MMA News

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

There has been much antspeculation as to when Ronda Rousey would return to the UFC following her UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm at the end of last year. After Miesha Tate submitted Holly Holm in the co-main event of UFC 196 in March, Rousey reportedly told UFC President Dana White that it was time for her to begin training again to make her return to the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

Earlier this week it was announced by the UFC that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch at UFC 200. In addition it was announced that Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo would be competing for the interim featherweight championship. Following McGregor’s loss to Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196, McGregor stated that he would likely go back down to featherweight to defend his championship. This lead to much confusion when the UFC booked McGregor vs. Diaz II at UFC 200, rather than a featherweight title defense for McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

It was over 5 years ago that Anderson Silva delivered one of the most spectacular knockouts in UFC history as he dropped Vitor Belfort with a front kick in the main event of UFC 126 to retain his UFC middleweight championship. Now, fast forward five years and the pair are both fighting different men at UFC 198 in Curitiba Brazil. Silva is slated to fight Uriah Hall, while Vitor Belfort is slated to fight Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza in what many expect to be a #1 contender fight.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

Friday evening news broke that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been injured during training, and would no longer be able to fight Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 197 on April 23rd. Understandably, the MMA community was gutted. Below you can see a compilation of reactions from fighters, and members of the MMA community in regards to the news.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

While Alexander Gustafsson’s fake retirement prank was certainly one of the harsher April Fools Day pranks yesterday, Michael Bisping and Bas Rutten pranked the entire world live on air with this incredible ‘argument’.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

While yesterday was in fact April Fools Day, lightweight Norman Parke took to Facebook to announce that he had been released from the UFC following his decision loss against Rustam Khabilov at ‘UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping’ back in February. Parke, the ‘TUF Smashes’ winner, compiled a 5-3-1 record inside the Octagon during his 4 year stint with the promotion. He posted the following on Facebook.

Chris Taylor - April 1, 2016

Last night we broke the news that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced out of his UFC 197 headlining bout with Jon Jones due to an injury. BJPENN.com has now learned through sources close to the Blackzilians that the UFC has offered Anthony “Rumble” Johnson the short-notice fight with Jon Jones.

Russell Ess - April 1, 2016

Injuries have come to plague another big UFC pay-per-view card in 2016. BJPENN.COM has learned through sources close to AKA that current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has suffered an injury and will not be able to defend his title for the scheduled rematch with former champion Jon Jones at UFC 197.

Russell Ess - April 1, 2016

The MMA community lost their minds when Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of the scheduled superfight with Conor McGregor back in February. Nate Diaz then shook things up when he was announced as the late-replacement for dos Anjos and further upset a lot of people when he submitted McGregor at UFC 196. Now Diaz and McGregor will face off in a non-title welterweight rematch at the historic UFC 200 event in July. While initial reports were released that the two were going to be fighting at UFC 200 in the welterweight rematch, Diaz had said that he wanted the fight at 155 so that Conor McGregor would not have any excuses if he lost the rematch.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

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Russell Ess - April 1, 2016

Try refreshing this page in your browser if video does not load Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones spent three days in jail this week from the result of traffic citations that Jones claims were given to him by a lying Albuquerque police officer.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

After Conor McGregor’s UFC 196 loss to Nate Diaz last month, the featherweight champ stated that his next move was to go back down to featherweight to defend his championship belt. Fast forward several weeks and the UFC was announcing McGregor vs. Diaz II for the main event of UFC 200 on July 9th. In addition to McGregor vs. Diaz II, the UFC also announced that Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar would be fighting for the interim featherweight championship at UFC 200, leading many to question why McGregor didn’t go through with his plans to defend his featherweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

While UFC President Dana White stated recently that the co-main event for UFC 200 had yet to be announced, it appears as though Eddie Alvarez may have broken the news via Twitter. Alvarez, who is currently riding a 2-fight win streak that has seen him defeat both Gilbert Melendez and Anthony Pettis via split decision, posted the following photo on Twitter:

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

Recently the UFC announced that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch at UFC 200 on July 9th. While the majority of the MMA community was thrilled with the announcement of the bout, Rafael dos Anjos wasn’t. During a Periscope session, dos Anjos stated:

Chris Taylor - April 1, 2016

The UFC recently announced that former featherweight champion Jose Aldo will fight former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar for a second time at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 pay-per-view event. Officials added that the Aldo vs. Edgar rematch will be for the promotions interim featherweight title.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson is undoubtably one of the best fighters on the UFC’s light heavyweight roster. Unfortunately for Gustafsson, 2015 was a rough year for the Swedish standout. After being knocked out by Anthony Johnson in Sweden, Gustafsson dropped a controversial split decision to Daniel Cormier at UFC 192. With that being said, Gustafsson took to Instagram to troll his fans with a harsh April Fools Day post.

bjpenndotcom - April 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/LkBzHrD5Hk4 Thursday morning a judge ordered Jon Jones to complete anger management training, driver improvement courses, and must get approval from his probation officer before he is allowed to drive anywhere.

Chris Taylor - April 1, 2016

UFC lightweight contender Nate Diaz is coming off the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career, this after he submitted current UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in a welterweight bout that headlined last month’s UFC 196 event in Las Vegas. The “Stockton Slugger” feels confident that he will once again be able to finish Conor McGregor when the pair rematch in the headlining bout of July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event.