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Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Nate Diaz took the biggest fight of his career with just 10 days notice against the biggest star in the UFC, the featherweight champion Conor McGregor. With just 10 days notice stepping in for an injured Rafael dos Anjos, Diaz was out partying in Cabo when he received the call to fight McGregor and with a bit of negotiation, the fight was made. Diaz ended up outclassing “The Notorious” and handing him his first loss in the UFC.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

https://youtu.be/bEFkhFGjzz0 Joe Lauzon and Kenny Florian had quite a beef as the two faced off as opponents at UFC Fight Night 13 all the way back in 2008. Florian ended up beating Lauzon by TKO in the second round of their fight.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

When Nate Diaz accused UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor of being on steroids at a pre-fight press conference, it sparked a big reaction from “The Notorious” and the media.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Many fans of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir thought the referee stopped the fight with Mark Hunt too early. After Hunt landed a devastating strike to Mir’s head that sent him to the canvas at UFC Fight Night 85, Mir spoke on the Phone Booth Fighting podcast about how he was feeling when the fight was called to an end (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “Yes, it was a good stoppage,” Mir said. “My lights were on, but I had no bearings on where anything was coming from. So the effectiveness of me being able to defend myself was very low at that point.”

bjpenndotcom - March 27, 2016

Ahead of UFC 197, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight title, take a look back at Cormier’s first title defense against Alexander Gustafsson.

bjpenndotcom - March 27, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 27, 2016

[ooyala code=”wwZ25kMjE69MVw39e-j3TFXfhNMRJmAz” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] In anticipation of his highly anticipated return to the Octagon, UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn has been training at the Jackson Winkeljohn MMA Academy in Albuquerque New Mexico alongside MMA greats such as Jon Jones, Holly Holm, Carlos Condit, Donald Cerrone, and many others!

bjpenndotcom - March 27, 2016

Urijah Faber is currently gearing up for his UFC 199 trilogy fight with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz on June 4th, however the MMA veteran is currently in Maui enjoying the beach. Coincidentally, Faber ran into UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos on the beach as well. Faber pointed out that dos Anjos was “hobbling” on one foot due to the broken foot which forced him out of his UFC 196 main event scrap with Conor McGregor.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

As we approach the UFC’s first event in Holland on May 8th, Alistair Overeem believes he deserves a title fight with a win over his teammate Andrei Arlovski. Overeem is currently riding a 3-fight win streak that has seen him defeat Stefan Struve, Roy Nelson, and Junior dos Santos. A win over Arlovski would not only make it 4 straight for Overeem, but a win over a former heavyweight champion would be huge for Overeem’s hopes of a title shot.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/QdRLvldfg7I With UFC 197 rapidly approaching, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship, the UFC has released the footage of the pair’s first fight.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

It’s no secret that pound for pound king Jon Jones and UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell have had beef over the course of the past few months. While the pair initially took verbal jabs at one another over social media, they squashed their beef at UFC 196. To show everyone that they were over their beef, the pair did a staredown picture, except UFC President Dana White wasn’t made aware of the situation until her turned around and thought the two were about to come to blows.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

While Conor McGregor has earned the reputation as an expert at mental warfare, Nate Diaz believed that quite a bit of McGregor’s insults prior to their UFC 196 welterweight scrap were scripted. McGregor repeatedly called out Diaz for ‘teaching Sunday morning kid’s Jiu-Jitsu’ and ‘going on bike rides with the elderly’. Diaz spoke on Fox Sports about why he feels McGregor’s insults were scripted.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

Back in the co-main event of UFC 194 in December, Luke Rockhold dominated Chris Weidman from bell to bell, ultimately finishing the champ in the 4th round via TKO. While Weidman had a broken foot in the fight, Luke Rockhold feels that when the two step into the cage at UFC 199 for a rematch, things will go the same for Weidman, if not worse.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

https://youtu.be/fhz2xP_VNG4 Earlier this month at UFC 196, Miesha Tate shocked the world as she mounted an impressive comeback in the 5th round of her co-main event scrap with Holly Holm to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

While there has been no official confirmation yet that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch at UFC 200, it was reported last week that the UFC had issued contracts to both fighters. The way Frankie Edgar’s manager sees it, the UFC is to blame for not getting a fight booked between McGregor and Edgar. Ali Abdel-Aziz took to Instagram to blast not only McGregor, but the UFC as well!

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

Back in 2009, MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko made his Strikeforce debut as he knocked out Brett Rogers in the 2nd round of their headlining fight. In just his second Strikeforce fight, Emelianenko was submitted by Jiu-Jitsu phenom Fabricio Werdum. To this day, the loss remains the only submission loss on Emelianenko’s record. Now, following a successful return to MMA on New Years Eve, Emelianenko is looking to avenge his loss to Werdum, who is now the UFC heavyweight champion.

bjpenndotcom - March 26, 2016

Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones found themselves at odds recently after Liddell made a comment that in his prime, he would beat pound for pound king Jon Jones. Jones responded by saying Liddell should’ve fought smarter and saved his chin.