usage of a banned substance during an out-of-competition sample collection last week. With the fight just days away, opponent Dan Henderson was already in Florida in preparation for the fight.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2016

bjpenndotcom - April 13, 2016

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Chris Taylor - April 13, 2016

UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping was “not surprised” when news broke that Lyoto Machida was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s UFC on FOX event in Tampa, Florida. Machida fails drug test. In the words of Nate Diaz "I'm not surprised motherfuckers!"

Chris Taylor - April 13, 2016

Earlier today we reported that Lyoto Machida had admitted to using a banned substance and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Dan Henderson at this weekend’s UFC on FOX event in Tampa, Florida. Shortly after news broke, UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy took to his Twitter to declare that he is ready and willing to step in and fight “Hendo” on short notice. His words: