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bjpenndotcom - March 18, 2016

At UFC 196, Nate Diaz pulled off one of the most spectacular wins in UFC history as he submitted Conor McGregor with a rear naked choke in the 2nd round. The event as a whole broke every UFC record according to UFC President Dana White, and saw many high profile celebrities in attendance. Shortly after the bout, pop music icon Miley Cyrus took to Instagram to react to Diaz’s win.

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has his mind set on one fight, which is the rematch for the UFC title with the current featherweight champion Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor shut the lights out early on Aldo at UFC 194. It took just 13 seconds for McGregor to land a punch flush on Aldo’s chin that dropped the former pound-for-pound king to the mat and finished it off with brutal hammerfists.

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino recently put on a campaign to fight at UFC 198, which takes place in Curitiba, Brazil on May 14th. “I would love for the UFC to bring in my division,” said “Cyborg” recently. “If you look at the top 12 girls ranked at bantamweight (in the UFC), seven of them have fought higher than 135. But I do not think the UFC has to introduce the division to let me fight in their promotion. They have a great relationship with Invicta and I’m sure (president Shannon Knapp) would let me defend my title in Brazil.”

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

It’s official! After a report surfaced earlier this week that Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall would go down at UFC 198 in The Spider’s hometown of Curitiba Brazil, we now have official confirmation from the UFC that Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall will in fact be fighting at the event.

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

Tim Kennedy has not fought in the UFC since a controversial loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 178, which took place back in September 2014. However, the UFC middleweight veteran has recently been campaigning for a fight with Anderson Silva and was emotional to say the least when he heard reports of Silva fighting Uriah Hall. Apparently Kennedy found the news out on Twitter and expressed his feelings upon hearing the news.

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

Former UFC veteran heavyweight Matt Mitrione announced earlier this week that he left the UFC to sign with Bellator MMA. The former NFL football player and season 10 member of “The Ultimate Fighter” recently spoke with the Three Amigos on his big career decision (transcribed by Bloody Elbow): “I was brought here for my fighting style and my ratings/my draw. I want to fight against somebody that really wants to fight; not necessarily go toe-to-toe. I don’t care if we grapple, I don’t care — whatever it is — but I want there to be an action-filled fight, and whoever they deem appropriate — ‘Look, this guy’s a stand-and-banger, he’s a hell of a grappler, and he’s got hands on him,’ [then] awesome.”

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

Renzo Gracie is very happy for Nate Diaz getting the biggest win of his career over one of the biggest stars in the UFC, Conor McGregor. Renzo’s cousin Cesar Gracie is the longtime trainer of the Diaz brothers and Renzo recently spoke about them on MMA Noise.

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

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Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

To put it lightly, UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum does not like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. McGregor went out of his way to disrespect Werdum in his acceptance speech at the MMA Awards after the heavyweight champion pulled out of a recent title fight due to injury.

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

Since re-emerging in the media following her UFC 193 KO loss to Holly Holm, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been her upbeat self.

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

At UFC 196 earlier this month, Nate Diaz shocked the world as he submitted Conor McGregor in the 2nd round of their welterweight clash after accepting the fight on less than 2 weeks notice. Following his win over McGregor, there was much speculation as to what would be next for Diaz, who UFC President Dana White stated may even buy a yacht and retire.

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

Earlier this month prior to UFC 196 the UFC previewed the next several months of events with the ‘UFC Unstoppable’ press conference, which featured several fighters that will be headlining events in the near future. The majority of the press conference however centered around Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, who ahead of their UFC 197 rematch, continued to throw verbal blows at one another. One thing that stuck out about the pair’s verbal exchanges was that when Cormier would get the microphone to talk, the audience would ‘boo’ him.

bjpenndotcom - March 17, 2016

While Cat Zingano hasn’t been in the Octagon since her UFC 184 submission loss to Ronda Rousey, the former title challenger reportedly has some good news. Zingano recently spent time in Thailand working on her striking in preparation for a return bout to the UFC, and it sounds as though she will get a chance to show off her new skills sooner rather than later. With UFC 200 rapidly approaching, we can only guess as to what this “damn good news is.”

Chris Taylor - March 17, 2016

According to a report from Ariel Helwani, the UFC has denied Rafael dos Anjos’ request to fight either Nate Diaz or Robbie Lawler at July’s blockbuster UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. ‘UFC Tonight’ revealed the news on Twitter:

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

The mental aspect of fighting is just as important as the physical. Just ask former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. “I became champion, I beat the greatest welterweight in the world back in the day that was Matt Hughes, who seems to be invincible back in the day and I beat him. So now I become the new greatest thing in the sport and everybody tells me how great I am and stuff and I started to believe in my own hype,” St-Pierre revealed when speaking to Joe Buck on “Undeniable” (transcribed by FOX Sports).

Russell Ess - March 17, 2016

In 2014, UFC President Dana White said Nate Diaz was not a draw in the UFC. “He’s under contract and when he’s ready to fight he can fight,” White said regarding contract issues with Nate Diaz. “The kid makes good money. The kid makes really good money. And the unfortunate part is, he’s not a needle mover. His brother (Nick Diaz) is a needle mover, he’s not.” The younger Diaz proved that to be wrong at UFC 196. With just ten days notice, Nate Diaz stepped in to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor in an exciting non-title welterweight bout. White claimed after the fight that it was the most bought UFC PPV event in the company’s history.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

While it was previously reported that Anderson Silva would be unable to fight in his hometown of Curitiba Brazil at UFC 198 due to a lack of opponents, a recent report indicates that may no longer be the case. A report has surfaced from Sherdog which revealed that the UFC is reportedly looking to book Anderson Silva to fight the always exciting Uriah Hall at UFC 198 on May 14th. The card is headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic, but given Silva’s fame, the bout will likely be on the pay-per view portion of the card.

bjpenndotcom - March 16, 2016

As we get closer and closer to UFC 200 on July 9th, reports of potential matchups have begun to emerge. In addition, fighters are calling each other out hoping to talk themselves into a spot on what many expect to be the biggest event in the history of the UFC. It was reported on Fox Sport 1’s “UFC Tonight” that the UFC is targeting a bout between former heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and top ranked heavyweight contender Travis Browne.