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bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

Yesterday evening news surfaced that UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had been forced to withdraw from his UFC 197 title fight with Jon Jones due to an injury. While there was much speculation as to whether the UFC would find a replacement opponent for Jones, or re-schedule Jones vs. Cormier II for a later date, we now have our answer!

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

While there has been no shortage of animosity between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier during the course of their heated rivalry, even Jones doesn’t have any ill wishes for Cormier. It was revealed yesterday evening that Cormier had suffered a knee injury during training and would be unable to fight Jones in the main event of UFC 197 on April 23rd.

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

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

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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’.

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

Nate Diaz stunned the world but didn’t surprise himself when he beat Conor McGregor at UFC 196. Now Diaz and McGregor are set to headline UFC 200 in a rematch that Diaz says was a gift to McGregor from the UFC. Former featherweight champion Jose Aldo spoke with FOX Sports on the rematch that is messing with the contenders in the featherweight division.

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.

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.

Russell Ess - April 1, 2016

https://youtu.be/BdxvonWlRYQ Famed boxing coach Freddie Roach has trained with some of MMA’s elite including both Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva. The owner and head trainer of the Wild Card Boxing Club has been busy preparing his star fighter Manny Pacquiao for his supposed last fight before retiring against Timothy Bradley but touched upon St-Pierre’s highly rumored return to the Octagon.

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:

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.