MMA News

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (25-2 MMA) will return to the octagon this July when he squares off with former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar (20-4-1 MMA) at UFC 200 for the promotions interim featherweight strap. Aldo had been actively campaigning for a rematch with current featherweight champion Conor McGregor at this summer’s blockbuster event, however the UFC opted to pit “Mystic Mac” in a rematch with Nate Diaz instead.

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

While Jon Jones has received quite a bit of criticism lately since being stripped of the UFC light heavyweight championship a year ago, the pound for pound kingpin received nothing but cheers at the UFC’s “Unstoppable” press conference in March. Ahead of UFC 197, UFC President Dana White spoke to TMZ, where he explained that playing the role of ‘Good guy’ drove Jon Jones crazy.

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

According to a report from MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani, the UFC is trying to set up a welterweight title fight between current champ Robbie Lawler and former title holder Georges St. Pierre for July’s blockbuster UFC 200 pay-per-view event. Here is what Helwani had to say on twitter:

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

While Holly Holm has been very open about fighting Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg in the past, the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion has a different opponent in mind for her next fight. After losing her championship to Miesha Tate in the co-main event of UFC 196, Holm is eyeing a rematch with ‘Cupcake’ sooner rather than later. Ultimately, it was announced that the UFC had signed Cyborg to fight Leslie Smith in Curitiba Brazil at UFC 198.

Russell Ess - March 31, 2016

Former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva and former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones have a great deal of respect for one another. The two friends are both living legends and have said they look at one another in a brotherly type of way. So when Silva, the figurative big brother found out about Jones’ recent arrest, he was not happy to hear the news.

Russell Ess - March 31, 2016

Fans were concerned about the UFC 197 main event bout featuring former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and current champion Daniel Cormier after Jones was arrested on Tuesday. A judge ruled that a ticket Jones received for allegedly drag racing violated the terms of his probation. Jones turned himself into police on Tuesday and was held in custody until his court hearing on Thursday

Russell Ess - March 31, 2016

Video has been released of former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones’ Thursday court hearing in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Russell Ess - March 31, 2016

“When this card is finished being announced … minds will be blown,” said UFC President Dana White via text message to Postmedia. While the news of the first official bouts for UFC 200 broke yesterday, the rest of the exciting card remains a mystery.

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

After it was announced on UFC Tonight that Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor would have their welterweight rematch at UFC 200, and that Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar would be competing for the interim featherweight championship, a poster was released for the main event bout. Now, the UFC has also released promo posters for the Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar fight. Check them out below:

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

“Super” Sage Northcutt (7-1 MMA) will return to the octagon at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas when he squares off with Enrique “Wasabi” Marin (8-3 MMA) in a lightweight tilt. Northcutt will be looking to rebound from his first career mixed martial arts setback, which he suffered via submission to short-notice replacement Bryan Barberena at January’s UFC on FOX 18 event.

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

Last night on UFC Tonight, it was revealed that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their welterweight rematch in the main event of UFC 200. In addition, it was announced that Frankie Edgar would get the chance to avenge his UFC 156 loss to Jose Aldo as the pair fight for the interim featherweight championship. While the MMA community was going wild with excitement, Frankie Edgar took to Instagram with a short statement regarding the event.

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

Earlier this week it was announced that Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg would be making her long awaited UFC debut against Leslie Smith in Curitiba Brazil at UFC 198 on May 14th. Ahead of the fight, Cyborg believes that it was Conor McGregor who deserves the credit for getting her into the UFC. She elaborated in an interview with Fox Sports:

bjpenndotcom - March 31, 2016

https://youtu.be/06qTEKBuNIg Wednesday afternoon, news broke on UFC Tonight that the UFC had booked the welterweight rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor for the main event of UFC 200. In addition, the UFC announced that Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo would be competing for the interim featherweight title.

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones appeared before judge Michael Martinez on Thursday morning, this in regards to his probation violation case which stemmed from being handed five traffic citations earlier this week. The pound-for-pound mixed martial arts kingpin had been in custody at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center since Tuesday morning.

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

BJPENN.com spoke with Nate Diaz’s boxing coach Richard Perez earlier this week about a number of topics regarding the “Stockton Sluggers” rematch with Conor McGregor at UFC 200. One of those topics regarded the comments Perez had made in the lead up to UFC 196, in which he insinuated that Conor McGregor had been using steroids. We asked Perez if he now, following the announcement that every UFC 196 competitor passes their respective drug tests, had any regrets about the verbal shots he made towards McGregor:

Chris Taylor - March 31, 2016

Yesterday evening the UFC announced that a rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will headline July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Nate Diaz’s boxing coach Richard Perez spoke with BJPENN.com earlier today and gave us his take on how the Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz rematch at UFC 200 will play out.

Chris Taylor - March 30, 2016

UFC President Dana White did an interview with ESPN following the announcement of the UFC 200 event headlining bouts (Mcgregor vs Diaz & Aldo vs. Edgar), where he discussed the UFC’s reasoning behind booking the two major rematches. The UFC President told ESPN that current featherweight champ Conor McGregor was ‘obsessed’ with fighting Nate Diaz again and that he demanded the rematch take place in the UFC’s welterweight division:

Chris Taylor - March 30, 2016

https://youtu.be/wJmV95gVWew UFC president Dana White spoke with ESPN earlier tonight about why the UFC decided to book a Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz rematch as the event headliner for July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas.