MMA News

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Ariel Helwani, one of MMA’s most well-known journalists recently broke news that he was parting ways with FOX. While Helwani has had his share of criticism from fans, fighters, as well as promotional heads including UFC President Dana White, Helwani has also gained a huge following with the fans, fighters, as well as other media outlets.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has run into trouble with the law again and wanted to address the fans before the media got a hold of the story. Jones was recently pulled over by an Albuquerque police officer and given five traffic citations. Jones is seen in the video recorded on the police officer’s body cam visually upset with the officer’s judgement.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is making headlines outside of the cage with video surfacing of a recent incident with police. Apparently Jones was recently pulled over by a police officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico and issued five traffic citations.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

There are a lot of concerns from fighters, fans, and even UFC President Dana White regarding the judging system in MMA.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has done what very few fighters in the UFC can say they have accomplished. Lesnar, who came from the world of professional wrestling transitioned to MMA and became a UFC world champion, winning the UFC heavyweight title and successfully defending it twice. However, the UFC belt that so many fighters dream of hanging in their own trophy room one day is not something Lesnar really cares about. In fact, the one-time NCAA champion says that he doesn’t even know where his UFC belts are.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

The highly anticipated UFC debut of Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino has finally been announced. The UFC released the news on Monday that “Cyborg” will face Leslie Smith in a catchweight bout at 140 pounds on the UFC 198 card on May 14. Justino who usually fights at the featherweight limit of 145 pounds will debut in the UFC in front of her home town at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Nate Diaz was a huge underdog according to the betting odds going into the UFC 196 main event against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. It looks like Diaz will be getting the underdog role once again even after submitting McGregor in the second round of their first match.

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

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.”

Russell Ess - March 28, 2016

Undefeated boxer Andre Ward made his light heavyweight debut on Saturday night and found success moving up in weight serving his opponent Sullivan Barrera his first professional loss.

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

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 27, 2016

While we are now less than one month out from UFC 197, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship, it appears there is a chance the champ is injured. A report emerged from TalkMMA on Twitter that DC was spotted at a wrestling tournament barely able to talk. While this could simply be due to soreness from a tough training session, the report pinpoints DC’s left leg as the source of pain.

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

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.